April 21 - 27

AA PGA Jr. Team Meeting. Played with Penny on Wednesday, scored 39, fast play or 90 minutes. Gorgeous weather.
Dinner at Talon's on Wednesday with Maureen and Hugh, Kathy and Penny.
AA wore Ian's shirt on Thursday. Got a 98 on science test!
EH Rummage sale didn't work out for us, didn't sell or giveaway anything.
Got acceptance for OPJH for Wildcats program (pre-high school). AA wants to go to OPJH.
Friday Golf lesson and Fitness session, Coach Bryan has a good thing going, AA says she is sore after each session!
Saturday was the Clay County Math competition.
I am so behind posting this is all I could do!

April Continues

04/10/19: JK visited with us at Talons as Kilee was at her dance class.

We received the art mouse pad, AA designed the art at school, very good!

AA is now walking her dog Ginger, which is a big help, we like the area called "Lick Skillet". Ginger can still drag us to the ground if she catches us unaware as she lunges after a squirrel!

Ford received the OPE message that we had completed our volunteer school hours! Yippe!

Monday, 04/15/19, Carolyn's birthday, I bought dinner from Gilberts (BBQ) after work and we enjoyed dinner together, plus I spent the night, so close to my work. Love visiting with her!
Wednesday, Thursday: AA played golf, had lesson, practice with the PGA Jr. team. I had the WPOA Board meeting.
Friday, I was off work, Good Friday, also no school. We were expecting a severe thunderstorm in the afternoon so golfing was just a round of nine at EH. We picked up Noah earlier than the agreed time of 2:00 p.m. as the storm was fast approaching. Noah and AA played at the house, fed them an easy lunch of sandwich, sushi and Caesar salad. We left at 5:00 p.m. for the Jacksonville Iceman playoff game.
What a fun game, mainly because we WON! Noah said he has been to several college and professional matches and this was the first time a home team won! Ford pointed out that number 11 (Newbury) was the oldest player and also the one who worked the hardest. New respect with his ice hockey ability!

Trying to take selfies!

Saturday, April 20th: We went furniture shopping early at Wayne's Fine Furniture, we ordered a Queen bed frame and mattress for our guest bedroom. Very happy we got that task done. This is the bed frame, we bought the foot end too:

We met with Penny at Talon's on Saturday at 5:00 p.m., the day before Easter. Hugh and Maureen were in Tampa area with a grandson, Kathy had her son and family in for the holiday, so we met Penny at Talons. Amazing it was not too crowded, not too noisy. We chatted about many topics, including Ford's recent discovery of a first cousin once removed (Morgan Howard) and Penny's first day as the volunteer coach for the EH PGA Jr. Team.
One funny story, was that when AA first met Penny, she thought she was so tall. Of course, AA at age 12 is now taller than Penny - so funny! Dinner: Rock lobster tacos:

Talons Nachos:

Happy Easter tomorrow!

Yes, It was my Birthday!

I tried to play my birthday down, first thinking Ford and I could get away for a night, then realizing that couldn't happen, to again, just ignoring it. Cathy and Werner invited us to Sunday dinner as Aunt Linda was in town. Terri sent me a gift card for wine at Talon's, of course I have already used that all up!!! My Mom sent me money, so that will be put away for some new summer clothes, AA gave me a blueberry plant, very good choice and Ford bought me some new perfume and a cutting board! Leaa gave me a bottle of wine and of course, Cathy and Werner were sweet to celebrate my birthday with Linda's visit.
Ford made us a hearty breakfast and I opened my birthday cards! Thank you!

Palm Sunday - Visit with Linda Boren

Cathy and Werner invited us to visit with Linda and have Sunday dinner (and made my birthday special). Nice visit with Leaa, Jesse and girls, plus Justin (no Kilee) and Angie and Charles. Ian came as we were leaving. A good visit, good food and conversation.
From my Facebook post:
We enjoyed our visit with “Aunt” Linda Boren at Cathy and Werner’s home. Thank you for the dinner, plus the birthday wishes, cards and gifts. Good seeing the kids and grands. Love you all.

Angie and her sister Linda:

Angie, Linda and Cathy:

With Werner!

The ladies group: Angie, Linda, Leaa, Cathy and me (Alyson)

Aunt Linda between nephew Justin and nephew-in-law Jesse:

Thankful that Cathy invites us to her special family visits.

Livi is Rizzo!

Livi was a major character in the Gamble Rogers Middle School Musical - Grease. {Ford and AA attended}. Very impressed with her accent, acting and singing!

Liv with sister Dylan:

 

 

Excellent show!
Liv and AA:

Fitness Fridays! PGA Jr. Eagle Harbor

Coach Bryan has scheduled every Friday at 6:00 p.m. for all EH Screaming Eagle PGA Jr. teams to meet for a fitness hour. I arrived at the end and saw them sprint, leg raises, stretching, burst jumps, crawl like a crab....etc. (Dee Dee K. helped). 
It's going to be a great season!

Cropped:

Local U.S. Kids Golf Tournament at SJGC - Winner!

Sunday brought about a great golf game for AA. Ford said she played 17 holes of almost perfect golf! Then AA got a bit mad at her last putt that she missed, and slapped at it for another miss. Oops! Lots of lessons to learn with that last hole. Still made the number one spot! Congratulations!

She will miss the next match as she is already committed to the Math Team Competition.

Clay County Fair is Back In Town!

We picked up Noah and had an afternoon of fun at the fair. Very crowded as went much later than we usually do. Noah's parents came for the evening concert so we headed home as AA has a U.S. Kids Golf Tournament on Sunday, in the morning.

 Lots of smiles! Plus they ate Mexican food - a walking taco and nachos.

Waiting in line:

Hang gliding!

Roller coaster fun!

Until next year!

New Furniture, New Routine, New Golf Fun!

Den furniture arrived within just a few days of purchasing, the advantage of going to a "big box" store like Rooms to Go! I put a sheet over the sofa cushions, even though the slip covers are washable, don't want to tackle that for awhile! We still need to finalize/buy the third bedroom set, buy a hutch for the kitchen wall and all the living room furniture (sofa, chairs, area rug and wall unit/bookcases). 

From the kitchen view:

We are very comfortable so far with our little den:

Friday, 04/05/19, after AA's golf lesson, Tyler was practicing so the kids played a chip/putt contest. Then off to play nine holes with Tyler. Joe and Kerri Mawhinney invited us over for pizza so AA could check out their new Track Master Golf Pro installed in their home with Ryan H. Just like the pros!!

It is a projector mounted on the ceiling, mistake of having the kids looking into it!

So far, we love the new routine. AA and Ford just walk to the golf course, see who's playing, join in the golfing fun that they would normally miss.

OPE School 3rd Quarter All A's!!

Always proud that AA enjoys school, does her in class work with no behavior issues, completes her homework and project on time or early and does well on tests. Ford and AA get to school a little early each day and review test material, makes for a calm start of the day. We hope this continues into junior high school! All A Honor Roll!

Noah and AA:

After the awards ceremony the task began to plan for 6th grade cook-out  (May 24th), dance (June 3rd) and promotion ceremony on the last day of school, June 5th. We volunteered so far for the cook out with a cooler full of water/Gatorade and the hot-dog cooker with hot-dogs, buns and condiments.
More school A's: AA created a plant cell model for her science project. She received a 96/100 for the two grades. Excellent!!