tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64884064641193401242023-11-16T01:03:38.514-06:00The Southern SorensensScott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-84231726973465854582012-11-06T15:48:00.000-06:002012-11-06T15:56:19.208-06:00Karla's Visit/Niagara Falls/Labor Day/Santa Fe/Hawaii<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well, I suppose it's about time to catch up after 6 months of not posting... We had a busy summer, Karla came to visit in June and it was great to see her...</div>
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I went to Cleveland for work in July and drove to Ontario and Niagara Falls on my day off. On the left is the American Falls and the right is the Canadian Falls. </div>
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It was really cool to see, kind of weird by myself but I had fun.</div>
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On Labor Day weekend Eric, Katie, and Colin came down to visit and Colin took his first airplane ride. He wasn't quite sure what to think!</div>
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Uncle Scott and Aunt Renee.</div>
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We're going to try and do an annual get together, this is the fist group photo, year 1.</div>
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I went to Santa Fe with a friend at the end of September, we had great fall weather and it was nice to get out of humid, hot San Antonio for a weekend. This is the Loretto Chapel staircase, which was featured on "Unsolved Mysteries." It's an architectural mystery because there are two 360 degree turns and no center support. Additionally, there were no nails used in its construction, just wooden pegs. The carpenter is a mystery, some think he was actually St. Joseph. It's a fully functional staircase that's still in use today. It's a pretty interesting story and worth googling.</div>
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Me and my friend Natalie. The funny thing about this picture is there was a homeless person's bed right behind us.</div>
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Santa Fe National Forest. We went just at the right time for fall, it was beautiful!</div>
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Random picture of Bailey looking miserable in her harness. She HATES her harness and doesn't even get excited for walks because she hates having to put in on. She's even missed out on walks a few times because sometimes she runs when I try to put it on her and I WILL NOT chase a beagle around the yard so I can do her the favor of taking her for a walk..</div>
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At the end of October/beginning of November we went to Hawaii for 10 days. It was amazing, pictures don't really do it justice. Our first stop was Oahu to see Pearl Harbor.</div>
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Honolulu.</div>
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Waikiki Beach at sunset.</div>
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Pearl Harbor.</div>
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The submarine the USS Bowfin. We took an audio tour of the whole thing. I don't really have claustrophobia too much but the living/working conditions were very claustrophobic. On the audio tour they had interviews and quotes from the men who had served on the sub and it was really neat to get that part of the story instead of just reading signs or something.</div>
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The USS Arizona Memorial. The memorial itself isn't resting on the ship, it's over it and you can look down and still see parts of the ship, which is now a reef. It's also the burial site for hundreds of people who died when it sank, and even some survivors who died decades later have had their ashes interred with their former mates. Even after 70 years the ship is still leaking oil. It was sobering to see it in real life and not just in a documentary or book. </div>
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After Pearl Harbor we drove around Oahu and stopped at Waimea Valley, which is botanical gardens. A path led through the botanical area to the waterfall. It was beautiful, very quiet and peaceful. You can swim by the waterfall, and some people were, but we didn't.</div>
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From Oahu we flew to Hawaii, also known as Big Island. There was a cruise ship docked when we were driving from the airport. </div>
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View from the lanai.</div>
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Our first night on Big Island we evacuated for the tsunami. No one made us, but we obviously don't have enough experience with tsunamis to make a judgment call on our own and the sirens were going off so we left. We just drove up the hill and stopped at a scenic lookout with about 100 other people and waited to see what would happen. Once the waves started hitting and they were only like a foot high we went back. This is the view from the lookout back to where the resort was, which was right on the water.</div>
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The next morning we drove north along the north shore of the island to Volcanoes National Park. We stopped at a roadside farm for lunch and got a chilled coconut. The food was amazing, made from fresh fruit and vegetables they grew there themselves. The coconut didn't taste like a coconut though, more like water with a weird taste.</div>
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Volcanoes Naitonal Park. We did a lot of hiking throughout the trip and had packed accordingly, but the day pack we had brought for water, rain jackets, granola bars, etc. didn't fit Scott's shoulders so I had to be the mule. </div>
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The entrance to a lava tube. We actually got to walk through it to the other side, very cool.</div>
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You could see the lava at night whereas during the day it looked like it was just smoking. We didn't get to see it flowing.</div>
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Sunset at Volcanoes National Park.</div>
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The next day we went to Punalu'u, which is the black sand beach.</div>
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The water was super clear and cold.</div>
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There were more in the water but we really lucked out getting to see this guy, we thought it would be too late in the year to see any turtles. He's huge, and was just sitting there sleeping!</div>
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Next we flew to Kaua'i, known as "The Garden Isle" for all the flowers and vegetation. This is where we really planned to swim and spend some time on the beach.</div>
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View from the lanai.</div>
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We went hiking on the Napali coast, which was so beautiful it almost looked fake! We got there in the morning before the fog rolled in and it was only about 65 degrees on the mountain, perfect for hiking.</div>
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It's hard to see in this picture but on the horizon is the island of Niihau "the forbidden island", which is closed to most visitors. It has what is supposed to be the largest colony of Hawaiians (about 200+) left in the islands. Much of the Hawaiian heritage is kept alive and they speak Hawaiian as their primary language. </div>
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The Waimea Canyon.</div>
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We went to a luau Wednesday night, which was really cool. Authentic Hawaiian food and the show was awesome, although it really got going after dark and my pictures didn't turn out that great. Scott got me a real flower lei too which was really soft and smelled sooooo good!</div>
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We went swimming near Hanalei Bay on the north shore of the island, and were able to walk a little bit and pretty much had a little area to ourselves.</div>
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Kaua'i is full of wild chickens. They are under cars in parking lots, on the side of highways, in parks, in trees, all over. Apparently it's only been in the past 20 years that they've had all of these wild chickens all over the place and it's thought that Hurricane Iniki in 1992 caused damage to some chicken pens in some farms and they got out and spread. They're hilarious to see them roosting in trees and hear their cockle-doodle-doos!</div>
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Sunset on the pier at Hanalei Bay.</div>
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We also went snorkeling on the beach outside our resort but didn't think to get underwater cases for our phones so no pictures. We did find Nemo though, and all kinds of other brightly colored tropical fish. They were so close I'd try to reach out and touch them but I think the goggles made them closer than they really were because I never even got one. We had a really great time and feel so,so blessed we were able to enjoy such paradise!</div>
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National Park for a long weekend about a week ago. It's a very remote, scenic, middle-of-nowhere area by the Mexico border about 7 hours west of San Antonio and a few hours east of El Paso. It was really nice to just get away for a few days, and with no cell service it was great to be completely disconnected.</div>
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We stopped in Marathon, TX the first night, which is about 90 miles north of Big Bend. It's also very remote but has a little tourist scene since it's the last stop on the way to the park. </div>
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The next morning at breakfast Scott was inspired by his coffee and has deemed this "art." Enjoy...</div>
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Coming in to Big Bend.</div>
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Poor animals...</div>
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Mexican nationals from the town of Boquillas leave little handmade crafts for hikers to buy along the trail. You're not supposed to buy any although no one ever searched us or anything. They also take donations.</div>
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Boquillas, Mexico.</div>
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Walking sticks, little handmade scorpions, and painted rocks. You leave your money in the coffee creamer bottle.</div>
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Most likely the canoe of the person selling the crafts at this particular location. Although in a lot of places, the river is narrow and shallow enough to just walk across.</div>
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A spring. It was an obvious oasis in the middle of the desert, as was the river.</div>
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The trail to Hot Springs.</div>
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Hot Springs sounds cool in theory. If it were winter and not 105 degrees, and there was no one else there and you had your own little natural hot tub to yourself in the middle of this beautiful scenery, it would be perfect. However, the air <em>was</em> 105 degrees, the water was even warmer, and although there weren't a lot of people there, there were these two and they weren't leaving.</div>
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We stayed a couple of nights at a place called "Upstairs at the Mansion" in Terlingua Ghost Town. Nothing was haunted or anything, it's just what the town is called. (Their sign says, and I meant to get a picture but didn't, "Birthplace to all Chili Cook-Offs Worldwide." Now <em>that</em> is a bold statement but apparently they have an annual chili cook-off that brings in over 10,000 people who tent-camp in a field since there is really nowhere to stay except this place and one other hotel.) There were a couple of bars and restaurants in town and a small hotel and that's about it. I don't know that anyone lives there, there may have been a couple houses but it was hard to tell. We checked out pictures online and thought this place looked like a really cool, unique place to stay. And it was, but when you first get there it takes a little bit to wrap your head around it. Most of it doesn't have a roof, but the liveable portion where we stayed had an upstairs room, a downstairs room, a shared bathroom, and a kitchen. Luckily the two bedrooms were air conditioned. We had the upstairs room and as it turns out, our roommates downstairs were an older couple, Chester and Cynthia, also from San Antonio. Luckily they weren't crazy (they voiced the same relief about us) and although we didn't end up crossing paths with them much they were really nice people. No doors locked from the outside, and Cynthia summed it up best the first night when she said, "so I guess we're on the honor system, huh?" We never saw the owner or hostess, and were instructed to leave cash or a check in the guestbook for payment. There was some cash in there from back in January so it didn't seem like they keep real good track. It was a really cool experience and we're glad we went for it instead of staying at the more traditional hotel. The room was really comfortable and it was nice to meet some new people in such a weird way.</div>
