On the way back we came across this little guy
I guess he is at least 6 ft. wide maybe more he did swim under Kent's wave runner and Kent thought he was bigger than the machine.
Leaving Denmark
11 years ago
Saturday, June 12, 2010
The Story This Week
We are out in the ocean and we are riding around. We stop to have a conversation and I see this big brown blob. I ask "is that a sea cow or a big buoy or what" (I thought Sea Cow because it was just floating and not making any progress in any direction) So we go over to have a look and see this big turtle. Alive but not doing to well. we called Fish and game and they called the turtle people but no one called us back. We played in the area for about an hour and no one came so we gave up and headed home. Sad story. While we were waiting we did see something with a fin keep showing up but never found out if it was dolphin or shark.
On the way back we came across this little guy
I guess he is at least 6 ft. wide maybe more he did swim under Kent's wave runner and Kent thought he was bigger than the machine.
On the way back we came across this little guyI guess he is at least 6 ft. wide maybe more he did swim under Kent's wave runner and Kent thought he was bigger than the machine.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Stories Behind the Fun
The story not told about the previous post.
Memorial weekend and the inter-coastal was packed with boats, we were so glad to be able to head out to the ocean. It was a bit rough especially around the inlet. We road south to the Juno pier and then turned around and went north to the coral cove beach. Kent was playing in the waves, riding them in and then turning back out when one caught him off guard and threw him in the water. He was quite a ways away from his runner so I picked him up and gave him a ride back that's when he discovered the kill key was not on his wrist. We hurried back to where he was in the ocean and found it floating in the water Kent dived in to retrieve the key only to come out of the water without his glasses. We drove back to the inter-coast and drove down to our neighborhood, I held the runners while Kent ran home to get a spare pair of glasses and then we started back to the loading dock....We had had enough or so we thought. It was a holiday and the inter-coastal was full of police and we were pulled over just before the wake-less speed zone, we found out that the area near the beach/homes where we lived was also wake-less even though out in the canal you can go 35 so we got a speeding ticket. Later that day we called Kent's eye dr. in SLC and were able to order glasses and get them shipped next day .... just in time for Kent to use them as a object lesson at his conference.
The next weekend and a new story.
Of course the Saturday morning started out with a golf game for Kent and so by the time he was home and we were loading and heading out to launch the runners we were in a bit of a hurry to beat the storms that have been coming every afternoon/evening. We launched and then as usual I road around in circles while Kent tied his up and ran to park the car. We hadn't gone very far (thank goodness) when Kent discovered he was sinking and quite quickly. Realizing we had not replaced the drain plugs we turned around and hurried to re-load the runners....depending on the emergency I guess, because I have seen Kent handle some quite well, but not this one....first he parked his runner in a boat launch and quite close to the ramp. I was worried that he would hit it with the trailer when he backed in....he missed it but it was interesting to watch....then once loaded he started to pull out while I was still on the trailer, I held on and yelled for him to stop just I was noticing one runner starting to slide off the trailer, .....he didn't lock the winch in place so I guess it was a good thing I was still on the trailer or that one would have been stuck on dry dock. That was it for the excitement though..... we drained the one runner, (mined didn't take on water...either the plugs hold it out or it was because I was in motion). We launched and headed out to the ocean again. We drove north to Blowing Rocks and beyond. swam and raced and had a really great time. No tickets no lost glasses. Can't wait to share this with you all. Come on out and visit.
Hopefully no more stories this Saturday. If there are .... then there will be another post.
Memorial weekend and the inter-coastal was packed with boats, we were so glad to be able to head out to the ocean. It was a bit rough especially around the inlet. We road south to the Juno pier and then turned around and went north to the coral cove beach. Kent was playing in the waves, riding them in and then turning back out when one caught him off guard and threw him in the water. He was quite a ways away from his runner so I picked him up and gave him a ride back that's when he discovered the kill key was not on his wrist. We hurried back to where he was in the ocean and found it floating in the water Kent dived in to retrieve the key only to come out of the water without his glasses. We drove back to the inter-coast and drove down to our neighborhood, I held the runners while Kent ran home to get a spare pair of glasses and then we started back to the loading dock....We had had enough or so we thought. It was a holiday and the inter-coastal was full of police and we were pulled over just before the wake-less speed zone, we found out that the area near the beach/homes where we lived was also wake-less even though out in the canal you can go 35 so we got a speeding ticket. Later that day we called Kent's eye dr. in SLC and were able to order glasses and get them shipped next day .... just in time for Kent to use them as a object lesson at his conference.
