tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82959291017691653602024-03-05T18:05:42.241-08:00Peake FamilyM Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-54670305529896567952010-05-31T13:02:00.000-07:002010-05-31T13:25:23.128-07:00'Holy hail....' - 31 May Pinawa MBQuite the dump of hail in Pinawa on 31 May!<br /><br />The deck was nearly covered in 'larger than pea-sized' hail after the clouds opened and dumped this along with a ton more rain... when will it end...? Craziness!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzb148ZYJJDMBaBrbSBEipZei4Fj4RDyJaK1A88rDAkMzXBH7aeSUILw3L0u-0j4ZHE2B6cpTRa7YjigX8lJg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-74005194186349428482010-05-04T08:01:00.000-07:002010-05-04T08:45:37.711-07:00Kelly and the mighty tarponKelly claimed that he was hesitant to lean too close to the water so his glasses did not fall in... but you can be the judge given the flinch at the end... :)<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyihPZ4WE-oGyCYm6ngDkuklv2i5kxEwt2LEfTbI4MqKCE4wlgRJ-qKduojzoa4pC0LqqjGwzhULADIG4Fn2Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-49490075150620546572010-05-04T06:04:00.001-07:002010-05-04T07:59:33.788-07:00Rick braving the feeding of the tarponRick Cunjak braved the feeding of the tarpon... not that the tarpon are that menacing but the pelicans sure can be. Daniel got bit right beside the eye one time when they were trying to get at his bait fish bucket - they are bold!<br /><br />Rick was brave though and didn't lose any fingers in the making of the video.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyVmSC1T8UrJm0WSqBlrnFNDbVw-xvw2UyLabTNeLJLEjqSdZiKewjtOrdXcnaNHMzG7IyxYzgeefihQKdxtw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-25691728278840996532010-04-13T18:26:00.000-07:002010-04-13T18:32:53.684-07:00Sandy and Steve fishing daySteve and Sandy went out for a full day of charter fishing and got an amazing haul!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQCEfluRKgz8BHj-iYAbx0ler913m6P89XJNsPjFszADXNdkTQUa9LoyEwxxSpeaj4mrCdsumrncd1K91PyB6orl4hwNk-7iQ2R5Uz5cmJTddNP7yh9sOC1r19XzjJw1z0Z31gOQKw28/s1600/SS_catch"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQCEfluRKgz8BHj-iYAbx0ler913m6P89XJNsPjFszADXNdkTQUa9LoyEwxxSpeaj4mrCdsumrncd1K91PyB6orl4hwNk-7iQ2R5Uz5cmJTddNP7yh9sOC1r19XzjJw1z0Z31gOQKw28/s320/SS_catch" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459798702992524962" /></a><br /><br />Sandy with her mahi mahi - bull dolphin fish.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnX_Wj5kvJgI-5LClls5GuxpRJHOo20buxR2dsT2kUuX8P2DAKJT7rWUgjL8RujHgCTGwdNBUw0WHn2-Kc1nOq0gLKADjMmGda4jhucSizf-qlYgD2nz4dkA3MgqcTiCu7YuIFU40S1jI/s1600/Sfishiing+action"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnX_Wj5kvJgI-5LClls5GuxpRJHOo20buxR2dsT2kUuX8P2DAKJT7rWUgjL8RujHgCTGwdNBUw0WHn2-Kc1nOq0gLKADjMmGda4jhucSizf-qlYgD2nz4dkA3MgqcTiCu7YuIFU40S1jI/s320/Sfishiing+action" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459798705320657986" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsk__KKeOD-charJqL41xppyB17n0k6baQYbApt2SWDO1wWXUF1zDZLsxl_XuJamKuNZTAv7oVOIp1RAh_K8EtfiKRR0HXcAlpI3ZWIqLiYGd7Lg0sa6sRJ_t2w_Pul7HsO3Mf1632Fo/s1600/Smahimahi"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsk__KKeOD-charJqL41xppyB17n0k6baQYbApt2SWDO1wWXUF1zDZLsxl_XuJamKuNZTAv7oVOIp1RAh_K8EtfiKRR0HXcAlpI3ZWIqLiYGd7Lg0sa6sRJ_t2w_Pul7HsO3Mf1632Fo/s320/Smahimahi" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459799837721775490" /></a><br /><br />For all those fish biologists out there that can ID this fish by sight, you can get your chuckle over what Steve is holding in his hand...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrSD_q07ig9tJrxqx0qxh1cR-kzTwv3oXmKgxg6pjzBOaaBrQBQeFgvNI8fqO50jC9ybT3XM-Kr2hkQ4BmOC-mu-_SAE2rq9_a2mimR01Jr7aFJlBHbguKdv1_dDfr8ZHdI86nXMpVVc/s1600/Sfish"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrSD_q07ig9tJrxqx0qxh1cR-kzTwv3oXmKgxg6pjzBOaaBrQBQeFgvNI8fqO50jC9ybT3XM-Kr2hkQ4BmOC-mu-_SAE2rq9_a2mimR01Jr7aFJlBHbguKdv1_dDfr8ZHdI86nXMpVVc/s400/Sfish" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459800034042304466" /></a>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-83596438684026846202010-04-13T18:14:00.000-07:002010-04-13T18:24:08.884-07:00S & M hit Key West :)Sandy and Michelle were not happy to just WALK around Key West.. oh no... we rode