January 26, 2005
The biggest loser
Happy Birthday Auntie Carol!!!
No pictures or actual statistics, but Auntie Carol could have won thousands of dollars on the latest reality TV series. We are proud of you and all your hard work!!!
(I also won't disclose any statistics on exactly how old Steve's big, but now littler sister really is, but another momentous occaision is on the horizon.)
January 25, 2005
Worth a thousand words!!!
Here are the results of Sarah's fashion show and "photo shoot" back in August.
Fortunately, she did capture a glimpse of our enduring moment on film.
(Click on "enduring moment" to refresh your memory.)
Notice the fan AKA "wind machine" behind Judge Rachel and the lights on the runway.
January 9, 2005
January 6, 2005
Snow Day
No school today because of snow!
Since it also happened to be my "day off," I took the girls BOWLING!
(For me, this was quite a sacrifice. There are not very many things in life that I really dislike, but bowling is one of them. It's the whole atmosphere that is appalling to me: the smoke, the shoes that hundreds of grungy feet have worn before me, the "athletes" who have more tatoos than teeth . . .)
As parents, we make incredible sacrifices for our children.
Rachel shows off her perfect bowling form . . .
. . . and finishes in style!
Sarah bowls a STRIKE!
Obviously, these are not ordinary bowlers . . .
Only teenage girls have to make a fashion statement when they bowl!
January 3, 2005
California Dreamin'
Do you know the way to San Jose?
If we did, we would have been a lot happier . . . seems we had a little problem with our flight reservations.
When we broke the news to the girls, they wanted the good news first, so I asked:
"Where is the one place in the US that you would most like to go?"
Sarah immediately replied, "California!"
"Where in California would you like to go?"
"San Francisco!"
"Well, the good news is that we are going to San Francisco. The bad news is that we aren't going to Costa Rica with the Myers."
Because of an airline snafu, we accidentally ended up in San Jose, California rather than San Jose, Costa Rica.
BUMMER!!!
Did you hear about the record-setting rainfall in California last week?
The mud slides? The flash floods? The washed-out roads? The earthquake?
In keeping with the Jungbauer vacation "adventure" tradition, we were there!
(We don't expect sympathy --- we felt sorry enough for ourselves.)
This pretty well sums up the majority of our trip.
Did you know it was warmer in Indiana than it was in California?
Notice the flood of water that is making a 12-inch wake around the sign post.
At the coast, what was once a trickle of a stream eroded away a four-foot wall.
A refreshing wet picture.
It stopped raining just long enough for a rare family photo
at the Golden Gate Bridge.
A brief glimpse of Napa - and a brief glimpse of sunshine!
Monterey is a quiet little coastal town about 60 miles south of San Francisco. This is "home" to Cannery Row, about which the infamous novelist John Steinbeck wrote.
The infamous cypress tree of Pebble Beach.
One of my favorite parts of the trip was driving on US 1 along the coast. Unfortunately, Rachel turned green in the back seat and Sarah, like Grampa David, couldn't watch. The photos fail to do justice to the dramatic coastline drive.
Photos don't do justice to the redwoods either.
If you look, you can always find something positive.
