Wow, time does fly. This is going to be an update by pictures.
We did a lot of fun things during the Summer such as free bowling, free movies, and thrift store shopping.
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| Event at the youth center in Cape Coral. |
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| One of many weekly bowling trips. |
Of course school began for us in August. Here are my last four students.
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| Teaching garden by the Wellness Center in Cape Coral, FL |
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| Nathan flies to Orlando in September for a Microsoft conference. We drove and met up with him. So fun! |
Emma also played on a soccer team in the fall, and Beth worked a lot in the late Summer through Fall elections with our county election office. Because of my working Charity got her driver's license and transported everyone where they needed to go. She also was an assistant coach on Emma's team. Here is her maiden voyage
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| Pumpkin patch with friends in Cape Coral. |
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| Stephen |
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| Dave runs the 5k Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving again. |
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| Dave's finish |
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| Caleb helps Stephen put the angel on the tree. No need for a step stool with Caleb around. |
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| Finally replacing 4 original windows (in 2 bedrooms) |
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| Christiana and Katie are the first to arrive for the holidays. |
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| Blikstad family at SeaWorld, minus Caleb and Zach, December 14, 2018. |
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| Joel and his inlaws and family |
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| Being grandma to my two sweeties, Sophia and Isabelle |
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| Sophia poses as Isabelle watches the two baluga whales. |
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| Stephen |
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| This penguin loved to follow Sophia around behind the glass |
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| The Nathan Blikstad family |
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| Mermaid Sophia |
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| Audrey and Lydia pose with the living statue. |
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| Jon and Beth after dark. |
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| Sophia waited all day for her one and only ride just before we left. She is so sweet. |
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| Audrey along for the ride |
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| Our granddaughters lit the Advent candles. |
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| How'd we do Grandpa? |
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| Stephen |
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| Nathan and Hannah walk the beach. |
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| Grandpa and Isabelle |
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| Beth's famous cocoa |
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| Caleb and Emma on Christmas Eve. So glad Caleb could drive down for the holidays. |
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| Beginning the irrigation project |
Between Christmas Day and New Year's Day we put in our irrigation system.
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| Valves after getting the pavers level |
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| Cutiing the holes for the valve box. |
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| Tada! Jon did a great job on this. We later painted the cover green to blend in with the grass. |
In January we tackled the garage. Jon hauled away a truck load of stuff to Habitat restore and the recyling center. We made a few bucks on some of the metal, not much but enough to buy gas for the truck.
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| Bike storage system I came up with. I had been trying to do something like this for many months. |
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| Organizing the garage after modifying some shelving units that were discarded from a job site. |
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| In February we redecorated the boy bedroom with paint and new chunky baseboard. |
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| A similar color but in a cooler shade that matches the diamonds on the drapes. |
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| Abby looks on as Jon cuts the trim. |
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| Dry fit |
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| Looks so nice. This is before caulk. |
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| Dry fit. You can see the new window sill Jon made to fit the window in here. |
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| Nailing trim |
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| In early March we also redecorated our bedroom. We painted (a cooler color than before) and installed new baseboard. |
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| I love this. |
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| Stephen gets his award at our end of season basketball party. |
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| Abigail also receives her award. |
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| Our boys JV basketball team |
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| Johanna and her award with coach Faro |
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| Emma and coach Faro |
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| Johanna is confirmed on March 10, 2019 |
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| Spring break and some fun time |
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| We went to the beach with Paul and Jenny Blikstad when they visited. |
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| We also celebrated Joel's birthday while they were here. |
And also in March Katie coached a meet in Orlando. Jon, Emma and I went and spent a couple hours with her.
That's it in a nutshell.
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