Lily at her Tumbling class

Lily at her Tumbling Class.  The parents participate in the class along with their child.  It was a fun to watch the child and the parent also.  Lily was pretty darn cute.

Grandpa's Gift

Grandpa got Lily a singing and dancing elephant when we took her shopping

Shopping

We took Lily with us out to the outlets at Park City.  She is a good little shopper.

Shrerk the Musical

Randy and I went to Shrek the Musical at the Capital Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah.  It was one of our plays with Broadway Across America.  We both love going to the plays.  

Winter Storm

This is probably the worst storm we have gotten all winter.  It would not have been so bad in January but the end of February you are looking for spring.  It snowed, the wind blew, and big drifts of snow everywhere.  There was a pretty cold breeze out of the North also.  Oh, well that is Idaho for you.  

Ira Landon- 92 years old

Ira Landon turned 92 year old this year.  He was visiting in Rexburg for a few days.  We had Jeanne Landon, his sister in-law and Ora Albertson; his sister come over for lunch.  They enjoyed getting together.  Randy and I took him to the Rexburg Temple and we did a session and some sealings.  He does really good for his age.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY  Grandpa.  

Madison County Centennial Celebration

Madison County is 100 Years old today.  They had a large Celebration to honor the county.  Uncle Dell is a descendant of one of the signers that made Madison County a county.  It was a great celebration.  There will  programs and events going on all year.  

Valentines Day

 Happy Valentine's Day   From:  Randy

Lily and Bear sent a card with thier hand and paw print.  Thank you.  Love, Grandpa and ma

Judging Art and Poetry Contest for Civic Club

Jan Linford is in charge of the Art and Poetry Contest for the Civic Club this year.  On the 13th we had all the entries judged.  The kids in this county are amazing.   I was so impressed with all their work.  It was a hard decision for the judges.  The awards will be given out on March 4th. at our regular scheduled meeting. 

Bahamas-Saturday- Feb. 9, 2013- Flying Home

 The Bahama (New Providence Island) Airport.  It was great.  We went through US Customs in the Bahamas before we left the island.

 Atlanta, Georgia Airport.  Still fairly warm.

 Salt Lake City, Utah airport.  A snow storm started and we were held up on the runway for awhile.  They even had to de-ice the plane before we could fly out.

Back at the Idaho Falls airport.  We had a great greeting group.  Holden and Keagan even had made us signs.  It is always great to see the grand kids.  It is good to be home.

Bahamas- Friday-Feb. 8, 2013- Sightseeing/Forts

 Swimming in the ocean by the resort.  What beautiful sun shiny day.

 Fort Charlotte

 Sights around downtown

 Fort Fincastle

 Queen's staircase.  Stairs the slaves had to build to enter the island from the east.

Fort Montagu

Bahamas- Thursday- Feb. 7, 2013- Snorkeling/Zoo

 We are exploring again today.  We stopped at Jaws Beach to look around and maybe go snorkeling.  It is called Jaws Beach because a lot of the movies "Jaws" was made there.

 We went down the road a little further and found a good place to snorkel.  Randy got a few pictures of the fish underwater.  It was a very relaxing snorkel, because we were on our own time and schedule.  It is kind of nice to have the car.

 We went to the local zoo.  The Flamingo is the national bird for the Bahamas.  They had quite a few at the zoo.  It was reallya pretty nice zoo for a small one. 

Pictures from the middle of the island.  This is where more of the locals live and work and go to school.  It was interesting to see it all.  The middle of the island reminds you a little more of Mexico, but all blacks, (Bahamians). 

Bahamas-Wednesday- Feb. 6, 2013- Exploring/Rental Car

 We decided to rent a car so we could go exploring the island.  Notice that Randy is sitting on the wrong side of the car.  We kept having to say, "Stay to the Left."

 There are so many churches on this island.  About 70 % of the people are Baptists.  They like the wild music in church one of the locals told us.

 Pictures from the East side of the island of New Providence.

 We found one of their cemetery's.  Just flat ground, with slabs of cement.  Many of the graves were dug up and just the cement linings are left.  Kind of weird.

 Pictures from the South end of the island.

 Genesis- was sculptured by 2 local men representing the slave women.  They are all looking different directions, because they are lost and looking for their lost families.  The marks on their backs represents the scares they all have.

 The is called "Sacred Space".  The Indians are buried below here in a large grave by the ocean.  The wooden chairs represent a chapel where you can sit and meditate.

 We visited a slave settlement that is in the process of being restored.  It was interesting to see how the slaves were treated years ago in the Bahamas.

We ate dinner at a place called "Netties".  She is 82 years old and still runs her own restaurant and motel.  Kind of a different place to eat.  She is Big Al', out tour guide for yesterday, mother.

Bahamas- Tues- February 5, 2013-Runaway Land Safari

 Today the weather here is perfect.  A great ocean breeze and just the right temperature.  A cute little snail we saw walking to the lobby.

 The first part of out tour they took us around to some of the housing developments.  Houses here run about $500,000.00 to 5 million.  They do have some gorgeous houses on the island.

 We had seen the caves before, but our tour group stopped here again.  Fun to see a second time.

 Our next stop was Gambier Village.  It is the oldest community on the Island.  All the people are either related through blood or marriage.

 Sacred Space-Women.  The trees have been carved into women.

 Slaves Staircase.  This staircase was cut into the Cliff so it was easier to bring the slaves to the island up through the rocks.   This is on the south side of the island.

 Beautiful scenes from the south side of the island.

We stopped at a small place past the town of Adelaide Village.  It was accessible by a dirt road.  They fed us lunch and then we just got to hang out by the ocean.  It was so peaceful and calm and you could not beat the weather.  We are having a great time.

Bahamas- Monday-February 4, 2013- Powerboat Adventures

 Our adventure today is a power boat ride.  They were suppose to pick us up at the resort, but there was a mix up, so they sent a taxi.  We had to pay a toll to get over the bridge to Paradise Island.

 This is the boat we took off on.  The ride to the Island where we went took about one hour in open ocean water.

 Our first stop was Allan's Cay where we fed the Iguanas.  There well over 30 of them.  You would put a grape on the end of a stick and they would come up to you and eat it off.

 Iguanas are so interesting to watch.

 Our next stop was The Exuma Cay where we got of the boat and this unique looking private island.

 We fed the stingrays.  They had us kneel in the water and the stingrays came right up to us and we fed them fish. 

 Next Jason had the sharks come up to him and he fed them.  We were just a few feet away watching.  It was so amazing.

 We next went on a drift snorkel right where the sharks use to be.  They were gone so we were okay.  It was a beautiful clear snorkel and we saw a few amazing fish.

They fed us lunch and then did a demonstration on how to prepare a Conch.  You remove the conch from the shell, rub them in salt to remove the slim, and cut it up into small pieces.  Randy ate some of the salad they prepared and said it was pretty good.  We boarded the boat and rode it back to Paradise Island.  What a great day.  The weather was just gorgeous.