around Key West in STYLE! <br /><br />I had so much fun and to me the funniest part was when Sandy said to me.. after we had tottled away from the scotter rental place... "you know when he asked us if we had driven one of these before, and I said 'yes', I lied...". FIL - I had to stop laughing to explain to her that if she would have told the truth and said 'no' - they would not have prohibited her from renting a scooter, they would have merely given MORE instructions... :)<br /><br />Well she lived to tell the tale - phew! <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihp0my-ItiYMS_tSOEOPw4DoZJGZ3o0y2eIc5yKjkEAW8SaJJWObLm1KMc88O8RUR2kk9KDOj058uO3qht263JqdCwgJuF8R3rpSuq5P41aOXB1lRhA_RGvZVEXjJ_XBp0ZuxbDdpXn8M/s1600/S_speedster"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihp0my-ItiYMS_tSOEOPw4DoZJGZ3o0y2eIc5yKjkEAW8SaJJWObLm1KMc88O8RUR2kk9KDOj058uO3qht263JqdCwgJuF8R3rpSuq5P41aOXB1lRhA_RGvZVEXjJ_XBp0ZuxbDdpXn8M/s320/S_speedster" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459796687127379682" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizr2ITkxHTz8LP9zjNjfZM0F-RrEJHfDWMnYDCOyUkXhw_QqCUvTv-LZ86zQgvGpd0bajog0hFIEk0EINj2daeMRPwcsppJzwj9C356ITDokM7_G6FsVriTYhwLD7en8eFcGrCxN8QFZU/s1600/M_speedster"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizr2ITkxHTz8LP9zjNjfZM0F-RrEJHfDWMnYDCOyUkXhw_QqCUvTv-LZ86zQgvGpd0bajog0hFIEk0EINj2daeMRPwcsppJzwj9C356ITDokM7_G6FsVriTYhwLD7en8eFcGrCxN8QFZU/s320/M_speedster" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459796680783929042" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVywi8tKnE9de3JdJEPeeokt831Pe3XcZMVzZSzH9R6RDU8i4luRGx0iWXFb60qke0xwH7u2mjqPePMHy3c3EMGx9FChcgYEQ_y2RxLtQDpae0nrPPK0zBVGR42E9hAqb9n8BuE-v2wU/s1600/SMKeyWest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVywi8tKnE9de3JdJEPeeokt831Pe3XcZMVzZSzH9R6RDU8i4luRGx0iWXFb60qke0xwH7u2mjqPePMHy3c3EMGx9FChcgYEQ_y2RxLtQDpae0nrPPK0zBVGR42E9hAqb9n8BuE-v2wU/s320/SMKeyWest.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459796195325971698" /></a>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-67252093851442725562010-04-13T18:05:00.000-07:002010-04-13T18:14:14.994-07:00Catch up again...I keep lagging on my posts - is has been busy here, we had a whirl-wind visit from Miss Sandy Brasfield! I have not seen Miss Sandra D since Nathan was a little guy so we had lots of FUN!<br /><br />My camera had dead batteries so I am relying on her pics - here are some, and I will get some more and post them too when I get the chance.<br /><br />Sandy bought some cool boy-type eggs (baseballs, footballs, soccer balls, baseballs) and I had some funny faced plastic eggs to fill with candy and cheerios... and there were lots! We hid them on the deck and down on the beach - mostly not-so-much-hidden so Daniel had a fightin' change against Mr. Nathan who ran full tilt looking for those things!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HQow7P7Nkn3k6INWK3t06QJ1WfF-wyp_Rx2fTnSYchnp0y1wQeNQuEchMdzZrvXjtfAndD1FgrzTLv3Na25PkNg3oCjYGuz_OV1N4EqLXSPDD4hcx_30-RYQHEVvj1-iHTyP3dRRg10/s1600/daniel_easter10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HQow7P7Nkn3k6INWK3t06QJ1WfF-wyp_Rx2fTnSYchnp0y1wQeNQuEchMdzZrvXjtfAndD1FgrzTLv3Na25PkNg3oCjYGuz_OV1N4EqLXSPDD4hcx_30-RYQHEVvj1-iHTyP3dRRg10/s320/daniel_easter10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459793891451797154" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6Hq1G-rZhee4ZlahNbw1Yi8CNwQZi-hACkkLiQFU3Sx4CM1pi9_kzX6z_83YOOvdecAWzHjSN0R93eZC-1t0JtVRJyGz8HpaL-BeH53JjpShsSAJmMW_oObhB57r1s2kmx2uIEM7xIc/s1600/nathan_easter10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6Hq1G-rZhee4ZlahNbw1Yi8CNwQZi-hACkkLiQFU3Sx4CM1pi9_kzX6z_83YOOvdecAWzHjSN0R93eZC-1t0JtVRJyGz8HpaL-BeH53JjpShsSAJmMW_oObhB57r1s2kmx2uIEM7xIc/s320/nathan_easter10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459793883921819938" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyX3a8FTsJKG2-Yeefe7yrPzHBHFGey3zKoh8HJmZfepsp05N9JO3LocOkvLlEV_Z2sxrfIItrsbji95Tp_hbvBHomPNpCygh9zSXgjgQSoO1myiA3PO7LN4VdyYRWObvjo5lFXvC6Ic/s1600/nathandaniel_easter10_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyX3a8FTsJKG2-Yeefe7yrPzHBHFGey3zKoh8HJmZfepsp05N9JO3LocOkvLlEV_Z2sxrfIItrsbji95Tp_hbvBHomPNpCygh9zSXgjgQSoO1myiA3PO7LN4VdyYRWObvjo5lFXvC6Ic/s320/nathandaniel_easter10_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459793892509576114" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxLNqYF0Oz6iq_rCTGfATRQIQu2hwQHMt9olpl9YnKsrKeRDkg53WodAmEgV1Ksl1j1j-GjX01JjRBR54VkdDlGGZbrgTnuCdoqVvYBgwrp5bCxrBwOG7QgSCL0Tg5QY77oFWAEiO-IE/s1600/nathandaniel_easter10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxLNqYF0Oz6iq_rCTGfATRQIQu2hwQHMt9olpl9YnKsrKeRDkg53WodAmEgV1Ksl1j1j-GjX01JjRBR54VkdDlGGZbrgTnuCdoqVvYBgwrp5bCxrBwOG7QgSCL0Tg5QY77oFWAEiO-IE/s320/nathandaniel_easter10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459793880658462546" /></a><br /><br />Sandy wins for the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Artsy Shot of the year</span> - Daniel playing with some drink decorations at the Islamorada Fish Company. Check out that reflection on the glass table!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcJZPmxLyKHA0uIJcOYFz5TQ-f_2hyphenhyphen5258NEW9Qh1iQE3W5rqVuWIEMVdAqJi3xkNEsf9BrPKnsDYXV_2LGFDI0s8jSXhN6XE6iFim9PqcrmmM2A8qxTK8nunnjnETbMr4r1MqGtcLzc/s1600/daniel_FL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcJZPmxLyKHA0uIJcOYFz5TQ-f_2hyphenhyphen5258NEW9Qh1iQE3W5rqVuWIEMVdAqJi3xkNEsf9BrPKnsDYXV_2LGFDI0s8jSXhN6XE6iFim9PqcrmmM2A8qxTK8nunnjnETbMr4r1MqGtcLzc/s320/daniel_FL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459793901197617858" /></a>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-41578550879984015222010-03-24T12:31:00.000-07:002010-03-24T12:32:47.352-07:00Beautiful sunrise shot - March 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9GzMEr_-L3g9autO-hRzyNamI4LyV_4V6TJpxRHVkTwQgRGOCfIfguTuu8LkVIuiFnHIzcDBfueXYwg1b7Bz0Ccc7Rn96Q6stSdLX_YyXB5Txg0ZpWpuC-OOgw5_Vr2o9GkoZTJv4cg/s1600/IMG_1893.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9GzMEr_-L3g9autO-hRzyNamI4LyV_4V6TJpxRHVkTwQgRGOCfIfguTuu8LkVIuiFnHIzcDBfueXYwg1b7Bz0Ccc7Rn96Q6stSdLX_YyXB5Txg0ZpWpuC-OOgw5_Vr2o9GkoZTJv4cg/s320/IMG_1893.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452285451726549170" /></a><br />Great sunrise pic taken from the deck - it will be hard to leave this view behind and head back to Canada at the end of April.M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-39377606815836368592010-03-24T12:16:00.000-07:002010-03-24T12:22:29.363-07:00Boys and the ice cream truckThe "ding-a-ling" as Daniel calls it (ice cream truck) comes around now and again so the boys were happy to finally get their hands on some cool ice cream after mean mommy keeps telling them 'no'... since it always seems to come around at supper time!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx3ZcHgEkGm9eAi5XNBjUgGsl0iqym4niuYdh6gbQpUKB9e3i65UIfwv2VG9r708plX3KSD4JoabcGc9GxLFA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Nathan had Batman and Daniel had Scooby-Doo.M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-73273418829660818442010-03-24T12:04:00.000-07:002010-03-24T12:08:12.241-07:00Daniel is growing up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XH-pCv5KOQRtPVsuRQzXf1hJCBafUhLVpob78jgK87R6HJ5SC3z5ifG8r6KIAPQpXw-EcIzSGIHHwenxToQiIZ27ug4BMiwQP54wsMTDc13nD_Ik695bJI67utg2akhU1eP4WI3Gy8A/s1600/IMG_1895.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XH-pCv5KOQRtPVsuRQzXf1hJCBafUhLVpob78jgK87R6HJ5SC3z5ifG8r6KIAPQpXw-EcIzSGIHHwenxToQiIZ27ug4BMiwQP54wsMTDc13nD_Ik695bJI67utg2akhU1eP4WI3Gy8A/s320/IMG_1895.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452278414740588226" border="0"></a><br />Daniel looks like he might be an intellectual when he gets older... (pipe cleaner glasses).<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxzJps19mtuJj_HKzaLigh5xJ58avh3mC8ite6utM5iSWT0AJnoqj4i64fuwpPFI3dnuGBDEywqAqOyVcRTGQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />Daniel has some sounds that do not come out quite right... here he is saying "Daddy Dump Truck"... makes me giggle every time :).M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-2512985575807988912010-03-24T12:01:00.001-07:002010-03-24T12:03:58.967-07:00catch up on lost blog entries...I gotta catch up on my blog entries... been lazy lately.<br /><br />Grandmaman ("grandmama" - my mom is French) is visiting from Nova Scotia and the boys are loving the change from tough mom to fun lovin' Grandmaman!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_3ECnr1-jfuvTCLL1bJ2a1onx9cbaNbKpGxvzRu6cGPrf2tAfe0Xb0vEcXHNo9_N2Fzp1ucMkMQ9_ApJ1-8KZXXgXPwrdw9hZErJTV3P_krx4B98RTM2om9LBG7sqKVIEwC9aAQWW_o/s1600/IMG_1905.