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Friday, March 14, 2008

Niagara Falls (Fallsview Indoor Waterpark) 2008 - photo montage

3 quick days
11 total hours in the water
2 ridiculously expensive niagara falls dinners
1 underwater camera
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= a reaffirmation that our kids LOVE water

and here's some multimedia thanks to our new underwater camera...

video
tobias and dad on a tube ride

video
underwater with tobias

video
hopping around in the wavepool

video
playing piano in the hotel lobby (i knew the lessons would pay off!)

video
falling asleep at dinner

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  • Love the pics... esp. the video of you guys going down the water slide. I just had a flash back to when I used to do things like that with my dad and he used to be laughing the whole time, too. Gosh, how time flies! :)

    By Blogger WOTR, At March 14, 2008 9:40 AM  

  • it's funny 'cause partly i think the laughter comes from worrying about the kid.. i haven't really thought about why... maybe to suggest everything is ok??

    By Blogger simply j., At March 14, 2008 10:22 AM  

  • Ahhh, yes the memories indeed...I remember our dad holding me tightly on the waterslide at Disney World...right up until juuuuuust before we entered the pool at which point he thought it would be a good idea to let go and let my lungs fill up with water as I flailed around in panic until he pulled me out...and yes, he was also laughting the entire time...Ahhhh, the memories...

    By Blogger highbrow, At March 14, 2008 6:34 PM  

  • Jae, how was the water temperature? I remember the last time i went with the family it was pretty cold.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, At March 18, 2008 4:12 PM  

  • water temp was nice. I was expecting it to be cold because of what you were saying. it wasn't bathtub warm but it was warm for a pool. the little splash pad area for little kids was bathtub warm.
    there's an outdoor pool too. surprisingly a lot of ppl out there. but i guess if i didn't have family i'd be out there too. they had b-ball nets and stuff.
    and as you said, the air temp is nice and toasty.

    By Blogger simply j., At March 19, 2008 7:40 PM  

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Saturday, March 8, 2008

fish gross me out..

setting: sunny day at the beach in cuba. liz and the wife are sunbathing
liz: (concerned.. somewhat perplexed look on her face) what color is j's flippers?
wife: blue.
liz: (slight pause) oh.

what she sees: waaaay off in the distance someone with blue flippers kind of eratically swimming..kind of frantically flapping around in the water..

what is happening: i'm snorkling and a small school of little fish are following me. i brush it off as strange and change direction. they change direction with me. i decide not to panic,.. that it's just coincidence and change direction again. the school continues to follow me.. they are getting closer. i decide to play it cool. small fish. meh. no biggie. one nibbles my finger (i later find out ppl feed the fish and i guess they were looking for food). i decide to try to keep my calm and try to physically shoo the fish away (ever try shooing anything away underwater? it doesn't work) this is where liz sees me. flapping about trying to 'shoo' the fish away. one nibbles my finger again. i FREAK. i swim full tilt back to shore ..which is a long way away. but i swim the fastest i've ever swam for the longest i ever swam. the fish are still following me (they're fast little buggers) and when i get to water that's shallow enough i get up and run knees up all the way to shore.

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Thursday, February 8, 2007

California 2007

the much anticipated vacation 'photo montage' will be coming soon, but just as a teaser,...
people have asked me, 'so, what did tobias do in LA?'

without further ado:


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Wednesday, August 9, 2006

Sauble Beach 2006 - photo montage

1 cottage
1 van full of family
7 family members (incl: mom, dad, tobias, natalie, auntie, cousins maxximus and xavier)
1 week's worth of time
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= a lifetime of memories

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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Punta Cana 2006 - photo montage

2 days before friends go on vacation they invite us to go with them
1 quick vacation booking online
1 hour before the flight leaves find out i booked the wrong hotel
1 short walk along the beach between the right hotel and the one i booked
8 great friends (incl: mom, dad, tobias, natalie, un-sang, sandy, ethan and ..)
1 great vacation
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= a lifetime of memories

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Friday, September 16, 2005

Golden Beach Resort (cottage) 2005 - photo montage

2 growing families
7 people (incl: mom, dad, tobias, natalie, leo, sara and trinity)
5 quick daytime visitors (incl: grandma, auntie, lauren, jett and aria)
4 great bbq steaks
2 bottles of wine
1 open campfire
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= a lifetime of memories

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