Have I ever mentioned how wonderful life really is? Even
with all of its ups and downs it is amazing!
I started writing out what we’ve been up to but, as usual,
it’s WAY too wordy (surprise, surprise)! So, here are the highlights:
- We stopped at “the Small” (Waycross has a mall
but it has all of about 6 stores, so the “Small” it is) to buy a few last
minute necessities for the trip.
- We stopped in Jacksonville to visit a family
friend who was in the hospital. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see him, but we
got to spend some time chatting with his sweet daughter, Heather, who we haven’t
seen in over 10 years! So fun to catch up with her!
- We had time to kill before the dance so we went
to the pool and swam/lounged for a while in the evening sunshine (have I
mentioned how much I love Florida for that?).
- We went to a dance, learned a new dance, made
new friends, and just had fun!
- We took night pictures of the temple (read: Lori
took pictures and I drove slowly once in the car…we’re a good team)
- We attended the temple on Saturday morning…as
always, the most perfect and peaceful place on earth. I love being at or in the
temple.
- We drove to Lakeland for a devotional with Elder
Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Elder Rasband of the
Seventy. AMAZING! (A post with highlights from that will be forthcoming).
- Before the meeting we ate the most AMAZING Thai
food ever!! It was so good we went back for dinner with friends!
- We saw our former Young Women’s leader, Sister
Bailey, and got to chat with her.
- We got to visit (and eat dinner with) our friend
Erin from Pennsylvania. She lives in Miami now and came up for this meeting
too.
- We went to Lake Morton to feed the ducks, geese, and swans (we used to to that often when we lived in Lakeland).
- We watched (I listened) to the movie “The
Saratov Approach” on the way home. It was a really intense movie, especially on
the dark roads, but certainly kept me awake. We did great until I missed one of
the exits in Jacksonville and then missed the alternate and we ended up taking
an extra HOUR to get home. I was not a very happy camper. Lori rescued me and
let me be the passenger for the last hour.
It was awesome!! We did all of this in 36 hours and put over
600 miles on my car, and I wouldn’t trade it for a minute!
Enjoy a few pictures. :)
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| Feeding the ducks at Lake Morton |
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| Lori and I |
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| Worlds collided: Sister Bailey (FL), me (GA), and Erin (PA). |
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| Orlando Temple |
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