Monday, August 27, 2007

Our First Bear !!!!!!!!!!

Pretty scary!
So here's the story..........Tonight about 11:00 pm our TV in the living room started having some lines in the picture. Earlier today the cable guy had been working on both TV's. So Jim got up to go outside and check the TV in the garage to see if it was happening on that one also. When he came out of the garage a bear was in our yard by the front door knocking down the bird feeders about ten feet away from him. They both froze and looked at each other, Jim clapped his hands and out of mutual respect the bear headed down the south side of the garage toward the street and Jim down the north side. When he came into the house he said a bear is outside, I started to laugh thinking he was refering to the wood statue outside the front door. But no he wasn't kidding this time. We watched him go in front of our garage and then into the neighbors yard. I grabbed the camera when I saw him going next door. I tried to get a picture but it isn't a very good one in fact it isn't even worth posting. If you look really close he is the black blob right about in the center between the branches of the tree. No kidding he was BIG!!!

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Sad News

When we got back from vacation we found that our Mama raccoon now only comes with two babies. I guess one didn't make it. Here is an update picture of the babies. They are getting pretty friendly.

Fun On the ship

Our cruise was AWESOME!!!!! Lots of fun with family and time to visit and explore.
These are pictures of fun on the boat.
Girls day out at the Spa. Massages here we come!

Papa Jim and Caiden have playtime.

Micah at dinner. The kids were great and well behaved.

Papa Jim and Caiden watch as we depart on our journey.

The Budd's on formal night, a handsome group!

Caiden and Micah bonding

All tired out!

The slide was fun.

Our own personal pool, a little small and only 6 inches deep but perfect for the whole gang!




Puerto Vallarta

This was our first stop. Pam, Jacob and David went extreme canoping. They had a great time. The rest of us went to El Eden and on a jungle hike. We had fun. It was really humid!
Here are the guys ready to go! Jim loved having the matching hats.

El Eden......This is where they filmed the Predator. It was a beautiful hike!





Matzatlan

In Mazatlan David, Melissa, Jake and Jeff went deep sea fishing. It didn't go so well. No fish and Jeff couldn't make it to dinner after being on a small boat all day. The rest of us took a cultural tour. It was interesting but not exciting. We saw dancers, cliff divers, a church and spent time on the beach and shopping.
Exploring the ship and posing for pictures. It's a long way down.........

The kids loved the shows. The music and dancing was very entertaining, a bit loud at times but fun.

Our waiters were great!!!!! They danced for us almost every night. I think I even saw Wendy, Caiden and Micah joining in!

Wendy and Micah in the ocean. Micah was always such a trooper and happy.

Cliff Divers SCARY!!!!!

Pam pretending to be Wendy. Will Micah Know?

The beach was beautiful......

Cabo San Lucas

We had a great time at this port it was very beautiful! Pam, Wendy, Jake and David went snorkeling. Jeff and Melissa took the kids to the beach and Jim and I had a quiet day on ship. We did toast some wine to our last port of a great trip.
Here's to a great vacation!!!!!!

Jeff and Melissa took the boys to the beach. They had a good time drawing in the sand and running in the waves.



Master Caiden Bonney.....What a great kid!!!!