Mar&Ellie mnt.biking;) Soo FuN!

Mar @ work.. Apricot Lane;)

Photos From China

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAREN!

Maren gave me this book she made in 1985:

Lots
of
love
from
Maren,
in 1985
and
through 
all
the intervening years.

That's 
lucky 
for 
me 
as 
a 
father.


And 
lucky 
for 
Brandon 
and 
Kylie 
and 
Kadon 
and 
Jaron.


Love 
you 
Maren!


Happy
Birthday!

Dad... You ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Dad's Day!! We LOVE You;)

Love

Dear Family, I haven't forgotten about you!!! I am absolutely lovin Alaska and Skagway. Its a land of fives, Five blocks wide, Five churches, Five bars, and Five policeman. Im working 5 days a week, starting at 6:45 and ending at about 4:00 doing two tours a day, but once a week I get a three train day, 6:45 to about 8:00, epic long day, but the work is easy and very rewarding. Thanks for all the birthday wishes!!!! I miss you all. We are only aloud 30 GB's of internet use, and we split it with 13 people, so any photo's I want to upload I have to do it from the Library, but I will cheat this one time since I haven't had a computer up here till now. Im gonna send down a package for everyone to split, DVD's of the train ride and all that< so you can see exactly what I see everyday. Everywhere I look is straight out of a post card, whether its the mountains that are right across the street, or the old cottonwood tree with a heart carved into it right out my window. Everyone I work with is AWESOME!!! It being a small town, we make our own fun. Last night we had a fire on the beach and had foot races, played baseball with a beer can for the ball and a stick for the bat, accuracy contests by throwing rocks at can targets on boulders, log toss, which is hurling a big log as far as you can, lumberjack style, which Sam gave me the idea for with his "Man Contests", and finally "Coal Catch" hacky sack with your hands, but instead of the sac, you have a hot coal. I meet freakin cool people all day long and enjoy some of the best views I have seen in a long time. Dadio, you said that maybe I would get bored with the views, but everyday I notice new things, and watching the area change with the seasons gives you a new look everyday. I was recently informed that if I wanted my job back I would have to jump into the lake at the WhitePass Summit on September 27th, its gonna be COLD!! I love you guys and miss you, and will be better at returning phone calls.

Tom's in Cyprus

The Municipality of Aglantzia organizes for the fifth consecutive year the Jazz Festival. The entrance to the Festival is free. Food and drinks will be available.

Program

Thursday 16

20:30
Alexi David's PATRIOT ACT
(USA, Cyprus)

Band:
Phil Stewart - drums
Geoff Vidal - tenor & soprano saxophones, clarinet
Tom Abbott - alto saxophone, clarinet
Alexi David - double bass, tambourines, gong, bouzouki, siren, whistles

Cyprus-born and NYC-raised Alexi David combines his two cultures with his mix of Rembetika, Jazz, and Blues. His compositions fuse all these genres, and his interpretations of other composers, range from Charles Mingus to Vasilis Tsitsanis.

Family Reunion

Email from Jill:


Hi everyone!  I just wanted to remind you that we are still planning the family reunion on July 8th and 9th.  Christy and Tony have invited us to stay with them in Salt Lake so we can all be together.  We can gather at Christy's house from noon on, Friday the 8th.  Those who can't come up on Friday can come up on Saturday.  We plan to gather at a park near Christy's and have a day of fun and picknicing.  Friday evening we will order pizza and have veggies and dessert.  Saturday we will have sandwiches, chicken, salads, and deserts so everyone can pitch in and bring a dessert and salad or a side dish.  Christy said she would have her pool open so we could swim on Friday afternoon or Saturday when we are done at the park.  If you have any fun games you would like or fun activites bring them on.  We will have tons of fun whatever we do.  Frizby golf, volley ball, soccer.  There will be equipment for the little ones to play on at the park.  I am so excited to see all of you.  I will give the directions to Christy's and the park we are meeting at on Saturday as soon as I get them from Nikki.  If you want to stay over Friday night bring sleeping bags and if you want to sleep outside a tent may be good.  Please send this email to all your kids because I didn't know all there address.  Let me know who might be coming from your family.  Let me know if you have any questions.  love jill