11/14/24
Today Rachel and Dad changed out the headlight in our car:
The old one was filmed over and the light was dim. The dealership (before we bought it) had only replaced one of the headlights to a new one so we wanted to have it matching and be able to see better at night.
It took a while and the sun was starting to set, but we got it done.
11/11/24
Today we visited the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida:
Rachel brought her friend, also named Rachel:
We got to touch non-stinging jelly fish:
The ducks outside were so cute:
Not sure what type of bird this is but I think his name is “Stan”:
Back inside to the actual aquarium:
We petted the stingray!:
This fish is awesome!
Wow!:
Beautiful:
Although it’s a small facility, the exhibits were very nice and we had a wonderful time at the Florida Aquarium!
11/08/24
Lizzy was busy tonight and couldn’t join us, but Rachel, Dad and Mom went to a UF gymnastics meet and this random guy approached us outside and said he had seats in the good section and offered them to us. We sat with him and enjoyed the good seats!
Thanks Random Guy!
10/30/24
We decided to have a “Good Samaritan” trunk for Trunk-n-Treat at church:
We had a chili cook-off before the trunk-n-treating.
Time for Trunk-N-Treat!:
Mom handed out the band-aides and had the kids go help the injured person (Lizzy) by putting a band-aide on her:
Lizzy was the one in need:
Dad was the one to guide them to the injured one needing help:
Rachel was the Inn Keeper with the candy:
Lizzy had A LOT of band-aides stuck to her at the end of the trunk-n-treating from all the “Good Samaritans”.
10/13/24
The panhandle is still cleaning up from the hurricane, so Lizzy, Dad and Mom went back to help:
We didn’t have much to do at the first site so we went to the next:
The homeowner pitched right in:
We worked hard here and accomplished a lot!
One more site before we call it a day:
It’s great to be able to help!
10/12/24
Today we drove about an hour to a beautiful park in Palatka, Florida called Ravine Gardens State Park to take family pictures:
It was a beautiful day and a beautiful place!
10/6/24
Of course we had our traditional spread of food!
The Araque’s came for the second session:
Lizzy, Rachel and Patricia worked on homework between sessions:
10/5/24
Although Gainesville didn’t get hit by the storm we were called to help out in the panhandle where they had a direct hit. Lizzy, Dad and Mom headed out first thing in the morning:
We got to the staging place and mom braised Lizzy’s hair while dad checked us in:
Brother and Sister Anderson were also assigned to our worksite location. They worked a a great team!
More helpers came:
Lizzy had slight injury but wont give up that easily!
We had a tractor at this location!!
More helpers!
Dad broke another boot!
That didn’t stop him either!
Let’s get that duck-taped though:
We headed to another location. Lizzy tried to tackle the vine:
Dad tried to help:
Lizzy was a great help unloading the truck:
A quick rest break:
Off to another location. Check out the signs on the fence:
That was a hard day’s work!
9/29/24
Today we celebrated Franklin Sr.’s Birthday! Dad made Franklin his favorite pineapple upside down cake:
Make a wish!
Luna would like some cake!
Lizzy helped pass out the cake:
We made him a card and gave him a gift:
Luna was happy to help him open his gifts:
We are happy to celebrate you on your birthday Franklin!
9/25/24
Hurricane Helen is not likely to be hitting us, but we closed up all the shutters and are as ready as we can be:
9/26/24
Since we were all home due to the storm, Rachel painted a Medusa:
And Mom baked some yummy pumpkin breads:
9/27/24
Rachel finished her Medusa!:
