Jaden






Are grandson Jaden is so darn cute, here are photo's taken today. He and his dad Jared are carving the pumpkin that his mom Dena grew in the backyard. They have been trying to tell us just how big this pumpkin is, but until you see a photo of it...wow.It's hard to imagine.

Target Shooting

One of the fun things that we get to do each summer is head to the hills and shoot up some targets. I must say that the kids are all pretty good shots. It's amazing how a little motivation can inspire someone. Once I offered the girls a dollar each time they hit the target, they each went plink, plink, plink and had $10 each. When we brought out the clay pigeons Dane and Bobby showed that they are real crack shots. Fun times!

Okinawa Sunset


Here is an older photo taken off the balcony of the apartment we lived in, we were able to see this every night.

What is the worst smell ever?



If you really want to know, come to my house and mosey over to the right side near the garbage cans. OMG it's disgusting. Dale had gone deep sea fishing for Tuna, be brings them home to skin and gut, well he puts their remains in some garbage bags, which then went into the cans outside of the house. OK for those of you who have never been to Okinawa, it's HUMID here, actually it's been 98% humidity along with 86 degree weather. So can you start imagine the smell I'm referring to? well it gets worse, because the Japanese men do not come to get it until 4 days later, and in the mean time it's been raining off and on. So now picture dead fish heads, slimy fish skin, bloated fish eye's swimming in hot, humid garbage bags. When they finally came to get the garbage, it was so heavy they had to drag the bags to the sidewalk, and yes, they left a trail of fish stench so every time ANYBODY walks by the house, they get introduced to their worst smell EVER.