The Birthday Girls! We spent the first weekend of November in Utah to attend Tahlen and Kya's birthday party. What a great time! Tahlen turned 1 years old, while Kya is quickly becoming a young lady. She is now 5 years old. How time flies while you watch the kids grow up! MORE CAKE!!!!

Happy Halloween!! Its Austin, the Great Pumpkin!! I am pretty sure he was ready to bite me!

Happy Halloween!! Here are our pumpkins for this year, 2008! They turned out pretty good, and they look great with candles in them at night! Kudos to whoever came up with Carving Pumpkins!!

Here we are at the highest point on the Trail Ridge Rock in the National Park. This is the Alpine Tundra, where a sign posted said, that any plant destroyed by people off the path, would take over 1000 years to re-grow. It is an amazing sight to see at the top of the mountain!

Here we are in the Rocky Mountain National Park - October 19th. The day could not have been better, but at 12,183 feet in the air, its a little chilly. We spent the entire day winding around the park with the dogs and seeing some amazing views. On our way home we drove through, WinterPark, and the Arapaho National Forest.

Rocky Mountain National Park - Colorado October 19, 2008.

Rocky Mountain National Park - Colorado October 19, 2008. We traveled to the Park on Sunday and it was beautiful. The leaves are changing and the day could not have been better.

Here we are listening to our Dolphins sing to us. They also danced for us as well. Overall the experience was well worth it!

Here is our last trick with our Dolphins. This is called the "pull". You sit in the water with both hands stretched out to your sides and both dolphins swim up on each side of you, and you grab a hold of each fin and away you go. We took a fun, fast ride around the cove. We might look terrified, but just the opposite. We were going so fast, it was hard to keep the water out of your mouth!

Here we with our Dolphins, doing the Foot Push! You lay flat on your belly in the water with your arms straight out in front of you, your feet flexed behind you. All of a sudden both Dolphins hit the back at your feet at the same time. As you lift your arms out of the water, the Dolphins force your body up and out of the water as well. This was awesome. The sheer force and strength, not to mention the coordination it takes to perform this trick is amazing. We felt like we were walking on water!

Now it was our turn to give our dolphins a Kiss.

Here is David with the Sting Ray "Angie". We were both able to get inside the cove and hold the sting ray. To my surprise she was very heavy. I would estimate he weight to be about 50lbs. The pictures do not really do this amazing animal justice. They are absolutely amazing up close. The trick here was, to keep massaging her under belly. She loved it!!

Here we are at Dolphin Cove with our Dolphins! By far the most exhilarating experience we have ever had. The Dolphins are just amazing creatures and even more so up close. Our Dolphins were named Mitch and Skye. You can pick Skye out of the picture with David easily, because her entire belly is a light shade of pink. Mitch is the Dolphin with Kipling. This is the "Kissing" portion of our experience.

Here we are, right before the storm. Then at dinner at the 4C's Restaurant. This was an Italian restaurant right on the beach. We had some pretty good wine, and some good pasta while it poured rain!

Here we are on the beach, with our personal Jamaican photographer. We took these pictures literally, 5 minutes before a huge storm hit the island. It rained for about 45 minutes and the sky gave us a magnificent light show!

Under the Sea!!

That's why its hotta unda the Wata! Here we are snorkeling and enjoying the under water life!

Captain Kip and Captain Dave out on the high seas! Ahhooyy!!

Here are some more pictures of our resort, it was perfect! We loved the environment. The resort was not to large and it had a very island feel. So you didn't feel like you were in a huge hotel stuck on a beach! It was very well done!

Here is the Chips!! This is in the Sandals Airport Lounge after 2 hours of sleep. After 4 hours of delay by the airlines and weeks of wedding planning! I was thrilled to be having some fresh fruit and a beer while we waiting for our shuttle.

Here is the local band Sandals hired to play for their Caribbean Sunset Bonanza! This band was great, they walked the entire length of the resort playing music. At one point they walked directly past our room, in which were we taking a nap. Needless to say, we were up in a flash to see where the music was coming from.

Our Last Day!!

Its our Last Day! Were we getting ready to leave the resort and decided a few more pictures were in order!!

Favorite Spots!

Here are the two places we spent most of our time while at the resort. Our Umbrella and our patio! You defiantly needed reprieve from the sun, so the umbrella was a must. Not to mention, room service on our patio was probably our favorite place to eat!!

Here are a few more pictures of us on the beach at sunset.

Jamaica has a bobsled team!!! Anyone see Cool Runnings? The Jamaican people are so thrilled and proud of their bobsled team, and love the movie Cool Runnings! They have a Bobsled Cafe in Downtown Montego Bay, in which they play the Movie 24 hours a day 7 days a week!! Ya Mon!! These two pictures were taken the night we went on our sunset cruise!

Here is another example of the fun animals we played with at Dolphin Cove. The Iguana doesn't look heavy, but man he was I believe he weighed in at 18lbs. Very Cool!!

Here are some more pictures from Dolphin Cove. This was our favorite part of the trip, after a very long drive to get to Ocho Rios. We discovered the drive well worth it. We were able to swim and interact with dolphins, sting rays and other animals. Besides the awesome interactions with the animals, the views were breath taking.

Dave and a Few of the Locals

Here are a few pictures of Dave getting close to the local wild life. The birds on the left, were actually happily at home on our resort. Dave loved to walk by and chat with them. They only could say Hello, but who wants to have a lengthy conversation with a bird. :) The picture on the right are birds happily at home at Dolphin Cove. This is an educational attraction located in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. They have birds, lizards, goats, dolphins, sharks and sting rays all living at Dolphin Cove. All the animals are rescue animals are now safe and sound helping teach people about the ocean habitat.