HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Not to be confused with out Wedding Day (which the picure is) but our engagement day, which the day is~~ but not the day of our Marriage, which wasn't our Engagement Day OR our Wedding day. 

SO, Papa John proposed on February 14th at the Battle of Olustee in Lake City Florida.  That is a Civil War Reenactment, we were present, plenty of friends were there and insisted that we have a Victorian Wedding!  Penny, our friend and a local Flower Shop owner (Southern Charm of course) ran right over to the sutler's and bought her a hat that I could borrow for the Wedding (and I am wearing it) 

Strangely enough, our Marriage was April 1st, as we could not cohabitate until we married and the Wedding did not come as fast as our respective apartment leases ran out and we got a home for me and my two schnauzers and John with his schnauzer! 

SO... with a Valentine's Proposal and an April Fool's Courthouse Marriage, we had the entire family from all over, down South for a September Victorian Wedding~  Cool Huh!

No Foolin!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLACE

Blace (Bundle Of Lace, Blessings and Grace) my one and only daughter and a legend in my mind, celebrates her 33rd Birthday today. Like her name, Blace is one of a kind, a very special sort of person, and as my Daddy always said, *God's not through with her yet*

The above picture is a sample of her exclusive artistic abilities

She loves water and anything to do with water!  In this picture she is driving Bob's (Beacham) boat from their house in Marathon Key to the Seven Mile Bridge, right before Key West. I was with them for this ride, we went to the lighthouse, snorkeled in some of the most perfect water and swam around some gorgeous reefs. WOW!

Blace's favorite trees in Key West.

See what a doll she is? This picture was taken in February of 07. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL

San Antonio Texas

Our purpose was to attend the International ATMO Hyperbaric Safety Director Course, compliments of my employer. Luckily, John was able to go with me as I would have been alone and not have enjoyed the trip nearly as much. That means I would have learned  a lot, but not had fun in between classes. The most incredible thing we discovered was the River Walk, as it was our daily routine for the week to walk from the hotel to the Nix Medical Center, via the River Walk. What a VIEW and what a great walk to and from!

We stayed at the Drury, which was on the River itself, incredible archtecture

as it was formerly a bank! 

This was not in Texas, but was one of our Hyperbaric Patients. He is the youngest thus far, and we really enjoyed having him every morning to entertain us! With us is Susan, RN, and one of the best people persons I've known. 

After walking me to class every day, John would browse the city. This was his number one goal, the ALAMO!  He had a great time there, got me some beautiful art pieces, and enjoyed the tour. 

We also spent a lot of time at Starbucks discovering the best salad I ever ate in my life!