The next weekend and a new story.Of course the Saturday morning started out with a golf game for Kent and so by the time he was home and we were loading and heading out to launch the runners we were in a bit of a hurry to beat the storms that have been coming every afternoon/evening. We launched and then as usual I road around in circles while Kent tied his up and ran to park the car. We hadn't gone very far (thank goodness) when Kent discovered he was sinking and quite quickly. Realizing we had not replaced the drain plugs we turned around and hurried to re-load the runners....depending on the emergency I guess, because I have seen Kent handle some quite well, but not this one....first he parked his runner in a boat launch and quite close to the ramp. I was worried that he would hit it with the trailer when he backed in....he missed it but it was interesting to watch....then once loaded he started to pull out while I was still on the trailer, I held on and yelled for him to stop just I was noticing one runner starting to slide off the trailer, .....he didn't lock the winch in place so I guess it was a good thing I was still on the trailer or that one would have been stuck on dry dock. That was it for the excitement though..... we drained the one runner, (mined didn't take on water...either the plugs hold it out or it was because I was in motion). We launched and headed out to the ocean again. We drove north to Blowing Rocks and beyond. swam and raced and had a really great time. No tickets no lost glasses. Can't wait to share this with you all. Come on out and visit.
Hopefully no more stories this Saturday. If there are .... then there will be another post.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Memorial Day Fun in Florida
Took the wave runners out in the ocean
Saw the beach from a whole new perspective
Next stop .....Cuba
Saw the beach from a whole new perspective
Next stop .....CubaWednesday, May 26, 2010
Two Weeks in Utah and Idaho
When we visit our family out west it seems like we pack several trips into one. We did it again this month of May Our first adventure actually started out spending a day with our parents. We brought some Carl's Junior burgers to Kent's parents for lunch, spent a few hours with them and then headed to Judi's parents. We loaded everyone in the car and headed out for some Chinese dinner. The next morning we dropped by Kent's folks again and his dad was feeling better so we loaded his parents and sister Teri in the car and went out to see the Great Salt Lake. Had lunch at Apple Bee's and then said our goodbyes. The next big event was May 7th, Chad's graduation. Chad has been working so hard on his masters and we are so proud of him. He has been working with a professor for the last 5 years on a huge project involving Crickets and finding a fungus to protect farmers plants from them. His Thesis is the size of a book and has a title to match. Development of a Laboratory-Based System for Selecting Insect Pathogenic Fungi with Greatest Potential for Success in the Field. Here are some pictures of the graduation.  |
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Our next adventure the next day May 8th, Doug and Blake drove down from Idaho early and joined Kent and Chad on the golf course, while Shannon and I took Myra, Lexi and Noah to the Farmers Market. Natalie, Jordyn, James and Michael joined us by noon.
We had a picnic in the park and celebrated Myra's birthday a couple of days early.
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and ended the evening with a swim in the hotel pool. What a great day.
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Sunday was Mother's Day, we went to church with Chad's family and then had a wonderful dinner at their home. too soon it was time to leave. Doug, Blake and Jordyn headed to Idaho. Kent, Judi, Natalie, James and Michael headed to SLC. We stopped at Judi's parents, wished her mom a happy mothers day, visited with family and then headed to Kent's parents house where we had desert with his brothers, sisters and parents.
Kent caught a plane and headed back to sunny Florida, Natalie and I spent a couple of days shopping, Natalie had her hair cut and then we headed up to Idaho.A whole week in Idaho, spent time with Natalie's family, Blake and Jordyn. Went to class with Jordyn one day. Blake and Jordyn came to dinner a few times, we did the park a few times, and one evening we had a hot dog roast at the sand dunes. The next day was Micheal's big number one birthday.
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Watch James in this video
My part of the trip ended on May 19th with a drive from Idaho to Logan to visit with Chad's family again. I shopped at the cheese factory, and played with my grandchildren, had dinner and visited some more and left very late almost leaving Gypsy behind.
I drove to my parents and we visited until my dad reminded me what time I should be at the airport. I was to late and missed my flight so I spent an extra night with my parents.