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Scott trying to wrap his head around it when we first got there.</div>
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On the porch, still processing everything...</div>
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There was a cat there we named Felix, and our roommates said when the girl who cleans the rooms came she said she didn't know there was a cat. And this cat was all over the porch acting like he owned the place, on the table, in chairs, chasing birds...this particular squatter cat sounded like a more active version of Scooter.</div>
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Sunset from the porch at the mansion. The mountains are the Chisos Mountains in the middle of the park.</div>
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Sunset from the porch to the west. We were fortunate to see some really beautiful sunsets, I don't know if that's typical out there or what but they were amazing.</div>
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The next day we hiked in the Santa Elena Canyon. The right cliff is Texas and the left is Mexico. Really beautiful.</div>
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Scott wading to Mexico. The Mexico side at this point in the river is also a national park. The mountains are a natural barrier.</div>
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Scott in Mexico.</div>
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Renee in Mexico. </div>
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Back in the park, there are a couple cliffs called "Mule's Ears."</div>
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We went for the obvious joke.</div>
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Beautiful, scenic vista. Looked like it may have been one of the highest points in the park.</div>
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Inside the Chisos Mountain Basin looking west to Terlingua.</div>
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The Santa Elena Canyon from a distance.</div>
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Madera Canyon.</div>
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Rest stop on the way to Madera Canyon.</div>
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Road to Presidio.</div>
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Presidio itself is somewhat less scenic. This is the Ojinaga/Presidio border crossing. It looked like a vehicle fire on the Mexico side. </div>
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Santa Elena Canyon again. These pictures are out of order and our version of Internet Explorer, our computer, or both is making it hard for me to move them.</div>
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Middle-of-nowhere near Marathon, TX.</div>
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Sunset over Madera Canyon. We pulled off to the side of the road and caught it just in time. The picture really does not do it justice. There was no one else there, no cars going by, nothing. Very peaceful.</div>
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In unison: Aaaahhhhhh! Burros!!!!!!</div>
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A herd (?) of burros was crossing the road. We stopped in time and were able to get a shot of this guy before they went over the hill. Lucky for everyone involved because they do <em>not</em> move very fast.</div>
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Sunrise coming through Big Bend on our way home.</div>
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The bridge over the San Pecos river on the way home.</div>
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We'd like to go back sometime in winter when the temperatures are more reasonable and do some of the longer trails. It would be nice if it was more accessible but at the same time, we went hours without seeing anyone and that's part of the appeal :-)</div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-62130446018707462822011-12-27T20:08:00.002-06:002011-12-27T20:08:48.178-06:00Christmas 2011<div style="text-align: center;">
Scott's parents were nice enough to make the trip down to visit us this Christmas and we had a great time!</div>
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The obligatory Alamo shot.</div>
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The River Walk Christmas Eve.</div>
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Valero tour. </div>
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The beagles helping open their present from Eric and Kate Christmas morning. They were VERY excited!</div>
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Scooter and the deer putting aside their differences to share breakfast Christmas morning.</div>
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The beagles ready to go on their first walk in their bright shiny new harnesses in McAllister Park Christmas afternoon.</div>
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Walking the dogs.</div>
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Tim "The Cat Whisperer" Sorensen.</div>
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Old Tunnel State Park in the hill country.</div>
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We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and blessed New Year!</div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-83869999419036221492011-10-02T20:01:00.002-05:002011-10-02T20:14:15.823-05:00The Beagles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We decided to get back up on the beagle horse a week ago and got two beagle puppies. The older one is about 4 months (Zoe) and the younger one is about 2 months (Bailey). It's hard to get pictures of them because they are never just sitting there nobly looking into the distance (I don't know how they get those pictures for beagle calendars, they must sedate them). They are constantly running, wrestling, biting each other, or chewing on something. It's easiest to get a picture when they're sleeping. We picked these two because they seemed the calmest, but as it turns out they were just carsick. They're both crazy. Bridget must have been bred for docility because these two are nuts. Something we didn't know about beagles is as they get older, all of the black on them slowly turns to brown. So in the next couple months Bailey's head will be brown too, and it explains why Bridget's back slowly turned brown as she got older.</div>
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They each have their own bed but they like to share.</div>
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Zoe is 10 pounds and Bailey is 4. Bridget was 34, to give you some perspective. Apparently Bridget was a very big beagle. Both Zoe and Bailey will get to be about 20-25 pounds.</div>
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They don't always notice Scooter if he happens to be in the backyard, although Zoe stumbled onto him under the shed a couple days ago. He was hissing like crazy! She just kind of stared at him and then walked away. He's about twice her size (he's getting extremely fat because we feed him whenever he whines about it, which is about 3-4 times day) so she probably decided it wasn't worth it.</div>
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We're mostly done remodeling the house, we just have a few odds and ends left like oddly shaped ceiling registers, light switches, and a small area of moulding. We also need to finish getting some furniture and decorations, but we've made a ton of progress in 3 months...</div>
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Living room before.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcrTtwnFOB59_gd2NDrfsarFw2DWSbSz_wrO9b0xm-ZT8OnUUp2D9OjvFAaX4XDY1c6atd26S9epiMEBETWftdKZ15Q5Ocq_-1QEZe71KZrEYAphHjMFns2uV54gTfzAP7eN5jbmRbj8/s1600/Living+Room+Before.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653531073452006210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcrTtwnFOB59_gd2NDrfsarFw2DWSbSz_wrO9b0xm-ZT8OnUUp2D9OjvFAaX4XDY1c6atd26S9epiMEBETWftdKZ15Q5Ocq_-1QEZe71KZrEYAphHjMFns2uV54gTfzAP7eN5jbmRbj8/s320/Living+Room+Before.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a> Living room after.<br />
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The two by four isn't holding up the bar, it's helping to brace it in case someone leans on it before we have a chance to put up some moulding underneath it.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFemV9KJ5K4NPXTwPzTkZdYx19GgPPTMKj0LFR_97Bn1b191FkQWvg1lF_2FCy968cl3HkBkEISbKFcInTyPd2jZZwsONPQNcZgEtOr4zLkHfe_flEDl6GTltNcTUwheXNoxF5yVJ-QM/s1600/Dining+Room+After.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653525020741342466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFemV9KJ5K4NPXTwPzTkZdYx19GgPPTMKj0LFR_97Bn1b191FkQWvg1lF_2FCy968cl3HkBkEISbKFcInTyPd2jZZwsONPQNcZgEtOr4zLkHfe_flEDl6GTltNcTUwheXNoxF5yVJ-QM/s320/Dining+Room+After.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a> Painting the interior doors. Notice how yellow they are, which is how yellow everything was. We painted them white.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigU040S1rVo7j8bZ15kLo6AZkGqhAH00OsFBawfCzT4OzQsEygOWINeKRfXB5uPw9j_Oqze9GAm5dMzxhcJCdnbS22ile50qUF08qz3eDJJQNQhWz2e88Z9sJb1dLw-pXzpKihFYir5pU/s1600/Front+Yard.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653523602482555346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigU040S1rVo7j8bZ15kLo6AZkGqhAH00OsFBawfCzT4OzQsEygOWINeKRfXB5uPw9j_Oqze9GAm5dMzxhcJCdnbS22ile50qUF08qz3eDJJQNQhWz2e88Z9sJb1dLw-pXzpKihFYir5pU/s320/Front+Yard.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a> We have to physically stand over Scooter while he eats so the deer don't kick him out and take his food. And even then they get about 10 feet away and just stand there waiting for you to go in. We got him some tuna yesterday, which he seemed to like very much.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_FbIjI7QMiQY3ZtXPReHRr5xf6a9Y4tWUaTVP3jbb51_tEKtEqFPZzjT6A_m357hRYJUpA3fxPvVbdUUew7kY4c-4osbUaGEa50LqfQD5zhLpsQqBoKeNn_aZzABIkCxeUsF5TBMPFQ/s1600/Standing+Guard.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653523340541669218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_FbIjI7QMiQY3ZtXPReHRr5xf6a9Y4tWUaTVP3jbb51_tEKtEqFPZzjT6A_m357hRYJUpA3fxPvVbdUUew7kY4c-4osbUaGEa50LqfQD5zhLpsQqBoKeNn_aZzABIkCxeUsF5TBMPFQ/s320/Standing+Guard.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 239px;" /></a> No, it's not a dead raccoon. Just Scooter napping in the front yard on his back with his foot up in the air.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_37isL4DkTYdoptwQ_khxQGoAQm1S1hYYU6uUiiYzBO9dD6N2UQh1rLSkf1kHd1AYzem9sUIBr0_EtafAIY3iRRIVrAKs7pa8gZiORiNFpQ2R4JIbHFYJ3QsfPZUHbyctBe6ZwCZqd0g/s1600/Scooter.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653523113224106482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_37isL4DkTYdoptwQ_khxQGoAQm1S1hYYU6uUiiYzBO9dD6N2UQh1rLSkf1kHd1AYzem9sUIBr0_EtafAIY3iRRIVrAKs7pa8gZiORiNFpQ2R4JIbHFYJ3QsfPZUHbyctBe6ZwCZqd0g/s320/Scooter.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 239px;" /></a>I've never seen a cat that loves to sleep on his back so much.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRKglIWf8xcdI1nig9t_9FZD0xFMZuK8ZzlLPjmDERAHl27VCx7YFsOngaBKzkOkyowwxg1gTMEUOonjecvYLmELCmYd4R-QkZgjafagIxHqK05SMfEMw-PZxe3Xc8vIOElLB2ZRacFc/s1600/Scooter+flu.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653522976149805442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRKglIWf8xcdI1nig9t_9FZD0xFMZuK8ZzlLPjmDERAHl27VCx7YFsOngaBKzkOkyowwxg1gTMEUOonjecvYLmELCmYd4R-QkZgjafagIxHqK05SMfEMw-PZxe3Xc8vIOElLB2ZRacFc/s320/Scooter+flu.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>Allie the dog. Not our dog, we're dog-sitting this weekend. The best part about Allie is she doesn't like Scott. She growls and barks at him and hides from him. Won't have anything to do with him. Well Scott invested some time last night and they became friends and he was wrestling with her and playing fetch and she'd curl up next to him on the couch while he read. Well this morning, he had to start all over because she didn't remember him. So he spent some time coaxing her out from under the couch, we went for a walk, and they became friends again, everything was cool. Well then he took a shower and in the meantime she forgot him again and freaked out when he came back in the room, she was growling and barking and went and hid again. Now they're fine again tonight but tomorrow's a new day!<br />
