"Is this a musical table?" - Paul, "Flirting with Disaster"
I remember that as we entered into the Summer of 2001, my first with Carolyn, she remarked as we assembled our ‘fun drawer’ in the kitchen that it was “going to be a great summer!” Our fun drawer included gift certificates and coupons for places and events that we could enjoy over the coming months. […]
After the enjoyable get-together at Howey-in-the-Hills, Carolyn’s entire family caravanned two and a half hours southwest to Bradenton Beach on Anna Maria Island on Sunday, July 17, 2005. Here we had rented out several condos at a nice resort called Bridgewalk. It was not located quite on the beach, but was in walking distance just across the street […]
Excitement was mounting as we departed the Gelm family reunion on the evening of Sunday, June 10, 2001 as we left Howey-in-the-Hills (pop. 956) behind and headed the fifty miles northeast to Kissimmee, Florida. Here we parked Mom’s van and ourselves at some little dive on the outskirts of the Disney property. In those days, all […]
The first vacation for our new family commenced on Friday, June 8, 2001. Carolyn, Ashleigh, Briana, and I borrowed my Mom’s white van and headed south for a week of humid merriment. Naturally we made our first pit stop in Forsyth, George - continental breakfast capital of the world, before rolling on to our final destination on […]
The Spring brought forth new life for our family. Carolyn, Ashleigh, and I were all comfortable gliding into our time together. Ashleigh’s 11th birthday came on Wednesday, March 21. Since this is smack dab in the middle of the week, I’m not sure if we celebrated early or late, but we allowed Ashleigh to have […]