Things are going great in Florida except it is a little chilly. We have experienced a very cool winter this year. It is fun to have some brisk days and nights though. I made chili for dinner last night and we visited the neighbors because they have a wood burning fireplace. They had one of the 3-4 fires they have annually! It was fun to sit in front of the fire and listen to the crackles. Today is very windy and in the 50's. That's very cold for south Florida.

Cortney is still very busy at work. He is closing in on the end of his 4th year at UF and will be approaching the tenure process soon. He has 9 employees and many research projects going full swing. We never know if he will be home a 3pm or 11pm. He continues to LOVE his work so that is what matters. Thankfully he has a job to get up for each morning! Spencer is enjoying his new school and is staying busy in the first grade. He is reading chapter books and is so excited that he can now read a chapter a night. Sydney loves preschool and gymnastics. She is an angel. Brogan is wide open and definitely the family comedian.

Thoughts to leave you with: "don't be afraid of dying, be afraid of never living" Selma Hayek on the Today show.