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Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-723105008275482702011-09-03T19:28:00.007-05:002011-09-03T20:09:56.471-05:00It really is a small world...<div align="center">Scott has spent so much time this summer flight instructing, between that and the house we really haven't had time to do anything. Renee went out to Boerne while Scott had a lesson to watch and try and get in his world a little bit. The student that night, Hyun Ju Shin, asked if she wanted to come along while he practiced landings. It's a small world because as it turns out, he's from South Korea and works for the South Korean company in Louisiana that bought Taylor Energy. So he now works in the exact same downtown office in New Orleans where the Taylor corporate department was located. Anyway, he's an attorney in South Korea and his company is sending him to school at UTSA to learn US law. He said it's like a vacation for him and he wants to learn to fly in his free time because he can't in South Korea. He's only here temporarily on a work visa so he said he's really enjoying everything and soaking it up because he'll eventually have to go back. His wife and baby were able to come with him too. Pretty cool.</div>
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<br /><div align="center">Coming in to land.</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648297682139117538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxDaohUd_7hzhVoAG0CpNle_QU9oGfsU0wtWv0fT2ap5KZ14WNH8qTXoI8uv-Z9Cl2InCOJJQmiJgRjpowacJTvAl-7qVa-aW_yWUn1PoGh_8ChImRK93YnUEslQ8VaKYCf0N4Xgw4mc/s320/IMG_1222%255B1%255D" />
<br /><p align="center">In the pattern at Boerne. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BS1Sb-lpwnoSSAjeDWQY4hlkZy4j9_j1FkKPIB9Qjwf9IbAMzizDp2uOna8UITMonGjHDZWGHTupqivU4n0AkzrE-pcTHDT7GoeAX5Ibf-VA13osvb-kGt6ZybWSRpFid1p6YQT5ogA/s1600/IMG_1220%255B1%255D"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648297673683625554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BS1Sb-lpwnoSSAjeDWQY4hlkZy4j9_j1FkKPIB9Qjwf9IbAMzizDp2uOna8UITMonGjHDZWGHTupqivU4n0AkzrE-pcTHDT7GoeAX5Ibf-VA13osvb-kGt6ZybWSRpFid1p6YQT5ogA/s320/IMG_1220%255B1%255D" /></a> Banking after taking off again after a touch and go.
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The possum was at least a little skittish when he saw us but the raccoon didn't really care. Scott was changing the locks on the garage door and the raccoon walked right by him within 4 feet, looked at him as if to say "what's up?" and went on his way. At least if he gets his fill of cat food he'll stay out of garbage. Assumedly.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHVRrd6_aRcSyn_uCp6pRn-u8Yj0gaNYZjoR9CiptVPnO7wj-UeGg4fB29XiEbu8HGE2DVsRy4MWZWbX2nMDXJ9Ln0ar0zhIme6uS4t5kJW4an6-Rph_esRzZ3a1x7uO8Uh3RgAvk6WA/s1600/Raccoon.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632666840671019762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHVRrd6_aRcSyn_uCp6pRn-u8Yj0gaNYZjoR9CiptVPnO7wj-UeGg4fB29XiEbu8HGE2DVsRy4MWZWbX2nMDXJ9Ln0ar0zhIme6uS4t5kJW4an6-Rph_esRzZ3a1x7uO8Uh3RgAvk6WA/s320/Raccoon.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWGWsUTAa-a3xyLkwoaLXcRHtUc-mvVK-o50WP8KzAhdVB84dZg5X2ih1xv4hCJCErPhZZmj69XokkOcsXaWkBbuTqy1BlI2o6fA2ndeho4nmInR3pIeMNAlReDZ1sWt_MWXap8aThx8/s1600/Possum.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632666834129324770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWGWsUTAa-a3xyLkwoaLXcRHtUc-mvVK-o50WP8KzAhdVB84dZg5X2ih1xv4hCJCErPhZZmj69XokkOcsXaWkBbuTqy1BlI2o6fA2ndeho4nmInR3pIeMNAlReDZ1sWt_MWXap8aThx8/s320/Possum.JPG" /></a>It's all fun and games until the baby skunk gets freaked out by the raccoon and decides to spray. At some point we should probably just take up the food and water at night when Scooter's done, but for now it's cool to check up periodically and see if we have any visitors!</div></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-25944164966012893892011-07-16T19:45:00.003-05:002011-07-16T19:48:25.665-05:00Busted!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyC46dlYBCGxh-Oa8EsLhym2YWSy4JnQRZcO1vYcFrV_CH2qpukgP_oO-vk6DfXBIQ0Zy25hEtnySzQ4LMwKiHUhGP-BmrNgkcERCfNXBdHOmTcoT1eVp2l1qf9xexavuGijGyV2U3Bk/s1600/Busted.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630116697093721298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyC46dlYBCGxh-Oa8EsLhym2YWSy4JnQRZcO1vYcFrV_CH2qpukgP_oO-vk6DfXBIQ0Zy25hEtnySzQ4LMwKiHUhGP-BmrNgkcERCfNXBdHOmTcoT1eVp2l1qf9xexavuGijGyV2U3Bk/s320/Busted.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-5525932023970136502011-07-10T19:02:00.016-05:002011-07-10T20:15:05.645-05:00Animal House<div align="center">We bought a house a couple of weeks ago, and as a bonus it came with a cat! His name is Scooter, and he has been hanging around for the past several years, according to the lady who used to live next door and who had been driving all the way across town to feed him while the house sat vacant a couple months. He is very lazy and sleeps all day, lying around waiting to be fed. He doesn't hunt, if he is not fed he will probably die of starvation he is that lazy. The one day we didn't feed him because we didn't go by the house, we pulled in the driveway the next day and instead of sleeping on the porch he was gnawing on a patch of grass by his food bowl all crazy eyed, so we have made a point of feeding him daily since. The problem with the cat food bowl, though, is it attracts many different animals, all of which seem very familiar with the location of the bowl and dinner time. The deer especially love cat food, but we have also seen a baby skunk, a raccoon, and doves helping themselves. There's also a tan cat that sometimes comes around that the lady said used to be really fat and who she called "Big Fat Orange Cat" but is now really skinny and looks like he might have some kind of mangey disease. He will sit back and wait for Scooter to be done eating before he eats, so it must be Scooter's territory. We feed him off to the side though, and they hang out on the porch together all day.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Here Scott's feeding the deer down the driveway so Scooter can eat, they used to just take the food over from him but now they're kind of scared of us because we shoo them away while he eats. We're going to get a bucket for the front yard and fill it with deer corn like a lot of the neighbors. Good thing we like animals!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627885203459650386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOdq8fWyBYlmi3z5JptISJi6IkZbDkitlX7k6MLl9VJGP8jpUzalYE7acF0eTSkBe-JezPmKYSxrD2ybC4BaDF2FN_sAl_NIWfMcvEYgV-zU159W8MGpS0-47Pnk0bCoYjbjrFZIyTuk/s320/Scooter+Scott+and+deer.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXiSDGjVF7yo8HikRU_UUski4ZDTBduX09kJbkw1ODpSyGgzPpuVwby1m6kYYkFV9ZInd92_ODrBIm_awb-1Au1y2X7YdSYaOS-IGnCaV1oFydPHnAuBSvwCqGZ8JsEZJGjkLWCqZwF8/s1600/Deer.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627884612572673298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOXiSDGjVF7yo8HikRU_UUski4ZDTBduX09kJbkw1ODpSyGgzPpuVwby1m6kYYkFV9ZInd92_ODrBIm_awb-1Au1y2X7YdSYaOS-IGnCaV1oFydPHnAuBSvwCqGZ8JsEZJGjkLWCqZwF8/s320/Deer.JPG" /></a> I can't move the pictures for some reason, so here is a picture of a lizard we found today in the living room. They're all over outside but this one must have snuck in. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSERxfjDNDzwFjMl4uGXmVruDuCtUg-RqLK3A_qLBPRXtdcSpEjOaFzI4L-wHKlronxsapfkuzymPw6gYGSmNp8_LJ1yWT6-IA9byApg4d3QYRx5lFTiJXPowfyEodXyXyEakgX3pzoE/s1600/Lizard.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627883550558595106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSERxfjDNDzwFjMl4uGXmVruDuCtUg-RqLK3A_qLBPRXtdcSpEjOaFzI4L-wHKlronxsapfkuzymPw6gYGSmNp8_LJ1yWT6-IA9byApg4d3QYRx5lFTiJXPowfyEodXyXyEakgX3pzoE/s320/Lizard.JPG" /></a>Scooter's typical day...<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627882908785185986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAp3vKmDrC1bzvlMI2cbrMoJxUCjkb94JNj6b16jFHX5YRGqqD3cSIlgre88_65-M4Z7nPihpJTwq2UuRLl0bV9mmCLk6BdsXTbmOFtINjZLjd8lwEhEZixOhsayiBSjUMB-Tj29vM7NM/s320/Scooter+Car.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQg3wbXxUIffWJ8gTlf1o954egbiroCwg53NVFYSNraM1lDPZy5iz4e0NZTNLHw30v5rSxQ76bm71rxy5tOR74EomvDBcNvVTJbLEWMLFVMvkYatC8IXLYmmHdi3JFlGvaeDPK8gYLIM/s1600/Scooter+Truck.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627882904713317858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQg3wbXxUIffWJ8gTlf1o954egbiroCwg53NVFYSNraM1lDPZy5iz4e0NZTNLHw30v5rSxQ76bm71rxy5tOR74EomvDBcNvVTJbLEWMLFVMvkYatC8IXLYmmHdi3JFlGvaeDPK8gYLIM/s320/Scooter+Truck.JPG" /></a>He sleeps on his back on the porch. Worthless. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqf2IxcPcBI7Cg8eqzsUGKx4VCCGw8CUg-YiBzm2v168jcGs_O1sOyc68ctFiMXKyBHIsbdX09e-z6LgeDCIKGQULPOXa6m4xB6rxOJ6K5OuYptjdRMk1e1UqFSLLcMG9OX3dIXzf_cM/s1600/Scooter+Deck.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627882903575324098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqf2IxcPcBI7Cg8eqzsUGKx4VCCGw8CUg-YiBzm2v168jcGs_O1sOyc68ctFiMXKyBHIsbdX09e-z6LgeDCIKGQULPOXa6m4xB6rxOJ6K5OuYptjdRMk1e1UqFSLLcMG9OX3dIXzf_cM/s320/Scooter+Deck.JPG" /></a>We also weren't sure if Scooter and the deer got along or not, turns out not. One began following him shortly after this picture was taken and when he realized it, he turned around and hunched and hissed at it. The deer just stared and didn't move, but he did quit following him. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627882897494429714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzLoydjmBHVHocXTAfgxjuTlymxf6e82W9YUjiuFxi2sWx6fooWsg39-9B43OdgcxpcYIokQVicEyD_D45RynRfoy0ePJ49L5G5M8cWMrD4-FAvTT6IdpUuK5m4bx7jBk7Z0l_L9qrvM/s320/Scooter+and+deer.JPG" /> Scooter's very lucky there's no beagle to chase him because she HATED cats and that was one of her favorite things to do! </div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-30843768123186561832011-03-05T16:00:00.003-06:002011-03-05T16:30:41.163-06:00Bridget aka "The Beagle"<em>11/8/2004-2/26/2011</em><br /><em></em><br /><div align="center">Last Saturday, we had Bridget put down. It was an extremely hard decision but she had been very sick off and on for the past couple of years or so, and sick constantly for the past month. About a month ago, after another trip to the emergency vet where she was hospitalized, we went ahead and had a bunch of different tests done to see exactly what her illness was as the special diet and medication we had her on were no longer working. She had an ultrasound, colonoscopy, endoscopy, and various biopsies of her gastrointestinal system. The findings were that she had inflammatory bowel syndrome, which we had suspected but didn't know for sure until the tests. There was no cure, all we could do was continue to try to manage her condition with a special diet and additional medication to try and keep it from progressing. At the end of last week, she had degenerated to the point where we had run out of food brands she could tolerate, and she wasn't even able to stomach boiled chicken and rice. She was constantly sick, and the side effects from the already large amount of medication she was on were making her even more uncomfortable. Last Saturday morning, she had another episode which would have required hospitalization to stabilize her. Since we were unable to effectively manage her condition anymore and it seemed like we were just prolonging her suffering, we decided the best decision was to put her down. She was hurting so much and so uncomfortable in her last minutes of life, it is a relief to know she is finally at peace. We're glad she doesn't have to suffer anymore, but we loved her very much and miss her greatly. She was a very good little beagle.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TTwjny2RVQRSX1qGhUYldVaTha_IvMWuFiGV19ORPvBuHrx4jcgYfhIGZuyStJhWX2DvevM3rwDvS1mRQcyG02DsYFeNWLRWK_da-xDx8wCliDlAuMm4P6nCd23zHExrJKNc_BrtBBc/s1600/PB010002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580721186814717410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TTwjny2RVQRSX1qGhUYldVaTha_IvMWuFiGV19ORPvBuHrx4jcgYfhIGZuyStJhWX2DvevM3rwDvS1mRQcyG02DsYFeNWLRWK_da-xDx8wCliDlAuMm4P6nCd23zHExrJKNc_BrtBBc/s320/PB010002.JPG" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJkjWlvjgW3PWfAco5Ia8QDvyLjUbFvQjHPO9QPlmjBSfqy1G9RQ6qJ4FWxMY6NkMHPp7s2BohPvluAUECnNhKl6lSR_SH1ngV1c5u22UJ1Xb5v348nRqXLNpCjzVjVFEfJ6uIQotyaM/s1600/PB010013.