Island Poetry Contest Winner

Nolan entered the Island Poetry Contest through the Orange Beach Library. He ended up winning first prize and was SOOOO excited. The children's librarian said three fourths of the winners K-12 were homeschoolers. Go Nolan, and Go Homeschoolers!

He also wanted to get a picture with his prize winning check!

Here's a pic of all three. When they saw Nolan get his picture taken, they couldn't resist posing together.

In case you are curious of what his winning poem was....here it is.

There once was a boy who owned a goose.

You could turn him into a moose,

and let him loose

to chase after a caboose

with Dr. Seuss.

Sailing Excursion

This weekend our neighbors sailed and anchored their sailboat in the bay in front of our townhomes. This is Amelia and Nolan greeting us from the boat.

Amelia being a deckhand, cleaning the walkway.

Nick swimming with Dale after he jumped ship.

A shot of the kids playing in the bay. They enjoyed juming off the boat and climbing back up the ladder.

Dale taking it easy.

These are our neighbors, and dear friends, Mark and Dot whom we talk about frequently. This is their sail boat. Thanks for letting us play, guys!

Boating

We're part of a boat club now, so we can take out boats for the day. This was a shot from yesterday on the intercoastal.

Dolphins came swimming by our boat yesterday, and you can see a bit of one of them. So, friends and family, you will have to come visit during these warm, beautiful months to go boating, and we can show you all of the beautiful beaches and waterways...and hopefully sight dolphins.

Catamaran

There has been a catamaran sitting on our beach for about a year. Dale got some sails for it and a bunch of other parts to rig it for sailing on the bay.

We all got to take it out one day, and it got us quite far, quite fast.