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_3ECnr1-jfuvTCLL1bJ2a1onx9cbaNbKpGxvzRu6cGPrf2tAfe0Xb0vEcXHNo9_N2Fzp1ucMkMQ9_ApJ1-8KZXXgXPwrdw9hZErJTV3P_krx4B98RTM2om9LBG7sqKVIEwC9aAQWW_o/s320/IMG_1905.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452277850935947330" /></a><br />Here they are making cranberry and orange muffins one morning.M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-58559190976512329482010-02-24T14:33:00.000-08:002010-02-24T14:39:14.167-08:00Marni's sunrisesMarni has been waking up early and getting some great pictures of sunrises off the back deck.<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="288" height="192" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fgraymic%2Falbumid%2F5441941088109559777%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCNS-yLnc8NOyiwE%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br />Apparently this happens each day - you just gotta be up at that hour.M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-82045278393893308572010-02-22T03:45:00.001-08:002010-02-22T05:21:06.525-08:00Marni's big adventure continues - SundayMarni is still waking up super early but a little bit later and later each day, we are making progress.<br /><br />I got up and found her on the deck sorting the shells that she has found on her beach walks - she had them nicely lined up by species ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi466tKzPuLnwirV8d06gD2M6_AgJQiOBspwNmxgWjWeMQyVLMBp6wWN03U7XQwtcx023Pdogz7wwEJON9nkuJZRUDl8GJRXuxNbA16fg5h3tHeoHBt4d9urtZuDlH5sD3nF-7j-H2yKgY/s1600-h/IMG_1789.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi466tKzPuLnwirV8d06gD2M6_AgJQiOBspwNmxgWjWeMQyVLMBp6wWN03U7XQwtcx023Pdogz7wwEJON9nkuJZRUDl8GJRXuxNbA16fg5h3tHeoHBt4d9urtZuDlH5sD3nF-7j-H2yKgY/s320/IMG_1789.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441033357700665746" border="0"></a><br /><br />Then Marni and I went off to the Theater of the Sea. Great place not far from where we live that has parrot, dolphin, and sea lion shows and fantastic mangroves and other lush flora (Marni knew lots of the flowers and plants from the species in the Biology Link :)).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9aul9yddzjxvKy-0Qva4BOH6bf67UnktyTyDliyhOPtxvG9coMvXSYbZWDf_SGRiCMEzUOrVTJ344FjXS6atmpKeKgCcLRRJGIYensg03CZvVHI_hfeWYhyphenhyphen7rmv8E4tcO4bGSlO816w/s1600-h/IMG_1792.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9aul9yddzjxvKy-0Qva4BOH6bf67UnktyTyDliyhOPtxvG9coMvXSYbZWDf_SGRiCMEzUOrVTJ344FjXS6atmpKeKgCcLRRJGIYensg03CZvVHI_hfeWYhyphenhyphen7rmv8E4tcO4bGSlO816w/s320/IMG_1792.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441033363628605746" border="0"></a><br /><br />This is a funny boat that is a 'bottom-less' boat, people sit around the sides and you toot up a lagoon and one of the dolphins joins along and does a couple of tricks in the middle of the boat as we are moving along through the water.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wxWw0J01EHNzjz1USuAEba_1M2fjgQJl9JIRHjO_KVXQFF8Vxu4TkkYCD6pDmpa30S29jtCwRZjlhEW4bcIWc7t_vVWV1n1J5OLFq26j_WdE3un1y_4sjW7lA2wyYyuscdn9xWRC1fg/s1600-h/IMG_1823.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2wxWw0J01EHNzjz1USuAEba_1M2fjgQJl9JIRHjO_KVXQFF8Vxu4TkkYCD6pDmpa30S29jtCwRZjlhEW4bcIWc7t_vVWV1n1J5OLFq26j_WdE3un1y_4sjW7lA2wyYyuscdn9xWRC1fg/s320/IMG_1823.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441033367267367586" border="0"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We finished the day by taking the kids and going for dinner at the Islamorada Fish Company where she clearly was enjoying her 'Pirate's Painkiller" drink :).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_kRdPwWmnUpSUS7fiVQ_EZPNCuYruSSXaAHXb2S6VNrJjZMae6zkojb6YdTb2pz9BhzBH8zPHoZBAP-W0U4Dazww3DpJyhunyryO9ZgJ3r3tVO4xluH5NW3kaHNBi4A6wdAukYYauFU/s1600-h/IMG_1833.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_kRdPwWmnUpSUS7fiVQ_EZPNCuYruSSXaAHXb2S6VNrJjZMae6zkojb6YdTb2pz9BhzBH8zPHoZBAP-W0U4Dazww3DpJyhunyryO9ZgJ3r3tVO4xluH5NW3kaHNBi4A6wdAukYYauFU/s320/IMG_1833.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441033373505265826" border="0"></a><br /><br />Took some pushing form me but Marni put her hand up to get a kiss from a sea lion! <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxU7CyvU3IuKvfRjuxHXauLcyzfI9G89Fgw_w2MIGRUJqls5wVXyMo_Pp4-AmHTt2UilZpZFbSyYi86suNnmg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-2943966877351720092010-02-20T14:19:00.000-08:002010-02-20T14:38:12.765-08:00Marni Turnbull - historic visitAn historic event is unfolding here in Florida - Marni Turnbull is visiting from UNB - she is someone that has just NEVER taken a break and never taken a vacation.