Sunday, December 29, 2013

Christmas 2013

 We started at Dean and Dawn's...Dawn not sure about Sophie's present
 But Sophie is excited toe learn to use it...has lots of advice!
 Dean and Dawn's tree
 Dean and Sophie target shooting
 Madeline showing off her new...tatoo???? I hope not
 Calm before the "opening of the presents".
 "Come on dad, can't we open them now????
 What is Sophie up to now?
 Passing out the presents.
 Ready, set....
 Go.
 A homework carrier?
 What have we here?
 Nancy's turn.
 What is it?
 Whoa....yeah.
How does this work?
 Oooh Kaay
 Vedddy Intedesting
 Let me read this to you.
 Where can I put this?
 Is that a Yam????
 Running tights...I don't want to see this.
 My dad would be proud...just like he wore.

Good food, good presents, good time, good football game (Go Seahawks) and wonderful family...wish Shane,Yoshika and Sam could have been here.
We are blessed with our family!

Monday, December 23, 2013

50th Anniversary Cruise

 Day 1 getting ready to board the Norwegian ship "Jewel"
This is our room...Cozy.
 Our deck and the sunset (Nancy's feet)
 Ready to dine out
 First morning on the open sea
 Jamaica - getting ready to "walk the falls"
 Nancy working her way up the falls (I took the photo's, didn't get wet)
 Fun, fun, fun!
 Up into the next pool
 Now what?
 She made it! But got her hair wet.
 On a plantation heading to the house on top of the hill
 This is one way to gather the coconuts
 The gardens at the house (the owner was a gun smuggler)
 Now we are in the Grand Caimens
 Man, these guys are tall!
 One of the small beaches
 Relaxing after a hard morning of shopping
 Lunch in the Grand Caimens
 Met up with Ed and Edie at Jimmy Buffet's Marguaritaville

 Taking the ferry to the mainland (Mexico) to see the Mayan ruins
 This guy must be the shopping mall God
 "Mayan Gold" carving
 Shopping at a local craft mall
 Entering the Mayan village ruins through the wall
 The temple
 Mayan God carved into the corner of one of the buildings



View of their beach with the lovely "Goddess"

 One of the fishermen
 Exiting the ruins through the wall
 Wildlife
 Craft village by the ruins
 Back to the beach (No, that is not us)
 This is us
 These guys wondering what we are doing on their dock
 Our twin Norwegian boat, the Pearl...we would see them on the sea's like this
 Our friends Ed and Edie...they showed us the ropes as this was their 24th cruise

 Our steward would make a different animal with our towels each day

 Our friends, Greg and Sandra
Had to have a Beignet befor we left New Orleans!