A Snowbird in Paradise

Carrie and the girls came down for Christmas, arriving Christmas Day.  Roman's daughter was glad for the company, too.  She and Carrie have always been close.

Most of the days the girls were here they spent outdoors trying to get a tan, or even a burn, before returning to Michigan.

All too soon they were on a plane to return to the reality of COVID-locked Michigan.

As a class officer, Abby had privileges.  Here she is reading and discussing a book with her class.

This was a class officers' visit to a local church.

Abby is with her basketball team.

Late in April there was a snowstorm back home. and Andy built a snowman for those of us still in Florida.

This was how best friends had to interact.  Abby and Samantha hadn't seen each other for weeks, both having school online, only.  

Graduation from St. Pius has always been a big affair...class trip, torch & ribbon ceremony, Confirmation, graduation and the "all night" party.  This year there was none of it.  The students rode in cars past a line of teachers saying good bye.

As we were leaving Florida, the state troopers were funneling all of the cars coming INTO the state through a welcome center.  They were ordering all out-of-state people to quarantine for two weeks.  We wondered how they were enforcing that order.

Finally, Abby's school figured out how to have as sort-of-graduation, with only 2 people attending for each graduate and live streaming the evening on You-Tube.  Abby gave the invocation and Gabby was official photographer.

Meanwhile, this was how Gabby had to dress for work at the local Dairy Queen.

Our "outings" were confined to backyard barbecues with our kids.

Gabby now was working at a veterinary hospital and loving finally getting into her chosen field of study in college.