We know we have been severely remiss in upgrading our Blog but we are not going to let that stop us from trying to catch up. Better late than never, they say, so here we go.
After our weekend in Savannah, Ga., in November, we traveled to South Florida for the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays to spend them with my family and Ken's family away from home. Ken's wonderful family resides in Zimbabwe and South Africa and those are a bit further away that a 3 hour car ride to Pembroke Pines. Ken has been adopted by his new friends and family in South Florida.
We have been staying at a hotel near my sister's home, because she has had a house full of people for the last couple of years. Even the guest room had been permanently assigned.
We usually stay at The Grand Palms Resort; a moderately nice hotel with beautiful grounds and an 18-hole golf course. We stay in a suite which makes it a little nicer and allows for more room to stretch out and we are right on the golf course and enjoy that for our view.
We do not do much "vacationing" since we prefer to do things with the family. My sister's house has a beautifully landscaped back yard with a nice swimming pool.
We catch up on all of the movies which we have not seen while we are there, at the Movico Movie Theaters, not far from where we stay. We also see plenty of movies on DVD while we are there, since they too are huge movie fans.
We play games, too. Last time we taught them how to play Settlers of Catan, a board game we learned in June of 2007. We also play dominoes and Family Feud from time to time.
Overall it is a fun, relaxed family time.
We do not go out to restaurants while we are there, because we enjoy the home cooked meals very well, but we always treat them to dinner, at least once, each trip, where we order in and go to town on food we have delivered or we pick up. Last time we order $185 of Thai food for 7 of us. We had plenty of selection and delicious food. Other times we go to the bakery and bring delicious pastries for brunch which we all enjoy.
We are planning our next visit to see them over the 4th of July weekend 2008 coming up in two weeks. We are looking forward to it.
Friday, June 13, 2008
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