Elena and Dave

This series of photos just makes me laugh. Elena is getting to the age where we can really have fun together (at least I was having fun:-)

While feeding the bulls with oranges, I happened to get a little 'residue' on my hands. What happened next was only what any loving uncle would do to his unsuspecting little niece...

Oh, come on...what's a little orange juice mixed with bull slobber? :-)

Dave eyes up the bull. Elena watches closely.

The delivery...

The 'residue' on Dave's hand...

Elena tries to run...

...but, not quite fast enough to escape the reach of her devious uncle.





(In full disclosure, Elena was not harmed during the taking of these pictures:-)

The highlight of the day...feeding oranges to the cows:-)

There are always things in life you can find that you've never done before. Feeding orange halves to cows would have to be on my list. Elena was rather daring and was willing to hold one or two out for the cows. "Just hold your hand out and they'll come to you", Uncle Don would say. Then the sandpaper tongue comes out and....

Ooooooooooooh

Picking Oranges

Elena picks a beauty!

Uncle Dave! You're not going to eat that, are you!?

Dave, Josh, Elena and Andrew hard at work.

Josh and Uncle Don reaching for the ones up high.

Here are some pictures from our 'orange picking' adventure. Some we picked for ourselves and some we picked for the cows (more pictures to follow:-)

Pictures from Christmas

Walking on the ranch

Lily leading the way

Elijah and Natalie on the beach (it was a cold day... by Florida standards:-)

Here are some great pictures from our time in Florida with Amanda's family. These pictures were taken by her brother and sister-in-law, Andrew and Ellie. There were a lot of good ones to choose from, so I'll probably load a few at a time.

Natalie's First Swim

When in Florida, one has to swim, right?
Here is video of Natalie taking a swim at our hotel in Sebring. She did very well and enjoyed splashing around.

2009

Happy New Year to all...

I am going to try to catch up on the blog over the course of the next few weeks. We do have a fair number of pictures from our Christmas vacation with Amanda's family in Florida so I will have to pick out a few good ones.

Here is a short video of Christmas morning at the Skipper ranch in Sebring, Florida. Amanda, Natalie and I were down there visiting with the rest of the gang for a few days around Christmas.

We did also spend some time in Tampa and Charlotte over the Holidays so hopefully I have some pictures of those travels, as well. It was a lot of fun, but it has also been good for me to come home. My dear wife, however, is still 'on vacation' but I hope to see her again before the summer rolls around (I think she is trying to avoid cold weather as long as possible:-)

Here is the video from Christmas Day- I especially like Elena's very honest comments about her views on Christmas:-)