The second weekend of the year was Marathon Weekend, and Madeline and Dana ran the 5k.

This was the year of two major events: the building of our new house and the birth of our grandson, Myles. The year was full of events in and around the Orlando/Tampa area. There were races, date days, weekends on the shore, friends coming to visit, meals in WDW restaurants, festivals in Epcot, and some new Disney openings.

2019—Miscellaneous Orlando Adventures

We spent a weekend in St. Pete. We visited Sunken Gardens, where we went on our first Anniversary. We visited Siesta Key, Ft. De Soto, the Dali Museum, had dinner with the Raleighs, and checked out Clearwater Beach on a foggy Sunday.

Julie & Lauren

At the Festival of the Arts in Epcot, we bought some paintings, became a part of a painting, and took some ZoomDisney photos.

Pam’s family came, as did Jackie.

Dancing with the Stars came to town, which was lots of fun.

Flower and Garden occurred at Epcot. We saw Jon Anderson from Yes, took Goofy photos, and ate at the Coral Reef. We also went to Tampa to have dinner with Terri & Betsy at Portillo’s.

We had fun with the girls at the Magic Kingdom, but the month was full of music with Don Felder of the Eagles at Epcot and Rocktopia and Anastasia at Dr. Phillip’s.

We had a date day at MK on a soggy Saturday.

Madeline did a cast member backstage event at Everest in Animal Kingdom.

We spent a weekend in Clearwater Beach. Gecelyn came to town and we met up for dinner, the next morning, and then they came to WDW to hang out with Madeline and Alicia one day.

We had a date day at Hollywood Studios, enjoying Toy Story Land.

We got a sneak preview of Galaxy’s Edge at Hollywood Studios on a very wet day.

We spent a weekend at Boulder Ridge at Wilderness Lodge, and had fun in Magic Kingdom (which was already decorated for Halloween!) and Animal Kingdom.

Marie Osterberg came to town. Disney opened a new resort, the Gran Destino, which we instantly admired because of its inspiration. Dana and I went back to Galaxy’s Edge at night for some great photos. They also opened the Skyliner, which cast members were able to get a sneak preview on.

Madeline and Dana ran in the Wine and Dine 10k while I recovered from a bee sting.

Madeline saw Neil Patrick Harris at Candlelight.

We enjoyed Christmas Tree Lane at Disney Springs and bringing in the New Year at Bay Lake Tower with Myles.

In order to try to get her labor to begin, we played a round of mini-golf on a beautiful evening at Winter Summerland four days before Myles was born.