Random Photos

 It is always an adventure when I download the pictures form my phone.  I never know what I'm going to find on it!  These lovely gems are the most recent fun ones.

Rylee and Delaney playing in the leaves.  They are so cute!

 We were surprised to learn that Rylee is extremely farsighted in her right eye.  Lucky girl now gets to wear these!  And has needed them to go in for repairs no less than THREE times already!

A little couple selfie on the beach after a baptism.  Someone commented that we were twinsies in our matching blue shirts! 

 At the big tree lighting ceremony they has Santa's sleigh. Delaney and Rylee really wanted a picture in it.  But it was dark and I have no flash.

Marian loved this Monkey mask.  I find it just a little creepy!

And it is always fun to find stuff like THIS on my camera.

Marine Corps Ball 2015

 This year our Ball was on Nov 20th.  Dan had a work event before it, where they promoted one of the people in his office.  For the promotion, they went down to the gym, where the Balls are held (Since it is the only facility large enough to hold the Balls and they split them into 3 separate ones!), and where Tun Tavern was set up.

I had my hair done by one of our lovely sister missionaries who had been a hair dresser prior to her mission and she did a marvelous job.  I was really hoping for pictures this year, but sadly, it did not happen.  Fortunately, between the pre-mingling and the dinner, one of my friends took a fabulous photo of us and that made me very happy.  I waited too long and the lights went out before I got a chance to get any pictures with my friends, so that didn't happen.  Sigh.

The cool Tun Tavern facade set up in front of the gym.

At the promotion, looking super-cool in their Dress Blues. 

Dan and his shop. 

My selfie of me, all dressed up and ready to go. 

Sorry, I wanted a picture of my hair, but this was the best I could get, with kids taking the picture!! 

 I did snap this shot during the guest speaker's speech.

 And this was the photo my friend took of the 2 of us.

A Cemetery and a Beach?!

 There are lots of amazing looking cemeteries around here and they pop up in the oddest locations.  As we were driving around the mountain, heading for the beach, we saw one.  Since it was a fairly rural area, we stopped to check it out.  Very cool!

After wandering around and taking pictures, we got back in the van and wen on to the beach.  While it was an overcast and drizzly day, we did play there for several hours.  Much beach-combing did occur.  Delaney had a marvelous time playing in the sand, and Dan M went in for a swim.

It was a good time!

How cool is this?

Okay, so playing in a cemetery is a little irreverent. 

So impressive! 

Check out this beautiful beach!  And no one was there but us.  (Go figure.  60 degrees out and raining.. and the middle of November!) 

Delaney stole my shirt because she was cold. 

Miranda and Delaney, playing on the beach. 

Check this out!  Dan brought it up from the bottom of the ocean.  (Fine, he wasn't diving very deep, but he was fully immersed.) 

Having a great time!  You can see Miranda and Delaney also enjoying themselves. 

Delaney's masterpiece! 

Dan also found this giant jellyfish.  It was already dead on the shore, so don't be too impressed!

Check out the cool rocks.  We did have much fun, yes we did!

More Sasebo Fun

 On Tuesday Nov 17th, We went to a local mall and did some shopping and playing.  Then we went out to find a different overlook area.   It was a fun day.

Delaney found what she wants!

And some cool shades. 

A high view of the 99 Islands that we toured the day before. SO PRETTY!  the photo does not even come close to how gorgeous it was! 

Yep, I was there! 

Delaney and Me.  I love that she will do selfies with me! 

Look!  We even saw the pirate ship we went on, doing it's thing.

Kujukushimia Pearl Sea Resort

 After our boat ride around the 99 Islands, we meandered around the Resort a little.  It was a fun place.  We later went back to try to catch some beautiful sunset photos from a great look out point, but the clouds would not cooperate and we were not successful.  We had a good time though, and did get some good pictures.

I don't know if you can see this guys sweatshirt.  It says "FOOL" on the front.

The back was even more disturbing! 

Delaney posing in front of the boat after our excursion. 

Ice cream boys and girls, what?! 

We did try to find a good burger joint but were stymied on that.  Delaney thought she'd have a go on this one though! 

Dan M liked the fun signs. 

Me, at the look out point. I know, I'm blocking the scene. 

Trying to get a sunset shot.... with no sun to see. 

I love this kid! 

Yep, this is about as good as it got.  Pretty, but not eh spectacular we were hoping for. 

But we got to see this lovely Torii. 

And Delaney posed there for me.