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Saturday, April 10, 2010
EASTER WEEKEND
For Easter weekend Kent and I decided to take a road trip to help ease us into the "no Easter with children" empty-nester phase of our life. we started out Friday evening and drove up to St. Augustine, a place we have visited before but thought we would enjoy again. St. Augustine boasts of being the first settlement on the United States continent, settled by Spanish settlers before America was established. (I would need to read up some more for an accurate history) Saturday morning we bought tickets for a tour ride around town and then went back to some of the places that sounded interesting. Here are some pictures.
Magnolia Street
Magnolia trees line the street their branches reaching across to form a canopy and spanish moss hangs from them.
It's really a beautiful street to drive on.
Flagler College
Largest and first indoor pool
picture is taken standing on what would have been the pool deck and looking down into the pool area.
After we finished in St. Augustine we drove west across the state to see the west coast, spending the night in Panama City.
On the way we saw a Piggly Wiggly grocery store and had to take a picture. we used to shop at the Piggly Wiggly in Texas and miss the store.
we stopped at a dock where fishing boats were docked, finished for the day, and enjoyed an amazing sunset. (we only get amazing sunrises on our side of the state)
Easter Sunday we spent the day driving home. We stopped at a unique restaurant for our Easter dinner. You have to enlarge this picture to get an idea of what this restaurant is all about. It boasts of being Italian steak and seafood, but also mentions American, international. and the menu claims our food was prepared by Chef John of England.
All in all we enjoyed the three day trip together and trying out our little convertible. We were a little burnt in spite of the 100 proof sun screen we used and we were really happy that we were only going 87 when the police man pulled us over, but we did get our car up as fast as 120 and could have gone faster so I guess that means another road trip to check her out again. Hope soon.
Magnolia Street
Magnolia trees line the street their branches reaching across to form a canopy and spanish moss hangs from them.It's really a beautiful street to drive on.
Flagler College
Largest and first indoor poolpicture is taken standing on what would have been the pool deck and looking down into the pool area.
After we finished in St. Augustine we drove west across the state to see the west coast, spending the night in Panama City.
On the way we saw a Piggly Wiggly grocery store and had to take a picture. we used to shop at the Piggly Wiggly in Texas and miss the store.
we stopped at a dock where fishing boats were docked, finished for the day, and enjoyed an amazing sunset. (we only get amazing sunrises on our side of the state)
Easter Sunday we spent the day driving home. We stopped at a unique restaurant for our Easter dinner. You have to enlarge this picture to get an idea of what this restaurant is all about. It boasts of being Italian steak and seafood, but also mentions American, international. and the menu claims our food was prepared by Chef John of England.
All in all we enjoyed the three day trip together and trying out our little convertible. We were a little burnt in spite of the 100 proof sun screen we used and we were really happy that we were only going 87 when the police man pulled us over, but we did get our car up as fast as 120 and could have gone faster so I guess that means another road trip to check her out again. Hope soon.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
My Pictures of Jackson
These are just a few of the pictures we took of Jackson while he was in the hospital.
Close up of Jackson holding Daddy's finger
Ali was discharged on Saturday the 20th
The hospital or at least her nurse was real nice to let her stay until after dinner as long as she checked out before the nurses shift was up. This was such a nice thing because otherwise she would be driving 20 minutes each way from home to the hospital to see the baby.
Friend decorated their car
Grammy holding Jackson, Happy Birthday to me : )
Grandad holding Jackson...no birthday ...just because
We are so grateful that Jackson is healthy and well and home, He was discharged on the 24th of March, same day Grandma Bingham arrived. What a treat for everyone. Can't wait to have the family reunion and get all the family together for an updated picture.
This was the best with Mom and Son
(I think Brandon posted this on his blog as well)
(I think Brandon posted this on his blog as well)
Close up of Jackson holding Daddy's finger
Ali was discharged on Saturday the 20th
The hospital or at least her nurse was real nice to let her stay until after dinner as long as she checked out before the nurses shift was up. This was such a nice thing because otherwise she would be driving 20 minutes each way from home to the hospital to see the baby.
Friend decorated their car
Grammy holding Jackson, Happy Birthday to me : )
Grandad holding Jackson...no birthday ...just because
We are so grateful that Jackson is healthy and well and home, He was discharged on the 24th of March, same day Grandma Bingham arrived. What a treat for everyone. Can't wait to have the family reunion and get all the family together for an updated picture.
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