Friday Morning

Well Thursday turned out to be a busy day with lots going on and a first for Nancy and I since we have been back in Florida this year; we went to the beach. The morning started out much the usual with the roosters dueling at 5'ish in the AM. I finally rolled out around 6:15 to start the day with a cup of green tea, a few quiet moments and then a smoothie made with strawberries, a banana with almond milk, yeow was that ever tasty with just a splash of cinnamon on top. I then got ready and pedaled out to the rec for nearly 3 hours of workout with pickle ball and finally the weight room. I'm still holding with the weight but the muscles seem to be a little firmer as well as the spare tire.

After the rec I stopped off at the library before heading home to hand water the gardens as it has once more become terribly dry. Nancy was at the rec getting her workout in so I hung a lot of laundry then headed in to do some computer work before Amy and Sam came for lunch. Nancy made a great salad and while most of the greenery is store bought I still contribute some kale, beet greens, tomato's, onions and basil to the mix from the garden. While she was making a salad for lunch she went ahead and made a salad to take with us to our house church group get together later in the evening at the Tracy's condo on the beach.

I got the luggage down from the attic as we are heading to Miami on Friday morning for our niece Arianne's wedding on Saturday. We will be gone 3 days and 2 nights and while we are excited about the wedding we aren't too excited about the Miami area traffic and crime. Luckily they are in what is still believed to be the better part of the area . Bobby and Amy's families will also be there and we are staying out near the airport area called Kendall.

We headed out to the Tracy's around 7 with Dan and Carol and on the way Carol started feeling bad some we took her home and then headed out once again. Seems she was having some intestinal issues so she missed a great time of fellowship and a beach experience at sunset. We had some finger food to start with before heading over to the beach which is just across the street from their condo on Indian Rocks Beach. It was such a beautiful evening with little humidity and a nice breeze. We did some devotions, took a few pics then headed back to a sumptuous meal with a Mexican theme. We all love this type of food and Kathryn had plenty to go along with our salad and Carol's chocolate cake.  It was going on 10 PM before we headed out for home with doggie bags as well.

Well we got home in time

to see who won the Idol contest and I managed to see the Ray's lose another game with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th and they were winning by 2 runs when their closer loaded the bases with walks then a hit by Boston and they were losers once again, Oh well, LATER  Here are a few pics from the beach last evening.