Okay...witness the slideshow...a FIRST for me...kudos to  Barbara for showing me how!  Course, I have a l-o-n-g way to go...but so did we...2200 miles over about 10 days!  Not bad for an "aging" duo!  We headed to Carmel, Indiana to see Peggy Klimp ( a dear friend from Gadsden that "made the move" closer to family)...then flew out of Midway in Chicago to Denver...to meet Robyn and "The Gang"...John, Marley, Molly and Jax.  Had a great time there shooting, shopping and sloppin' down the chow!  Left with two of the five sick (namely John and Robyn)...so we took our healthy bodies elsewhere...flew back into Midway and drove to Oswego, Illinois.  Shared time with Jim's "Second Mom" (Lucille Felton) and froze our backsides! Were going to do Homecoming with The Panthers at Oswego High, but rain, cold, wind kiboshed that entire prospect. Then, we made the drive home to Sandestin to warm up!  Now, packing for the Caribbean to REALLY warm the bones....

Times' A Flyin'

Wow...time is a'flyin'! Last chat, end of July...and here we are mid-August!  Can't say that we have been sittin' and rockin' of late. We did make the move to Deerwood official, and then the company started coming...course, they were comin' for Matt and Kelly and there W-Day, 8/9!

Did manage to give congrats to Jeff and Kimberly (our eldest) Phillips...celebrating their 10 year anniversary 8/6...kudos to them and their two adorable boys, Logan (5.5) and Carter (3).

With fam and friends here, we did have a "housewarming" on 8/8...with all four of our "girls"...Robyn, Kelly, Barbara and Kimberly (sided by Jan and Jim)...and the female-halves of our dear friends from Gadsden...Fran, Peggy and Karen (can't find house-warming photos...wedding will have to do!)

By 8/9 activities were underway with Kelly and "Her Girls" enjoying a spa morning...and Matt and "His Boys" enjoying morning!  In the evening, under a "perfect sky" at 6:30...Matt and Kelly said their written vows and life as "Mr. and Mrs. Marlow" began!

Now, while they enjoy Disney World and a Carnival Glory Cruise in the Caribbean...we are recouping and regrouping...for more Wallace Wanderings to be announced!

IT'S TIME4

498 days...and no more counting...it's official...it's real...it's time!

Today the Wandering Wallaces take up residence in Deerwood!

Life-altering...life-changing...life-renewing.

The days have brought tremendous changes in our lives, most for the positive; as we retired and left one life behind in Gadsden, the doors have open a new and blessed life for us in Sandestin.

Today, as always, God has blessed us with a place to call "home" again, and we are happy.

May you all share this awesome experience with us, as our friends and acquaintances.

We are blessed.

Queen Abby, et al

Since Mother Bee left on Sat.,

the Queen has been working her Court night and day!First she has us on the lookout for monsters of the deep that go beep...then she begs to sit upon her "throne" and check the day's written word...and yet she persist to have her "eye" upon all even when encased in the terrainean-sliding machine!  Will the toiling never cease?  Certainly not until the Queen returns to her Ville de Dale this weekend.  Until then..it is non-stop catering...and the Court is loving it! 

Ahhh...what a wonderful kingdom I rule!

Red-White-Blue Ado

The day was the Fourth of July...the celebration was AWESOME!  Though we await Kelly and Matt's wedding on the wood deck, Hilton DOES use it for other activities also...in this case buffet seating over all outdoor deck and inside for over 700 theat enjoyed a dinner extravaganza followed by fireworks, music and song to celebrate the 4th!  Wow!  What a wonderful time had by all...and especially these Wandering Wallace. We moseyed over in the "LSV" (low speed vehicle to some...electric golf cart to others!) to the Hilton....enjoyed dinner and music on the deck y the Gulf from about 8-9PM...then the TRUE colors came out at 9PM..and lasted, and lasted, and lasted for a l-o-n-g time!  Best fireworks EVER...and over the Gulf.  After the lighting celebration, we "jumped in" the HIlton pool for a bit of a dip and swim...delightful.  Headed back home well after 10PM...Did we enjoy the Fourth?  You bet your "Red-White-Blue" we did!  Hats off to this year...awaiting next!

The NEW HOME

Well, now that we've been monitoring the activities at the new house, we can finally report to everyone else how things are going....  Today, at the request of many, I finally was able to take some very CLOSE-UP pics of the finished work....  Photo 1 is the guest bedroom with the furniture and handmade head-board.....  Photo 2 is the tiling of the bathroom along with the glass sheeting and tub....  Photo 3 is the finished kitchen with the fantastic granite countertop and the brick splash back....  Photo 4 is or our recently completed Lanai room....  It looks great with all of the potted plants that we were able to transport and transplant to Florida....  I hope that these pics will help you to visualize our new home...  maybe when you get here you will have a better appreciation espceially since the photos do the acutal outcome such a poor injustice....  Well, until later folks....

Jim