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Watch out for those "Chompers"...

at posted on: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 0 comments

Lately.

at posted on: Thursday, April 07, 2016 0 comments

Not much bike riding lately, but it's still early in the season.

Otherwise...

Gideon is getting more fun with lots of smiles and he likes to sing to himself.

Ben and Ceci ready for Easter.

Mommy and Everleigh being "cheesie".

Everleigh loves the art projects (like Mommy), here she is busy painting Easter Eggs.

(all dressed up, too!)

Ben turned 4

at posted on: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 0 comments

Man, the years are flying by (except when I think about retiring)...

Ben turned 4 on March 17th.

It was a "Bob the Builder" theme (even though he's into Star Wars now, try to keep up).

Can't wait for cake.

Ceci with her construction hard hat.

Everleigh enjoying the snacks.

Ben got lots of neat presents, some of them interested little sister.

Lately,

at posted on: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 0 comments

Well, the weather is getting nicer, the snow/ice on the roads is gone, and so is most of my fitness.

Chefy and I did a nice ride a few Saturday's ago. SW winds around 10 mph, made the trip out a bit more work. But the ride back was better. He appears to be in great shape and didn't lose much from last year.

Other than that, I have managed to get out a couple of times here in the last few days.

Feels good to be on a "real" bike.

On a somber note, the Texas trip fell apart this year. I had to bail because of work obligations.
The group was already talking about next year...

Ceci is One!

at posted on: Monday, February 01, 2016 0 comments

Cathy and Bill had a party for their big one-year old. Her birthday was actually the 25th, but Saturday worked for everyone to get together.

The cake was as even better in the mouth...

Ceci was really into the presents and each one was her favorite (until the next one).

Ben wearing his t-shirt and hat that Papa and Grandma brought back from St. Maarten.

Gideon is getting bigger and bigger everyday. Still working on getting those eyes focused.
But when he does, he's all smiles. Big sister is busy taking care of her baby brother.

Sint Maarten N.A. 2016

at posted on: Monday, February 01, 2016 0 comments

Another family trip with Kathy's siblings. This time we went to the island of Sint Maarten in the Caribbean. We rented a villa on Simpson Bay and each morning we woke to gorgeous sunrises.

It was warm, 85 to 90 each day, but the breeze made for very nice days.

We hit many beaches and took a catamaran excursion to Anguilla and Prickly Pear Islands.

We also went to Pinel Island, great snorkeling there.

Kathy spotted the "Worlds Smallest Bar" on the internet, so of course we had to find it.

Juggie's Place, where you get two beers and a Cuban cigar for $2.99. We went back four times :)

The "bar" is the closet behind Juggie.

We found plenty of fun places to eat, this was a Tex-Mex place in Maho.

Did I mention beautiful sunsets as well.

Kathy and I at "David's Pocket", a volcanic hole filled by the ocean. Great snorkeling here too and yes, we snorkeled in through those openings behind us.

The villa had a great outdoor space and we spent most of the time out there.

Taking a nap in between Carib's (beer) and enjoying the sun.

Finding enough flat land for an airport on a volcanic island can be tough. So Maho Beach is right (I mean right) at the end of the International Airport runway.

A great time...I miss it already.