Top Moments of 2014

We are grateful for all the wonderful adventures we had in 2014.  Here are our favorite 11 highlights (because 10 isn't enough) in no particular order:

1. Ringing in the New Year in Las Vegas

2.Swimming with great white sharks in South Africa

3. Welcoming Jackson


4. Watching turtles nest and hatch with Michael

5. Floating in the Dead Sea and hiking Petra with Kelsy's Mom and Dad in Jordan

6. Celebrating a wonderful couple united

7. Hiking snake gorge in Oman

8. Enjoying the Swiss Alps
 

 9. Hosting special Kansas visitors


10. Watching the sunset in the Maldives


11. Spending Christmas with Jonathon's parents in the French Alps

We hope your 2015 is full of love and laughter.

Happiest of  birthdays Jay.

Holiday Partyin

We are full of holiday spirit over here.  We celebrated at our work holiday party looking all high class.

The party continued this week with an awesome visitor.

Now we are off to celebrate the holidays at Christmas markets in Europe.  We are thankful to have you as friends and readers.  Wishing you a very merry Christmas.

Lion's Head

After swimming with sharks we felt invincible so we decided to scale another mountain and tackled Lion's Head.

This climb wasn't as brutal as Table Mountain, but still challenging.  The beautiful scenery encouraged us to keep hiking.

The top of Lion's Head gave us a unique view of Cape Town.

Our trip in the Cape Town area and winelands definitely did not lack stunning sunsets, delicious food, or tasty wine.  Oh South Africa, you hold a special place in my heart.

We hope you are gearing up for a cheerful holiday season.  We are excited to be heading to the airport to pick up a visitor!

So Many Teeth

Swimming with great white sharks was my highlight of the trip.  It was awesome.  Awesome.  Our adventure took place in Gansbaai near the southern most point of Africa.

We boarded the boat with our sweet jackets and cruised into deeper, shark infested waters.

Once the boat was surrounded by powerful creatures with sharp teeth, a cage was attached to the side of the boat for people to get in the water with our new cuddly friends.

The crew used bait to encourage the sharks to swim as close to the cage as possible.  This sometimes meant that the sharks would crash into the cage.

Then it was our turn to dress like seals and hop into the cage.

 This is what sharks looks like on the surface:

And this is what sharks looks like under the water:

Being that close to a shark in the water was an experience, but the viewing from the boat was even better.  A stingray also joined the party. 

We survived with all our fingers and toes.  Good thing the sharks didn't want to taste the Gators.

Then we returned to shore to enjoy another beautiful sunset.

Hope you have a fabulous birthday Megan.

Cape Point Cruise

From our trip last year, we knew we wanted to take the Gators on the beautiful drive along the coast down to Cape Point.  The voyage didn't disappoint this time either.

source

Our day included beautiful views and lots of animal friends.

Our stops were at Hout Bay to play with the seals:

Simon's Town to visit penguins and one odd, brown creature.  Ten points to whoever guesses the name of the fluffy, brown beast.

Cape Point to see where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet:

And the Cape of Good Hope, which was just a tiny bit windy:

Some couples just take romantic beach photos differently...

Thanks for visiting the blog and checking in on this 'special' couple.