Winter is going fast

Well, winter is almost over and it hasn't been too bad.  So far it's hasn't been below 32 degrees at night but we have had a fair amount of rain.  The forecast for the next 10 days is going to be in the 60s and sunny most of the time.

A windy day at the beach, we sometimes get some fast food burgers and then eat lunch at the beach.  

                                               A couple of the locals.

One Sunday afternoon Jenny & Craig had two of their RV friends sing us a few songs in the pavilion.  We all brought some snacks and a beverage for the entertainment.  These two also play at the FloraBama bar.

We like to take a picture when we have breakfast at Krystals and text it to our friends Ron & Lois.  They spent a winter here 2 years ago and really liked the Krystal's breakfast.  The last 2 winters they have been in Wachula, FL where it's warmer......but no Krystals!

Every November we buy a 10 pound bag of cracked pecans then shell them outside on nice afternoons.  We finished shelling and here's the end.  I think we took 3 or 4 afternoons to finish. no hurry.

The snowbirds here at the campground have a float they use for the local Christmas and Mardi Gras parades.  They will also drive through the campground so everyone can see it.

Last of the 2015 pictures!

I downloaded Judy's cell phone pictures which I seldom do and there were some from last year I'd like to post on the blog.  Better late than never.

                        Here's Judy on the St Augustine beach.

Here she is with Kim's 1967 bug that she got to drive on Daytona's beach.

You all know who these two are!  Is Devyn tall or Judy short?

Here's a good picture of all our kids (except Dustin) in Gulf Shores last Thanksgiving.

The old man at our favorite breakfast joint.

Here's two shots from the annual Christmas boat parade on the inter-coastal waterway.

Winter Adventure & Mark and Paula

There were several trips to the subdivision's kids park for Brianna and Dustin to play, seems the big kids had some fun too.

Lanier Islands has a Winter Adventure park over the holidays so Judy, Jody, Brianna, Devyn, and Dan spent an afternoon and evening there.  

They had an ice skating rink but being in Georgia the ice was plastic.

Dan is on the left, Devyn the right and Brianna's the short one.  Dan won the "betcha I can knock ya down" bumps with Devyn.  Brianna just plain struggled to move. 

 Brianna going down one of the slides.

Devyn coming down another slide.

Mark and Paula were in Michigan for Christmas and returned before we left so we all got together at a Japanese Steak House for lunch then continued visiting at Jody and Renato's home.

Well folks.....that's a wrap for 2015.  Happy New Year!!

Lebkuchen time

Of course we had to make a batch of Lebkuchens from my Grandmother's recipe.  Devyn has made them several times but this was a first for Dan.  Brianna wasn't too sure what was going to happen.

 When Dan broke the spoon stirring it was time for hand to hand combat with the dough as the last of ten pounds of flour is added. 

This is going so well........

What could possibly go wrong with two teenagers making cookies?

Looks like the referee let the cookie mixing get a little out of hand. 

After a day or two in the fridge it was time to bake them, it also gave Devyn and Dan time to get cleaned up and calmed down!

Family time

The weather has been pretty nice, warm and sunny so Devyn & Dan showed the kids, and dogs, how to make some big bubbles.  One day we all went to see the new Star Wars movie, the theater had quite a few people watching it but it was just another Star Wars movie to me.

Randy and Renato did a little electrical work.

Time to frost and decorate the Christmas sugar cookies.

Merry Christmas!!

Family Christmas in Flowery Branch

On the 23rd we traveled to Jody and Renato's home for Christmas, Randy and Devyn also drove down from Michigan with Molly on the 24th.  Devyn's boyfriend, Dan, will fly in from FL late on Christmas day. The Bahnmiller clan has gathered. We have rented a condo to stay in with Randy while Devyn and Molly stay with Jody, Renato, Brianna, Dustin and their dogs.
It was a very wet trip and as usual we went through Atlanta during the afternoon rush.  Atlanta was very foggy.

Renato has planned a hog shoulder for the Christmas dinner.  He has dug a pit in the back yard and he and Randy will cook it in there for a day.