<br /><br />I will try and document this event as best as I can, but I also have to spend my time making sure she does not spend much time without a drink in her hand and is doing something unrelated to work... it is a rough job but I am up for the challenge!<br /><br />It is TOUGH! She will not leave our dishes alone, we are true believers in air drying and leaving them in the rack, sit down Marni.... seriously.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cBB3kmTrLvkcq_iKej_JM7cJ1Ayd4KL6p03ybloRADJwZv3mLjOaWxnf-5gclG2kPb7Sk5PwujMRvNz-bvIpDM-x93zuMplmT_3uqS52u9xJykPWcTV7KFjtieXVWCC8AGua2UXsPxw/s1600-h/IMG_1775.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cBB3kmTrLvkcq_iKej_JM7cJ1Ayd4KL6p03ybloRADJwZv3mLjOaWxnf-5gclG2kPb7Sk5PwujMRvNz-bvIpDM-x93zuMplmT_3uqS52u9xJykPWcTV7KFjtieXVWCC8AGua2UXsPxw/s320/IMG_1775.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440454640567583666" border="0"></a><br /><br />She had been waking up super early (that internal alarm clock needs to be shut off) but we made significant progress today when she took her watch off after realizing that it DID NOT MATTER what time it is.... <br /><br />Her first big adventure was accompanying me to the hospital with Daniel who needed some glue to put his chin back together (Daniel is fine and giggled and laughed through the alcohol cleaning and the should-have-stung glue process) - and so I had to up my game today and we spent lots of time walking up and down the beach collecting shells and then made her a margarita.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTHhKQXbFTRfSnIBT8tL8JgzwVhO_Q1EhARPzjYExxyd-sX4Ns6ePZp-SfAokhczSqD2K4lr6I5wTBLS2DNJgl3BZzDzIBXHEtCbYofCy2FfJtH-Y6hM-gd6Zn9j4gpvwM2etmxdOEqw/s1600-h/IMG_1781.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTHhKQXbFTRfSnIBT8tL8JgzwVhO_Q1EhARPzjYExxyd-sX4Ns6ePZp-SfAokhczSqD2K4lr6I5wTBLS2DNJgl3BZzDzIBXHEtCbYofCy2FfJtH-Y6hM-gd6Zn9j4gpvwM2etmxdOEqw/s320/IMG_1781.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440454643992805074" border="0"></a><br /><br />I am happy to report to all of those Marni supporters out there that I have in fact witnessed what can only be described as "relaxing" by Marni - and the boys are loving playing with her :)<br /><br />Here is Marni with her first time playing the Wii - finally getting the hang of bowling. (she didn't know I was taking a video...)<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxGb2MeCJ9lBh_yvKMpwlLqnrxCwykwhOZ7siqBcjZQsU34YQDtOk2RivxLt8rk4r9hTTMVc9mVhloz05ACMg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />She is very happy and there is a fairly good chance that she will make sure she misses the flight home - but we are fine with that.M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-48714655910466894032010-01-31T07:20:00.000-08:002010-01-31T07:40:26.329-08:00Spa day for the boysIn a desperate search for something to keep the boys busy and keep their attention for more than 5 minutes - we had a "spa day". They got their finger and toe nails clipped and filed - then some nail polish. <br /><br />Nathan sat still for his toes to be done with real blue nail polish, but Daniel insisted on painting his OWN toes... so I was not about to have nail polish all over the house so I gave him some water colour paint instead and let him have at it!<br /><br />Results were interesting to say the least!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFQCRWnJJh5KLDWE5V_SKqrWh1GJzQnArfYNX94wn0KAzdsuiwPuhngrgg7C4Z3aFbLDe6tS5ptq2g8vXYJjKI9wEClbR8CS9PHPHveanmPKk1_AlQ6-vhkVhy54UjXybrPY0gbb6qo4/s1600-h/IMG_1751.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFQCRWnJJh5KLDWE5V_SKqrWh1GJzQnArfYNX94wn0KAzdsuiwPuhngrgg7C4Z3aFbLDe6tS5ptq2g8vXYJjKI9wEClbR8CS9PHPHveanmPKk1_AlQ6-vhkVhy54UjXybrPY0gbb6qo4/s320/IMG_1751.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432925862663937394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEHX0Z74rMJy7w_QScsAWz-bUP0ybXLxh7BYu8FOyB7g2fQZczbiUL7QaVn9O7TBlNrwgEQJbKxseiCZVl7TpXaWeNE_TCJSnPPk_WF2KbevaZwu0H9-ocjXkC4Tppbhi7Qx91eth1HM/s1600-h/IMG_1752.