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December 3 - Santa Dollar

Souvenir From Our Twentieth Anniversary Trip to Florida


For our twentieth anniversary Lloyd and I took a trip to Florida. We spent a few days at Disney and then we drove to St. Petersburg. It was a nice break. While we were in St. Pete we were considering possibly moving there. It turned out that neither of us felt like the move was a good idea. I'm glad we listened to God's leading because it was during the housing bubble and we might have been sorry if we bought property then. There were other extenuating things as well but we left there thinking "maybe some day". And we still think that way especially as Lloyd's respiratory system troubles him every winter.  Then again, maybe not.  Once again, I digress...
We had a great visit with family that year. Lloyd's son and his wife came out for dinner with us. Another evening we had a fabulous time with my cousin and her husband. I hadn't seen her in over ten years. This ornament is a remembrance that the Florida gulf coast is calling and a reminder of a great vacation where we ate and shopped and toured and played and celebrated our love and our marriage.
I love hanging ornaments on the tree and remembering times like this.

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