Month: September 2017

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For Better or . . . hopefully Even Better

Bob and I flew from Florida to Chicago for some serious family time highlighted by our nephew, and Bob’s godson’s wedding.  It was a perfect weekend with Bob’s family.  The festivities began on Saturday with an afternoon Cubs game –and the Cubs won!

Wrigley Field — home of the 2016 World Champions!
Other options for seeing a Cubs game
Jody (father of the groom), Nick (groom), and Zack (brother of groom and best man)

The wedding and reception were in Naperville, home of the bride and bride’s parents.  It’s a beautiful community.

A view of downtown Naperville from the Hotel Indigo, site of the reception
Oversized books serve as benches in downtown Naperville
The Riverwalk and one of the bridges
One of many mosaics along the Riverwalk
A downtown quarry-fed pool and beach

Some photos from the rehearsal dinner, wedding, and reception —

The bride (Kelly) and the groom (Nick) addressing those at the rehearsal dinner at Kelly’s parent’s house
Bob doing his reading at the wedding
Bob and I at the cocktail hour before the reception
Zack (best man) and Nick (groom)
The first dance

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Fare Well Florida 

I can’t believe we have been out of our Florda house sit for almost two weeks!  While we have been busy seeing family in Illinois and Wisconsin, we have checked in with our home owners to learn that they have survived Hurricane Irma with no damage to their home and no loss of electricity. We are still amazed at the devastation facing much of Texas and Florida (and the Caribbean) from Harvey and Irma (and, if you have seen their photo on Twitter, they seem like such a nice elderly couple!)

Some final photos from our stay in The Villages —

Don’t know if it is the friendliest, but it’s definitely friendly!
We met up with a couple — Bruce and Barb — that I use to babysit for. They have retired to the Villages. They treated us to dinner. It was great to catch up and learn more about the community.
We managed to hit all 5 of the recreation centers with fitness facilities and perused and/or visited some of the Country Clubs.

Laurel Manor Rec Center
Sea Breeze Rec Center — this one had my favorite decor.
Part of the main room of the Sea Breeze Rec Center
Mulberry Grove Rec Center

We never visited this country club, but we did walk and drive by it.
The Bonifay Country Club on a dark and stormy night — actually the rains had just stopped.

Some other photos of our exploration of the community —
The Villages have a charter school for the employees children. They are the Buffaloes and the football field is known as The Range.
We took a boat ride on Lake Sumter. The guide thought he was quite the funny man (not so much). Bob has his eyes on that job if we ever retire there.
A boardwalk to a lookout at one of the many community parks
Audience participation for Scooter the DJ at the Brownwood Town Center — ask me about the fast food song!
Egrets ruling the course
One of several golf cart shop and repair centers

And one last tribute to two wonderful dogs —

Are these two sweet or what?! Reagan and Winter were a little bit of perfect.
Winter begging for a butt rub.
Sweet, sweet Reagan getting the paper.