Our Freedom of the Seas Cruise

Ted, Bradd, Heather,Taytum and Kaelan.


Our little Adventure Ocean pirates.


The H2O Zone was sooo much fun. It also had a (donut shaped) whirlpool pool that was really fun.

Ted's feeling blue!

This week Ted found out that the pain he's been experiencing in his foot since March is due to a break in one of the heel bones. Today he acquired a "blue" cast and a pair of crutches. Ted has two weeks to adjust to walking with crutches before our vacation cruise. I guess we'll be doing some "old people" stuff like getting a ride to the gate at the airport.

Sadie Sitting!

Our newest love. Isn't she sweet!

Sadie

Isn't she beautiful!! Our newest granddaughter, born yesterday to Brett and Jenn. I (Shirley) was allowed the privilege of sharing the birth experience with them. What an amazing experience! And what an amazing job Jenn did bringing her daughter into the world. Thank you Brett and Jenn!

Niagara Falls and the Flower Girl

Here's some pictures of our visit to Niagara Falls and our grandaughter Taytum as the Flower Girl at Matt and Beth's wedding. For pictures of the Bride and Groom go to http://www.mattandbeth.org/.

Knoebels With the Grandchildren

Yesterday we took Jul's kids to Knoebels Amusement Park. We loved the park and had a great time. Both parking and entrance to the park are free. For the rides you can either buy an all day pass or tickets. There is a large picnic area and lots of good reasonably priced food choices. Alot of trees provide shade on a hot day. Check out http://www.knoebels.com/ for more info.

Freedom of the Seas

Here's a picture of Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas. This is the ship we are cruising on in September. As we were tendering ashore and watching the "pirate ship" we were able to get this interesting shot. The Freedom of the Seas and it's sister ship Liberty of the Seas are currently the largest cruise ships ever (154k ton). Next year Royal Caribbean is launching another ship in this class called Independence of the Seas. The following year they launch a Genesis class ship that will be 41% larger (220K ton).