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North America » United States » Florida » Davenport December 24th 2009

Day 15 Getting prepared for Christmas and our trip home, Coral and I headed off to Walmart for the last time.....Yippee!! Don't get us wrong we love Walmart but there is only so many times you can go there and only so much you can spend.......lol Well 2 1/2 hours later we got back home.....lol Jackie, Alan, Samantha & Olivia were still in the pool. Knocking on 3hrs now.......they didn't look like prunes at all. :O) Jackie & Alan went off to The Loop shopping whilst Coral and I looked after Samantha and Olivia. Samantha jet washed the front drive and Olivia made cookies........Child Labour ain't it cool ;o).....lol We took the two girls to get some goat fudge ice cream......Delicious.....and then on to meet up with J & A at Congo River Golf.........Where I did ... read more
Samantha
Coral and Jackie
Alan

North America » United States » Florida » Davenport December 22nd 2009

Day 13 After a quick dip in the ceremonial pool we headed off out to Blue Springs. It's about an hours drive east on the I-4. We went with Jenifer, Dennis, Paula, Savannah & Ellen and newly born Scarlett Olivia (Savannah's sister). It's a natural spring that flows warm water to the river, and because of this the Manatee like to come here in the colder months. The pictures speak for themselves. After that we went back to J & D's for games. Day 14 We pretty much had another chill out day stayed at home and played in the pool, and later went out and did a little bit of shopping :O) ... read more
Coral
Ian & Manatee
They call it Spanish Moss

North America » United States » Florida » Davenport December 19th 2009

Day 10 We started out the day like many others by another swim/play in the pool :O). After a few hours in the pool and looking like prunes we went off to International Drive for a little recreational golf at Pirates Cove :O) Across the road from Pirates Cove, you can get proper birtday cake ice cream (Coral's Favourite) so it had to be done......lol Right next to it is Bargain World where we brought some real high class souveniers for friends back home :O) On the way back we stopped off at K-Mart to pick up our CHRISTMAS TREE :O). I assembled it with Olivia and Coral, Olivia and Jackie decorated it while Alan and Samantha played in the pool. Day 11 Didn't do a lot today as it was cold and we just wanted ... read more
Coral
Hole in one

North America » United States » Florida » Davenport December 18th 2009

Day 9 Weather was supposed to be rainy all day today, however just like weathermen back home they got it wrong. So taking the opportunity while it was sunny we went in the pool ahhhhh 80 degrees for pure bliss. The only down part is getting out........Brrrrrrrrr but then jumping back into a hot shower ahhhhh Bliss again......lol Later we went over to Dennis and Jenifer's house for games and a spot of fishing on his jetty overlooking is pond/lake......lol Where I did manage to catch a fish. We decided to go out for a meal so went to The Golden Corral........it's a buffet with 150 different types of food so enough variety to cater for everyone. After we got back we went out for a walk around the block to look at the Christmas lights......some ... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Davenport December 16th 2009

Day 7 Changing Management companies while we're out here, so met up with Nick & Kay for lunch at their house. They come highly recommended through a friend of ours back home. They took us around a home they currently manage and it's to the spec that we have in mind. Day 8 J,A,S & O went to Disney's Magic Kingdom and had a great time there :O) We decided not to go as it's not a park we wanted to do. As we now had a free day we seized the opportunity to have Nick and kay back to ours to look around our place. Coral baked cup cakes for them..........LOVELY!! After they had gone I put the ping pong table together. A 100 parts and 3 1/2hours later it was up and ready to ... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Davenport December 13th 2009

Day 4 Went out on another shopping trip.....lol this time was for paint for the garage floor, Table Tennis table and 2 tv's for the bedrooms. Won't tell you how much it costs......but it hurt.....lol Finally managed to get in the pool for the first time.......ahhhhhhhh that's nice :O) we just chilled in the pool and soaked up the rays :O) Later we went out and played crazy golf. Day 5 Painted the garage floor and tidied up the place before Alan, Jackie, Samantha & Olivia turned up. Went to DICKS Sporting goods (great name) with Jenifer and Dennis to pick the ping pong table up as his truck was big enough to take it......we only rented a Ford Focus this time. After that the four of us sat out on the pool deck with some ... read more
Me and a hotdog :O)
Olivia
Jackie

North America » United States » Florida » Davenport December 12th 2009

Well Jackie and Alan were due out today.......except there was a medical emergency and they didn't make it, they did however re-arrange the fligths for Monday. Our friends Jenifer and Dennis invited us both to Busch Gardens, so we went there and had a great day. Made better by the fantastic weather, A total contrast to yesterday. J & D's grandaughter came along (Savannah) and their friends Elaine & Dave too. I managed to get Dave and Dennis on a couple of rollercoasters, so wasn't billy no mates this time...lol ... read more
Me and Coral
Me and Dave
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North America » United States » Florida » Davenport December 10th 2009

Hi All, WE'RE BACK!!! DAY 1 The flight was good and we got here safe......no issues with customs and our 7 pieces of luggage..... :O) One box weighing in at 23.1kg of chocolates and biscuits......lol Well it was great to leave the wet and cold behind and not so great to arrive to wet and cold......we'd thought the pilot had done a u-turn at 40,000ft, the palm trees gave it away though....lol Anyway got back to the villa and 1st night is always Papa John Pizza night.....YAY!!! DAY 2 Didn't do much on Friday during the day apart from shopping and getting supplies in :O) In the evening we went out for our friend Dennis's B'day meal at the Olive garden. It's a really nice Italian restaurant. ... read more




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