Day 280 Gloucester Point, VA

We hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Today is Wednesday, December 28th and we arrived back in Gloucester Point last night after a hectic week visitng both daughters.  We left here Sunday, December 18th after church and drove to Bethesda where we spent a couple of days with our daughter Sherrie and then left on Wednesday for Dallas.  I was unsure if we were going to get on the flights standby because of the heavy Christmas loads but were lucky and made each one.  It was a little uncomfortable on the first segment because I had to sit in a center seat between two large men but at least we got there.

We had a great time in Dallas as our daughter and son-in-law took us to a local theater (designed by Frank Lloyd Wright) and saw A Christmas Carol.  The cast was great and it was a nice play to see again during the holidays.  The next night we went to Fellowship Bible Church and participated in an unbelieveable service.  It was a huge church with large screens in every corner.  After church we took them to Pappadeaux and had an incredible dinner (we've never had a bad meal there).

The next day Mike took Brian to the new Cowboy Stadium and had a VIP tour and saw Emmitt Smith and Mel Renfro as well as several Cowboy cheerleaders.  They also had a tour of one of the suites which was for sale (Brian said he made an application for it).

We had to leave Christmas day as flights were full the rest of the week and made it back to DC without a problem.  We arrived in Bethesda at 6:30 in time to have Christmas dinner with Sherrie, Chris and Lauren.  We left Tuesday morning to drive back to Gloucester Point and the boat but I think everyone else had the same idea as I-95 was packed and it was raining! 

What a difference a day makes as today is bright and sunny even though it's still cold and windy.  We have a lot to accomplish before turning around and driving back to Bethesda to help Sherrie move back to San Antonio until Lauren graduates from Alamo Heights High School in 2013.  It's a huge sacrifice they're making for their daughter but we all do things for our kids.

We have a lot to accomplish before leaving again but in case I don't get back to the blog I'd like to wish everyone who follows it a Happy New Year!

Day 264 - Gloucester, VA

Today is Monday, December 12th and I cannot believe how fast Christmas is sneaking up on me!  Tomorrow I hit the shops.  We're still planning to go to Dallas for Christmas if we can get a flight since we go stand-by.  I've never tried to do that during the Christmas season so it may be stressful.  We were going to include a trip to San Antonio but have agreed to help our daughter Sherrie drive down there toward the end of January so we'll wait on that trip.

We've been staying busy here on the boat and going to Ft. Eustis to the gym, etc. but haven't done as much sightseeing as we intended because it's so cold here.  If the weather permits this Saturday, Mike wants to do the segway tour of Yorktown.  I've never been on one of those things but have always wanted to try it.  We'll see...