Nathan is so excited that our whole family is together again. He doesn’t quite have it all figured out yet that even though Amanda doesn’t live with us anymore she is still part of our family. He only thinks she’s part of our family when she is staying with us …

On Sunday, Amanda was supposed to go out sky diving very first thing in the a.m. When we arrived, there was another couple just getting ready to go so we watched them gear up, take off, jump out, and land. All the while the owner of the sky diving company …

Yesterday we visited Spouting Horn which is one of the items on the list of 101 things to do on Kauai. This is an area where water rushing under a lava shelf is forced into a lava tube. When the water bursts through a small opening at the surface it …

On each of our previous vacations the most requested thing to do for the next vacation is more beach time. So, the next time we schedule more beach time and they still don’t get their fill of the ocean and sand. So, this vacation we are planted in one spot …

Since you won’t find one of these Tater Sharks in any of your Zoology books (LOL), I had to do a little scientific investigation to write this description for you. 1. The Tater Shark is not a true shark because having a bony skelteon it isn’t from the Chondrichthyes class …

We left on Friday morning in the middle of a good old winter snowstorm. We LOVE leaving when we’re in the middle of winter weather event. It makes the going away that much better (LOL)! One time when we left in a snow storm the door on the airplane froze …

Nathan decided to try skiing again this year mostly because the resort has replaced the old style tow rope with the new Magic Carpet shown above. From what I hear, it’s WONDERFUL! Perhaps I should even give skiing another try! Our friend Stacie helped Nathan for an hour or so …

DeEtta from Chosing Joy tagged me for the following fun photo activity. I had to improvise a little bit since my folders are all in files so I started with the 4th file then the 4th folder and 4th picture. 1. Choose the 4th folder where you store pictures on …

This week we had the first of our four home school ski days! I have to work very hard at not being worried about what the kids are doing and wondering where they’re at up on that big mountain (LOL)! So, it didn’t help that someone sent me this picture …

Roasted Red Peppers (1/2 of a large jar) Green Olives (1 jar) Black Olives (1 jar) Italian Salad dressing Chop and mix above. spread over the top of meat – hard salami, sandwich pepperoni, and ham and provolone cheese . Pour more salad dressing on the seasoned french bread