Florida Trip - Part 7 - The SHEPHERDS

After we left Dave and Jenny's home...

we headed for LONGWOOD, Florida...

Our home of 21 years...

Our first stop...we stayed with Bob and Terry Shepherd...

Spent the afternoon and over night...

I must admit...Terry is the perfect HOSTESS...

She wouldn't let us do ANYTHING...had our room perfectly set up for us...

MEALS...and wanted us to simply ENJOY our every minute

with them...Brenda and her family...

Renee and AJ...

AND WE DID!!!!!

Buddies - Bob and Garvin

There is nothing I can possibly say...

 (smile)

Terry is the most happiest...

when she is serving... 

Sisters...in every way...

Like "daughters" to us!

Garvin and Renee

Brenda being loved up by her two beautiful children

 

 

Florida Trip - Part 6 - Bubbles and Misc.

I know...I am slightly behind...

But, then, what else is NEW? (smile)

Working on this post in-between other things...that

have my attention...however, I promise

I will get this one post done TODAY!

These pictures were taken on the final days we were in 

Bradenton...

Garvin and I found these "Bubble Guns" at Cracker Barrel...

We thought they would be so much fun!

The "Bubble" gun lights up and

shoots out the bubbles!

(smile)

Papa showing Rachel how to use it!

As you can see - she got the hang of it!

Papa Garvin...Had some FUN, too!

"BUBBLE WAR!"

Look at Sammy's DELIGHTED FACE!

I do believe...Rachel got the worst of it!

(smile)

Now, for some MISC. pictures...

"3" generations

Papa Garvin holding B. "Garvin"

and Garvin's "Do-No-Wrong" - Jenny

Little? Benjamin "Garvin" Joslyn

Caleb teasing Rachel and Sammy on the swings...

Dave and Jenny

I just liked this picture of Garvin holding Benjamin

I took a few pictures BEFORE Rose took more

professional ones...(smile)

The only way to stay COOL in Florida...

Wish I could have fit in it!

(smile)

 NEXT POST - "The Shepherds"

 

 

Fourteen Fundamentals Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994, thirteenth President of the Church) gave an address in which he defined “Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet.”
1) The prophet is the only man who speaks for the Lord in everything.
2) The living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works.
3) The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet.
4) The prophet will never lead the Church astray.
5) The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly training or credentials to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time.
6) The prophet does not have to say, “Thus saith the Lord” to give us scripture.
7) The prophet tells us what we need to know, not always what we want to know.
8) The prophet is not limited by men’s reasoning.
9) The prophet can receive revelation on any matter, temporal or spiritual.
10) The prophet may advise on civic matters.
11) The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the prophet are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich.
12) The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or the worldly.
13) The prophet and his counselors make up the First Presidency—the highest quorum in the Church.
14) Those who follow the living prophet and the First Presidency will be blessed; those who reject them will suffer.

Florida Trip - Part 5 - Beach - Part 2

My goodness...what a YEAR!

We just got back from IDAHO - the celebrating of Savannah's baptism...

Nearly 480 pictures were taken...

I am hoping SARAH will take care of these pass few days...on HER BLOG...(smile)

while I catch up on the FLORIDA trip...

and... then...I must FIND out MISSOURI TRIP pictures...that I loaded up

before my COMPUTER CRASHED...still can't locate them...

but, I pray...they got stored on this mini hard-drive I have...

Just don't know, yet, how to retrieve stuff off that 

little hard-drive...I had such GREAT pictures

of Josh/Holly FAMILY with Rick and Fran Miller...(arrggg...blasted VIRUSES) 

Plus, I still need to finish our trip when we went and saw our brothers in Oregon and Washington...

and the celebration of MARJ's 80th Birthday...

OK...enough rattling on...

Here are the remainder pictures from our BEACH day

in Bradenton...with Dave/Jenny family and Caleb and Rose...
NOT ALL THE PICTURES are being POSTED...

It was so fun to see "Papa Smith" play in the ocean with Rachel...

They seemed to have so much fun together!

PURE DELIGHT!

Rose noticing...Caleb bleeding from the "barnacles" that

he was scratched from - when he was hanging on

the "marker" out in the water...

 Yeah...glad he didn't attract "sharks"

Daddy Dave and his baby girl...

Rachel was so delighted with her "new treasure"

Garvin was so "content" just floating...

MORE FUN!

Maybe the view of the world...is better from this angle...

I LOVE seeing my children TOGETHER!

Jenny and Caleb!

I have NO IDEA what Caleb had planned with this

wad of sand...hmmm....

LOVE IT!

Papa and Rachel...

Turtle protection...

Just a REMINDER of how much...

I DO NOT MISS "Fire Ants"!!!!!!!!

Age Upgrade

This should also apply for July 12th - Happy Birthday Dad!

 

Florida Trip - Part 4 - "TO THE BEACH" - Part 1

All I can say is...with my new camera...I go crazy

taking pictures...but, unfortunately...so many

of them turn out...that it is difficult to 

choose what to post and what not too...

So, I decided to make "2" postings of our trip to the beach...

because...I don't think you want to sit through

"75" pictures in one sitting...(smile)

Promise...I had to skip several of them

even for this post...

Caleb and Rose...going in first...

Benjamin's FIRST TRIP to the BEACH!

 Rose holding onto Rachel while Sammy is creating lots of salty splashes on his Dad

Garvin enjoying the water...

"Cannon Drake" was "floating" 

(smile)

Mama Jenny and very contented Benjamin

Too bad Benjamin wasn't awake for his first "dip"

in the ocean...

Daddy Dave and Sammy

Couldn't tell they were father and son, could you?

(smile)

Sammy!

"The Gathering"

Dave, Caleb, Rachel, Rose, and Garvin

Rachel was having so much fun with her Papa Garvin and her Daddy!

Sand and little boys...always seem a great mix!

Love Sammy's smile!

I think Rachel and Papa had lots of fun together!

Coming ashore...

Frolicking along the shore...

Rachel found a "treasure" and was excited to show her Mama

She is truly a little "Pixie"

Got to love it when children encounter a "wave"

(smile)

 Will finish off these pictures in the NEXT POST

Bradenton, Florida