FAMILY BIKE RIDE

Sunday was a great day to go for a nice 11.5 mile bike ride. Julia, Elena and Wend all have new bikes and I guess you could say that this was the shake-down ride for them. This photo was taken in the first two miles, I should have taken another one after we finished or when we had a midway ice cream at Cold Stone. Lance

COMING HOME!!

Sunrise looking across the Euphrates River.

Last sandstorm before we left.

Enjoying a couple of days in Germany before heading home.

GETTING WARM OVER HERE

The day this photo was taken it was around 115 degrees outside.

Froberg visit

Doug, Doneva, Brent and Bryce came down for a great visit to Coronado.  Sleeping arrangements were a little tight, but we managed.  Make sure you ask Elena about letting Doneva sleep in her bed.  Goes like this - Elena and Julia were headed to bed and Elena told Doneva that she could sleep in her bed.  Elena then made herself a bed on the floor and layed down.  By the time Doneva and Wendy were done talking, it was a couple of hours later and when Doneva went to go to bed, Eena had decided that she had had enough of the floor and was sound asleep in her own bed.  We all got a great laugh out of that.

    We had a great time at the ocean, in the ocean, getting sunburned and just plain good old fashioned company. 

Coronado Body Surfing ? ?

Brent, Bryce and Doug enjoying the waves in Coronado, CA.  This is the first day on the beach and they were having a great time while Elena, Julia, Wendy and Lance watched them.  Brent, Bryce, Doug and Lance went out yesterday and the waves were 2 to three times larger than the ones in this video.  Needless to say, their sinuses were cleaned out and their bodies were exfoliated from the churning water and sand.

Disneyland 2009

So far our Disney trip is great.  Rained a little bit today so Elena talked Wendy onto the Splash Mountain ride.  I think that was Elena's third time.  We got to see several different characters besides ourselves over the last two days.  Tomorrow is the big day where we get to meet Tinkerbell.  Should e fun.

Goofy took off with Elena and Julia.  We were almost home free until e returned them with smiles ear to ear.

Pluto was so excited to see the girls again that he couldn't stop squeezing them so tight.

As always, Mickey was there waiting for us.  He was so excited to see both girls.

Carlsbad, CA retreat

While Lance was away at some training, Wendy and the girls were treated to a retreat put on by the Special Warfare Community.  They stayed at the Sheraton in Carlsbad, CA and got to enjoy everything that went along with it.  Hot tub, pool, dinner, breakfast and each other.  

Shortly (less than an hour) after their return to Coronado, we decided to make a quick trip up to Tahoe to enjoy the snow along family and friends.  This trip to Tahoe was fun.  Quick and easy was the trip up.  The trip back ended up with 6 hours of 35 mph snow conditions.  We still made it in under 11 hours.  Can't say where we made up the time we lost but we managed ok.

Skype is great!

So far so fun in sunny Coronado.  Wendy has learned how to use Skype and enjoys seeing everyone on a daily basis.  She even got to sing Happy Birthday to her niece Brandi. 

Holiday Visitors

Wendy's mom Karen and niece and nephew Nicholas and Adrienne came down for a quick visit just after Christmas this ear and had a great time on the beach.  Hard to believe Christmas and New Years without freezing temperatures, but we managed.