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580719789945779138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJkjWlvjgW3PWfAco5Ia8QDvyLjUbFvQjHPO9QPlmjBSfqy1G9RQ6qJ4FWxMY6NkMHPp7s2BohPvluAUECnNhKl6lSR_SH1ngV1c5u22UJ1Xb5v348nRqXLNpCjzVjVFEfJ6uIQotyaM/s320/PB010013.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnERE_TKvStZVK6PYh0Azc5n0J6iL8cDad7EbNaFt6oetCyCD6rQNtnkbRsAeFal-WZaJLEyXs71DlYdH4d8t4gLDv6SwRSdk879ldFcv2YKumIvoqpFen2v6BibiJWBsJRjVhLq8Ptz8/s1600/PB010181.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580719782928446770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnERE_TKvStZVK6PYh0Azc5n0J6iL8cDad7EbNaFt6oetCyCD6rQNtnkbRsAeFal-WZaJLEyXs71DlYdH4d8t4gLDv6SwRSdk879ldFcv2YKumIvoqpFen2v6BibiJWBsJRjVhLq8Ptz8/s320/PB010181.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_LIkzktieXaeiYMcNkFmuua_hgiUnSi1W78kzoOwCVRYWGu0uEQNdnDJUYeMEcROHH6f_F3DLUW9UrGFF8L6Z3uHNwiPSGpdSqhu2aqHqDvjHwGeoq6R33migJVCE4U9vmv45zjguiI/s1600/PB010551.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580719778940456642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_LIkzktieXaeiYMcNkFmuua_hgiUnSi1W78kzoOwCVRYWGu0uEQNdnDJUYeMEcROHH6f_F3DLUW9UrGFF8L6Z3uHNwiPSGpdSqhu2aqHqDvjHwGeoq6R33migJVCE4U9vmv45zjguiI/s320/PB010551.JPG" /></a> <div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59yboa7nEszQwNkWdyamt2IRGoNJxs_1nUOH4YoXPdV07a1Ytn7BZl5ft_zxxcwJ_aDFizkhBEXQtAdcytLljZullQy0DKiPUAD9vSysLdGBgMTfA5rIyUcoqMF_YFjKp6Wd32rVOuCc/s1600/PB011542.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580719775395008226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59yboa7nEszQwNkWdyamt2IRGoNJxs_1nUOH4YoXPdV07a1Ytn7BZl5ft_zxxcwJ_aDFizkhBEXQtAdcytLljZullQy0DKiPUAD9vSysLdGBgMTfA5rIyUcoqMF_YFjKp6Wd32rVOuCc/s320/PB011542.JPG" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xmCwn87rtVzxg1qfiggckSn9XUJqXmmA98jus4JKPSjKzwy6jfnstzm9ZN9ZAGmOxXm6QxJLz8bsn61NcZbiOKuJA2M6wLwydLpbgSDf9iYp0McxwW9Qze-H-FAWNPay-wlkiCHuNEM/s1600/PB180027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580719771595946578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xmCwn87rtVzxg1qfiggckSn9XUJqXmmA98jus4JKPSjKzwy6jfnstzm9ZN9ZAGmOxXm6QxJLz8bsn61NcZbiOKuJA2M6wLwydLpbgSDf9iYp0McxwW9Qze-H-FAWNPay-wlkiCHuNEM/s320/PB180027.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-80312739021943010732011-02-20T17:25:00.003-06:002011-02-20T17:33:41.047-06:00The Beagle at the Beach<div align="center">Last Saturday was a beautiful day for the beach, and although we had just a very short time there because Scott had to get back Saturday evening to fly, it was a lot of fun. Bridget has had a lot of health problems lately so to help a beagle out we took her with us.</div><div align="center">Charging a group of birds.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hYYQ5Axl2v3Pe9XLXX52uduiMcCNob5bPPISL1dLgS-5N8gq5shDIN3BgHVTa-3nbKUwUQXURAJ8IeFt1q0OQ538E797c6jdhMeveWS7bFFld4kOQFoL9NGdNwEXI48FLNgDZAgnF_o/s1600/IMG_0632%255B1%255D"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575917923022092322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hYYQ5Axl2v3Pe9XLXX52uduiMcCNob5bPPISL1dLgS-5N8gq5shDIN3BgHVTa-3nbKUwUQXURAJ8IeFt1q0OQ538E797c6jdhMeveWS7bFFld4kOQFoL9NGdNwEXI48FLNgDZAgnF_o/s320/IMG_0632%255B1%255D" /></a> Refusing to get near the water.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-5dWWyVkdXBxEmJ_e2bS6HnGg3nPR80G0dgN5wOSwbGZmD8ngf3bGqEIvvWTDYJk7DUhcCyN_6xhZU3eGT67V6HgQ9uuWSqu0ufjFwFYtrJkDuh1DbM_CD2f7qpAxxDYqJilkcwWhJc/s1600/IMG_0628%255B1%255D"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575917917318983538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-5dWWyVkdXBxEmJ_e2bS6HnGg3nPR80G0dgN5wOSwbGZmD8ngf3bGqEIvvWTDYJk7DUhcCyN_6xhZU3eGT67V6HgQ9uuWSqu0ufjFwFYtrJkDuh1DbM_CD2f7qpAxxDYqJilkcwWhJc/s320/IMG_0628%255B1%255D" /></a> Just a beautiful day!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgya3mGQa3t23t3KZD6-vK4rua0J5foYuvQ07tnvZjQAZEHefTjl17pth8il8oPKHToyeOTUzcoK7Tc2Obtd0pQtHkUo_f7A8PoQ-WFGdvpkt2hiogJYqIZX3q78ILneDgPZVKqh527NSY/s1600/IMG_0625%255B1%255D"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575917914345715058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgya3mGQa3t23t3KZD6-vK4rua0J5foYuvQ07tnvZjQAZEHefTjl17pth8il8oPKHToyeOTUzcoK7Tc2Obtd0pQtHkUo_f7A8PoQ-WFGdvpkt2hiogJYqIZX3q78ILneDgPZVKqh527NSY/s320/IMG_0625%255B1%255D" /></a></div><br /></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-23988415321247220302011-02-04T17:11:00.002-06:002011-02-04T17:35:07.737-06:00Snow Day!<div align="center">San Antonio got a little less than an inch of snow Thursday night/Friday morning, beginning with some freezing rain Thursday night. As a result, all of the freeways in the entire city were closed from 11pm Thursday night to noon Friday. The city doesn't have any salt trucks, gravel trucks, or snow plows, so there's really no way to deal any sort of snow or ice, you kind of just have to wait for it to melt. Which it pretty much had by noon. Renee's office was closed and Scott's commute is only two minutes so he was able to make it in. Pretty wild for so much to be shut down for so little but it was like a sheet of ice out there! Also, the pipes down here are plastic so a lot of people had frozen pipes and no water, and there were two water main breaks at our apartment complex.</div><div align="center">8 am.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569977587367725682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCuav0zCNZiLI6E_kqBRCr0aGZ-wO0RDcAZjWW8Sm0NzlBWwPq6HSmKJOgVLhhwyAErMLYgm_u3ZNrTD7CwrCvig1yV4VVcr65khh9MW2o1KBciEGCD_50HT2ToP82xZ4zQp31jBgQRw/s320/IMG_0603%255B1%255D" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569977590201116722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfv8DcX7J4eRJgR6T_61BoFX5kAB8a72WWM4xwRFEuufINHEv0XPyNPw_1UvB-HQbHCeHKaMbxfzMzyXDLK6wyFrRWjlZoZwlGldY6SMVzjJq-W3hIUvBgeGVIY500id9FOGP0J6x3iM/s320/IMG_0604%255B1%255D" border="0" /></div><div align="center">Bridget was shaking from the cold, (although it really wasn't that cold, so what she really needs to do is suck it up a little better) so Renee covered her in a little blanket. She tries to help a beagle out whenever she can. Part of Bridget's problem is her entire stomach and one leg are shaved (another story for another day), so it's probably a little drafty for her.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569977595549799522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbJ9EyIFAjN0ZmF68jeQInp99joXc6HN9eDe5eyLuVoSpweB_SK-ZD19OCxD9p3WY-mmGXlHnkHNxpxqOQ4-BFs0SLIUOa4ylbAds25IqCvFL_n4V51E2-9Q8aGVHbpYXKc-wzhnZ95I/s320/IMG_0608%255B1%255D" border="0" />5pm. Everything dried up and 44 degrees.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1-TnjRRGQyDdiFPYD3xWveUi4aZnKR8uxINBuPeEOWWd2cswzz0E195lZFimkePbdeFouZOVswbZQZOSIiUTcDTL5XwqFHFx7F1gYD7yfQsemdd1T5xmshLuXdHfSithudzgZssfCZw/s1600/IMG_0609%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569977619709451378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1-TnjRRGQyDdiFPYD3xWveUi4aZnKR8uxINBuPeEOWWd2cswzz0E195lZFimkePbdeFouZOVswbZQZOSIiUTcDTL5XwqFHFx7F1gYD7yfQsemdd1T5xmshLuXdHfSithudzgZssfCZw/s320/IMG_0609%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569977676866554530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLuZOJ_ntlXkZQ_soZQ9Hw7bnAq-0jxhFtg5KA4iOJmg0v6IOXCul4q3lXMRrsZoHRr1PrkvpyRkWqneMnKuiAEyqP6SgeAdmrnpEOGrOp4u_PDCCENbhyphenhyphenJq2ki7-0-2tFKjBd4Vby6Y/s320/IMG_0611%255B1%255D" border="0" /><br /></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-75364686738934794402011-01-10T18:27:00.005-06:002011-01-10T18:50:59.107-06:00Quick Update<div align="center">We went to the Riverwalk for Christmas Eve again this year, it's becoming a nice tradition. We thought about taking the beagle for about two seconds, and were glad we didn't when we saw how many more people were there this year. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560721100106666994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjec4lfL6BaBsUgybjVrGJiGMR1jsRqJMLwRM71jjM3IaHX_EkPWPD1HrvOT-STDwUgfn83HLVyXVEpA5c9J0_tBSe-hdRnPiqkWV_QJLXNoCN0kYJ_FP1TwX7lcYdfbL6aqLmChI8lRTg/s320/Renees+Phone+491.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoclCzYHOyiOQikJ8xb_9GLztgt7TbfVB1MkbAYBhtBlNAM2d81dcvUiwWtnGdaMGju0iAV1KJWq79wE_eUbzO6xaq4VpJjDC54KDzuhbRmwuCexGXpd18-B9n6qWL6ZSAlkklx-YRPCo/s1600/Renees+Phone+500.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560721108681366882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoclCzYHOyiOQikJ8xb_9GLztgt7TbfVB1MkbAYBhtBlNAM2d81dcvUiwWtnGdaMGju0iAV1KJWq79wE_eUbzO6xaq4VpJjDC54KDzuhbRmwuCexGXpd18-B9n6qWL6ZSAlkklx-YRPCo/s320/Renees+Phone+500.jpg" border="0" /></a> Scott's check ride for his single engine flight instructor rating was scheduled about eight times in the past six months (remember when he got his multi engine instructor rating last June? And it was only supposed to take a couple weeks after that? Yeah, right.). At one point in mid-December it was going to be at Lakeway airport near Austin, where Scott had never been, so the weekend before we flew up there so he could get used to the field and kind of get his bearings in the area. It ended up getting cancelled for weather again, but we got some cool pictures of the area and the sunset.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560721114914370178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5npMpsSYMYyDzOkHX4W3AEhwpaOLrCsJrUFI1jGhGnYR0Vc2EXJ-MQZb1k0ByTw0jXo7xgMfguhTKhcBIMBByHjpXBcaYZf6LKA-TBk9CtjbVGvWZVECoSR0llk8Jm3RhDx7bDVb8lg/s320/Renees+Phone+479.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560721109506888082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9IzXrsuCoAa0F1WzyP4BcgXNc6VQshvsJlI_U6S3HAUTag1UqOmCSfxKmmOHGDW4k33ucUEe56o-zrHM2QlcXRBEKodX-hnxnp-PoJu4JX8FaMqu79br5KXrJldPIRiRNG7-q3-4-4A/s320/Renees+Phone+484.jpg" border="0" />He finally got his check ride this past Saturday and passed no problem, so if you know anyone looking for a flight instructor in San Antonio, send them his way!</div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-33558025747314619432010-12-05T19:33:00.006-06:002010-12-05T19:53:14.602-06:00Flight to the North Pole 2010<div align="center">We volunteered for "Flight to the North Pole" again this year where kids with cancer and other serious illnesses get to ride in a Continental airplane to the north pole and meet Santa. There were all kinds of activities and food for them and their families too.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547377902952580914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oajNo7tvxnHGyJbxxo7IUrLq71IgyHG08Wm4vH2hKLVIqn1ShuDLdt35Rnc_24zgtdhPdWJI4JpEfd80bw2HABf8HUlwK4SgmmHaA9YdndrcQMFuGAxlo6QkT5CC_QNSErAMJ3sMAu4/s320/Overall+view2.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547377892690350498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWAYm-LPqm0OHXvDWUApNOxcJJhvuxBufYOodhJl6Yiybos-9rYD5MSMC60uA429B19eYJqB0gmWfvmLnjj2j3OhdnyiJQEZDtFIkyIMNBui-gIO-MjiBgzSwg6qfH6HijHTvsXS2jgU/s320/Overall+view.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"> Santa arrived in his personal jet!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGsUYvhgXx0fzRw33czmtwpfheeK-5VHhRzQOzmfhnIo70QuZXokgaS4Up5f2BjHWAbu-BOAsYjZGTU7bHiRfFp9D8lydVubvfeHCekvellY6qR2zdtrS3Q2c6i38A-Q3l_0Q-sevWU0/s1600/Santa.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547377915458182690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGsUYvhgXx0fzRw33czmtwpfheeK-5VHhRzQOzmfhnIo70QuZXokgaS4Up5f2BjHWAbu-BOAsYjZGTU7bHiRfFp9D8lydVubvfeHCekvellY6qR2zdtrS3Q2c6i38A-Q3l_0Q-sevWU0/s320/Santa.JPG" border="0" /></a> Very cool gifts under the tree. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547377906959355058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1iwZgQnaL-moET2vUoq4Z-5Z7riRKEz0jXGIjZj2moXB1zLHrovBzWflt3OiV2ypPGi9jCz4IIBL6wP52tuj5L7gBhaiWLqOfV5Il31bbSiVo_Whhk3o7nHpuHwbUkOn823zmxznVOI/s320/Tree.JPG" border="0" />One of the Chik-Fil-A cows made an appearance.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547380600281125522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFc-xcd9cs8vFGyjDjFG8InDDB-vgwowdwmwH5XeQQtGkEDyfc_4hJL9gbTwFutUnTTzML7t1PwJV44odGCJoaSz0hk-aPgRDaN1ShLndNwmDpKWyxAYrEi7k9lCrCXJUBJKfzPAXOOhU/s320/Cow.JPG" border="0" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZhgjZZloQmr2EpdIRVfustC3xsubC8NzpDp69SC5QrOMFt2_rvsXOcsGDSXZNEkT_m7oEKXfGF5OWVgzSTNcXIF1RGSkK4roef8IxwkFqopWWOPPPKxu-q4Dikm377-jaqwpw6RjE7Y/s1600/Cow.JPG"></a>Clown! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547380012550008786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZQctxUs8gdypjXsCeieACvgek9U4MN5DsXkBjPBjZw3GhcWuV6PSCZdn-akTPDJkoMqBMv1K7VdND3Cheh9wXNwMmPtp7CK2XbqU7GpN9y2ZSbMz-UkNb6raGANXoPCAOyRpp68jMhI/s320/Clown.JPG" border="0" /> </p><div align="center"><div><div><div>There were about twice as many kids this year as last year and everyone had a great time!