We are in Kauai

After a one day layover in Phoenix (our flight was delayed in Yuma and missed connecting flight)we arrived in Kauai Jan 26. We arrive back in Yuma Feb 8. It has been four years since we were last here and have noticed a few changes...but it is still a garden..and it is shorts morning noon and nite...and no socks! A few pictures for you.

Hope all is well with everyone, B&L

We didn't Go To Mexico

Don't know about the rest of you folks but that one week of winter so far is awesome. We have almost missed half of the winter and that is a great thing. Makes not going to Mexico a little easier to swallow. Thought that I might put a few Ella pictures up for all to see. Hope everyone is having a happy new year.

Collin, Nona and Ella

playing with the fridge in September

Just chillin

going for a drive

sledding fun

fun at the zoo

baby tigers at the zoo

worlds cutest baby

See ya later Dudes!!

Is everybody enjoying the weather this week?????? hahahahaha... It's minus a million in Canada, I'm not sure I even want to ask what it is in snowbird land!!

I drove ALL the way to Sunshine (past Banff) on Monday with the mistaken belief that I would go downhill skiing in -28 C weather.... I've done it before, and if you dress properly, all is good. HOWEVER... I did not account for elevation... it was -31 C at the top of Sunshine, and they close the lifts down once it gets into the -30's. A whole lot of driving for nothing :( Oh well!

Neil and I went to the movies on Sunday... we saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie first, really enjoyed it, then decided to make it a double header and watched Mission Impossible next... good way to spend a frigid Sunday.... and to top it off, Laurel and Aaron made us supper! haha...

I just had the best drive home from work EVER.... I live quite a long ways from where I work, and there aren't alot of good routes. I end up on a single lane highway on the edge of the city.... but I get ahead of myself.... the first part of my driver was very, very cold. I was driving out of the parking lot in my cold car (it's about -26 right now) and I see a friend, so I stop and roll down my window, and we talk for a couple of minutes. When I drive away, I CANNOT get the window to go back up. Awesome! I dig out my scarf, touque, and mitts and prepare myself to tough out the half hour drive home. Things look up after about 10 minutes of this, my window motor finally is convinced to (slowly, oh so slowly) raise my window up.... I do a little happy car dance in my seat, and all is good in my world.... then about 10 minutes away from home, I get stopped by a train... that is not moving.... no big, just glad my window is up.... this happiness lasts a while, until I finally realize that the train is never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever going to move. I sit there for 25 minutes... I had a snack, caught up on some emails, enjoyed my warm car, then decided I had better go around if I ever wanted to get home. Well... it is a LONG way around, because they have pretty much all the major routes in my quadrant of the city shut down... so ANOTHER 25 minutes later, I finally get home... officially the longest commute every, and it was in the middle of the night. sigh! Oh well, at least my window closed!

Stay warm everyone!

Tara

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! Happy New Year everyone :)

Here's a few pics from our holidays. We flew out on Christmas day, which was a little bit of a different way to spend the holiday, but neither of us minded! We got checked in and had a nice Christmas supper at the Japanese restaurant at the resort.... Sushi for Christmas! Mmmmmm...

The weather (as you can see) was beautiful... we had a couple of 10 minutes rain showers, and a little wind and cloud, but nothing that ruined any of the days... it was 25 to 28 degrees, and we managed to soak it up without burning ourselves to a crisp!

We were there with another couple who came a day later than us, so it was nice to have the company, we had a great time. One of the highlights was being invited to the chef's table on New Year's eve.... 7 course dining experience, and you get whatever the chef has decided to make you that day... the meal was paired with 3 different bottles of wine, so we had a head start on the festivities for New Year's eve.

The resort put on live entertainment and gave out the party hats and noise makers, so we had a blast, and made it to midnight before stumbling back to our room... 

SO... Happy New Year, all the best in 2012 to everyone!

Love Tara and Neil

Happy New Year

Hi all,

Best wishes for a Happy Healthy New Year from a couple of snow birds! As you can see by the pictures Tracy made it down for Christmas . We picked her up at Palm Springs on the 24 and took her to the airport for a 11:10 am flight on the 28. We toured around Palm Springs area ..found a Trader Joe's and of course a Starbucks! We did our best to keep Tracy busy...we hiked in the desert, shopped all the good deals, got her hair cut, nails done, went to see War Horse, played Mexican Train (a domino game we will be bringing home so get ready), swam, played Pickle Ball and she took magic into the desert for her daily run.Must have worked..I was the only one awake driving to the air port.

Before Christmas Linda & I did nine holes on a real golf course (Desert Hill..a couple of pictures). She did good enough she wants to do it again!

A bit of trivay...it is 100 years since W. H. was born, my dad..Dec.2 1912.

Take care it is always good to see your posts!

Barry & Linda