VBS

July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

My brother and sister volunteered last week at Vacation Bible school at our church. Thank to the abundance of cell phone cameras, I’ve got lots of cute pics.

They enjoyed hanging out with their friends as much as actually volunteering.

Apparently my brother showed off his acting skills in a skit & the little kids wanted his autograph afterward.

So cute to see my siblings working with the real little kids who are adorable.

Haley finally has a driving friend- Sam.

Not technically at VBS, but this is Haley’s new friend (i.e. Hunter’s old friend & possibly future girlfriend??). Anyways….can’t wait to see how the young-love romance drama unfolds.

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: The kidz & Brenda are in Mexico for 6 days on a mission trip outside of Mexico City.

Filed Under: faith, kidz

Wicked, We’re Wicked

July 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A few weekends back we went to see the highly acclaimed Broadway show Wicked!

I’d been wanting to see it for a while & even had toyed with the idea of driving to New Orleans to catch the production. Luckily it came to Houston & I snapped up some tickets.

What can I say that hasn’t already been said about Wicked? We LOVED it. It’s funny and entertaining, the music is modern and enjoyable, the characters and costumes are amazing.

Now I want to go back and re-watch the Wizard of Oz with Glenda being the not-so-good witch.

We went to an early Sunday afternoon show with our friends & then out for dinner and drinks after the show- it was a perfect way to end the weekend.
One of the few shots I actually took with my camera- I didn’t want to take any during the actual performance.

All in all, I highly recommend seeing this show if you get a chance, even if you aren’t typically into musicals.

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: Doing my civic duty today and reporting downtown for jury duty this morning.

Filed Under: Married Life, review

Good Thing

July 28, 2010 By 1 Comment

It’s a good thing these dogs are so darn cute….

…otherwise I might still be mad about things like this! I’m looking at you little dog (Mia~)!

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: The Major League Soccer All-Star game is tonight in Houston!

Filed Under: mia, Zoe

Ship Creek Walk

July 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Our last real stop on our journey up the west coast to Fox Glacier was at Ship Creek Tauparikaka Walks along the beach & on a boardwalk through some heavy vegetation.

The boardwalk was a great little path through the sand dunes.

I like that the official NZ description is swamp forest- it’s a pretty fitting name. There was a small covered area with some educational diagram & an observation tower for great views.

We hiked along the boardwalk & were soon into the think (and very tall!) brush.

The trail led us out to the beach area, which was desolate and some pretty big waves breaking on the shore.

There was a second little lookout deck, barely visible in the photos, that you could hike up to in just a few minutes for a different elevated view.

It’s interesting to see two different ecosystems- the beach & the swamp forest, so close together.

This is also the one and only place where we were attacked by the sand flies. I don’t think I’ve ever been attacked by so many bugs at one time!

From the first observation tower, you could see a beautiful mist forming at the base of the mountain where waves were crashing down.

This quiet little tide pool had some birds and fishing just hanging out.

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: Done with all the photos in the Wanaka folder- just Fox Glacier & our return trip to Christchurch to blog.

Filed Under: New Zealand, Travels ->

Gates of Haast

July 26, 2010 By 1 Comment

Our next point of interest on our journey up New Zealand’s west coast was the Gates of Haast, which takes you through the Haast Pass in the Southern Alps.

Although a typical one-way bridge and on the main road, there was still so little traffic that you could walk out along the bridge and check out the raging Haast River below.

These boulders were huge & the water was creating quite the torrent around them.

The walls of the surrounding mountains are incredibly steep & some are practically vertical.

It’s a neat little place for a driving break & to appreciate the power and enormity of mother nature.

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY:5 whole weeks ahead of me with no work travel scheduled (well, at least yet!).
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