</div></div></div><br /></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-27414212113195872152010-11-29T16:39:00.006-06:002010-11-29T17:51:59.957-06:00Thanksgiving at the Grand Canyon<div align="center">We went to Arizona Thanksgiving weekend to check out the Grand Canyon and see the sights. We stayed in Flagstaff, which looks a lot more like Colorado than Arizona because it's in the mountains.</div><div align="center">Mt. Humphreys, which is the snow-capped mountain Flagstaff is beside.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8zeRaMMaVgBWBVQrC39doYoG0_VcmAN-ov23oMeDA1B_snJ1YOTBQslfkzXkrwHIXM76jcbeO05aAgk5Oas_wI_ZIDLaKTev4UMlUhYnfA1zI8KiQp120V5OZc0rJCHo1P-guAMfHWQ/s1600/IMG_0126%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545116545066730690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8zeRaMMaVgBWBVQrC39doYoG0_VcmAN-ov23oMeDA1B_snJ1YOTBQslfkzXkrwHIXM76jcbeO05aAgk5Oas_wI_ZIDLaKTev4UMlUhYnfA1zI8KiQp120V5OZc0rJCHo1P-guAMfHWQ/s320/IMG_0126%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> We saw Meteor Crater, which is where a meteor struck the earth. It's a lot deeper than it looks, at about 550 feet.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPic7-pHiX4VJm0Dot22cDS8ii46azy1yH0nD6BxGp89LFQeqouPGEsHiDoZW7uGHppxUlSAsqH66g98o8CEu0Fj356-Gn0vtrNj0YsYIt0EmiVz2S28icSn7xp2p9rgaqhMSLs6h605E/s1600/IMG_0114%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545116535843106370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPic7-pHiX4VJm0Dot22cDS8ii46azy1yH0nD6BxGp89LFQeqouPGEsHiDoZW7uGHppxUlSAsqH66g98o8CEu0Fj356-Gn0vtrNj0YsYIt0EmiVz2S28icSn7xp2p9rgaqhMSLs6h605E/s320/IMG_0114%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> Near Meteor Crater on historic Route 66 is Winslow, Arizona, setting of the Eagles song "Take it Easy." They have a mural, a statue, and an old flatbed Ford set up for the tourists!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJneVwmhd5W1CJtquh3f5c7zzlXiHLYx3_fBjBCDDTO7W8oPuuRw36QroVxpap6evDgWgmvJR3EEei-aBIqNCJXgvcf68EQXcfw5mY8iouxu9jD2TNgRL28LP5LmPIvxJL1N3kNLnLKQ/s1600/IMG_0131%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545116531640942098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJneVwmhd5W1CJtquh3f5c7zzlXiHLYx3_fBjBCDDTO7W8oPuuRw36QroVxpap6evDgWgmvJR3EEei-aBIqNCJXgvcf68EQXcfw5mY8iouxu9jD2TNgRL28LP5LmPIvxJL1N3kNLnLKQ/s320/IMG_0131%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9rEMm0Brbfr-uvSG9pKAgCjSH1AO0-SWXgBBXQ57E5Xbor__U0hCTuEnFSrS-6zZRFq5BVHoDTDTy5qrq-Zl9S6yPPF510pZFzb_i1MepD-Cbo02lUTAQB8Wijrv0Qimui0Tua2Fe-0/s1600/IMG_0136%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545116495130256434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz9rEMm0Brbfr-uvSG9pKAgCjSH1AO0-SWXgBBXQ57E5Xbor__U0hCTuEnFSrS-6zZRFq5BVHoDTDTy5qrq-Zl9S6yPPF510pZFzb_i1MepD-Cbo02lUTAQB8Wijrv0Qimui0Tua2Fe-0/s320/IMG_0136%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> Eric and Katie joined us on Thanksgiving afternoon and we went to Walnut Canyon National Park, where there are old Native American dwellings built into the side of the canyon. It was kind of a hike down but worth it.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4APfWQXcRQyeOpc45yIMXRp-7x-SFbgA8J60EeclYwDmF4fanxlasbbfDVXYz-M9xhGKjrOl7xgOt6RfwgIBfhRbJcI_ypg2rMcgYBAX59QCzamLhV66fDlbuChPzVdI42eDz50l5SUs/s1600/IMG_0144%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545116484282634562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4APfWQXcRQyeOpc45yIMXRp-7x-SFbgA8J60EeclYwDmF4fanxlasbbfDVXYz-M9xhGKjrOl7xgOt6RfwgIBfhRbJcI_ypg2rMcgYBAX59QCzamLhV66fDlbuChPzVdI42eDz50l5SUs/s320/IMG_0144%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a>The homes are the holes on the middle right.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifu-RkLjATDU1b-DbwsLa5XDONKLAayanySC475aCHBt86VFd3_w_8XxVoIKxCOfCU3EzNBWGCUWw85m-zDYIG9F8ZkSkwJY_jaQj_OnK5Eu35DpXnBXD7-qkok8keG2usXgoeAEsh6O8/s1600/IMG_0175%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545115018019990386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifu-RkLjATDU1b-DbwsLa5XDONKLAayanySC475aCHBt86VFd3_w_8XxVoIKxCOfCU3EzNBWGCUWw85m-zDYIG9F8ZkSkwJY_jaQj_OnK5Eu35DpXnBXD7-qkok8keG2usXgoeAEsh6O8/s320/IMG_0175%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a>It was pretty cold out but inside they were warm, even without a fire.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzY6vFVPz8BJ1cwyAQJJ4b5h0IVwWccx3Zd0S6vVjh6Y9g99ClbNK1oWsZEZE4-6H-1YQ1bIIlHN4inJhncgJiQfjQ_Aj3wdjgxYsBzoGBLIj2UgYbi-zUFCUuY9xDDtC5rfAuWQ7zC5k/s1600/IMG_0165%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545114946835558690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzY6vFVPz8BJ1cwyAQJJ4b5h0IVwWccx3Zd0S6vVjh6Y9g99ClbNK1oWsZEZE4-6H-1YQ1bIIlHN4inJhncgJiQfjQ_Aj3wdjgxYsBzoGBLIj2UgYbi-zUFCUuY9xDDtC5rfAuWQ7zC5k/s320/IMG_0165%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> Friday we took the Grand Canyon Railway to the Grand Canyon.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcW5Al1tjMFIMqsrTl-dR7XCfhzIjjhMh9pRimURwWwkAuDnOQkZvXeUGZ2t-Okr-d_oVoSucKoYWwOmHwwu2B9xtib7ecvCHKzuycnKL8yDwTHoZJYtbUM3lxzcXCEZMApYW8AXmguwc/s1600/IMG_0180%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545114888865328274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcW5Al1tjMFIMqsrTl-dR7XCfhzIjjhMh9pRimURwWwkAuDnOQkZvXeUGZ2t-Okr-d_oVoSucKoYWwOmHwwu2B9xtib7ecvCHKzuycnKL8yDwTHoZJYtbUM3lxzcXCEZMApYW8AXmguwc/s320/IMG_0180%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> An old steam engine.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UM08lIxOlSWq-RGGQdRcnm9ed7LFeFNW3UvXZxDBuMQPfSTGqAvIJH5EwOE1PGTtIJpc7Tx0wLXBD4NXiBbFC4FCh8qthGYjiGv37g4-GggbCMi6WrzAs2LU71-C_QhyMtzaLZpSR7o/s1600/IMG_0188%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545114843805810402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UM08lIxOlSWq-RGGQdRcnm9ed7LFeFNW3UvXZxDBuMQPfSTGqAvIJH5EwOE1PGTtIJpc7Tx0wLXBD4NXiBbFC4FCh8qthGYjiGv37g4-GggbCMi6WrzAs2LU71-C_QhyMtzaLZpSR7o/s320/IMG_0188%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a>The train going around a curve. Very scenic!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxuTbicBNUW8TUKZpePIM3QmEmVEUduC50LOHGz7sI2WS3khVmvQMdaLbzDO5W8ZCsDC-1B5mkrY1mog3IaXFMwK0ON3D1YgGy0lsyBA7qfZwpupM9gJ6SXZoG0aCoQHtnYcGEeL6UWY/s1600/IMG_0195%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545114830796552594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxuTbicBNUW8TUKZpePIM3QmEmVEUduC50LOHGz7sI2WS3khVmvQMdaLbzDO5W8ZCsDC-1B5mkrY1mog3IaXFMwK0ON3D1YgGy0lsyBA7qfZwpupM9gJ6SXZoG0aCoQHtnYcGEeL6UWY/s320/IMG_0195%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> For about 20 minutes on the way there and back they had musicians come out for entertainment. The trip one way was about 2 hours and 15 minutes.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDljw3sfd5DOzpDOz-VgfifjnFyZQFpQ6AgXEFvi-NWxd1SfX_EpclDusxoptBqAWkkNY9mxPli1GUri1K51lqzqtIceVDRZVStlZyswSpFfpFgSxqXdO1-T_9U4VbKlnmHhBiYRbSca0/s1600/IMG_0204%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545113443506752194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDljw3sfd5DOzpDOz-VgfifjnFyZQFpQ6AgXEFvi-NWxd1SfX_EpclDusxoptBqAWkkNY9mxPli1GUri1K51lqzqtIceVDRZVStlZyswSpFfpFgSxqXdO1-T_9U4VbKlnmHhBiYRbSca0/s320/IMG_0204%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> The Grand Canyon was absolutely amazing and the pictures don't come close to doing it justice!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8q4YEE-F_yNUxnKrj30Tp5tVlLWD4_Vkh5DVozz9SCkHEkfxBqcxtt_fbKMnTmDKpv4ThfijlWk8khZlVpJkiEBY5suZYjg10I5Ce77WSYldqIeI9SsZtZMTM3AGmZwDA04xnoj2n2s/s1600/IMG_0270%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545113438155287762" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdFTyFHTZCeLvFUiwgFc7J1qUfxxon9_Sglj1iFCHB_oXIk9W7ay5FjunU7sFh8HhrV1OrK7hGqi_knvgvLrrwLTHdIFiJsEXEI9czC953ZD70pf_3ZwdOy2acpBfDrpXFHnWuJxElks/s320/IMG_0336%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> We were so close to Las Vegas we decided to see it as well.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEtpQFIdE_dJWw1fNh49GWfolRAgmkyIrCjeAfBKWP11wDPMJVn8ucWgpoODji15rn2OFwSCgcYcfODq1qzqSf8lSe_eIrA98WEQQl4Ow_VpkMsTNfIyk1CQq6wO_Bv0yoJ_6g1UNnH8/s1600/IMG_0387%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545107043025073650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEtpQFIdE_dJWw1fNh49GWfolRAgmkyIrCjeAfBKWP11wDPMJVn8ucWgpoODji15rn2OFwSCgcYcfODq1qzqSf8lSe_eIrA98WEQQl4Ow_VpkMsTNfIyk1CQq6wO_Bv0yoJ_6g1UNnH8/s320/IMG_0387%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a>The Bellagio fountain show.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJrdHQa0Dbyl2co3_l21YSids-2CrK1ACKRjQvingfxnaDGccV3b1t5TZPuF8e_S2AMpC-vnmxmCTPvtkBBJypgg_KLfzpc-SCCQYIauk6eC83WYDzo8ci_PHCYz3BJkWhHYez8uB3Wc/s1600/IMG_0401%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545107032860831314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJrdHQa0Dbyl2co3_l21YSids-2CrK1ACKRjQvingfxnaDGccV3b1t5TZPuF8e_S2AMpC-vnmxmCTPvtkBBJypgg_KLfzpc-SCCQYIauk6eC83WYDzo8ci_PHCYz3BJkWhHYez8uB3Wc/s320/IMG_0401%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrAY7cHUk1RYGXP3txMIZVgAhVH_AvZA9q2hSMec3t7_y8ip6R0wyqRowyXbOroKcRnPaigJVeWXT4C8dxf_kQnY3iQiF4BkMKoCXECL7PiZXg1bjR-aS_JprKvqoCUH2NzlXDPvgydE/s1600/IMG_0408%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545106986296297378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrAY7cHUk1RYGXP3txMIZVgAhVH_AvZA9q2hSMec3t7_y8ip6R0wyqRowyXbOroKcRnPaigJVeWXT4C8dxf_kQnY3iQiF4BkMKoCXECL7PiZXg1bjR-aS_JprKvqoCUH2NzlXDPvgydE/s320/IMG_0408%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a>Our flight out of Flagstaff got cancelled Sunday due to snow so we ended up driving to Phoenix with Eric and Katie and seeing the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert before catching an evening flight. The snow was really pretty though and it actually ended up working out perfectly and extending our vacation a little!<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Cpcq1i2rSFr0Qi1iClq3bwwX06r5xUCHXbpaMfYP3ZKQrpANZI0UaqcgE2OlxcYsr2HNHw7xr9xqUL1koO6z2Z9HbN89Cobtr_13wKmlal8oTpetl-FBJ3pCnDP5XVSgMColSwU-Ja8/s1600/Snowy+Flagstaff.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545106915906694466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Cpcq1i2rSFr0Qi1iClq3bwwX06r5xUCHXbpaMfYP3ZKQrpANZI0UaqcgE2OlxcYsr2HNHw7xr9xqUL1koO6z2Z9HbN89Cobtr_13wKmlal8oTpetl-FBJ3pCnDP5XVSgMColSwU-Ja8/s320/Snowy+Flagstaff.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-86150410663634568962010-11-21T15:14:00.009-06:002010-11-21T15:42:33.774-06:00Nebraska/Texas A&M Game<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXY1So5Eu3IlVH2gVk49Mrz-LjHwugEMWL8qYs3NlP6eePWtPJu-rIhrTkejSHM0111ChwvR4TlWF9n0tRIMMISVkG7M5rcDChSdH7wEhgL_scBe-3feF0uSc0EytDuNgIcfX_PhBBos/s1600/IMG_0063%255B1%255D"></a>Saturday we went to College Station for the Nebraska/A&M game. It was a fun time and everyone was really nice, although it could have ended better :-)</div><div align="center">The news desk for ESPN's College GameDay.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyXyWH3BzrVe8FyHWDxjybZ_fpm8FXPHrK6lMm1oyyaEeMXNAphuJIiHYxelWRvz7sYzqNwN-SnH8-tAm6vkcE2jNPCsoBinWbeXQPVlvX9TXKhZh_KQw_uY4pkeLTSOCfWuaGeWSX10/s1600/IMG_0066%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542118929567516914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyXyWH3BzrVe8FyHWDxjybZ_fpm8FXPHrK6lMm1oyyaEeMXNAphuJIiHYxelWRvz7sYzqNwN-SnH8-tAm6vkcE2jNPCsoBinWbeXQPVlvX9TXKhZh_KQw_uY4pkeLTSOCfWuaGeWSX10/s320/IMG_0066%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> Aggie tailgates....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZMzP2V80GNAxK2-kTAFIVj8DxcJ-7LEOJ1VlcqSKw3rrNYdfio7v_DYr59po3gQSvSHIg-ONK_QuP9xI36Dzsc6qaBibu6JEv5w7dLgKG1f0p2gmR5RvX7H_JBYym3bZiOqpaUfhZ9I/s1600/IMG_0069%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542118919904214642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZMzP2V80GNAxK2-kTAFIVj8DxcJ-7LEOJ1VlcqSKw3rrNYdfio7v_DYr59po3gQSvSHIg-ONK_QuP9xI36Dzsc6qaBibu6JEv5w7dLgKG1f0p2gmR5RvX7H_JBYym3bZiOqpaUfhZ9I/s320/IMG_0069%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a>More Aggie tailgates...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uiqier5lo36zFtw7nCnNTCI-f_UGlYcxmAEIdyrNKkBOr1kUSGzqhZYBBulJAxWkLFlc2yAqjrt_AdVaNI5qxJdnsWz0Sip4vgJUj27vwqd-jWnDdo_pcQvNsBsgEWsUlqK2WbAN7Hk/s1600/IMG_0073%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542118913413800882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uiqier5lo36zFtw7nCnNTCI-f_UGlYcxmAEIdyrNKkBOr1kUSGzqhZYBBulJAxWkLFlc2yAqjrt_AdVaNI5qxJdnsWz0Sip4vgJUj27vwqd-jWnDdo_pcQvNsBsgEWsUlqK2WbAN7Hk/s320/IMG_0073%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a>A Nebraska tailgate!