A Game Of Tennis Anyone??

Our family has decided to take up tennis this year. We thought it would be a great summer activity involving the four of us. Hunter did a good job for his first time out! Maysa is catching on really fast as well. We had a great time together, while getting some much needed excercise.

Birthday Time!!

Our son Hunter turned 12 on May 5Th. On his birthday he choose to go to Olive Garden for dinner. Afterwards we went home to open up some gifts. Friday when some family arrived we went and saw the movie Wolverine(which is really good) and ate at Taco John's. Saturday morning the kids took in as much Xbox as possible. That evening we went to Shad's mom's house for a get together there and had dinner. Sunday we went to church to see Shad ordain Hunter. He did a wonderful job!!! Came back to the house for some lunch and birthday cake. It was a busy week but it was nice to see family and visit a little.












nice one Brandi...

















My little vampire niece Riley.. love ya!

Our Trip To Florida Day 7

It's Saturday our last day here. We leave tomorrow after breakfast. I was already getting sad but I had a lot of things to do today because it was also Shad's birthday. Shad had a business meeting to go to which gave me a couple hours to get things lined up. I had the concierge go get some balloon's and a pecan pie. I had order room service so it would arrive when Shad was done with the meeting. Then I contacted the lady in charge of the entertainment for that evening. I was wanting her to have the CEO announce Shad's birthday. When Shad came back to the room after the meeting the balloon's and pie was there. He got all excited to see that. After admiring the balloon's and pie the room service just arrived. The man brought it in and sang happy birthday in Italian for him. After lunch we went down to the Hollywood boardwalk and did some shopping and took in the ocean for the last day. We got to see a little Baywatch action it was cool to watch but not cool what had happened. Went back to the resort to get ready for the night's evening entertainment and dinner. I still did not know if their was going to be any announcement for Shad yet. Once we got to the banquet room everyone was just mingling. Larry one of the big boys Shad works with came over to say hi. I had Shad go get me a Pepsi and Larry told me that it had been approved and to sit in the front right if possible. They started to serve the salad and then the CEO stood up to talk. In the middle of the conversation he asked for Shad Perry to stand up. They put the spot light on him and then announced his birthday and made everyone stand up to sing to him. It was the best!!! The night's entertainment was an old rock band from the late 60's early 70's called Three Dog Night. We listened while we ate our dessert then left.

Our Trip To Florida Day 6

Thursday night was the beginning of Shad's work event. They put on a welcome dinner for all of the honored Qwest employees and their guests. All of the food was delicious (especially the desserts)! After the dinner we just went back to our room to get a good night sleep. Friday we woke up early to have enough time to get our gifts and catch some breakfast from the buffet before taking off for our day of deep sea fishing. I had been on a boat before and so had Shad, so we weren't prepared for what was in store. We had our hopes set on catching some mahi-mahi or if I had my wishes come true, a sailfish. Shad got a bit woozy on the way out to our fishing spot. So I thought he was getting sea sick. Once we reached our destination, it was cool and interesting seeing them set the bait. In the meantime, while we were waiting to hopefully catch our first bite, the boats fumes started to get to me, along with the swaying of the boat. One thing led to another, and soon I was puking over the side of the boat, or as the captain called it, chumming the water. I didn't feel so bad, because two other guys from Colorado were doing the same thing. In the meantime, Shad had just gotten a nice bite of something LARGE. He didn't know what a fight he had in store for him. 30-45 minutes later, with sore hands and arms and the three of us still "chumming" away, everyone caught a first glimpse of what Shad had been reeling in. The captain yelled out, "It looks like we have a huge game fish here...you've caught yourself a hammerhead shark. That's got to be at least 7 ft long and around 250 lbs. After the excitement of the day, we went and relaxed poolside to gear up for a night of awards at Shad's awards banquet.

Our Trip To Florida Day 5

Thursday we took a drive down to Key Biscayne. It is the first and only island you can get to by vehicle. All of the other Keys you need a boat to get there. Shad has never seen a real lighthouse before so I wanted to make sure we went there. It is so beautiful there. Once we got out of the car we saw a huge green iguana sitting in a tree. We tried to take a picture but it was too fast. When we started to walk around there were a lot of picnic spots! It felt a bit like picking out a camping spot except there is sand instead of dirt, and palm trees instead of pine trees. The ocean is your view and there are lizards and birds instead of squirrels for the animals. When we got to the lighthouse we were able to walk up to the top. It was a great view but it was very tiring. When climbing down we got pretty dizzy. The lady there said the lighthouse was 95 feet tall. Later we walked to the beach to relax and went over to the lighthouse cafe for some lunch.