Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Jody- You're the BEST-est ever!
Our first ever vacation without the kiddos was made possible by an act of love and sacrifice.
Thanks Jody for watching the girls for us! Jody and David let the girls stay at their house for 2 full weeks!! They had lots of fun and did crazy things Jann would have had a fit over- like playing with shaving cream inside the house! hehehehe
She looks pretty good here, but I am certain she was exhausted. Thanks Corin and Hannah for sharing your toys, bedrooms and love. Mei Li and Ying Li will never forget their first sleep over at Aunt "dody's".
Thanks Jody for watching the girls for us! Jody and David let the girls stay at their house for 2 full weeks!! They had lots of fun and did crazy things Jann would have had a fit over- like playing with shaving cream inside the house! hehehehe
She looks pretty good here, but I am certain she was exhausted. Thanks Corin and Hannah for sharing your toys, bedrooms and love. Mei Li and Ying Li will never forget their first sleep over at Aunt "dody's".
And now to freeze our tushies off
On to New Zealand....Had to change into warmer clothes in the airport.
Met up with our Cedar Park, Texas buddies; Richard and Holly.........fancy meeting you here on the other side of the earth!
This may look redundant, but I had my tongue out in one and they did in the other- couldn't figure how to have all of us look good in one photo.
Love this Photo......Richard seems to be saying something like "You gotta pay to ride this train."
Actually it was a bus. Holly did all the planning and booked us on a trip to Milford Sound.
Her blog will have more details and facts. But the scenery is awesome.
Mirror lake ;} no doubt.
Yep, going down there....
Plop! here we are on the boat, looking back from where we came.
Lots of rain meant lots of waterfalls.
Hey Holly!, Watch out for strange birds.
Makes you think a troll will pop out at any moment...
EEK!!!
Wonder what's down there.....perhaps a brook....?
Well I'll be darned! It IS the Brookes!!
Met up with our Cedar Park, Texas buddies; Richard and Holly.........fancy meeting you here on the other side of the earth!
This may look redundant, but I had my tongue out in one and they did in the other- couldn't figure how to have all of us look good in one photo.
Love this Photo......Richard seems to be saying something like "You gotta pay to ride this train."
Actually it was a bus. Holly did all the planning and booked us on a trip to Milford Sound.Her blog will have more details and facts. But the scenery is awesome.
Mirror lake ;} no doubt.
Yep, going down there....
Plop! here we are on the boat, looking back from where we came.
Lots of rain meant lots of waterfalls.
Hey Holly!, Watch out for strange birds.
Makes you think a troll will pop out at any moment...
EEK!!!
Wonder what's down there.....perhaps a brook....?
Well I'll be darned! It IS the Brookes!!
Rarotonga and Aitutaki-fantastic
It is so good:
To have been able to travel to the other side of the world.
To have seen the kinds of sunsets and sunrises that we have.
To have seen the white sands stretching far away, and to be able to walk where the water barely covers the sand.
To ride in a boat that parked right up on the beach where Survivor and Shipwrecked were filmed.
To do handstands and cartwheels on the pristine white island sand.
To snorkle in the clearest water and have lunch ready for us on the remote island (yes, even in remote places, there are even more remote islands).
To wake up and have absolutely no plan other than to go paddle out to a reef.
To have raised many a glass in toast to the beautiful scenery and the fantastic feeling of wonder in such a beautiful place.
My Hero Jann! The plan was to fly back to Rarotonga and stay in a hotel near the airport so we could catch the flight to New Zealand. We arrived at the well advertized "resort" and you could see us both cringe. It must have been paradise for the people who hadn't spent the past weeks where we had. We got to our "suite"...the colors alone were so bad....the furniture was cheezy, the remote was bolted to the wire bedside table with a cable!! and when Jann sat on the bed to call the front desk, it sunk in like a big piece of Texas toast.
I tried to smile, but I think I must have had the look of panic. This room cost over $300 so it should have been much better. Long story short, Jann managed to contact the first resort we had stayed at and we got a room there- thank God!
To have been able to travel to the other side of the world.
To have seen the kinds of sunsets and sunrises that we have.
To have seen the white sands stretching far away, and to be able to walk where the water barely covers the sand.
To ride in a boat that parked right up on the beach where Survivor and Shipwrecked were filmed.
To do handstands and cartwheels on the pristine white island sand.
To snorkle in the clearest water and have lunch ready for us on the remote island (yes, even in remote places, there are even more remote islands).
To wake up and have absolutely no plan other than to go paddle out to a reef.
To have raised many a glass in toast to the beautiful scenery and the fantastic feeling of wonder in such a beautiful place.
My Hero Jann! The plan was to fly back to Rarotonga and stay in a hotel near the airport so we could catch the flight to New Zealand. We arrived at the well advertized "resort" and you could see us both cringe. It must have been paradise for the people who hadn't spent the past weeks where we had. We got to our "suite"...the colors alone were so bad....the furniture was cheezy, the remote was bolted to the wire bedside table with a cable!! and when Jann sat on the bed to call the front desk, it sunk in like a big piece of Texas toast.
I tried to smile, but I think I must have had the look of panic. This room cost over $300 so it should have been much better. Long story short, Jann managed to contact the first resort we had stayed at and we got a room there- thank God!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Ready for a real vacation
This is the "confession booth" where the Survivor contestants were filmed talking to the camera.
Had to do a handstand- thanks Jann for catching it before I fell over.
This is the back side of Survivor Island
Here is Jann in the morning watching for the big fish who come in to eat the little ones.
Do we look happy or what?
Jann paddled out to a coral reef that stretched from the land to the outer reef where that big boat is.
Here is a happy Jann. He is in one of his favorite places...Air New Zealand business Lounge!
And after a few thousand hours and a few time zone changes, we arrived in paradise.
The photos below were taken right before we left for the Cook's Islands.
Jon's daughter Taylor got to visit before Thomas and Anders went back to Denmark. Anders has obviously relaxed himself into a coma. The girls miss their brothers.
After packing up a suitcase for the girls' big trip to "Camp Greenhill", we got in the car and drove up to Aunt Jody and Uncle David's in Burleson. This would be their first time away from home especially for so long. But we knew Aunt Jody would keep them busy! Thank God for Aunt Jody!
After packing up a suitcase for the girls' big trip to "Camp Greenhill", we got in the car and drove up to Aunt Jody and Uncle David's in Burleson. This would be their first time away from home especially for so long. But we knew Aunt Jody would keep them busy! Thank God for Aunt Jody!
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