Early February 2009 trip to FL Part 1 (of 2)

In early February, we cruised down to my folks place in Port Charlotte, FL for a week. We and the kids were very excited to see GrandB and Pops, Nana and Aunt Karen (visiting for a few months from NH), and Bethany who came in from her home in Belgium especially for this trip.

We had a great time and got in a fair amount of exploring including the beaches where we went “sharking” (looking for fossil shark teeth).  Beryl also got in a wonderful horsebackriding trip and my Dad and I took Fisher saltwater fishing in the canals leading to Port Charlotte harbor.  We lost a jack crevalle, but he was excited about the stingray he caught and the near miss on a large blue crab that held onto his shrimp on the way in.

We had a great family party and a nice dinner out amongst a lot of kibbitzing.  It was great to see everyone including George and Ellie, Dotty and Al and getting to finally meet Edie and Mark.  All in all, a great time was had by everyone over the week.  Thanks Mom and Dad for being such great hosts!

Part 2 of these adventures for early February will be on the last 1.5 days of our trip in Orlando.

Traditional Link to Picasa Web Album (embedded slideshow below)

more about “Picasa Web Albums – Seth – 2009.02 – …“, posted with vodpod

Swimming in GrandB and Pops pool

Tree Swallow Swarm (incredible, perhaps 30,000 birds in the larger swarm)

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Blowing in the wind on the cold and windy front-end of our trip at Stump Key Pass State Park

January 2009 pics and videos

Somehow, the camera didn’t get a lot of use in January (don’t worry, we abused it in February).  I’m trying out a new embed function using Picasa Web Albums and VodPod.  Please let me know what you think!

The high country north of MSH

Picasa Web Album Link

Diaper Show Redux

Chanukah Moment

December 2009 – Pics and Vids

Picasa Album for December (click here)

Slideshow for December (click here)

December was wild, woolly and fun for the Tomato Family.  We found another benefit of our new home on the mountain – lots of snow and a 300′ street luge run to the bottom of the cul-de-sac!

Much affection,

Seth, Amber, Fisher and Beryl

[We hope you enjoy the album above and YouTube videos below]

Fisher shows off his skiing stuff video

Winds whipping over the Chicken Taj Mahal video

Snowball fight at the Mariposa (Fisher and Emme)

Just like Madeleine, my kids like winter, snow and ice (plus the Pilot stuck in the deep snow – high centered)