Ryan Playing Rugby

Ryan's high school played Rocky Mountain high school today. They lost 10-5 but it was one of their best games. Very entertaining to watch. Here are some of the better photos.

Last week Ryan was the man of the match. He scored all 3 tries for hunting hills. I believe its from all my inspirational talks. LOL. The team makes you wear this jacket to school the next day. It's a little tight on Ryan.

Trip to Mexico

Carol and I just got back from a cruise to Mexico. We had a great time and I thought we'd share some photos. This is in Cabo San Lucas. We only had a very short time here so all we did was walk around town and shop. Clothes there were pretty cheap.
We went with another couple on the cruise, Carl and Stacey. In Cabo San Lucas, Sammy Haggard owns a bar called Wabo Cabo. We had to stop for a refreshment.

This is in Mazatlan. We went to see a show there that was pretty good. You can see in the back ground a bunch of blankets. We bought a few. They were cheap. 2 for $18.

I saw this boat and thought I should buy it. After talking to my financial advisor I was short on funds. I now want to start a buy Roy a boat fund. If any one is interested in investing let my advisor know and we can make arrangements.



This is the Sapphire Princess. The boat that took us on our trip.

This was in a small fishing village called Yelapa. There are no roads to here and is only accessable by boat. We took a small boat to here from Puerto Vallarta.

They were doing some work and they had a mule to do all the carrying of supplies. This is also the main street.

This is still in Yelapa

One of the stores did some wood working. I bought a small vase from there. With every purchase you get a free shot of tequila. I recommend skipping the shot. You may experience heartburn for the rest of the day.

I saw no windows in a lot of homes

The grocery store.

Our very first stop on the cruise was in Puerto Vallarta. Nothing says welcome to a new and exotic location like Wal Mart.

One the ship they had tropical night. They had a million streamers. The guys cleaning up put them in a pile and I thought it would make a good photo of me pretending to be passed out on them. Somebody else thought it would be funny to dump ice water on me. Can you guess whos arms are in the photo??

Carl and Roy

Leaving Los Angeles.

Our room.

S'mores are calling my Name

Olympic Torch comes to Red Deer

The torch arrived in Red Deer last night. Mark and I took the "Park and Ride" bus to the event even though it was closer for us to walk (no sidewalk part way there). They estimate 15,000 people turned out; I think 14, 995 of them were over 6' tall because we couldn't see much. Below is the cauldron they lit. Ron Woodward was the final carrier in Red Deer. He is former president of Red Deer College and has contributed much to the community.

Mark posing with the Torch. They capped off the evening with fireworks that we got to see while waiting in line to catch the bus. It was a great night for the event, +2 degrees.

Christmas

Mark playing with his toys.

Ryan sitting by the fire. BTW, that is not me in the background.
Can you say "Redneck"? I think this is Roche Lake; I wasn't there as my family abandoned me on Christmas Day as I had to work....just trying to make them feel guilty!

What a mess!

Apparently Mark was up at 3am playing x box. He knew he had to wait until 6:30am to wake up mom and dad.

A gas fireplace just doesn't compare to a woodburning one. You can't even see our fire going on the bottom but it is. Ryan's graduating class sold poinsettas as one of their fundraisers. They are really nice. I'm hoping to pick up Christmas village stuff when they go on sale after the holidays to put in this spot next year.

Our tree...I bought some ribbon to put on it but it just didn't look right. I also bought way too much. I thought it said 7' but it was 7m....so I have about a 100feet of ribbon. Lots of bows to be made.

We think we're going to back to the old fashion lights. These just aren't bright enough. We also got hit with a major snowstorm..you can see the drifts in front. I left my van at work and Roy picked me up. There were 27 vehicles in the ditch between Red Deer and South Edmonton (150KM) this morning.