It is warming up here in Florida and we are looking forward to enjoying the sun and white sand beaches and working on our tans. We hear it is also white in Utah, but that is just because it snowed this week!  Oh, too bad.

Last weekend Jo and I went to Orlando to visit the Temple.  It is very beautiful and larger than we thought.

After that we went to Universal Studios Islands of Adventure.  It turned out that Ellen was filming her show there and was just standing around getting things ready and Jo had her picture taken with Ellen.

(Ellen is just to the right of Jo with white shorts and shirt on)

Here is one more picture of our little trip.

And we just have to add a picture of our favorite redneck drive-in that is near our home but in Alabama.  We can't wait to go there again.

Well, it's boat show season and Jo and I went to the outdoor Boat Show at the Wharf in Orange Beach, Alabama.  It was a beautiful day and we had fun seeing all the boats.  It wasn't really cold, it was about 60 and was warming up to 70.

I jumped up and took the controls of our new boat.  We plan on taking it on the Great Circle.  Up the Mississippi, through the Great Lakes and passing east along the Erie Canal and down the Hudson to New York City.  Then along the Atlantic coast and around Florida and back to the Gulf Coast and home.

Our new boat.  It has two staterooms and a great big kitchen and it's just like home.

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I wish!!!!!!

Here are some more pics

Guess where this is and you can win a grand prize!

Last weekend we watched a Mardi Gras parade of boats by our home.  There were many decorated boats and they all were throwing strings of beads at all the people on the docks along the waterway.  Some of the strings we caught and some went in the water and we are lucky we didn't go in with them!

Lots of fun boats on the water

Some colorful boats

 Then we went to see the USS Alabama that is right by Mobile, Alabama.  We walked around and inside the ship and saw some great aircraft and even went inside a WWII submarine (at least Rick did).

The Ship was very big!

The doorways in the submarine were about 2 ft by 3 ft.

  I don't know how they moved around with about 100 men on the sub.

JoAnn especially liked the A-12 Blackbird.  Just ask her how fast it flies.

And it's not a family blog without pictures of our grandchildren Adia and Gavin.

He is just so cute!  And here is Adia with two of her Great Grandmothers at California Adventure.

Jordan and his companion had some fun taking pictures for Christmas. I guess this is what happens to a young missionary after 18 months. He is not sure if he is an elf or Spock.

We went home to Utah for Christmas. It was strange to be in the home after being away for over a year. We have gone back several times but it still seemed strange. I guess that is how 'Snow Birds' feel when they return after winter to their homes. We had lots of parties and dinners.

We had a great Petterborg Christmas Party at Diane and Reed's home. We had the breakfast casseroles and toast and chocolate milk! Yummy. Jared's fiance, Amelia was with us for about a week but had to leave on Christmas Day and missed this party.


Jared and Amelia's Wedding on Jan 15, 2010 was a blast! We converged on Anaheim on the Wednesday before the wedding from Utah and Florida. The next day we spent in Disneyland and California Adventure. Amelia was spending the day at the spa with her sisters so she had her own fun. We wish to thank her and her sister for getting us in to the parks.

Friday the 15th of January was a very special day. Jared and Amelia were married in the afternoon in a beautiful ceremony. Afterwards we took some pictures and happened to get this one with Adia and Gavin. Later on we had a dinner and some dancing. It was so fun. Amelia's family was very fun to be with and they have a special association and love for each other. There were probably over 75 relatives and friends at the dinner. Many of Jared and Amelia's co-workers also came and couldn't have been nicer.

GREAT NEWS!!

Jared got engaged to Amelia!!!!! He proposed on the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland. She is a wonderful girl and we are very excited for them. They are getting married on Jan 15, 2010.

Jared worked as a guide on the Jungle Cruise last year. He still works for Disney in the travel department. Amelia has worked there for over five years and that is where they met!

They were so lucky! They got "We are engaged" pins to wear all over the park.

JoAnn went to Utah for Thanksgiving. Rick had to stay and work which was not what he wanted to do but hopefully we both will be coming for Christmas. (We Will!!) Someone is missing in the picture! If anyone has a picture of JoAnn at the table send it to me!

Grandmother Petterborg just loves her great-grandchildren (All of them)

JoAnn and Lori and Grandchildren

In our ward I get to play Scoutmaster and we had some fun this last month trying to build a catapult to learn knots. And we had a court of Honor.

Better late than never. It is about time to update the blog. First, have you ever seen a more handsome grandson? This is Gavin, Lori and Jarom's son and Adia's brother.

It has been a busy couple of months. We had Hurricane Ida (or tropical storm Ida), which caused some great surf and some rain and winds about 40 mph. They did shut our water and sewer off to our home for a while, so we left and went north for the night. I guess the water off the coast was so cold that it couldn't sustain it's wind speeds. That was fine with us.

The sea birds were all facing the wind and would get up and fly in-place for fun. The waves were sometimes 10 feet high, which was twice the usual size.

I came home for lunch and took this picture of what was left of the Eye of Hurricane Ida, right over our condo! We live in the left-most condos on the fifth floor. There was almost no wind as this passed overhead.