Happy Halloween

We were going for The Bearinstein Bears, though most people thought we were a family of mice!

Fall Festival

We went to a Fall Festival where Hiram got to play games for candy and ride a horse. There were even hotdogs provided however I think Hiram is the only child that doesn't like hotdogs!

Scott's Birthday - Indian Mounds

For Scott's 30th birthday we went out to Pine Island and saw ancient Indian mounds. I know this doesn't look like much but after living in Florida for 2 1/2 years, this is a mountain!

The neat thing about the mounds where the Native Americans built their homes is that they are made of shells which was actually like their trash heap! After they ate what was in the shells they discarded them to make the mounds.

This is a view from the top of one of the mounds. The water is the Gulf of Mexico. It would be a great view if not for the sign.

Scott's Birthday - Boat Ride

After we saw the Indian Mounds we went on a boat ride around some of the surrounding islands.
We all had a great time on the boat.

We saw lots of birds and a few glimpses of dolphins.


We also saw many beautiful homes and even a boat on the back of a boat!

Beautiful Day

Our tropical paradise! We had a fun time on the island and best of all everything was free. (I don't think Scott would have liked his birthday as much if we had spent money anyway!)