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEHX0Z74rMJy7w_QScsAWz-bUP0ybXLxh7BYu8FOyB7g2fQZczbiUL7QaVn9O7TBlNrwgEQJbKxseiCZVl7TpXaWeNE_TCJSnPPk_WF2KbevaZwu0H9-ocjXkC4Tppbhi7Qx91eth1HM/s320/IMG_1752.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432925870838965074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DuPKeGV_FmBTCA4Zme6fWZC7JLH2D6xYKJ823Qd7xhGEYaF-btCuT5MTWFrImVbvhy2GQhAC4-mOIfDReLMzNfcCw4HJplGtRTil76HNoZfhR0JwLf0weZbnvszX5ZMRdx2cIhrOfJs/s1600-h/IMG_1754.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DuPKeGV_FmBTCA4Zme6fWZC7JLH2D6xYKJ823Qd7xhGEYaF-btCuT5MTWFrImVbvhy2GQhAC4-mOIfDReLMzNfcCw4HJplGtRTil76HNoZfhR0JwLf0weZbnvszX5ZMRdx2cIhrOfJs/s320/IMG_1754.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432925873297727282" /></a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0dgJB9PmQKM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0dgJB9PmQKM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-30150315789371621212010-01-31T06:36:00.000-08:002010-01-31T06:54:37.820-08:00Boys and a little baby gecko<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawpl1gMDuT8BSB2snf-_DG_T3m8FJgzc2iPWqfSWtIgG1-6eaoKQDkO-OTR3Pm7tbRgjfacev3_KUctZb7yXG7vQKMsxAFZdFPcXHBVYI-hYZK6qSC8Y2RRngdFf3X1iSKmg0OIjHnlI/s1600-h/IMG_1677.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawpl1gMDuT8BSB2snf-_DG_T3m8FJgzc2iPWqfSWtIgG1-6eaoKQDkO-OTR3Pm7tbRgjfacev3_KUctZb7yXG7vQKMsxAFZdFPcXHBVYI-hYZK6qSC8Y2RRngdFf3X1iSKmg0OIjHnlI/s400/IMG_1677.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432913173198885794" border="0"></a><br />The boys found the dried body of a super tiny little gecko (maybe 1.5in long) - baked into the deck, but being boys they had to check it out and investigate thoroughly.<br /><br />It had no eyeballs anymore so Nathan said that it had "flung its eyeballs out of its head" because he knew that they could fling their tails off when they are trying to escape predation (the tail wiggles, the body remains still, and it creates a distraction for the predator to go after the tail... then it can get away and grow a new tail)... unfortunately he knew this from experience after playing a bit too roughly with a gecko one day :(.<br /><br />Daniel kept saying "walk, walk" and then would say sadly "dead, dead".M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-7497970945741854422010-01-20T07:01:00.000-08:002010-01-31T07:20:03.250-08:00Munkittrick visit - JanuaryKelly and Patty Munkittrick, from Quispamsis NB, were our next wonderful guests in January. <br /><br />Patty helped me keep the boys busy each day (nice for me!) and they loved every minute of the extra attention.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGAe9q30T7OD9J2_Dh-DDcI8wCpowwBeiy-gXgYSuS0hvenpfyK4wSMTGCvYLh4JfMdwziPd_bcAt3mfAd1IIAQUa3-fYUVsvrEz-mHVYownLGM6ck0y_P8JY1upzHUH_nZlqwZSFLsE/s1600-h/IMG_1705.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGAe9q30T7OD9J2_Dh-DDcI8wCpowwBeiy-gXgYSuS0hvenpfyK4wSMTGCvYLh4JfMdwziPd_bcAt3mfAd1IIAQUa3-fYUVsvrEz-mHVYownLGM6ck0y_P8JY1upzHUH_nZlqwZSFLsE/s320/IMG_1705.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432921024106267010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5zC1FBmk_mdZki42uD-i1rTS2VN0ht7lgHbLnqHVlNQnv3IPu9KsC0PLHBCUhWWx-4x1MUrB127OTx2ycH1G66JFc8q-KMXvtKoTBCz9TFahU72uADN0FMEse0WsZ52FjPkfl1dbLnc/s1600-h/IMG_1695.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE5zC1FBmk_mdZki42uD-i1rTS2VN0ht7lgHbLnqHVlNQnv3IPu9KsC0PLHBCUhWWx-4x1MUrB127OTx2ycH1G66JFc8q-KMXvtKoTBCz9TFahU72uADN0FMEse0WsZ52FjPkfl1dbLnc/s320/IMG_1695.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432921012248148386" /></a><br />We took a trip down to Key West - I had never been yet so it was good to finally see what was down there. The boys were pretty good - though by the afternoon they started going downhill so Kelly started offering them for sale to folks walking by on the street - the highest bid was $5. Interesting town - and we all stood at the most southern point of the continental US (though we could see more land past us which seemed odd ?).<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3hwdWbs-1lGWXIQ2X3QRUx94h7raeYf-t7kmCp22YOSfy3udKZwq0Onso6wCXECPUnkdnTZuJ9-lXmbLwLnhQrpzStxhIiAKpEu051PKhjA0D91BR07AlP0agaSlS0Xw4xhHUDmS3Us/s1600-h/IMG_1699.