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrP7rdKOSV04G1i3B4cXj3_qYMWYZ1OJlt7qQJ-6Hfkp7d-0THxGi7TFqSpSrZWGnox__euIXCeJgNkLercKBBur23RdpgVb73waoDS9ZoZl8eezyTVlT6qetDqOYGRMd_0g4DQrIvPxw/s1600/IMG_0074%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542118908880579906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrP7rdKOSV04G1i3B4cXj3_qYMWYZ1OJlt7qQJ-6Hfkp7d-0THxGi7TFqSpSrZWGnox__euIXCeJgNkLercKBBur23RdpgVb73waoDS9ZoZl8eezyTVlT6qetDqOYGRMd_0g4DQrIvPxw/s320/IMG_0074%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R6xUdS_gKfif2ir68JrHf_LK3C5zaK4FMbEMkQbR1QhxuslVj75u54T5n5s_EmZl_rp3ihPGRhIGDXTX_QTqCz2fyruqOPlILAjC3ZldyzuFJywYXtkaaXoMdxz8UFvizKemWUpx9EM/s1600/IMG_0083%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542117537574877602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R6xUdS_gKfif2ir68JrHf_LK3C5zaK4FMbEMkQbR1QhxuslVj75u54T5n5s_EmZl_rp3ihPGRhIGDXTX_QTqCz2fyruqOPlILAjC3ZldyzuFJywYXtkaaXoMdxz8UFvizKemWUpx9EM/s320/IMG_0083%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> Our seats were on the south end of the field underneath the big screen.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtbbZHZzBffoA8QN6tSTAK9OpSOkoA_3YsrOVK8UanETFClg8YrKCcIWP06QEMKp29tqf8CcP1TtmZYRmHjwnRCgiKXpIXV8qVE4qG_MhB8dBOyTMvstAGDj9VTGs-hHKk_SKxOUIqH4/s1600/IMG_0087%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542117517898615570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtbbZHZzBffoA8QN6tSTAK9OpSOkoA_3YsrOVK8UanETFClg8YrKCcIWP06QEMKp29tqf8CcP1TtmZYRmHjwnRCgiKXpIXV8qVE4qG_MhB8dBOyTMvstAGDj9VTGs-hHKk_SKxOUIqH4/s320/IMG_0087%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a>By happy coincidence these gentlemen had seats next to one another.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBy8RBWpOCJP3w-8gy6Ec1T1HGK-FGFZwpy-m46Ji5fS3XczrjNt7gblLe4G62emxIuO7gCR_ktkLqg3jB29B7I2XrvwWKPGOs_3NSaZMtLiRE-0fV8tiKMv8_wNrwFrGrmMw4xoG-7Sc/s1600/IMG_0092%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542117502641767554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBy8RBWpOCJP3w-8gy6Ec1T1HGK-FGFZwpy-m46Ji5fS3XczrjNt7gblLe4G62emxIuO7gCR_ktkLqg3jB29B7I2XrvwWKPGOs_3NSaZMtLiRE-0fV8tiKMv8_wNrwFrGrmMw4xoG-7Sc/s320/IMG_0092%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkeHeu0OmOUIEYDP2lNQk7Eb5HabYKXWHD1bnCRc1DU9G-wa6O378eekCHnM0BgDrvilO6WBgU-FT8c_NnZPRN6Z6_ymogTG1Rx9IzT3Q-Ax_GO2R_YWG0k81Z7keEaVtsFwBhxnDg0I/s1600/IMG_0099%255B1%255D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542117494850706370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkeHeu0OmOUIEYDP2lNQk7Eb5HabYKXWHD1bnCRc1DU9G-wa6O378eekCHnM0BgDrvilO6WBgU-FT8c_NnZPRN6Z6_ymogTG1Rx9IzT3Q-Ax_GO2R_YWG0k81Z7keEaVtsFwBhxnDg0I/s320/IMG_0099%255B1%255D" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP63n_O35WZzrbAffDciEEm8mYv1Gac5x-TfwKTUwiNLqQpb2oPGnFmd5F5kxjd1uI8UKhXDb_SvQuWNzjN-y4oA66N3sg0VugnTyCRdCNwZ1UyQpwpqXq2S9CstqfdnKGqp1ip10-y0A/s1600/Stands.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542117488167107090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP63n_O35WZzrbAffDciEEm8mYv1Gac5x-TfwKTUwiNLqQpb2oPGnFmd5F5kxjd1uI8UKhXDb_SvQuWNzjN-y4oA66N3sg0VugnTyCRdCNwZ1UyQpwpqXq2S9CstqfdnKGqp1ip10-y0A/s320/Stands.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-9439852896683219252010-10-31T17:24:00.006-05:002010-10-31T17:45:26.006-05:00Enchanted Rock<div align="center">Saturday morning we decided to hike up Enchanted Rock, which is something we had been meaning to do for about two years. It's a rock formation about two hours away, north of Fredericksburg, which gives beautiful views of the hill country.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1l6gS7J8Ehrh9BOAatm6qaefGVjdaFreQD8-ZbU1eCjGJzpFvbjs1zBvKPX9g6e-3pvrcrm-HDT0EAifOo8UJhMH1xiOoMmmbN72tZ0Qxp_3qIjb4U98ECOBREb4uIZWdXR84Wp_wds/s1600/IMG_0014%5B1%5D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534342019641168738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1l6gS7J8Ehrh9BOAatm6qaefGVjdaFreQD8-ZbU1eCjGJzpFvbjs1zBvKPX9g6e-3pvrcrm-HDT0EAifOo8UJhMH1xiOoMmmbN72tZ0Qxp_3qIjb4U98ECOBREb4uIZWdXR84Wp_wds/s320/IMG_0014%5B1%5D" border="0" /></a> About a third of the way up.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKzcUn1ZBw2g8s7mxNHGmPOYhIFOvkimvyY7l6JF1xHg6LHRY5BMHFNr_Ymrym2ahhsx6H3plycF916hYnMVC41NOAzlKelvNm-z6TkLJwU6v8A9c6lmwZBWJKv3K9McOwd_UiXOkyCk/s1600/IMG_0016%5B1%5D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534342010009805378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKzcUn1ZBw2g8s7mxNHGmPOYhIFOvkimvyY7l6JF1xHg6LHRY5BMHFNr_Ymrym2ahhsx6H3plycF916hYnMVC41NOAzlKelvNm-z6TkLJwU6v8A9c6lmwZBWJKv3K9McOwd_UiXOkyCk/s320/IMG_0016%5B1%5D" border="0" /></a> This was the incline on the top half.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534341447935693282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnB_9cTEY7qKwxks_R4NKYh3MbVhEqq3ruz4uw01-UPG_U1FAUcnB_fxvneEiRwAcn6uzDsWS4BWC1MpRRx_a-8CTBEOVZtLyl05n3z-SmpzVCIdYjVmLxldcYufI8689dYPXkZBcLoTk/s320/IMG_0020%5B1%5D" border="0" /><br />Views from the top.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7YwnpLgTjdKNTiwk-uUqP4liT37Jo4Hyy_wK9WgHPRYGNDA-Ut_GGPdMGbmH9k6j5GqTk7QVS7cwYbGzaejiw5AMlUlvGaDE2vbBhXrWSMyl5KeKCFfSacuSVf1MA_tDtpEmUj26c5s/s1600/IMG_0028%5B1%5D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534341452018344290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7YwnpLgTjdKNTiwk-uUqP4liT37Jo4Hyy_wK9WgHPRYGNDA-Ut_GGPdMGbmH9k6j5GqTk7QVS7cwYbGzaejiw5AMlUlvGaDE2vbBhXrWSMyl5KeKCFfSacuSVf1MA_tDtpEmUj26c5s/s320/IMG_0028%5B1%5D" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE800pZzRH_3P0FcAjhSHvu1tP0zzE9xuFzX8S_B2sdmTbUqc6s7RxY-g7s2_4a5iRD-yqwuw7j7st8bus4IRK98Qd8sto5xdJQzcRDCaVcmPlnID-URYxrIDoX1MiwTyEQYCCm9wDTrY/s1600/IMG_0044%5B1%5D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534341436382716098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE800pZzRH_3P0FcAjhSHvu1tP0zzE9xuFzX8S_B2sdmTbUqc6s7RxY-g7s2_4a5iRD-yqwuw7j7st8bus4IRK98Qd8sto5xdJQzcRDCaVcmPlnID-URYxrIDoX1MiwTyEQYCCm9wDTrY/s320/IMG_0044%5B1%5D" border="0" /></a> We took a different route down, negotiating a rock fall.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7WIsfSPNkowpFx4RXDimzqMNumzIkV_e0Y8dYw-i6H7SSiGoMUOBgn6VwpFbHVBHxIkT1UX8G9An9W_X1-rRx_QYzkweUYPPjbogkBWHe2ojk6XGtWiBk8jrCpBBZx3OIRYX1DxezRU/s1600/Scott+and+rocks.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534341427088943458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-7WIsfSPNkowpFx4RXDimzqMNumzIkV_e0Y8dYw-i6H7SSiGoMUOBgn6VwpFbHVBHxIkT1UX8G9An9W_X1-rRx_QYzkweUYPPjbogkBWHe2ojk6XGtWiBk8jrCpBBZx3OIRYX1DxezRU/s320/Scott+and+rocks.JPG" border="0" /></a> The rock fall.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWq7sarRHf7oI6RBZ_TPOHqFoV2Aa8aXakCOpcKukDZ0CDWiwP0MEw5TlijUxMZWzBeIcS7CkvvBd27eIsmTS-L892nq51cJVn4tzvCa57YL9-Wvph7EZLmYZKu9swNsykOlGJA8Yff4/s1600/Rock+fall.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534341420658720146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDWq7sarRHf7oI6RBZ_TPOHqFoV2Aa8aXakCOpcKukDZ0CDWiwP0MEw5TlijUxMZWzBeIcS7CkvvBd27eIsmTS-L892nq51cJVn4tzvCa57YL9-Wvph7EZLmYZKu9swNsykOlGJA8Yff4/s320/Rock+fall.JPG" border="0" /></a> We had really nice weather for it, in the lower 70s. It would have been a little rough to do it in 100 degree heat in summer.</div></div></div><br /></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-47990302269656088252010-10-03T20:06:00.003-05:002010-10-03T20:22:48.331-05:00The Maize<div align="center">Scott had flown over a corn maze (or just "The Maize"... the owners are very clever :-) and was intrigued because although you may just picture a square corn field with a maze in it, this particular one was a depiction of country legend George Strait. </div><div align="center">It says "George Strait" at the top and beneath his picture it says "True Texan." This is a terrible picture, so we apologize. It really does look like George Strait. Or at least a man in a cowboy hat.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523992048598931650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqYRMFX1SPCRSqpQ8YSgJdpM66LAs1-Lnnc7XZCZVH14yz4_IjEpqCjR1Vv3bUxYGMheRmWRhFsGzKJwzFxOC4LgInVHJmO8JlHN4AjuCkthy6C5OVFOg12JSZNGXUOFxyi7akKVeP98/s320/George+Strait.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NXCNB7Ap8d7vV4SCEbtvU5iZZCFBHDpQckdv7zWytLwFL9CTG7ZGMl0LT8VlNhq9JkRz7nNtrlQLW7QEzAKdgyMP5mzoQXI0pSUVAey09rC9DXjjPf5FGqywvfDr6XOlzQPmWkF0qhI/s1600/last+dump+156.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523992058210141058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NXCNB7Ap8d7vV4SCEbtvU5iZZCFBHDpQckdv7zWytLwFL9CTG7ZGMl0LT8VlNhq9JkRz7nNtrlQLW7QEzAKdgyMP5mzoQXI0pSUVAey09rC9DXjjPf5FGqywvfDr6XOlzQPmWkF0qhI/s320/last+dump+156.jpg" border="0" /></a> Scott agonizing over a fork in the road.<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuXf8p1Jm2jeqOtf15YD1w0V6fhKR9Wj6me7OsGDUYGxUkmSPtQwZeKms23re7VaZKcop3UUNswg6Mbvryj9g4SunLNjZSEx1WWcKyjSHy9AwughF0DCSph34lr1ppUEPWDzPxTKLvOI/s1600/last+dump+124.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523992056213200002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihuXf8p1Jm2jeqOtf15YD1w0V6fhKR9Wj6me7OsGDUYGxUkmSPtQwZeKms23re7VaZKcop3UUNswg6Mbvryj9g4SunLNjZSEx1WWcKyjSHy9AwughF0DCSph34lr1ppUEPWDzPxTKLvOI/s320/last+dump+124.jpg" border="0" /></a> Renee near the "N" in Texan.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubhkjSpS7hihlXA4lc3hAbY7I1vJLamt_Ca7OOlCNhR8zkHtCWj64goK9Knw3XqfPzyXoXTjyEgDQryme9OZ_tyd4XZSXhe54s3SM_v4PiAVO8I8qoXAFNXaoRhGRhxhFOkXzezkZ6Zk/s1600/last+dump+149.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523992055507810674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubhkjSpS7hihlXA4lc3hAbY7I1vJLamt_Ca7OOlCNhR8zkHtCWj64goK9Knw3XqfPzyXoXTjyEgDQryme9OZ_tyd4XZSXhe54s3SM_v4PiAVO8I8qoXAFNXaoRhGRhxhFOkXzezkZ6Zk/s320/last+dump+149.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-80990756677385664732010-09-19T20:05:00.005-05:002010-09-19T20:25:27.681-05:00Valero Family Day 2010/Big Lou's Pizza<div align="center">Saturday was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Valero</span> Family Day 2010 at Six Flags. The day was cut a little short by rain, but we were able to get home during the first quarter of the Husker game so it worked out :-)</div><div align="center">For dinner we went to Big Lou's Pizza, which was featured on Man vs. Food a little while ago on the Food Channel because along with regular-sized pizzas, they also have 37 and 42 inch (that's 3 1/2 feet!) pizzas for big groups. One piece spans over two plates placed side-by-side. The pizza was really good...flat, New York style, but we went on a Saturday night at 6pm and were there over two hours total because of the wait. It was great pizza, but really crowded. REALLY crowded. Not really worth the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">hullabaloo</span> unless you have a big group and are there for the novelty of the big pizza. This was the pizza at the table next to us, not sure if it was 37 inches or 42.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExyt6ZPPRsfmSuxYxFWgF3cr0Za2ClmPvpupniXTDLxeolLmppDBdt8NY7BOw6g10MDCi3XuJDAa_J_wR6TMWif-9ohpSQEoR057DeO0_y92ul3U8ayPC6RNBViAzaJyQi9HiRlAZIYk/s1600/iphone+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518795801226294050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExyt6ZPPRsfmSuxYxFWgF3cr0Za2ClmPvpupniXTDLxeolLmppDBdt8NY7BOw6g10MDCi3XuJDAa_J_wR6TMWif-9ohpSQEoR057DeO0_y92ul3U8ayPC6RNBViAzaJyQi9HiRlAZIYk/s320/iphone+001.jpg" border="0" /></a>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-83641973146685896592010-09-06T17:10:00.006-05:002010-09-06T17:57:45.914-05:00Zip Lining in Wimberley<div align="center">For Renee's birthday Scott set up a "zip lining adventure" in the hill country near Austin. It consisted of eight zip lines in the middle of a huge ranch and was very scenic.</div><div align="center">As we were waiting to get started we caught a rainbow.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJAEkB2169AKLuUI60Dc1WO0ow9kCsLCCGCZ4iGnbBGI-4hcZJeI5Dr7b4TmzA8uO2-NnAvC8Wkf02f_1GaPjNNncHVBYlMkVwCnQIj5NO9SnnDhprynhkCanIkmVWYQnIyOZGYneKZ8/s1600/P9060101.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513929489851150258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJAEkB2169AKLuUI60Dc1WO0ow9kCsLCCGCZ4iGnbBGI-4hcZJeI5Dr7b4TmzA8uO2-NnAvC8Wkf02f_1GaPjNNncHVBYlMkVwCnQIj5NO9SnnDhprynhkCanIkmVWYQnIyOZGYneKZ8/s320/P9060101.JPG" border="0" /></a> The group before us heading up to the hills.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdjvrQoNGWml8b_ueVvVGp0u6T1mGoaYKD_pqq6GBQqo9NOWATHHtRdALZn8yKyUkA9G_Si5LkoB9bRvKY9iA-NHnJl1OKVEq-8LcbUEHWLmSO7xL6DkqmRNghtWTvPmW-NIB9AMLV9k/s1600/P9060102.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513929488314210706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdjvrQoNGWml8b_ueVvVGp0u6T1mGoaYKD_pqq6GBQqo9NOWATHHtRdALZn8yKyUkA9G_Si5LkoB9bRvKY9iA-NHnJl1OKVEq-8LcbUEHWLmSO7xL6DkqmRNghtWTvPmW-NIB9AMLV9k/s320/P9060102.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Really pretty scenery.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513928651243771986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRl-5RxCj-VF1l0OSfskcuuviS5deSxY3jSsNViXH2T2oDwtwK2ABnRYYzrMmYwU80BLhBESD-IIxsAe-sJ05p8A31veDgT6I75CoHkP3Y91AeHS0nVKdak_FztlWSUUHQeR-gkep0vr4/s320/P9060122.JPG" border="0" />Scott coming in on line 5 or "Cinco de Line-o."