Monday, March 1, 2010

A Tahitian Cruise

Doug and I went on a fabulous Tahitian Cruise the end of October 2009. Doug found a great deal. It was just the two of us on a cruise ship for a week. We loved it! It was relaxing and very beautiful. So here is Doug showing the map of Bora Bora


We went on a little jeep safari and found these World War II guns. Good thing they didn't have to use them, because they sent the wrong size ammo. Dad's just resting.

Some of the beautiful scenery

One of the spectacular sunsets we saw.


A banana tree, not a nannatree

Dad and I on another tour. We rode on this lovely bus to a vanilla farm.

These are vanilla beans out drying in the sun.

The same day as the family owned vanilla farm, we also visited a family owned black pearl farm. These ladies greeted us with song. They showed us how they black pearls are made, then fed us a fun snack of little very sweet banana's, pineapple and mango's. Very delicious. Notice the size of the black pearls around their necks.

These white round things have been brought to Tahiti from the Mississippi River. They are carefully implanted into the oysters, and then the oysters are sewn together with some fishing line so they are about 10 deep with several inches separating them. They are hung in the ocean but must be pulled up and cleaned every
3 or 4 months for two years.

Dad and I (aren't we the cutest things.)

A very funny sign we saw right next to the beach on a concrete pier.

An interesting little family car, yes, a mother father and 2 kids rode in this.

Dad on the beach near where we snorkeled

Here we are with some locals who came to perform for us on the Ship.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Catching up

All the sisters in Kaui Hawaii at Melanie's house

At Melanie's church with her family, sisters plus Jeff. Doug was unable to go, BOO HOO. I missed having them there.

Near the blow hole, where we went for a Sunday Picnic. The sisters

We celebrated Melissa's birthday with her.. Mallory, Melissa and Monique

At a luau, these grounds were one of mom's favorite places.
Don't you love the flowers!

All the siblings (minus Roark who left early) to celebrate Grandpa Flegal's
101st Birthday. We had a fun dinner at MiMi's

Katie and Brent had us to their apartment for dinner and games. They made us a wonderful salmon dinner. Guess who was the ultimate craphead?

We had Ann and Joe over for dinner and guess who made Craphead again?

Valentines morning I went into the kitchen and found this funny face. Recognize my apron closet? He had left a love note above it. He's so creative and sensitive and handsome and adventuresome and wonderful. I love that man!!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

He's Here!!



Tennessee Winson Taylor arrived weighing in at 8 lbs 1 oz and stretching 20" long. Sara checked in the hospital at 5:00 AM and was induced. He arrived at ll:47 AM. He didn't even wait for the doctor to arrive. I went to see him and he is just an angel. He makes the cutes little noises and is so content and cuddly. Oh how I love new babies. Who do you think he looks like? We see some of Doug, some of Eliza his cousin, and some of his sister Syrelle. He definately has Sara's lips. We'll have to wait to see what time brings.








Tennessee Winson Taylor's name came from Paul's side of the family. Tennessee is from his Grandpa Taylor's side of the family. Winson is part of Pocahontas's father's name. The Taylor genealogy has one of their relatives marrying Pocahontas. So maybe he'll be a dark little Indian baby.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Garden time is over.

Here are pictures of my harvest from the garden


Katie and Brent with my prize tomatoes.

Here are pictures of my harvest from the garden
Lake Powell is our retreat, our wonderful get-away where we can enjoy the beautiful landscapes, sunsets, and beautiful glass like water. We had everyone this years except Liz's husband Mark. How fun it was to all be together. We take our hats off to the following...

Friday, July 17, 2009

Tea for Two or Eleven




Pam Hostessed the cutest Tea Party ever for her neighborhood girls. They were told to come with * an accent from England * An English name starting with Lady, Mrs. Madame, Princess or your Highness * A Sophisticated Outfit * Some good stories * Your favorite tea cup and saucer * Hats will be provided.
She had little sandwiches cut out with meat and cheese, little cupcakes, brownies, crumpets, scones, and because it was a hot day we had raspberry lemonade or water. The girls learned etiquette, some french words, and had a ball with the hats and gloves. In attendance was Lady Lollipop, Lady Margarethe Pearl, Miss Pearlene (Pam)
Lady Eugeneous Ewe (Kim) Her Highness Constance P. Zealot (that's me), and many more fun neighbor girls. Pam made it special with lace table clothes, little press on rhinestones for their pinkie fingers to remind them to keep it up. They were so fun to see and be with. I was so excited I came dressed and ready the day before. Life is always fun with Pam.. "It's a jolly Holiday with Pami, Pami makes your heart feel glad. When the days are gray and ordinary, Pami makes the sun shine through." Well you get the idea. Love that girl!! Tea time was Posh Katie came over at the end and we had her try on the hats. (as a sidenote, most the these hats belonged to Verdi's grandmother) Reminded me of the book "Caps, Caps for Sale". Which is your favorite hat?