Friday, January 22, 2016

2015 Sakhalin Highlights

Alyssa's 10th Luau Birthday Party


March 25th Blizzard
 Okhostkayu Beach
 Velikan, SouthEast tip of Sakhalin Island


 Fall colors
 annual Olympia Bonfire

 Swim Gala at school



Thursday, January 21, 2016

February, 2015 trip to Osaka and Kyoto, Japan

Japan in February, 2015
 
 Kyoto, Japan
 Golden Palace




 plum blossom trees

 Osaka Castle

and a quick stop in Tokyo to say "hi" to Mickey!


Winter Fun 2014/2015

Fun in the snow!
Meet Frosty, our 7 foot snowman.

 Ice sculpture and slides in town






 ice skating on Elena's pond at her Dacha

 inside her dacha, summer home
 My backyard!

Guam, November, 2014

We enjoyed a nice warm week in Guam.
Bryan caught a Wahoo fish.
 Sunset from our beach house


 Alyssa's first zip-line adventure

 kayaking by the house

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Europe in June

Holland, The Netherlands





Visiting my brother and his family in Antwerp, Belgium
 Gravensteen Castle in Ghent

 Brugge, Belgium


Brussels, Belgium
St. Michael's Cathedral
 Grand Place



 Paris, France
 climbing the Eiffel Tour

 Disneyland Paris!!

 Notre Dame

 The Louvre
 Arc de Triomphe


Saint Petersburg, Russia
PeterHof Palace and Cascade Fountains


 
 

Viewing White Nights from a helicopter pad on the top of a building (it is about 11pm at the time of this photo)
 

Church on Spilled Blood