This year’s Food and Wine trip was another first for us. This is the one trip where where in the past we’ve met others down there in Disney but for the last few years Kriss and I have gone alone, which was a nice change from being with people every year prior. So this year, after hanging out at our neighbor’s, Bruce and Lonnie, for months before talking about the trip they decided they’d like to go too since they hadn’t been in over 3 years and that was with kids too. So with a little finagling of kid’s schedules, we all took Friday off and headed south as soon as the kids were on the school bus at 7:00. Read more

Today is Lyssa’s 13′th B’day, finally a teenager. I wasn’t certain she was going to make it but alas, her mother did not kill her so she has made it to her next milestone in life.

Tonight she is having a few friends over and a party at her favorite place, Maurice’s. Yeah I know, a party at a clothing store, go figure. Then a few of the little, um, I mean her friends, are coming back here for a sleepover, parents come get them by noon!

Happy Birthday Lyssa!