The Day After Christmas

GOODBYE SNIFFLES

Sniffles was a good guinea pig. He was a happy guinea pig.
We had sniffles for six years and there wasn't a day when Hailey
didn't pick him up and play with him. Hailey learned his language.
She could tell his mood by the tone of his squeaks. I thought that
Sniffles was a funny guinea pig. He would squeak every time I
opened the fridge and he squeaked extra loud when he heard the
potato peeler rattle. We gave him lots of peelings. His favorite
was pear. Sniffles was also a loud guinea pig. He rattled his cage
with his teeth and chewed on his water bottle. He squeaked when
anyone came near his cage. He loved attention.Lately it has been
extra quiet and it makes us sad.



Dave made a little box for Sniffle"s little body

Hailey wrote a card with all her feelings on it

Dave dug a deep grave under the pear tree

 Sniffles was a great pet. We will miss him

It's My Birthday and I'll Sleep If I Want To!

Happy 15th Birthday, Tanner



We held a party for him, we brought presents to him, we had
cake and SHRIMP! There was laughter and music and family
chaos. Still, he shunned us in the rudest way.
Once, he woke up, looked around and dramatically laid his head
back as if to say "what are all you people doing in my house?
can't you see I'm not in the mood?"
Of course we just ignored him. He doesn't have to know that
his birthday is just an excuse for the family to get together and
eat.

Scuba Bonaire 2012

7 Days, 7600 Photo Opportunities

This is the year Hailey becomes officially Scuba Certified.
It is unfortunate however that she learned to dive in the most
beautiful environment in the world. Nothing will ever be as
good as this! It is also the vacation where Dave broke his
record on how many pictures taken in seven days.After he
gets out of "trigger finger" rehab and goes through the twelve
step program for "excessive photographing anonymous", he
will possibly get his life back (although I foresee a relapse if
we go anywhere else beautiful). Anyway, our days consisted
of six very important steps:
----loading the pick-up truck with scuba gear
---strapping the gear on our bodies
---walking into the warm southern Caribbean water
---scuba diving
---eating
---sleeping

STEP 1:  LOAD THE GEAR...each person needs 2 air tanks,
BC jacket, regulator to breath through,-----10 pounds of weights
to help us sink, a wet suit , booties, fins, mask.

Step 2: DRIVE THE TRUCK TO DESIRED DIVE SITE...
pick a name out of the dive guide,
....drive a couple of miles and look for a yellow painted
boulder at the side of the road with the aforementioned
name on it and pull over.

Step 3: FASTEN 80 POUNDS OF DIVE GEAR TO YOUR BODY...
then walk gingerly, carefully into the rocky, shifting surf. After waist
deep then relax in the 85 degree water.

Step 4: DIVE, DIVE, DIVE

Step 5: EAT...an unfortunate necessity
Step 6: SLEEP...another unfortunate necessity

WE WILL BE BACK TO BONAIRE.....BECAUSE...

 
 DAVE LEFT HIS BRAIN BEHIND...


***NOT PICTURED
---1000 pictures of flamingos
---1000 pictures of sunsets
---1000 pictures of a turtle
---1000 pictures of an angel fish
---1000 pictures of sail boats
---1000 pictures of coral
---1000 pictures of divers