Here we are finally one day away from our Disney Cruise to Cozumel Mexico. We have been keeping busy...after travel from Iowa to see family we stopped in Nashville at the Opryland Hotel. The Opryland Hotel is such an usual place. There are huge plant filled atriums. One with a boat ride through the "swamp"! The girls did their school work on the balcony overlooking the atrium.While in Tennessee we enjoyed visiting with some dear friends Carmen, Jann, Linda, Scott, Valerie and Rachel. We're gonna miss them all! We are back to Florida now. This week we celebrated j's birthday at [View Full Entry]

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We spent several days with our family in Iowa. They had about 17" of snow in the last few weeks so we went sledding at the cemetary. The girls experienced their first wrestling match at Iowa State. We also went to the butterfly house for some warmer indoor weather. We were a little sad to say our goodbyes to grandpa & granny but they are happy for us to have this great opportunity! [View Full Entry]

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This is the first stop on our journey to see our families. After wrapping up all the details at home we had a few days to rest before we visited J's parents and relatives. We had a great time seeing everybody. a and j enjoyed going to J's cousins place to see the cows and even sang to them. Wish we had a more pictures, but we do have a picture of j swinging on their land. It was very hard for the girls to sy goodbye to our pets. It is even harder to say goodbye to friends & family! [View Full Entry]

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