trip south for a conference, sightseeing, and visiting friends

 

This was in the kitchen of Arlington House in Birmingham Alabama.

 

 

There was a piano in every room!

 

 

The house was quite grand... we had to get pictures.

 

 

These are the train tracks that divided Alabama and Tennessee.

 

 

The Arbor or whatever they call them down there. :)

 

 

Of course! Visiting friends. So glad we could stop in at PCC and catch up!

 

 

This was at the Air and Space Museum in Pensacola Florida. The place was huge, yet we didn't stay too long since they were going to close. Nolmes... the adventurous one.

 

 

They had blooms in Alabama! No fair!

 

 

The Rocket. That was pretty neat!

 

 

Whoops! So that's the full view of the Arlington house.

 

Selfies :)

 



 

Ligonier Conference in Orlando. See the pipes to the organ?!  7,000 people singing and that thing playing. No words to explain how awesome!

 

 

In between excellent sessions.

 

 

Florida is quite warm, so a very cold drink pretty much hits the spot!

 

 

So that is a taste of our trip south. :)

Winter Time 2014

 

Silence on this poor blog doesn't mean that our winter life has been bleak and dreary like the weather western Pennsylvania has been having!!!!  I take that back! More frigid cold and snowy weather! 

 

 

(MI pics taken by Lily and Es)

 

At the end of January Sarah and I went with our dear friends Lily and Es up to Michigan.  We got to see the lake for the first time in the winter time.  

 

 

 

We were in Michigan to meet this new addition.

Sarah enjoying time with Elizabeth

 

 

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One evening in January the Whalen Family (as in all the Grandpas, Grandmas and Aunts and Uncles) got together at Das Dutch House in Columbiana to enjoy great food and entertainment.

 

 

Food like this is for taking one tiny bite and savoring the goodness for a whole minute in your mouth.

 

If I were to take you to the top of the barn/apartment right now you would be greeted with microphone cords lying all around, speakers in various spots and instrument and microphone stands placed where we find room!  We have been spending many a morning in our Cd man's studio listening, laughing and concentrating as metronomes pound away in our ear and enjoying every moment of it!  Dreams do come true but sometimes you have to put a lot of time, effort, money and grit into a dream to make it happen!