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3hwdWbs-1lGWXIQ2X3QRUx94h7raeYf-t7kmCp22YOSfy3udKZwq0Onso6wCXECPUnkdnTZuJ9-lXmbLwLnhQrpzStxhIiAKpEu051PKhjA0D91BR07AlP0agaSlS0Xw4xhHUDmS3Us/s320/IMG_1699.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432921039367701330" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHbxCsq0pJ2GlTd1t2Ys5ANV9aZ2-qhJEUJIe2sRb9MGkS4PXy1n3ubsP6e8NHiK167OdIiFwDQ-En2hsa0yaeRL394y6GWo9wFeKzHS-eMHpUGNgPOTdpIT5U5QRf-QdHPgED_8xySk/s1600-h/IMG_1698.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHbxCsq0pJ2GlTd1t2Ys5ANV9aZ2-qhJEUJIe2sRb9MGkS4PXy1n3ubsP6e8NHiK167OdIiFwDQ-En2hsa0yaeRL394y6GWo9wFeKzHS-eMHpUGNgPOTdpIT5U5QRf-QdHPgED_8xySk/s320/IMG_1698.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432921035227065282" /></a><br />Trip with Patty, myself, and the boys to Crane Point where they saw lots of local flora and fauna and got to dress up like pirates in one of the park's features.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCjmC0U0-NFjJREnH-dX5XQ5RMMSAofcKMgeY-e_SHdOJ-3zcwgnihGOc-okUA5_F1F8zohbhILdhMFajhIBYgfNuNIdXbOrJW8MQF5uAGvuWbiJHaEbZAqBvmsbWsnEPph1NZ6nvICg/s1600-h/IMG_1718.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCjmC0U0-NFjJREnH-dX5XQ5RMMSAofcKMgeY-e_SHdOJ-3zcwgnihGOc-okUA5_F1F8zohbhILdhMFajhIBYgfNuNIdXbOrJW8MQF5uAGvuWbiJHaEbZAqBvmsbWsnEPph1NZ6nvICg/s320/IMG_1718.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432921027135887330" /></a><br /><br />Kelly and Steve went fishing a few times - I don't have the pics yet (on Kelly's camera) but I will post some when I get them (big catches were sailfish, bull dolphin (mahi mahi), king mackerel, and more that I can't remember).<br /><br />Artsy shot - Kelly walking on the beach to search for shells at sunrise.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxz3avkvIHM0EpJzpLymPqrMRR1C2X8LLchyphenhyphenxvHgygvf8xaVzixbP7T9I1NYSiafmL827Z8yzaVVs4Bc8CxXNximJKY8J-umHXOhMrx_ag9MAJXl12c8-2jWXO-0qqsvBGhyphenhyphensWZyXfmIQ/s1600-h/IMG_1708.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxz3avkvIHM0EpJzpLymPqrMRR1C2X8LLchyphenhyphenxvHgygvf8xaVzixbP7T9I1NYSiafmL827Z8yzaVVs4Bc8CxXNximJKY8J-umHXOhMrx_ag9MAJXl12c8-2jWXO-0qqsvBGhyphenhyphensWZyXfmIQ/s320/IMG_1708.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432923548949527234" /></a>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-86953828489127125832010-01-16T06:58:00.000-08:002010-01-31T07:01:25.600-08:00Boys hugging - Awwwwww....Rare, rare moment of the boys being nice and cuddly with one another. They got matching PJs when I went to an outlet to find warmer pajamas when the weather got cold!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2bYCd-TIfAXN8Hm-MSDeLrmP_RUZMTnvxO9EeaODcO4wJxjChub9_PexdYbaC-6UVpL7yjKK_ZdISR-4inNT9zQASf2zhydlEsdV5ycNZbTprI9L4GeaYVtqzlpGbPDmUQ12HP__yNo/s1600-h/IMG_1684.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2bYCd-TIfAXN8Hm-MSDeLrmP_RUZMTnvxO9EeaODcO4wJxjChub9_PexdYbaC-6UVpL7yjKK_ZdISR-4inNT9zQASf2zhydlEsdV5ycNZbTprI9L4GeaYVtqzlpGbPDmUQ12HP__yNo/s400/IMG_1684.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432918924604276674" /></a>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-67658916963407303622010-01-15T06:54:00.000-08:002010-01-31T06:58:08.536-08:00Cold snap - iguanas falling out of treesI heard about iguanas falling out of trees when they air temperatures get around 5C - they go into a suspended animation, and then can fall out of the tree they are in....<br /><br />So when BLee found a motionless iguana we figured it would be gone by morning when it warmed up,... but it was still there, guess the tree was too high, or he bonked his head on the way down :(.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGySIWSL5CP91vxXR7Vanymgo-VVT9oAHVxCcALbJrqaQACXASxRpYdLUi_sSWJnXYR_FzqzWulS5haNoNYTjHvuTFxuONi5UzKCF_45aQX0Grcys0te2_SeoKxBQ4Ovxv2jM5in3lX0w/s1600-h/IMG_1683.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGySIWSL5CP91vxXR7Vanymgo-VVT9oAHVxCcALbJrqaQACXASxRpYdLUi_sSWJnXYR_FzqzWulS5haNoNYTjHvuTFxuONi5UzKCF_45aQX0Grcys0te2_SeoKxBQ4Ovxv2jM5in3lX0w/s400/IMG_1683.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432918274880557762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSMfzFHPKngpGZk-wjQa4jHPS-gBDePXahLBdQ30iQGxAXuf0XxFSipGz5cQNbDOyLaPP6T9Vonv3I1ElposxWEwAkegxI8h6uQUDhbqrCQLCTSjPSXaMuQr1RPFzqOEmZqU8znFPcro/s1600-h/IMG_1680.