We are back to posting!

The blog is back up and running!  So, here is a bit about our month of November.Patrick and I went fishing out on Tarpon Bay.  These pelicans looked like they were watching the sun rise.

This lovely lady guarded the fish we caught and escorted them to the boat.  We are going to take in another fishing trip before the end of the year and this time will we take the kids.

  This is a koi pond at FSW 

college.  Cody loves these ponds.  He wants to build one in our backyard.

  On November 19th Cody and I went to see this concert at the Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall.  It is beside FSW college-Cody's 2nd choice for college.  His first choice is FGCU.

A pretty water lily at the koi pond from above.

Last weekend 

we walked a park in Fort Myers.  This is just one of the stops we enjoyed.  It was a cool day by Florida standards-only got to about 70 and breezy!

Thanksgiving dinner is always with friends, they cook the turkey and we bring the sides.  Amberlyn made a pumpkin pie and we also brought deviled & pickled eggs.

We are looking forward to the Christmas Season.  We have a couple hockey games to see in December and we will have to get started on the decorating.  Plus, we have a garden going again.  Tomato plants have their first yellow flowers.  

More to follow soon, but this was a start!

Getting ready for the fat guy!

Well, the holiday time is upon us and both kids have been actively working to get their acts together and make sure they've done any last minute chores hoping to impress the big guy for presents.  And by big, we mean we've enjoyed holiday meals maybe a bit too much.

We are through the first rounds of outside of school activities for the winter.  Cody participated in his winter band concert and did a wonderful job.  Can you spot which kid is ours in the group?  :)

Now we are in full swing with some of the high school open house visits for Cody.  High school.  Yep, we're not ready for this.  In FL, you visit a number of high schools and then you rank them as your choice.  The county will then assign you to a school, however, each school has various "audition" options that can pull the child into.  There are several that Cody would probably enjoy, one being more geared towards art and music so he is very focused on that.  He will be planning on auditioning for photography, art and music.

Amberly has finished her play.  This year she played the "sweet girl" in the play and sang a small group solo (with 2 other girls) and did a wonderful job.  She had all her lines down and didn't make any mistakes.  Another budding actress in our midst.  Let's just hope without all the drama and public meltdowns!

Cody has an official job at Bailey's Store with Jenny.  He only goes in on the days when she works on holidays but he is getting his own paycheck and putting most of the money aside for savings and donation and the rest he can go wild on.  Right now, he is focused on some Lego kits (go figure).  They both did take time to help decorate for the holidays.  Jenny came up with a palm tree theme for X-Mas.  We're in FL, right?  Gotta be festive.

Amberlyn already opened one of her presents so she could start on it.  She has been begging for a purse (what woman doesn't?) so she got a present from Aunt Jackie so she could use her artistic talents to make it "hers".  She was focused on it for hours.

So, we're finishing up the Xmas wrapping and making sure all is well.  This year the kids will be doing a tropica treasure hunt to find their gifts.  Jenny made fake coconuts and we made clues for the kids to hunt down their gifts.  Can't be easy for them, right?

We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Christmas and New Year's adventure!  Loves and hugs from the Wedge family south!

Oh boy...where have we been????

Well, yeah, you can kind of say that we (I) have messed up by not getting online and posting stuff as much as we could.  But, when the summer session hits, kids have camp activities, rush around, then crush up for school prepartation, get all the supplies, have a sleepover with LOUD elementary aged girls and oh yeah, throw a potential hurricane in there, that'll kind of occupy some time.

But, we digress.  Throwing one round of pictures up now.  First batch is from the kids at summer camp.  They both got to take advantage of a variety of activities on Sanibel Island.  Cody did everything from driving range golf, to fishing, to kayaking, helping the city film a safety video and more.  Amberlyn had her fair share of crafts, gym, games and a lot of swimming.  She's quite the fish now.

Then we had to prepare for a potential hurricane (Issac) that did eventually skirt us but did give us a nice shot of some high winds and rain.  Had to run through the preparation steps so good practice for everyone.  At least we are aware of how to put up hurricane shutters now.

We are already thinking about winter plans.  Amberlyn is participating in another winter play, while Cody is preparing for not one but two nights of winter band concerts.  Both are getting more and more homework at nights so those are filling up night time activies really quick.  Have to stay on top of both kids for sure.

So, long story short, that has been the last couple of months.  Non-stop entertainment!

Cross checks and confirmation

Did a nice weekend with a trip to see the Florida Everblades (ECHL) on Saturday as they won their series to be the Eastern Conference Champions and head to the Kelly Cup championship game.  Both kids are loving watching the game and being on the lookout for Swampy (the 'Blades mascot).

On Sunday morning, Cody had his Confirmation at Grace Church.  He had been taking classes each week and have a weekend getaway to prepare himself with several others.  We are pretty happy with his dedication to go through with this for when he was ready.

Cody had his last band concert at school this week and is preparing for a trip to DisneyWorld to particpate in the Disney Music Studios class.  The kids will spend a couple of hours in the music studio and then will get a day in the Magic Kingdom.  Patrick will be one of the supervisors for the kids so hoping for a fun and calm day.

Photos galore

Going to be a text light post.  Work and tax deadlines paying their tolls but lots of pictures from the great visite from Uncle Chris, Aunt Jackie, cousins Beau and Logan.  Short visit but nothing but fun and thankfulness of the visit.

Over and out!