Earth Day Brought Some Green!

Here Nate and Drew are after just receiving a nice certificate and their grand price winnings of $50.00 each to the BX (our version of Target'). The boys both wrote an essay on "What does Earth day mean to you?" We received a call on Friday afternoon declaring them each a winner in their age group. Jean and I are so proud of the boys! They have, as some of you know, been mowing 5-6 lawns per weekend and donating all of their money towards the adoption and trip to China. After earning their prize giftcards we made a beeline to the store to pickup their new Nintendo DS game systems. The boys have been saving for quite a while and could have bought the systems a year ago, but held off until they won this contest! Again, good job boys we are proud of you both!

UPDATE
Here is a weblink to an article written that mentioned the boys win, although Drew has been renamed!
http://www.andersen.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123095504 just copy it to your browser and you should be able to read it in full.

Back from Bali..another stamp in the passport!

Jean and her friends Nat and Shannon had an excellent time in Bali.The trip started out a little rough with Jean getting sick, but by the end of the first full-day she was feeling much better.
Here is the gang on the beach just before riding in the surf on their camels. Jean's camel was named "Sahara" and they got along well. She fit three 1 1/2 hour spa days into the long weekend and came back home more relaxed. Besides the camel rides and spending part of each day at the spa they white water rafted, toured a traditional Balinese home, shopped at many roadside shops, visited master carvers and silver jewelry makers. The group was also able to visit many temples throughout the country and rice fields galore!
All in all the girls loved Bali and they can't wait to return, Jean may have to wait until I have retired so I am "allowed' to go with her.
Here is a picture of the family gift Jean brought home. The barong mask is a house guardian and is supposed to bring good spirit to your home. Jean said it took the carver over a month to make the mask and it is made of red hibiscus wood.

Gone Camping!

Scott & the boys have just returned from the boy's swim meet! Nate and Drew both posted personal best times in their events. Jean has made it safetly to Bali and the boys are heading to Tarague Beach for a campout.
We are all excited and will check back in on "civilization" in a day or so.
O Boys Out!

Bachelors On Guam!

Well Jean is off to the beautiful island of Bali, Indonesia! Happy Birthday to her. Jean and 2 of her girl friends just left Guam and are on a 5 1/2 hour flight south of the equator. Scott and the boys are well...bachelors for a long weekend. You could probably figure out what that means; Wii play, camping on the beach, up late at night, sleeping in, typical guys stuff. Drew is especially happy because the Root Beer is up for grabs. Jean took the camera so we hope she has a great time in paradise and brings back plenty of pictures to post.

As for the guys, we only hope to survive!!