Weekend Guests

Last Friday evening we welcomed to Orlando Vernon's brother, Richard, his wife, Susan, and their daughter, Morgan. We enjoyed dinner together at a Pizzaria Uno. Morgan made her own pizza to be baked for her to eat. In this pic she is wearing the plastic apron that was supplied. In front of her on the table is the pizza dough spread with sauce. She hasn't added the cheese yet. Doesn't she look pleased to be making her own pizza? While Morgan wasn't wearing her new Minnie Mouse hat, Richard put it on his head and posed.

There was a balloon artist in the restaurant. Look at what he made to wear on his head, some kind of alien. He's making something for Morgan to wear. She let him decide after he asked her questions like her favorite color. Can you tell what he's making?

Morgan approved of it - a castle!

Here's another view. Notice he drew on the balloons with red marker to make it look more like a castle.

Now her pizza has arrived and she's ready to eat it.

Here's the bee I asked the guy to make for me. Cute, isn't it? I chose a bee because Deborah in Hebrew means "bee".

Saturday morning they left our house by 8:30 to spend the day at the Magic Kingdom. Morgan is dressed for it. She took her autograph book along and got quite a few signatures of the Disney characters. It was perfect weather and even a full moon that night.

Sunday noon we ate at Cheescake Factory and celebrated Vernon's birthday a day early. He doesn't look very happy in this photo but the picture I took when he was smiling didn't turn out. He also could look unhappy because we were singing to him. Ha!

Our guests returned home Monday morning. Since Morgan is home-schooled, they didn't have to leave on Sunday or have her miss a day at public school.

We didn't celebrate Vernon's birthday on Monday because he didn't feel good that night. In fact, he slept several hours after getting home from work. We hope to celebrate with friends this weekend. Maybe I can get a happy picture of him to show you.

Hello again! This picture of Vernon and I was taken at a restaurant along the intracoastal waterway known as Inlet Harbor. We celebrated my birthday there this weekend.

We were in Daytona Beach for a gathering of British-made cars known as Sunbeams, made between 1964-67. Only 5,000 were brought into the US. We purchased one, a 1966 Tiger in 1978 and enjoyed driving it for a few years before the engine blew up. Since then, it moved with us from Atlanta to Phoenix and then 20 years ago when we moved to Orlando, it was moved via the moving truck again. It has been sitting in our garage waiting for the time and money to restore it.

Since transplant, Vernon has been purchasing the parts that he needs but hadn't started working on it. So it was a great opportunity for us when the yearly gathering of Sunbeam owners announced the Daytona Beach location. We saw about 40 other cars like ours that are all in good shape and on the road. He is definitely motivated to work on the car now and the weather is finally getting cooler so it wouldn't be so hard to work outside.

This red one looks a lot like ours. You can see that it is a two passenger convertible. There is a "soft top" on this one. We have one of those plus a "hard top" that can be placed on the car when weather warrants.






This photo shows some of the cars on display along the ocean. Vernon learned a lot by looking at how other owners have restored their cars. And he took pictures of the engine compartments.