We are always pleased to have visitors, and John’s cousin Kathy and her husband Roy were the first in 2023 to visit us in New Smyrna Beach in January.

The OFD (Originally from Dorchester) Gang that Paula grew up with visited in May.

Yui, our friend from Japan, her husband Martin and their daughter Mia visited in July.

We visited Colorado Springs in February to share memories and family stories with John’s cousin Paula and her husband Frank. We also saw John’s cousin Terri and her husband Howard. Sadly, Colorado Paula passed away later in the Spring. We miss her.

Other visits we made included Rotunda West to see Bill and Lee as well as March and August road-trips to Virginia. On the March road-trip we stopped in Wilmington to see Janet and Ben. While we were in the DC area in March we visited Mt. Vernon with Matt and his Army buddy Scott and Scott’s family.

And we visited Florida Paula’s cousins Leslie and Pam in Bristol, UK later in July.