what we saw on our walk

Here are some cool trees we saw on our walk the other morning,   seems like no matter where I am, I find cool trees.  

This one is a Norfolk Island Pine,   the kind you can buy, much smaller, of course and use as a house plant.  they sell lots of them at Christmas time.   First time I have seen one living out of doors.

some pretty nice houses also. 

More pictures

A Pelican perching in the sunset at Englewood beach 

More of the same sunset

Froggy has been joined by two friends,  they change places sometimes 

There are little squirrels too

People swimming, the water temp was higher than Newport in August

More pictures tomorrow,   those alligators, Turkey vultures and other cool birds 

Pictures, do we have pictures

a whole group of gulls and terns on the beach.  Was a beautiful day 

A Pelican,  you know the kind,   a wondrous bird is the pelican, his beak can hold more than his bellican 
We looked this guy up, he is a Royal Tern in his winter feathers, summer has more black on the head.   We were within about six feet of these birds, they just don't seem to be afraid of people.

This is a picture of one of three small frogs who live on the wall of the Hallens home, he is about ten feet up, and they say he is supposed to eat bugs.   Yes he is on the outside.  The bird is a red bellied wood pecker, the first is a male, the second a female, you can tell by the amount of red on its head, Male has more  

Here we are in front of the Hallens house, and it is a great house very Florida, very open.   They have a lovely Lanai, (if that is how it is spelled)or a screened porch overlooking the back yard. 

  Here is one of the three Kohl girls  Megan in the back then Jaime then Emma in the front.  They were a pretty group all dressed up.  You will find more pictures of the wedding in Ian and Susan's blog.  

New Year Activities and Travel

The big activity in the New year of course was Jonathan and Tahra's wedding and associated festivities. Susan has blogged about that and put on lots of pictures so if you want to hear about it then go to their site. We had a wonderful time although it was a bit busy - daily trips to Bountiful or Salt Lake for three days in a row. However, to be in the temple witnessing a sealing of a beautiful couple for time and eternity was truly worth it and would not be exchanged for anything. All 8 grandparents were in the temple for the sealing and Jonathan's grandfather performed the sealing.

In between we had lunch with Pete and Angie DeLong on Thursday. In what is a rather amazing coincidence Dave DeLong was married in the Bountiful Temple on Wednesday and the reception was on Friday evening. We managed to slip away from Tahra's reception to attend Dave's, which was about 10 minutes away.

On Saturday we could sit back and relax a bit. We had a nice lunch at the Edmunds with 6 couples formerly from the Hingham Stake (Meyers, Chatfields, Hallens, Martins, Edmunds). Sunday was a nice dinner at Matt's home after Sunday meetings in Bethany's ward. Monday we had lunch with Rena and Devirl Barfuss and had a dinner at Bethany's with the Provo Bergeron families (Mike/Penny and Blake/Catherine/Benson). It is so great to keep up with good friends.

Tuesday we left for the airport at 4:30 AM and safely made it to Norfolk. We'll continue the saga soon.

Pictures from Tucanos on 12/31

Here are some of the pictures of our Tucano's adventure on New Year's Eve.

Ian with Taylor, Emma and Jaime

Susan, Julia and Megan

Josh

Marilyn (Ryan's mother), Ryan and Bethany

Dave and Marilyn (Ryan's parents)

Jayson, Matt and Angie

Greg and now fiancee Leanna

Linda and gus (Susan's parents)