Vacation 2010

I created this video on my new iPhone 4. Very easy and simple to do. For those of you who owns an Apple Mac, you are probably familiar with the iMovie. Now you can get an app for iPhone 4 that can do the same thing, video editing right at the palm of your hand and the results will be in HD.

You can get the iMovie app at the app store.

Enjoy our Vacation 2010 video by clicking here (or click on the image below) and let me know what you think.http://gallery.me.com/msoeherman#100139/Vacation%202010&bgcolor=black

Good Bye Vacation . . . Until Next Time!

Great vacation this year and we are very grateful that we are able to take such vacation.

We are mostly very grateful to our friends especially the Hills family for allowing us to stay with them while visiting our old stomping grounds and visiting our close friends. Tim, Miki, Abby, Mary, Peter, John, Madeline, Matthew and Julie . . . you guys are the best and very dear to our hearts and you guys will always be in our prayers. Thank you, thank you and thank you for putting up with us for a week! You have a place to stay in Alabama if you ever make it down south to EWTN or anywhere down south.

. . . two weeks later . . . BP oil is still gushing out to the ocean, Barrack Obama is still the worst President than Jimmy Carter, and the liberals are still liberals . . . time didn’t stop but our family stop for each other and had a great vacation!

Thank you God!

Last Day At The Beach

Our vacation at the beach has ended, we ended with a very high note of fun activities!

First this beautiful sunrise from our hotel balcony.Second, we went to a children kite festival. It was a lot of fun, the girls got to color their own kites and had their faces painted.

We got to fly a kite and also tested some cool ‘power kite’ across the street from where the festival was. Very cool place to fly a kite, to learn to hang glide (which we didn’t do). The weather was perfect, it wasn’t sunny at all and the wind was maybe about 20 to 30 mph . . . I’m guessing!

After that we drove 6 hours to Charlotte North Carolina and spent the night and the next day as suggested by Fr. Miguel, we visited the Poor Clares Nuns. We had a lovely visit with the Sisters. Thank you Mother Dolores and all the Nuns for taking the time to visit with us. God bless all your work and you will be in our prayers!

Wordless Wednesday

At The Beach In North Carolina

We made it to the beach in North Carolina today, a city called Kitty Hawk. The 5 ½ drive was smooth and we only stopped once for half hour and got some ice cream at 7 Eleven. Four girls with ice cream in front of 7 Eleven, life is good!

We got to our hotel, checked in and went straight to the beach for a little wet . . . the water was sooooo cold . . . it must’ve been around 50º. . .  but it didn’t seemed to bother the girls at all.

After supper we went to catch some crabs for fun and we let them all go at the end. It was a good day, a lot of laughing and excitement.

First catch

End with these

A Day In The Baltimore Inner Harbor

What a nice place the Baltimore Inner Harbor is! When we got there we had lunch with Brian and Zoe Saint Paul. Thank you both for taking the time to come out to see us! It was really good to see you two as always.

Thanks to Zoe and Brian, they took us to the water fountain area after lunch. Supposedly new fountain area, but I think in reality, they want to see our children get wet and of course, our girls just could not resist . . . and they got wet . . . soaked as a matter of fact! It is like magnets . . . they see water and it is an automatic invitation. Even though we didn’t bring any change of clothes, they had a blast and because it was so hot, it only took couple of hours until their clothes got dried.

The Snowball Stand

It is not just any snowball stand, but ‘The Original Snowball Stand’. There are many, but only one original!

If you live locally in Maryland, you have to visit the snowball stand and purchase from among the many flavors of crushed ice . . . very refreshing and taste delicious too!We visited the Stand today and had a great time. The girls loved it especially when the Hills siblings are working, so thank you Mary, Peter and Madeline.You can find out the flavor of the day by following them in Facebook and Twitter.

Wordless Wednesday

Night swimming . . . it’s the best!

We Are In Maryland

We made it to Maryland on Saturday afternoon around 6 PM. We left at 3 in the morning from Alabama. We stopped several times for fuel, food, restroom breaks . . . and everyone did real well in the car . . . only the last two hours the girls started with  . . . “are we there yet, are we there yet, are we there yet?”

We went to the Basilica of the National Shrine and Franciscan Monastery in DC yesterday with the Landry family and had a blast.

More to come . . . keep checking back.

The Count Down Begins . . . Vacation Time!

So it begins . . . 4 more days until we depart for our vacation to the State of Maryland, the State where Coby and I spent our engagement live. We hope to eat a lot of blue crabs and visit the Inner Harbor, visiting friends and much more. I’m hoping the internet connection will cooperate with me so we can keep up the blog while on vacation and post a lot of photos. Keep checking back!

The Real Muskoka Experience

The weather was perfect last Wednesday (June 3), sun shine but a bit cooler! With the generosity of Coby’s parents we (Coby & I and Christiana) went on a lunch cruise aboard Wenonah II sailing on Lake Muskoka. It was a great 2 ½ hour cruise with fancy dining and beautiful scenery. “If you think you know Muskoka . . . it’s time to get real” - The real Muskoka experience.

We absolutely love it! It will certainly fade away any stress you might have.

We also enjoyed looking at the million dollar lake homes from the ship.

My deepest gratitude goes to Coby’s Mom and Dad for arranging this beautiful cruise for us and for watching the other 3 girls while we sailed the Wenonah II. Thank you Mom & Dad!

Posted from Lucan, Canada

Look, Up In The Sky!

As we were driving into Toronto we saw this magnificent cloud form in the sky. We’ve never seen anything like this, it was amazing!Posted from Bracebridge, Canada

One Of The Many Waterfalls In Bracebridge

Despite the lousy weather, we still made it to the falls. Something about going to see the waterfalls that just made the trip all fun and worth it!

The endless waterfalls sound, the gushing . . .

and the beauty!

Posted from Bracebridge, Canada

Rain, Rain, Go Away, Please Come Back Another Day

The weather is lousy in Canada, rain, rain, rain, snow, cold, more rain, the temperature is about 9⁰Celsius (48⁰F), this is a winter temperature for us Alabamian. But we are still enjoying the vacation and having fun in Canada.

Our second stop in Canada was at Coby’s brother in Bailieboro. The rain stopped for about an hour or so and the girls were able to ride ‘Wilbur’ the pony.

We made it to Bracebridge, Canada last Thursday and the mosquitoes and black flies welcomed us by the hundreds. I think there were more mosquitoes in Bracebridge than in the whole State of Alabama.

On Saturday the day before Pentecost Sunday, we had some  sun and a little bit warmer weather. I think the high was at 65⁰ Fahrenheit. We got to play outside and rode four wheelers. But on Sunday, shortly after Mass, it started snowing. We thought the Holy Spirit was supposed to be in a form of tongue of fire.

Posted from Bracebridge, Canada