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyOcwLepiD7DUwYqB3Ui4WabmdHOEjLRhuzXeXmskx4HzXl_dStM1H6-O0cnodWdPsdfnNmWyydWGovBg6S8eDXI6MQdZP2zdgmAXf7zPg57FdCYiq3Uut2VXR8ZMtsFxWNg9hU7RQms/s1600/P9060107.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513929480188855330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyOcwLepiD7DUwYqB3Ui4WabmdHOEjLRhuzXeXmskx4HzXl_dStM1H6-O0cnodWdPsdfnNmWyydWGovBg6S8eDXI6MQdZP2zdgmAXf7zPg57FdCYiq3Uut2VXR8ZMtsFxWNg9hU7RQms/s320/P9060107.JPG" border="0" /></a>It was kind of a hike between some of the lines so it was a good workout too. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7zJ3_sScUMM-SmZWB0FK-zeyYmThlStMU1lLpOtoUGdVGTpsKf5cZDVzHMZgRBN4hjybuRjhvHWNBM85NHSL8knWV4v3wf6_fqnU6ORBXJi0qRmDsw31VuM5LdCT1wx_dShjAdWVX0o/s1600/P9060113.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513929472571567154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7zJ3_sScUMM-SmZWB0FK-zeyYmThlStMU1lLpOtoUGdVGTpsKf5cZDVzHMZgRBN4hjybuRjhvHWNBM85NHSL8knWV4v3wf6_fqnU6ORBXJi0qRmDsw31VuM5LdCT1wx_dShjAdWVX0o/s320/P9060113.JPG" border="0" /></a>Renee coming in on the longest line, the "Big Kahuna." It was funny to hear the instructors also talk about how they get nervous when they see certain customers come in because if you don't brake in time, they have to physically try and stop you with their bodies and sometimes they get hurt. That didn't happen in our group :-)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlX5RQVJrtQgdh9e9sTEJ5bJwbklZEYaEg87vuvo_Q34j2jxoFPWCpsNgSjjasixuyBfbxL7KBma2e4oMqt_wIriMGY1L2BkPs6boByWIBNE4budENzjco211b0EvkiC42YeA8CPrj0oQ/s1600/P9060118.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513929469878747618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlX5RQVJrtQgdh9e9sTEJ5bJwbklZEYaEg87vuvo_Q34j2jxoFPWCpsNgSjjasixuyBfbxL7KBma2e4oMqt_wIriMGY1L2BkPs6boByWIBNE4budENzjco211b0EvkiC42YeA8CPrj0oQ/s320/P9060118.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div>Afterward we walked around Wimberley, which is the nearest town to the ranch. We stumbled on a little nature preserve on Cypress Creek, which was really cool because the water was so clear. We saw a few fish including one good-sized bass and a couple turtles.</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bjDxLLBBFmWVb4rafZwC872MS3dvIbdEJQ7GFT7P1hxEyFpfHO2jzimWVTT_K-7VpUacelL3i2VWH9UKtcqsy9iexi4RWFUdAvDwKHXPsrIEaQoPY6-HJPqZFn_tTtIf548v0Q6Hjig/s1600/P9060135.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513928640512625122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bjDxLLBBFmWVb4rafZwC872MS3dvIbdEJQ7GFT7P1hxEyFpfHO2jzimWVTT_K-7VpUacelL3i2VWH9UKtcqsy9iexi4RWFUdAvDwKHXPsrIEaQoPY6-HJPqZFn_tTtIf548v0Q6Hjig/s320/P9060135.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>There was also plenty of poison oak, but we managed to avoid it.</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513928629775185922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQITooMlOk45FA34G3X2XD_EQGZLrstrzg1qFKfu4txtjjAimymna35fihzmOLdnjxCB0kZaeYaYsdQPyYFTB0QTmLAilx6WwRl8oQGfhnTnLwLNIqhD-AzDSGxWuGAZYVDHea-bpxK2o/s320/P9060136.JPG" border="0" /> <div>Turtles on a log.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JfiElsyD5nh2gNzA08xozfknrTsJcUW8WGhmoV30NTcPmalPhppuN1pG7I0v_t0fD9X_hZmVl4J3CtbW9Oy3xzsRvTUDJH5NHSCkPMPJ_x2EJw_rM1EU4aiyTP-OhjXhIXOc0k7UJNg/s1600/P9060137.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513928619829958002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JfiElsyD5nh2gNzA08xozfknrTsJcUW8WGhmoV30NTcPmalPhppuN1pG7I0v_t0fD9X_hZmVl4J3CtbW9Oy3xzsRvTUDJH5NHSCkPMPJ_x2EJw_rM1EU4aiyTP-OhjXhIXOc0k7UJNg/s320/P9060137.JPG" border="0" /></a>One of the trees for which the creek is named.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzik87phocoLNoIiaNliueS2ODbuZDa6BcnNuttilXbxSuVtOgJD2kIuRU8vpsgTiDhUwVc9gCOpHyGQ-e_wDdsm6t1hFbLJHlE3YY0WAGiE6eiNQyLEcFZGDp9sqAQ9xCSIgrTypDWgw/s1600/P9060138.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513928615776506450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzik87phocoLNoIiaNliueS2ODbuZDa6BcnNuttilXbxSuVtOgJD2kIuRU8vpsgTiDhUwVc9gCOpHyGQ-e_wDdsm6t1hFbLJHlE3YY0WAGiE6eiNQyLEcFZGDp9sqAQ9xCSIgrTypDWgw/s320/P9060138.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /></div><p align="center">Awesome birthday!</p>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-43123465214868105942010-08-31T16:47:00.004-05:002010-08-31T17:20:05.168-05:00Savannah/Charleston Trip<div align="center"> Scott is in Savannah, GA for work for a couple weeks and Renee was able to join him this past weekend to hang out and see the sights. Saturday we drove up to Charleston, SC, which neither of us had ever seen. We walked around a little downtown and then drove out to James Island, Folly Beach. It seemed to be a really pretty city.</div><div align="center">Marion Square, near downtown.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjrUhhWjL4_cffT_Tvxr96g3C9ntSrdUcA34enjyYYItejGJLW5PrlsZk8Y-uzVmlK8HzH9nyAjRVsmdK0W6KY5hInJWC_Pnprae91WcBHFffbD0gsfuMtk0N03My_1Rz_KuHmP7kT5I/s1600/P8280051.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511696198504977986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjrUhhWjL4_cffT_Tvxr96g3C9ntSrdUcA34enjyYYItejGJLW5PrlsZk8Y-uzVmlK8HzH9nyAjRVsmdK0W6KY5hInJWC_Pnprae91WcBHFffbD0gsfuMtk0N03My_1Rz_KuHmP7kT5I/s320/P8280051.JPG" border="0" /></a> The pier at Folly Beach. (Very few people were fishing and those that were weren't catching anything.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhP0CsFNuDSTFgwhI-Remzc432KE3fFwo3d4_fAs9HI4uW-8HqeZjlfuRC3IjN2LL2RAkcLGmHcnNU2oUbuPQ_nTouDsB8wx7HlGpaVxzwnjYYH77fNPlSEPSKCkjgtFK1wuBlDs4dzA/s1600/P8280067.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511696180489485090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhP0CsFNuDSTFgwhI-Remzc432KE3fFwo3d4_fAs9HI4uW-8HqeZjlfuRC3IjN2LL2RAkcLGmHcnNU2oUbuPQ_nTouDsB8wx7HlGpaVxzwnjYYH77fNPlSEPSKCkjgtFK1wuBlDs4dzA/s320/P8280067.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPf8YXDGRJlN5TZU8M-ZWfqMKdB2NkEgViWgdt7fexszW0Yt0pwksYKx00steguIonO7uhU2E0xZIgcNh7NTnnwiHyrOszBeHSUxTCIG1IMzytHb33-Ungtu9alNSmVkkXpmIPbav5Bg/s1600/P8280069.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511694907413804210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPf8YXDGRJlN5TZU8M-ZWfqMKdB2NkEgViWgdt7fexszW0Yt0pwksYKx00steguIonO7uhU2E0xZIgcNh7NTnnwiHyrOszBeHSUxTCIG1IMzytHb33-Ungtu9alNSmVkkXpmIPbav5Bg/s320/P8280069.JPG" border="0" /></a>Saturday night we ate down in the river district, where all of the cargo ships come in and go out. We got to see a couple in our time there, which was really cool...they are unbelievably big!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfIbGuGSHqWf2M-kmQ3kctIGSIwCU39uI3fvPFY50c_ytrB8DsWGe8dt9j6TrX31bd9T7Q5mIWw4zLEGhGMVOJvBtLSEu3QmJaLBQoJZGwW5TXyqccR5dZC3ll8ziLoOPYM5oANZS30g/s1600/P8280080.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511694896896674146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfIbGuGSHqWf2M-kmQ3kctIGSIwCU39uI3fvPFY50c_ytrB8DsWGe8dt9j6TrX31bd9T7Q5mIWw4zLEGhGMVOJvBtLSEu3QmJaLBQoJZGwW5TXyqccR5dZC3ll8ziLoOPYM5oANZS30g/s320/P8280080.JPG" border="0" /></a> The size doesn't really come across...<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511694871905041106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00p-fdLPd1yjXRHTlg509sxvfgfcASxCFXfIEa2lVO2sZNxlrURe2_WcmWqr1URQNmV-A9PtlcGb8nNA5aoiPPoJ0c9MMeDFsGc_iFDvun9ldO_8cG2_JrHMw1U4WdhvtbPLM-iS0CKM/s320/P8280090.JPG" border="0" />At a candy store they were making a batch of peppermint taffy using an old-fashioned machine. Really cool, and tasty too!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmgOnN-L2E_5dAHIFLbCJ59I8mzrkIkIWu8kc5WC_skXBRsMYdMVT5PCQzoNf1Xy98ksRqv7G5xCtibpbJwnhN0lwTh06qHzP9rt8jX8CiMSIk8Oma3ak0KdzLO_j0oBzgYfXm4fF_k8/s1600/P8280087.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511694889117360610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmgOnN-L2E_5dAHIFLbCJ59I8mzrkIkIWu8kc5WC_skXBRsMYdMVT5PCQzoNf1Xy98ksRqv7G5xCtibpbJwnhN0lwTh06qHzP9rt8jX8CiMSIk8Oma3ak0KdzLO_j0oBzgYfXm4fF_k8/s320/P8280087.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCNzf-8-SgNFPDXrV17WhrMTGOEEEMoM1xaLBkT9AKwjpnbZT3E_RmBEYz6i2O1MD6EWTi3STKdQYlYyICKxFdRZGth8FZyE0oO-LCJ2NJybFYPfy649y35TINP2nuH-VtbpXFHu7NLA/s1600/P8280084.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511694879762597314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCNzf-8-SgNFPDXrV17WhrMTGOEEEMoM1xaLBkT9AKwjpnbZT3E_RmBEYz6i2O1MD6EWTi3STKdQYlYyICKxFdRZGth8FZyE0oO-LCJ2NJybFYPfy649y35TINP2nuH-VtbpXFHu7NLA/s320/P8280084.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sunday we spent the day on the beach at Tybee Island, where the waves were pretty big as Hurricane Danielle passed by out in the Atlantic. We couldn't really hang out and swim because the waves were so strong, but we walked up and down almost the whole length of the beach. Apparently they've also had a record number of jelly fish stings this year but we didn't see any.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511696555727221794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQVGxjXfVFVp9VM2RI-huY8rUWvmpDzL27H5kjFUGTc-gSP-KXRrMXbJ6R6jsRVt8wnoBVrZ60zV3igiCd015sAgXxKDhG8xwImM7CAS7g1k2E7KsZwu_YtFnjFQpMEn2nWKig_whLbU/s320/Big+waves.jpg" border="0" /></div><div>Although not a good day for swimming, it was a a great day for wind surfing!</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511696557886361458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUeQp910RXsA0ve1hdKSoFS6N9-d9uW351rAJ2Frf_Ngs3e3pCFSHydzYClFngXGPSsnrf0vT8CNjcyUw06zB9C4U5MuidkrhU9MjEYTC63yV0MZ-l3oBgY_7RHchGUUnyf0ZW33JTfI/s320/wind+surfers.jpg" border="0" /></div><div>A seagull staring us down.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6450ASWmUok9z-5Ybc7Hwnf6HjHldIxAiHrXPT5bTaEkvf_uLv8WCp9X6Y81TsmgzUKJPNLFMufwWUgtkKKHrUSrR1wA4sc7gh9OKqosUOFmHYH7y9SpDNZQQH3jxG1LzvW26OjmwKk/s1600/Seagull.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511696567009365090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6450ASWmUok9z-5Ybc7Hwnf6HjHldIxAiHrXPT5bTaEkvf_uLv8WCp9X6Y81TsmgzUKJPNLFMufwWUgtkKKHrUSrR1wA4sc7gh9OKqosUOFmHYH7y9SpDNZQQH3jxG1LzvW26OjmwKk/s320/Seagull.jpg" border="0" /></a> This was a pretty sunset Friday night at Tybee, a thunderstorm dissipating.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqICpDrxD9A46a4WuquqV7U8s5z7FK1g345I_sFSX9VKrIguR57-p5jX1NBPOu1SSxTESezY4BoQXhTVU6RZUQcf9A2vjtCkkz4HyVvRAysujhpEIVwnSL597xH4514I8PLpcCEMMXns/s1600/P8270040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511696205653900802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqICpDrxD9A46a4WuquqV7U8s5z7FK1g345I_sFSX9VKrIguR57-p5jX1NBPOu1SSxTESezY4BoQXhTVU6RZUQcf9A2vjtCkkz4HyVvRAysujhpEIVwnSL597xH4514I8PLpcCEMMXns/s320/P8270040.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div><p align="center">Great trip, it went way too fast!</p>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-9374266366414214342010-08-02T15:25:00.005-05:002010-08-02T15:44:37.352-05:00Possum Kingdom<div align="center"> We had the opportunity again this year to hang out at Renee's aunt and uncle's lake house in Possum Kingdom, and we had a great time! The weather was perfect for a weekend at the lake...super hot and sunny. On the way up we drove through Llano and as we passed the airport we noticed there was some sort of glider expo. There were about 10 gliders we counted in the air that we could see but judging by all the trailers that were parked along the runway there had to be about 30 or so. This little yellow airplane is an ag tractor, which is generally used for crop dusting but was being used as a tow plane.<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsL-0ywbanXbdwrjfLs-umKF9Qx0uhj5gsb6SBbzkumWN9IdfJHdyvsPHngi7JGjiNkLf6NNFxtfS6UkMUzA0rNdeDrH3x5mAzBy0MpZOX7fnOrHJNiPoiYaGGqRnqW7He7dIauwZ8Sn0/s1600/Ag+tractor.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500912530061886674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsL-0ywbanXbdwrjfLs-umKF9Qx0uhj5gsb6SBbzkumWN9IdfJHdyvsPHngi7JGjiNkLf6NNFxtfS6UkMUzA0rNdeDrH3x5mAzBy0MpZOX7fnOrHJNiPoiYaGGqRnqW7He7dIauwZ8Sn0/s320/Ag+tractor.jpg" border="0" /></a> The lake is so scenic and the water was really blue and pretty. The pictures don't really do it justice.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500912249937345986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxb8Oj1nyqwV7n6plfCq6_fwJ38RHB5vkwpUZwD-PXT7-DUKBBs8WXlALQxJAMdrcvsL0UgLUP2bjTciSL0W71eKmLVjDB66WZmC5nXkfIERBsxG_kf_x8Vca5jyWAaUecKpr8YPRvQ8/s320/Lake.jpg" border="0" />By the dam we noticed some goats on a cliff. There were about five of them, and we're not sure where they came from or if they were wild goats or what, but by Sunday morning they were up at the top of the cliff so they must be good climbers!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQd66mC5l-8VB_giZJinrhFhUFqFvnvQ1WghG1Q4w0noCCyG4scM2XzCLAFD4wdKYsQQjiYVlAP4CkvuO5sS2fvPKiZEZdviZKM4eaidZaVrCtsbjOhnPzmzZp8q-3yd_VXXM_z12xdI/s1600/Goats.