Happy New Year!

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Cornhole

During the Christmas break, I spent some of my time over at the shop.  Gave me a chance to do some cleaning so I could make a new mess.   Well, it didn't take me long to find a new project.  I decided to paint up some cornhole boards.   This is the third set that I have painted.  They are fun to work with and you can get as creative as you want.  

For this one, I decided to go with Royal Red and Navy Blue and alternate the colors.  I found a cool Ford Motor Co. image that I used as a template to stencil.  This was a hard one as the stencil had a lot of detail that had to be hand cut.   I am getting pretty decent with using an Exacto knife.  For the stencil work, I brought both the boards home and finished working on them on the dining room table. 

These are pictures of the other two I have done.  I have given both of them away.  One was donated to our office and the other I gave to a friend.  I already have a few ideas on some new designs that I want to try.

Red Rock Canyon

Seems like a good time as we are ending the year to try to get a few more past posts entered.  These two pictures are from Thanksgiving.  We headed out early that morning and did a nice hike through Red Rock Canyon.  It was a little busy so Pebbles was on the leash most of the time, but she had fun.

 After our hike, we headed home, cleaned up and then went out for our Thanksgiving dinner.  Easier that way as there is just the three of us.  I don't want to cook and clean as it is a lot of work.  We went to the Cheyenne Resort and ate at the buffet.   They have so many choices and they are all great! After our big dinner, we headed home and all unbuttoned our pants and relaxed.

Sanibel Island

I could go on and on about our week on Sanibel, but being lazy, I am just going to unload my camera pics for your enjoyment.  We always have fun and are amazed at the numbers and types of shells that we can find.

Eric & Shannon Robinson

We had a great time in Flordia celebrating with Eric and Shannon for their wedding.  They married on October 31st (Halloween) at the Swan and Dolphin resort.  It was an outdoor wedding in the early afternoon.  It was very nice and we are super proud of both of them.  Who knows it may not be long and we could be grandparents.  I took some of the photos that I had taken and made the video above.

The rehearsal dinner was at the Melting Pot, and the dinner for the wedding was at the hotel in the steakhouse.   I think everyone had a blast, I know that Candy and I did.

We were able to spend a day at Universal Studios and one day at the Disney Animal Kingdom.  For Universal, we got in as soon as they opened.  Lucky us we were able to ride every ride that we wanted and the wait times were not bad.

For Animal Kingdom we also got in early and we had a group of about 15.  The Bride and Groom and most of the people that were in the wedding.

Once we finished our day at Animal Kingdom, we started our drive down to Sanibel.   Eric and Shannon were getting ready to leave to D.C. to see the sites.