Desert Photos From December

We made a trip to the desert to celebrate the birthday of my good friend Liz. Since my Mac is down, she burned these photos she took of our family and passed them along.

Stinky Beach

We took a trip to the beach when a planned desert trip got cut short. We found a beach close by home that looked nice from the car. We were with the Scotts and pulled our cars up close to the water and jumped out to roast hot dogs on a portable grill. The stink was strong that day my friends...Dead jellyfish could be found all over the beach. One big one was still breathing a was the highlight of the trip for the kids. We ended up quickly eating our "chicken" hot dogs, roasting some marshmallows and heading for home. We all took long baths and the shoes from that day are still in the garage covered in stinky mud...yuck. The desert is much more fun! Lesson learned.

Field Day at ACS

When I was growing up "Play Day" always occurred close to the end of the school year. Since the weather here gets hot in March or April the kids have Field Day in February. Grandma, Grandpa, the twins and I had a great time watching Sam and Cairo participate in all the fun activities offered.

KASAB, OMAN

Kasab, Oman

People had told us the mountains and water were so beautiful in Mussandom Oman. We agree but have to admit, it looks a lot like Utah. A cross between Bear Lake and Lake Powell. The difference was the salt water and the dolphins and other sea life we were able to see.

This is like the dhow we took for a half day cruise to see the dolphins. Grandma and Grandpa Cook are here visiting until Feb. 15th. We are having so much fun including them in our everyday lives. Taking the trip to Oman was something we have been waiting to do. They were the perfect reason to go. The 5 hour car ride went smoothly and was a lot more fun with Grandma and Grandpa in the cars with us.

Weekend in Oman

Charlie loved watching for dolphins over the edge of the dhow.
None of us were disappointed. Several dolphins swam by our boat and jumped up out of the water next to us. Off in the distance there were many jumping up and playing all around us.

Even on a road trip, Charlie had to take his creatures. He now has a container specifically for snakes, one for sharks and a third one for all other creatures.

Trip to Oman

Our hotel pool was great fun. Even with the pool back home we still loved swimming in the big hotel pool.

ACS Fundraiser

Brad and I on our way the the American Community School Fundraiser