Thursday, September 15, 2011

Where are the people???

A few "nature" photos from Colorado....
Found on the dining table of the
Willenbrecht home 
Horsetooth Mountain
 
What a VIEW!!! 
Trails were well marked
A frog ~ couldn't decide if the
red on his back was a marking
or an injury (didn't get TOO close) 
A babbling brook 
A dandy ~ lion?
Cacti 
? ? ? 

An uphill climb 
The reward.... 
a refreshing waterfall
This is the origin of the waterfall
(not so impressive) 
A buck 
Daisies
? ? ? 
Back to the parking lot 
Farewell mountain  
Following Jennifer home
Rejoice in the beauty of the world around you.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Cleaning out the picture file....

I snap photos with my phone, send them to my email, download them to the computer, and then I use them or toss them.  I know, I know there's probably an easier way, right??   Here are a few I saved....
Kim drove part of the time
on our drive to Colorado
The boys were NOT ready to
get back on the road the second day
Watching the girls in the pool
And catching "someone" playing
with Polly Pocket
Arie celebrated his birthday
with a strawberry daiquiri
Cute couple, yes??
Sarah the Diva
Claire bit into this lime
ewwwww!
As with any trip to any amusement park any where .... there is usually rain sometime during the day.  Our trip to Elitch's was no different....
There was a rainbow
and then God gave us a double!
For most of the years that we have been visiting Windsor, Colorado there is always one morning when Buck and I will drive over to Windsor Lake for breakfast.  It is very quiet and a calm way to start a day.  Even when he doesn't get to go with me, I try to take one morning for this "tradition"
Windsor Lake in the early morning
Of course, later in the day when people start coming to the beach and playing in the sand, the calm is over.  We spent one day at the lake ~ it was awesome!
Those two specks in the distance
are Jennifer/girls and Kim/boys
on water tricycles
There was plenty of sand to dig in
Jakob dug himself into a hole!
The morning of Sarah's birthday
we are at The Egg and I
they put a candle in her waffle and
we sang to her
I think Claire enjoyed Jakob
(and she isn't a big male fan)
When we got home from Colorado, Kim had to go back to work.  The boys stayed with me a couple of those days ~ one of them was Jakob's birthday.
I baked him 12 cupcakes
I hope you enjoyed the hodgepodge of photos.  Kisses......

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

ROAD TRIP....

A few weeks ago we had to journey to Springfield to take of some business.  Buck decided we would make it a ROAD TRIP!  Everyone knows he isn't the biggest fan of vacation so it was a pleasure to drive 1,500 miles with him and enjoy the scenery.
Typical Buck pose 
not the best vacation taker
(is that proper grammer??) 
We stopped in Arkansas
at Gaston's on the White River
a beautiful setting for relaxing 
Buck tried a timed photo
not bad ~ if I do say so myself 
Another shot of the river
quite swift ~ wouldn't want to fall in! 
The private landing area for
personal planes SHOULD have
given us pause ~ NOT
Don't even ask how much we paid for supper!
And here is ME 
always ready for a road trip
Dam on the White River
Is this the front?? 
Or is this the front??? 
As you can see
you can drive across the top of the dam!
This is me
"striking a pose" 
Buck and I attempted another
timed photo
(we were both cracking up)
The sign said BLACK bear
so why is it BROWN???
We traveled on, took care of business, and came back to Wheeler State Park in Alabama. Another lovely ~ quiet area where you just want to say "ahhhhhhhh".
Doesn't that look serene??
hmmmmm ~ was this sunrise
or sunset??? 
We drove through the camping area, across the bridge with the lock system, and through a parking lot filled with vehicles pulling boat trailers.  We spotted 21 deer!!  I won't bore you with 21 photos but here are a couple....okay three!
Right in the center of the photo
do you see it?? 
These two were just chilling beside the road
This guy was looking at US 
There were plenty of geese
Not my most flattering angle
THE END

Veteran’s Day in America Buck and Chuck were Navy Seabees,  Their dad was Navy Fleet.  Apparently VERY different.  Had to get some work done...