Well, I am going to get ready for bed so that I can be asleep before Santa deliver my presents.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE............
Below is my annual newsletter that I usually send out. Most of you will have received it by e-mail, if you haven't it means I don't have your e-mail address so please send it to me.
Pictures Attached: Sue with Mum, Ian, Bailey& Kai - July 2013 
Bryan with Ryan & Christina - DelMar Races Sept 2013 
Bryan, Sue, Brenda, John, LeeAnne, & Aimee - Oct 2013 
MERRY CHRISTMAS 2013, HAPPY NEW YEAR
Hi everyone, well here we are again, another year has flown past. We saw the New Year in with Ryan in San Diego and then headed back to Las Vegas. The first 5 months were normal and uneventful as we waited for me to retire on June 5th. I was offered tickets for Wimbledon in the lottery in February and we decided that as it was my 60th birthday I would go, as I may not be able to get tickets again. So on June 19th I flew to London for 5 weeks. I celebrated my birthday on 25th with mum, Ray & Julie and went to Wimbledon with Julie on the 27th. We stayed 2 nights in a hotel near the courts and had a great time. Although we didn’t see Andy Murray, as he wasn’t playing that day, it was still fantastic being a part of the atmosphere. On July 6th Ian collected mum & I and took us to his new home near Cardiff where we stayed for 3 weeks. It was Kai’s first birthday while I was there and we went to “ThomasLand” and rode on Thomas the Tank Engine. J I helped Ian get his grass started and we watered it every night as the UK was having a heat wave while I was there. It gradually went from brown to green. Needless to say on the 7th I made sure I was watching on TV as Andy Murray won Wimbledon. I tried to get tickets but it was not meant to be.
We decided to leave Las Vegas on August 13th and start our adventures around America in the motorhome. We started by going to see Ryan in San Diego as we didn’t know when we would be back on the West Coast. We met his girlfriend Christina and went to Del Mar Races while we were there. We started to travel East back across California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas (where we visited our daughter Brenda, John, LeeAnn & Aimee, brother Patrick, Karen & Taylor and friends Johnny & Kathy) Louisiana (where we visited Mom), Mississippi, Alabama and ending in Florida as planned on December 2nd. We established residency in Florida and are staying within 3 minutes of the beach in Pensacola. Ryan got engaged at the beginning of December and is getting married in March 2014 so we will fly back to San Diego for that.
Our granddaughter LeeAnne got Gold in the Special Olympics Bowling while we were there. We also watched Aimee in her soccer team and they both took part modeling in a fashion show. Ryan & Ian both got promoted during the year and Ian finished his first 10k charity run. So proud of all our kids and grandkids.
We have seen a lot of different places so far on our travels and are getting into the swing of living on the road. Most of it is documented on our blog:http://lilypadtravels.
Our new mailing address is 5715 Highway 85N, #1754, Crestview, FL. 32536. This is a post office box and as you have probably guessed we are not sending Christmas cards any longer and ask that you do the same as we have to pay for everything to be forwarded to us from the PO box to where we are. We would love to get comments on the blog or e-mails from you though, letting us know how you are doing. Hoping to hear from you, have a happy, healthy & prosperous new year.
Love Sue & Bryan xxxx
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