So, here I was convinced that David’s Crabapple Tree would not survive after being planted only a few days before we had our first freeze and snow. We didn’t even water it except for when it was planted.
Yesterday we had our Easter Egg Hunt at church and the Easter bunny made an appearance there. As you can see Brooke was not too sure about sitting in the Easter bunny’s lap.
Brooke is obsessed with Princesses and pretends to be one at some point every day. Tonight she got all decked out in a pretty little dress her Aunt Janna and Uncle Richard got her for Christmas.
Here’s where Jerry, Mike, Jamie, and I took off to snorkel on our first weekend off. This was one of the more beautiful places we visited.
It was exciting seeing several tropical fish, coral and a rear up close look at a sea turtle. In the photos below you’ll see a couple of the guys and [...]
The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor was a really interesting side trip while in Hawaii. I thought the most interesting thing about the trip was that about 75% of the visitors on our tour were Japanese. Also included in the photos below are shots of the tower still standing following the bombing of Pearl [...]
USS Missouri
The Missouri was launched on Jan. 29, 1944, and commissioned on June 11, 1944. She was assigned to the Pacific Third Fleet and steamed into Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve, 1944.
The USS Missouri was part of the force that carried out bombing raids over Tokyo and provided firepower in the battles of Iwo Jima [...]
Below is a few photos of what I worked on when I was in Hawaii. It called SBX-1 or Boeing SBX. There were 153 steps to reach the top of this vessel and the elevator wasn’t operating when we arrived. If you are interested in more information and/or photos check out Boeing’s Image Gallery or [...]
We are in the process of migrating our site to Wordpress with a little redesign thrown in just for fun. Currently, there are no photo galleries available… even though you see gallery links on the right side if the page. Currently, these are the post that correspond to the galleries and we will be adding [...]
Happy Thanksgiving