The Hellen Family
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Bahamas
Just a pictures from out trip to the Bahamas! We had a great time, and LOVED snorkeling with the fish. Luke was not a fan of the dolphins, but everyone was happy to touch and kiss it! It was a great break from the cold and I am ready for another Caribbean vacation!
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Gros Morne~ Day 7
We
are headed home today. Going to church
in Deer Lake (about an hour from Woody Point), then on the road back home. We will miss this very simple place. It has been a wonderful escape from our
normal life. I feel like we have gone to
a magical place where people do not lock their doors, you need to get in your
boat and go fishing for your dinner, at least the locals do, but we foreigners
stop at the local grocer and bought chicken.
The people that live there permanently know each other and on Sat
evening get together at the Legion Hall.
We could let the kids walk down to the water to play and look for sea
life. Once the kids went to bed Paul and
I would sit on the front porch with a drink and talk while enjoying the beauty
of God’s creation. It was so quiet and
peaceful. There
would be an occasional dog bark, usually ours, but for the most part you never
heard any noise. It was a great
vacation.
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Gros Morne~ Day 6
The weather
had been saying it was going to rain all week, well today it finally did. We spent most of the day in the house playing
card games and just playing. At around
2:00 the kids wanted to go look for souvenirs.
After we had found a souvenir for each of the kids we came home then
walked into town for some ice cream. The
rains had pretty much stopped, still an occasional mist. After dinner the kids went back to the beach
where they played in the water and after Nathan begging the girls to jump off
of the drainage pipe into the stream, Kayla found the courage and did it. They all eventually did it, but it took that
first brave person for everyone to feel it was OK.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Gros Morne~ Day 5
Time
for a real hike! We hiked up over 1,000 vertical
feet (there were some pretty steep sections) and we were huffing and puffing
some of the way, but the kids did really well and did not complain. Well, except when Reagan would let us know ‘I
am tired”, every 50 feet on the way up.
It was a workout, but once we got to the top it was a beautiful panoramic
view of Bonne Bay and The Tablelands and the wild blueberries were ready to be
picked so we had a snack of granola bars and wild blueberries. Coming down was a lot easier and we saw some
moose tracks, no moose, just tracks.
After lunch we asked the kids what they wanted to do since they were so
good about going on the hike with us and they wanted to go back to the “sea
glass beach”. We played there for a few
hours then went home for dinner after which the kids went down to the beach by the
house to play in the water. The girls
enjoy playing in the water while Nathan scouts the water for crabs, which he
usually finds a few, tonight he found a lobster as well. It was a little one so we released it back
into the water.
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