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500912527335659922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQd66mC5l-8VB_giZJinrhFhUFqFvnvQ1WghG1Q4w0noCCyG4scM2XzCLAFD4wdKYsQQjiYVlAP4CkvuO5sS2fvPKiZEZdviZKM4eaidZaVrCtsbjOhnPzmzZp8q-3yd_VXXM_z12xdI/s320/Goats.jpg" border="0" /></a>Hell's Gate. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV91plZdfBfwmVEo1ScFJwUvTJKRruXkgWxEhtAwRfDo15gqGmdxkXnkBB0t0XuWQ8022Mj-SMN9nn7U-xmKdj3ayL8qBDvyLPa7QJfI-CYINfQ2sJhy0XRhgwdTo2kDXEwb5JzAFeX90/s1600/Hell's+Gate.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500912253005345634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV91plZdfBfwmVEo1ScFJwUvTJKRruXkgWxEhtAwRfDo15gqGmdxkXnkBB0t0XuWQ8022Mj-SMN9nn7U-xmKdj3ayL8qBDvyLPa7QJfI-CYINfQ2sJhy0XRhgwdTo2kDXEwb5JzAFeX90/s320/Hell's+Gate.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500912259580054690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwJw1m1LXb2Zsxcc7NOkIprfxBiYif-mnPy4OLkyFaP1d5NjcWQoiJQeOvhjBKdVUjiQbDD9iRrPPgyjJ0pSnTU87LboFEzn1pE81iQyU5UoUynIHNdIl8hywdk_24M6gv0zBAu_ubsFY/s320/Cliff+front+view.jpg" border="0" /> Renee tearing around on the jet ski.<br /><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDijve9wS3NbqmTBhZoPdL3rKeaZn8YRc0WYN0C4d3uKnrIk7kwYBdv6YsXiHt4MD8UmfZOJeEChtEtHMeg6-HJTrRZ1_wEjcjiFtVqudZAw63NucrN9BKzO9gzoDM14QQkqOZqvHvoik/s1600/Renee+jet+ski.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500912248038977026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDijve9wS3NbqmTBhZoPdL3rKeaZn8YRc0WYN0C4d3uKnrIk7kwYBdv6YsXiHt4MD8UmfZOJeEChtEtHMeg6-HJTrRZ1_wEjcjiFtVqudZAw63NucrN9BKzO9gzoDM14QQkqOZqvHvoik/s320/Renee+jet+ski.jpg" border="0" /></a> Scott taking a dip. The top of the cliff is just barely at the top of the picture.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500915430558268082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiritg90YA7an3_AgyxrMJxNdo5HEubbaZluUnLebnmsXGIF7hjx9fDzKrmDBqXLAM67MQUJTiszUOGZbdOUhP8G7r_KZpUaKSbYqqZ1q6FsX2i0OJIxdc3bq9_OcI0JQ3NSVEkToB7BVU/s320/scott.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-65336023942471678292010-07-12T12:33:00.005-05:002010-07-12T12:50:46.447-05:00Eric and Kate Visit<div align="center">This weekend Scott and Eric turned 30 and Eric and Kate were nice enough to come down and visit us for the weekend.</div><div align="center">Obligatory picture in front of the Alamo.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdctYOVBklFTh8X-Wb8j0cSlGqwTR_wAXwl5KayY1vx4Cna1hDUb7PM2CGWINoikTs08JhRBoeUNiZ_Ow5Bqu3nm52cFzisqw1Wi9twJWrLZT4PUC_uWskw8JhW8O21Xno76oHVG5LN00/s1600/P7090002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493075409636049122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdctYOVBklFTh8X-Wb8j0cSlGqwTR_wAXwl5KayY1vx4Cna1hDUb7PM2CGWINoikTs08JhRBoeUNiZ_Ow5Bqu3nm52cFzisqw1Wi9twJWrLZT4PUC_uWskw8JhW8O21Xno76oHVG5LN00/s320/P7090002.JPG" border="0" /></a> Saturday we went to Mustang Beach, which was covered in seaweed from Hurricane Alex but still a great time. There was a huge school of mullet swimming all around us for awhile but even though we were thisclose they always avoided us if we reached out and tried to grab them.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493075392158787426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitiMFWXy7pSaxrpSOClSua5vKoAkAocDa7gIbO1z98j2PFJm60qtlrkoIMtV0J2yB6ROcWLF0J58XRXeC0qN3nrBix3MovQLr1PdL34mQzpxYnQLhuzhSAjTUi_y0nMSYNsgqtFPqo0o/s320/P7100010.JPG" border="0" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnL5A0QvkgnRahqwCt4O0V231i0O7D0uWH4VKuh3L1MtgkZfHyM_lscIc56oIkuR3sdhNWOnw9MNNrUdAMfWNs66cQqvILBNA1PwfqsNYdTO39rKLfetbkNjLmJXU1OpaI-XEmUVtHOY/s1600/P7100014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493075381405068978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnL5A0QvkgnRahqwCt4O0V231i0O7D0uWH4VKuh3L1MtgkZfHyM_lscIc56oIkuR3sdhNWOnw9MNNrUdAMfWNs66cQqvILBNA1PwfqsNYdTO39rKLfetbkNjLmJXU1OpaI-XEmUVtHOY/s320/P7100014.JPG" border="0" /></a>Renee lost her sunglasses in the ocean, which was a real bummer because they were prescription. Live and learn. Renee's parents gave us a cool beach bag for Christmas we were able to put to good use!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExK_jq52Pze38HWtdsmEkcPYrdN8PsA_Hkhe7ddh1AgOiv17OSqClbisHGR_P86Lul4aMze2bCUvCLAG8frPoU1FzgfVKqIf3w3wBU6XBwa73GaoYtClwo-m6kh6hpgjuSYuJGOqev7o/s1600/P7100017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493075357429026642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExK_jq52Pze38HWtdsmEkcPYrdN8PsA_Hkhe7ddh1AgOiv17OSqClbisHGR_P86Lul4aMze2bCUvCLAG8frPoU1FzgfVKqIf3w3wBU6XBwa73GaoYtClwo-m6kh6hpgjuSYuJGOqev7o/s320/P7100017.JPG" border="0" /></a>The birthday boys at the Riverwalk.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IrPmsGlf38zeBfL23cpfr0BfCNM0PxS3nLGll_x81yc6VUql9lUJ6N3Vqf1atPvEIPWyWfgrWnK2pxavbhq56IE0W2HlpW_7PwpWJzRDapeYncBVKCROYyhC8jCCsg2X7RrSpliCUyY/s1600/P7110021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493075351711628578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IrPmsGlf38zeBfL23cpfr0BfCNM0PxS3nLGll_x81yc6VUql9lUJ6N3Vqf1atPvEIPWyWfgrWnK2pxavbhq56IE0W2HlpW_7PwpWJzRDapeYncBVKCROYyhC8jCCsg2X7RrSpliCUyY/s320/P7110021.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-60970675935672097802010-07-05T21:48:00.002-05:002010-07-05T22:17:10.346-05:00Quick UpdateScott returned yesterday from Jacksonville with his MEI (certified flight instructor, multi engine) rating, so the past two weeks were a success! He ran out of time to get check rides on his single engine and instrument instructor ratings but is planning on finishing them up before the end of the summer (hopefully...scheduling examiners seems to always be a challenge). While he was gone, Bridget got extremely sick for a couple of days and was vomiting everything up, including water. Once we got past that, she felt well enough to continue to eat any crickets, roaches, or decomposed birds she found along her way. (Question: Can your hands ever get clean enough after pulling pieces of dead bird from halfway down your dog's throat while she gags and bites you? Answer: No. No they cannot.). So we're glad to have Scott back, he's really missed out :-)Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488406464119340124.post-73862056786171252992010-06-21T18:31:00.005-05:002010-06-21T19:03:05.467-05:00Jacksonville, FL<div align="center">Scott is in Jacksonville for the next couple of weeks to get (or at least knock a big chunk out of) his flight instructor ratings. The schedule is pretty tight (7am-9pm every day for 14 days straight) so with weather and examiner's schedules it's possible he won't get all of his check rides before he leaves, but he can always either go back to Jacksonville on a weekend or two to finish or maybe schedule them for when he gets back and take them in San Antonio if need be. Renee went along with him this past weekend before class started Monday so it was at least a small vacation.</div><div align="center">Jacksonville downtown.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXPbi8Cc5VVzK3G87uLMoZsbfnotVa7tffYbXYpOzBFIZNAfrHqU5OVah3rb9MBhAIu0DF9cmcu4162p2de6rEfVhMRdqfVieQ-pprRPROdVmIyg9Bj3EJhtdoapytOo20DeAjiTM4FQ/s1600/GetAttachment.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485374459666592082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXPbi8Cc5VVzK3G87uLMoZsbfnotVa7tffYbXYpOzBFIZNAfrHqU5OVah3rb9MBhAIu0DF9cmcu4162p2de6rEfVhMRdqfVieQ-pprRPROdVmIyg9Bj3EJhtdoapytOo20DeAjiTM4FQ/s320/GetAttachment.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">We went to Singleton's, reputedly the best seafood place in Jacksonville, for lunch one day. On a previous visit a few years ago Scott had gotten a tour of their fishing boat.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485374273684184594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwQZtCWLHcpQIgLYD7pt1JQns4PBxOakMbNyC5yngBydRcogcNiQW3L3Lsb_QJ1hpHdODsAiVJYNoi7_F-eW-SfJ_z-ErGENlL_1PG67KI3fpqSHdsp-mF2VB1RQbSlxy542QJnahvIA/s320/GetAttachment2.jpg" border="0" />The original owner of Singleton's (it's now owned by his son, we think) had a hobby of building wooden boats. There is a whole room full of them, easily a hundred of varying shapes and sizes, on display off the restaurant. Very cool!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxAH9NryQV5-yGPOYUsbqVIA1_oQbc4WIUQkJrd0mR1xlxUbqhRDcoWbyUuerKY5jzPgtpJVHbSE3OYsu77T_nnPm0kA5qOS22F_ojl9xSpCPRBK5Z4MG2uB8OSVpAGxAYCwz0Lsu_80/s1600/GetAttachment1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485374272165460978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxAH9NryQV5-yGPOYUsbqVIA1_oQbc4WIUQkJrd0mR1xlxUbqhRDcoWbyUuerKY5jzPgtpJVHbSE3OYsu77T_nnPm0kA5qOS22F_ojl9xSpCPRBK5Z4MG2uB8OSVpAGxAYCwz0Lsu_80/s320/GetAttachment1.jpg" border="0" /></a> We did get a chance to go to the beach and even went swimming for awhile, which was great. This is Scott about 10 seconds after Renee ruined his plans for a tan by liberally spraying SPF 50 all over him. He'll thank me later.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROZmM5PoGU42GV0_93m-1xxN2Dmh2B_3BisZleRImXwnA-HSszIp3E3uP_vejiQub86KLJKqz2A-dHpFDTXiZz0tjXnDYWRJU4btTIsejvzSy1JhAOff24gIqhqpcj5gVcNfXF4wHBnQ/s1600/GetAttachment3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485374265451234994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROZmM5PoGU42GV0_93m-1xxN2Dmh2B_3BisZleRImXwnA-HSszIp3E3uP_vejiQub86KLJKqz2A-dHpFDTXiZz0tjXnDYWRJU4btTIsejvzSy1JhAOff24gIqhqpcj5gVcNfXF4wHBnQ/s320/GetAttachment3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntNUad8y7YYl2Y8vc_PbIvNn01ApfOuDB9hqaxk6PiVazuPtRUrQufd1JG_QsEi3FMSC2Rk93te8iGk-ACQr1GcbRZZEfoQCqwZ4QwJa6uE_LULYtWUhS7pEPKkzN5GfL3_XRzOUkdh4/s1600/GetAttachment4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485374253347234098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntNUad8y7YYl2Y8vc_PbIvNn01ApfOuDB9hqaxk6PiVazuPtRUrQufd1JG_QsEi3FMSC2Rk93te8iGk-ACQr1GcbRZZEfoQCqwZ4QwJa6uE_LULYtWUhS7pEPKkzN5GfL3_XRzOUkdh4/s320/GetAttachment4.jpg" border="0" /></a>The pier goes quite a ways out into the water.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74ONzBIN961PYbaJDVI1Oun6y4YMCVZe8voHsCatVo2JsuDJ3UnWJtR9fseGhy78QuT8xYI1bIN4xBZgQg4oZB5781f14eZIMEaqQCaiFlJLOMp7SnEMJ8NjI9f2e1tA7pDhSNS2Jizw/s1600/GetAttachment5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485374251962177602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74ONzBIN961PYbaJDVI1Oun6y4YMCVZe8voHsCatVo2JsuDJ3UnWJtR9fseGhy78QuT8xYI1bIN4xBZgQg4oZB5781f14eZIMEaqQCaiFlJLOMp7SnEMJ8NjI9f2e1tA7pDhSNS2Jizw/s320/GetAttachment5.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5dpHTtPKXCPPDy7fyl1BOAsqOyQkRLQlCr0akXDumV0LhUR0eFKzjiUbglX9V_Gzz8-oKLkc2t9EADPGAMSX-wWXeJ4Ke2whQNDLrnJzbBDroxetzsqNhLuETLha4dyr9He9yBOXWao/s1600/GetAttachment6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485373889344324674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5dpHTtPKXCPPDy7fyl1BOAsqOyQkRLQlCr0akXDumV0LhUR0eFKzjiUbglX9V_Gzz8-oKLkc2t9EADPGAMSX-wWXeJ4Ke2whQNDLrnJzbBDroxetzsqNhLuETLha4dyr9He9yBOXWao/s320/GetAttachment6.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYzlAQS84NdvW8jc44UlMyaJ6Q4ORCqvNxJJMEoyJDfHh5ck8g-XOGF1xKrHD_5wuYU-u0VTxQD0w8He4Muyt9Ku4KjVl6l2bwjX7WrhSRNQkT8OqaxLyhH4t4076SdcB_Q1xlRZ4Q5Uo/s1600/GetAttachment7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485373885047581090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYzlAQS84NdvW8jc44UlMyaJ6Q4ORCqvNxJJMEoyJDfHh5ck8g-XOGF1xKrHD_5wuYU-u0VTxQD0w8He4Muyt9Ku4KjVl6l2bwjX7WrhSRNQkT8OqaxLyhH4t4076SdcB_Q1xlRZ4Q5Uo/s320/GetAttachment7.jpg" border="0" /></a>View from the pier back to the beach. People mostly seemed to be catching sharks.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDDn0tuFVWLvku90dGtN1uj0TLu4TUWDKD89nmpVFx5dIQCBl-3PzNB-LQIEG2MJR-HKgK97HHZTCfhIb7Y94Zc2Z9GB-f_YYtCfowjLSxjTHl3XXAp90Z1yQsZGqmrdSfnK6tIzRroY/s1600/GetAttachment8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485373877222995506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDDn0tuFVWLvku90dGtN1uj0TLu4TUWDKD89nmpVFx5dIQCBl-3PzNB-LQIEG2MJR-HKgK97HHZTCfhIb7Y94Zc2Z9GB-f_YYtCfowjLSxjTHl3XXAp90Z1yQsZGqmrdSfnK6tIzRroY/s320/GetAttachment8.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>One such casualty.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZM3p6NpEXLdhOivuKAqHTSmpHkDJT9CE0nms1ovVTKG-waSdP0Xi_rH1n4rLw_1sjjJcar86ELOTXRh30vBTvRdGYNHmWTHb7s-PnUcZPMMDAU5-AhHA_rCYb5yDb9oEyjWvjM7Vs2oo/s1600/GetAttachment9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485373875001845938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZM3p6NpEXLdhOivuKAqHTSmpHkDJT9CE0nms1ovVTKG-waSdP0Xi_rH1n4rLw_1sjjJcar86ELOTXRh30vBTvRdGYNHmWTHb7s-PnUcZPMMDAU5-AhHA_rCYb5yDb9oEyjWvjM7Vs2oo/s320/GetAttachment9.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div>Good times!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Scott & Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13806885095820351021noreply@blogger.com1