Just some Fluff:

Since nothing new has happened for awhile, I saw this on another site and on other blogs and thought it looked fun to see what people have done in their lives. The ones I have done are in RED:

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (Guitar Hero--I'm counting it)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (been inside it--I'm counting it)
18. Grown your own vegetables (I'm counting our peaches)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train (Switzerland to Italy)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (It has happened once or twice)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (in private)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (close to it, I could see it from the Strait of Gibraltar)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (I will in March)
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China (been to China, but will see the Great Wall someday)
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia (hopefully in 2010)
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (with Courtney)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (once way back in college)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (had opportunities, but NO WAY)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Book of Mormon or Bible
86. Visited the White House (from the outside)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club (for only a few weeks though)
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

Stitches again

Poor Chase, he is probably one of the most accident prone kids we have had. The day after Christmas, he went with another family to play at Planet Kid, an indoor playground type place. Another older kid was messing around and playing too rough and jumped but accidentally hit into Chase and broke his teeth off in Chase's little head. Thank goodness the boy's dad was a dentist and was able to replace his boy's teeth and stitch up Chase's head so that he didn't even realize that was what they were doing. He was so brave!

Christmas

Opening presents on Christmas. If you look closely to the picture above, you can see Hayley's new braces that she got a few days before.

Chase playing with his Star Wars storm troopers

Chase got a Star Wars helmet that he wanted. The kids all have fun with it including Jared because it changes their voices.

Tyler took this picture when he woke up late one night at 2 am getting a drink of water. He loved how light it was outside even though it was no where near sun up.

Some icicles that Tyler took from the roof of the house (through an upstairs bathroom window). He and Chase wanted to save them, so they stayed in our freezer for about a month.

Can this be Winter???

Nassau

The huge Atlantis resort and casino on Nassau.

Disney Wonder (December 14-18, 2008)

My first visit on the Disney Wonder, the Magic's sister ship. It was great to finally see the other ship that I had never been on yet. The theming in some areas of the ship were exactly the same as on the Magic, some were similiar but different color schemes, and some areas and even shows were completely different and even called different names. I was very impressed with the Wonder's entertainment staff, the friendliness of the crew and even liked the theming of alot of the clubs and restaraunts better. The Wonder may be my new favorite!

Palo is exactly the same on both ships. :)

Donald and his nephews on the stern of the Wonder instead of Goofy

Sailaway party on the 14th

Ariel instead of Mickey in the main atrium.

Triton's restaraunt had lights up above that turned blue and made water sounds up on the ceiling.

The main atrium on the Wonder. Instead of being accented with red like on the Magic, it was mainly accented with blue.

Instead of a city skyline on the Magic, the Wonder had maps and billboards along the halls of the nightclub areas. I really liked it.

Epcot (December 13, 2008)

Some pictures around Epcot.

Above: Japan, Below: A chair balancing act in France

Above: China, below: Germany

This picture is blurry because with the flash it was too dark. The main atrium of the Magic during the Till we Meet Again party on the last night. The chandelier is by Dale Chihuly, who also did a larger version in the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Our server and assistant server Dennis from the Phillipines and Miroslav (Mickey) from Serbia.

Christmas decorations on the island.

On Castaway Cay, we took a bike ride for the first time, and saw parts of the island that we had never seen. It was so quiet and peaceful.

We encountered this little (big for a hermit crab) guy crossing the road. We were lucky we didn't run over him. I guess he was trying to just get to the other side. :)

If Chase were with us, he would have wanted to try and smuggle him back on the boat to keep him.

The observation tower along the bike trail. We could feel it shake when the wind blew hard. But Jared said after all of the hurricanes it had been through, there was no way it would fall down from some wind.

The adults only beach at Castaway Cay. The day was pretty overcast, and a little chilly, so not many people were here during the course of the day.

The DCL gingerbread house. And you could even see inside it. (Pic above.)

Not only one set balancing, but 2 sets. One set off to the left, and one set off to the right.

Our server Dennis from the Phillipines, concentrating on balancing forks on the ends of toothpicks. Our kids love this trick!