Busy Year

Wow hadn’t realized how long I had been away from this. Guess I need to get started again.

So I guess the best thing to do is start with a brief recap of the past 11 months.  So since my last post we completed our Road trip around America and I have to tell you if you ever get the opportunity to take a mustang convertible (okay I’m partial) and drive through the U.S. then don’t hesitate just do it. Even though we finished this trip last August both Helen and I are ready to throw everything into the car and take off again for an extended road trip again, I promise to post more of the trip in the future.

We bought a house and moved in in September. I can safely say this is our dream house, while we bought it new, we did a lot of updates following our move in to make it just right for us. We absolutely love the place and I plan to post pictures and memories of the process as we go, Best part of this is that buying the house also plays an interesting part in our Road trip.

We took another cruise, this time to South America, around the Horn, from Valparaiso, Chile to Buenos Ares, Argentina. Biggest thing from that trip is we saw penguins, lots of penguins! Oh and we were stranded on an island, for most of the day, when our tour boat couldn’t get off the shore.  Of course more on that and the rest of the cruise later as well.

We also bought Disney passes so we could tag along with our kids and grandchildren when they went. Now I love Disneyland, as much as anyone, but to be honest there is nothing like seeing the park through the eyes of a 2 year old. We’ve been twice, 5 months apart, and the difference in what is fun and exciting for the little one brings a new sense of joy and wonderment each time. And with the coming of Star Wars land, I will definitely be keeping my pass current..

And lastly and most importantly we found out one of our daughters is pregnant and due in
October. We couldn’t be more excited. Tells us that things are going to be exciting as the year progresses.

That’ it for now.