Our Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving was spent in Lady Slipper Cay (key) next to a 4 million dollar yacht who had driven over some coral and were patching the underside of the boat with tar and plywood.
A young guy came over to our boat to ask about travel routes and we were trying to figure out what this young guy did for a living that put him in a 4 million dollar boat. Turns out, he's a delivery captain. Bummer.



This very large Barracuda was our "pet" for the two nights we were here. He greatly enjoyed our Turkey carcass.



The yacht

More Trip

All of these were taken in the Exumas with the exception of the beach picture which was taken on North Caicos in the BWI.

Under Way

A favorite spot while under way.

Do You Ever Feel Like You're Being Watched?

This is just a few hours sail outside of Nassau. Our first stop. In the chart book it said that the iguanas will come down to the beach after you land there. We all rolled our eyes at that. Turns out, they're right. After nearly an hour there, I'm sure there were more than 20. Really fun. It's the only island that houses this particular type of iguana.


(Emma is watching a small hermit crab)


Jack learned right away how to chase them. We came back with treats as an apology.



BTW - In case you couldn't already tell, this is a GREAT kid vacation.

MJ - Some Favs

I think these were taken on Thanksgiving.  Was hard to keep track of the days when they didn't matter.

Home

No sane person would be thrilled to be home after this:

Winter's Here

I'd try to say something funny or witty but I'm just too tired. Leaving tomorrow!! Not feeling quite ready!

So, here's the last post for just over three weeks!







We promised the grandparents that if this was to be built in our yard, it would be used all year.

We went from high thirties in the day and no snow to 15 degrees (in the middle of the day) and lots of snow.

I don't really care either way since we'll be in the caribbean ;)

In One Week

In One Week my mom turns 60.
Please say I have enough of her genes to look like this one week from 60.

Little Gifts

My Halloween gift from my friend Heather was a trained "house monkey"
Not potty trained - just "trained"

Halloween

I told Emma that she was going to wear a long sleeved shirt and pants with her halloween costume. She prudently chose one where they wouldn't show.



And posing -


Oh, yes, that's Jack in his 5T costume that barely fits. Big, big boy.

I had to put that one in, the picking of the nose is just great. Oh, and that's me with my short again hair and glasses. Not that you can really see either.

Yeah, the head didn't last long.


So, usually at our church we do a "trunk or treat" and we all decorate our trunks and the kids run around. Unfortunately, we had near hurricane force winds that day. SO, we had to improvise. The kids thought it was great.