Sneaux Day 2008

Snow!!???

I woke up this morning to this!! Yes, SNOW!!! I turned my christmas lights on to get a good pic, but then I waited for it to get a little lighter for a better pic.

Here's a lighter pic.

backyard pic

I put Loxley and Coalette out. Loxley sat good for a picture.

Coalette ran straight for the door.

They did not cancel school early so we had already headed to work. When we got there a bunch of teachers were out front, letting everyone know that we had finally cancelled. We started having a snowball fight (that's me on the left).

We also made snow angels.

Rebecca

Here's our playground!

We made a snowman out in front of the school.

Here's another snowman we saw on the street by the school.

Hurricane Evacuation

During the Hurricane we were in Ohio, a perfectly planned trip! We of course couldn't fly back on Monday like planned, so instead of flying here, we flew to Memphis. There my parents met us and we stayed at my Aunt and Uncle's House. One day we drove around downtown to see some of the sights. Here is the pyramid where the Grizzlies used to play.












Shaun was excited to be in the city where the king got his start! Just kidding!






















We also went to Beale St. Mom dropped us off on one end of the street and we walked down to the other end where she picked us up. There was actually a lot of people out there. We determined some were leftover from Labor Day, and others were evacuees.















































Mud Island











Sun Studios

































This place was packed!!















We drove down Elvis Blvd. to see Graceland. This was a billboard there.











The Lisa Marie plane.













Graceland, can't see much.






























We were able to spend the day with my Uncle for his birthday, so we went out to Hibachi to celebrate.





























The Buddha Drink




















Uncle Jimmy got a gift and pinapple dessert cake, and they also sang to him.




















The Hurricane Damage...I had 2 trees fall....

































Well here's the before and after.



































Really I just had a lot of limbs and trash.

Ohio Trip

Shaun and I went to Ohio for Labor Day (or evacuation). Our flight was cancelled Monday (we were going to fly into NO), so we had to fly into Memphis and meet my parents to catch a ride back. Here are some pics of our trip.

This is a pic of St. Louis from the plane, if you look closely you can see the arch.















Shaun's family lives on a farm in Bradford, OH. Here's their house.














This is the view from the porch looking to the left.














And the view to the right.















They had a bird feeder stand and I caught a picture of the finches.














Here's a close up of the birds.















Here are their roosters.






























We played some crochet, badmitten and volleyball. Shaun was serving like the olympians.



















Snoopy and Bear played too.














Sunday night we sat outside to make a fire for roasting, I caught this shot before it got completely dark.














We roasted weenies and marshmallows.

CO Trip: 4th of July

We went to Colorado to visit my sister for the 4th of July. I got there earlier than everyone else. I actually got there on her birthday and she had a pinting party that night. Two of her friends came over and we painted her living room, kitchen and breakfast nook.









































On the 4th, we went on a few adventures. Here is the first of our stops. It was Indian dwellings. Really neat.
























































































We were able to go inside and walk through the rooms.
































Afterwards, we went and had lunch in the town of Manitou Springs. They were having a 4th of July celebration with music and food, we were there before it all started so we took and table and waited for the food to be served. Buffalo dogs! The town was a really cute town











































































This was our next stop. Rock formations that were different shapes. Make youre guess of what they look like. You could hike around the park or rock climb. Guess what we did!
































Hiked! This is about the only rock climbing that took place.


























But we did sit and watch other rock climbers.















































The next morning we drove about 1 hour and a half to go rafting. Mom and dad took the kids to an old west town while we rafted. Hopefully I'll have some pics from our underwater camera to put up soon. The water was so cold they gave us wetsuits and jackets.



















Once we got suited we had to sit and wait for the guides to get everything together. Kendal really liked our outfits.

































After rafting we went to the Royal Gorge. Here's the sign, it's the world's highest suspension briddge.














Here's a pic of the bridge. You could walk across the bridge, but cars could also drive across, and the bridge shook when that happened.













The river below.





















This is the longest aerial tram that Shaun and I rode.



















It just so happened that when we were approaching the other side my parents had the long lenses and saw us in the tram. They sure packed us in like sardines.















We went to the Renaissance Festival on Sunday. It was really cool, there were a lot of really neat characters. Can you tell which pic my dad took? This was the entrance.



















They had some stages with performers. These were belly dancers that Kendal was amazed by. That night she told both the hostess and waiter about them.


































My mom bought this dress for Kendal in Costa Rica, perfect for the Festival.



















































Dad's Photography!!!























This was the King's Swing. It was really fun.













They also had some animal sfor the kids to ride.