Kayaking with the twins

Our good friend and neighbor, Len (from Canada), had some very fun visitors last week. His daughter, Krista and her twin girls, Aurora Moon and Star Lynne, came to visit for a week. The girls are 9 years old and full of curiosity and energy. Len had to make sure they had plenty to do while here because they are basically non-stop energy from sun-up to sun-down. The six of us took a 3 hour Kayak trip down one of the Florida river’s here in Fort Myers. We had a blast! The girls really know how to handle a kayak. But considering that their Grandpa (Len) owns and operates a resort on a lake up in Canada, it didn’t really surprise us too much that they knew how to handle a boat, but they really did well for 9 year olds! Aurora is the one with the baseball cap on and Star is the one without.
We sure enjoyed having them around here for a week. It was so much fun to be part of their great 9 year old energy. We rode bikes together, swam in the pool together (during the day and at night, under the stars) had a couple of meals together and just hung out and chatted. We hope to go up and visit them in Canada this summer.

Here’ a shot of Len and his daughter Krista. They were both great fun on this trip too. Krista took some great pictures of the many wild birds that we saw. I don't have them reduced down small enough to post on this blog, but will hopefully get those on in the future. It was really awesome to quietly float up to these wild birds that live and fish on these rivers.

New Venture for Wendy:

As most of you know, I was laid off from my job this past September. I found a great opportunity for a new job as an E-Coach and have been taking an online training course since mid-December. Our class meets once a week for 1.5 hours and I spend the rest of the week doing homework. I hope to be certified this spring. Basically, I will be doing behavioral coaching with teams of managers from various companies that sign up for the course. I will take teams of 5 or 6 managers through a course that will last from 6 – 12 months. The coursework is designed to help them to become more effective mangers and hopefully more fulfilled in thier work. The training is intense and I think that the job will also be pretty intense, but the type of work that I really like. I just feel so lucky that I have found this particular job at this particular time in my life. As mom always said --- there is always a silver lining and everything happens for a reason --- I am a firm believer.




Wendy