Oceans of Fun KC, MO

After swimming all day in the various pools, we took this photo.

James Farho

This is Mike's Uncle Jim. We visited him and Aunt Marie at their home in Lighthouse Point, FL.

Ringling Brothers Museum and Mansion

We visited the Ringling Brothers Museum and Mansion in Sarasota, FL with a large group of of homeschoolers.

Disney World

Here we are in the Magic Kingdom, thanks to Wendy, who took this photo and provided our day passes. We had a wonderful day!

Disney World Discipline

Now we know what teachers did before Ritalin and Adderall

Skim Boarding New Smyrna Beach FL

King size 4x4

Joshua really liked this big Ford Ranger.

Marrakesh round point

Night photo at the round point by the train station in Marrakesh, Morocco. In French it is written Marrakech.

John promoted to specialist

We just got off the phone with John. He is happy about his promotion to Army Specialist. He is also making plans for his vacation in July. The Army ships their soldiers wherever they want for their vacation. So John found a reasonably priced Army sponsored hotel in Hawaii! Pray for him as he works out the final details.

Sunset at Saly, Senegal

Barracuda N'Gor Island Senegal

Josh is holding a Barracuda head he found on the beach at Dakar that faces Ngor Island, Senegal

Las Vegas Ski Area

- It was a rough drive up the mountain, with the heaviest snowfall of the year. Security chains or 4wd were required to continue past a certain point. We parked on the side of the road and searched my brother-in-laws pick-up for chains. Someone came looking for help with a problem. We helped him, and he showed us our 4wd button low on the dashboard.

We were curious how this sports car got up the mountain.
Do you know what it is?

We assumed this was the home of some employee of the ski slope.

Joshua decided he would use a snowboard, rather than skis for his first attempt. He'd done snow boarding on video games, so he thought he could handle the real thing. His hands were frozen after our first descent. So that was all we were able to do the whole day.

That was OK with Sue, as she was content to hang out in the warm ski lodge. Our Africanized blood freezes below 80F. We never saw John, he was off skiing with his cousins, who left ahead of us from Las Vegas.

Okoboji train ride

Mike and Joshua