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSMfzFHPKngpGZk-wjQa4jHPS-gBDePXahLBdQ30iQGxAXuf0XxFSipGz5cQNbDOyLaPP6T9Vonv3I1ElposxWEwAkegxI8h6uQUDhbqrCQLCTSjPSXaMuQr1RPFzqOEmZqU8znFPcro/s400/IMG_1680.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432918263892339810" /></a>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-64740762001666659092010-01-14T06:32:00.000-08:002010-01-31T06:58:23.400-08:00Time to catch up on posts - BLee visitWe had our first 2010 visitor from Jan 5-13. BLee Williams from Saint John, NB came down to show Steve how to work some of his fancy equipment like a little remote operated vehicle (ROV) called "Ray".<br /><br />The boys both had super fun with BLee - he has a boy Nathan's age so he knows what it is all about!<br /><br />Poor BLee only had one nice weather day as he was here during the super cold snap down here in Florida - jackets had to be worn the rest of the time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44BdaoUlGVqsjVw5MFUZCZ7G6LqxzcN9iScsLe9r4bOb2p4Dkyy5E80DMDXw4ajwF_mDsyFigqhrplznZH5uoTuapWllPC5cXLCzti33nk0r3S94GfaydhDOEgDFxG6Zk-U29XIlzKcc/s1600-h/IMG_1670.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44BdaoUlGVqsjVw5MFUZCZ7G6LqxzcN9iScsLe9r4bOb2p4Dkyy5E80DMDXw4ajwF_mDsyFigqhrplznZH5uoTuapWllPC5cXLCzti33nk0r3S94GfaydhDOEgDFxG6Zk-U29XIlzKcc/s400/IMG_1670.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432912477106786546" /></a>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-34732014821929769792010-01-02T15:22:00.000-08:002010-01-02T18:11:12.909-08:00Daniel InterrogationHere are Daniel's responses to a few simple questions... click play on the video.<br /><br />What is your name?<br />What colour are your eyes?<br />What colour is your hair?<br />etc.<br /><br />You will notice a few answers are repeated... his new favourite word is "eight" and although is favourite colour is "lella" (yellow) when we got the camera, everything became "red".<br /><br />video to come....M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-16527450445889471762010-01-02T14:03:00.001-08:002010-01-02T14:03:58.519-08:00Florida Booking calendar<iframe src="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cjl5vq7l244niej9nk0tv6d7ro%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Halifax" style="border: 0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-79588940637121200392009-12-28T11:59:00.000-08:002009-12-28T12:11:11.284-08:00Daniel - talking now...?Daniel is starting to talk but sometimes things don't come out just quite right...<br /><br />This is what he says when he wants 'Mommy to come to the beach'....<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxowlZMzDqLTTLf5IC5a5qSfSR8uJYBw3SLl6Wc6vOqUfJKvCi5HPWKpO6X-YoK-ajoaGlct_41cSdofZybHg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-49185512703584055622009-12-28T10:28:00.000-08:002009-12-28T11:59:10.053-08:00Daniel and mommy's favourite signDaniel learned a few words in sign language when he was younger and this is my personal favourite - I wanted to video it before he stopped doing it and started saying it - since he talking lots and lots these days.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzC1EswOmu9reFJIxLGAiBf0k1aiaAm_oKqhNiCk2uBSFC7xVxZBJTMrE8pkAl9zQiPE12VZ_VzyQJodBz2gg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-90338354779768321342009-12-19T16:04:00.000-08:002009-12-19T16:35:32.898-08:00Manatees returned to the canalWaahoo... we saw the manatees again in the canal - here are a couple of the better videos. It was almost sunset so the light makes for grainy shots - but they are still cool!!!! There were 3 big ones out there swimming together.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxyZyh9CkOdRhGUtEw3e5hYywXEmZSMe1VowZNuLa3aWpi73YnIs7ckdI5bvWr3WqBXM2z3quN-1JNiSaa_' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwPH-edLOE74XJUlkQMQJODGdBiRx4u2x3wAZMRL60eUNp4qrKurfvB9tXWUXCblEVAGOmxxTukVdTP3q6QBw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295929101769165360.post-66562550600761610912009-12-19T07:48:00.000-08:002009-12-19T08:22:50.534-08:00Merry Xmas - Tante AndréaThis one took a few tries... :) can't post them all, but it took 5 takes. <br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxRHzAgbV_nlAQPp5RHyMadfypHPwJM4Xg4g7qcWuja5AcxQDMcLuxfwYB70eQyON8VvOcvHijxM-7pqsc2Qw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>M Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216491240366941997noreply@blogger.com0