Personal Life
Yeah, you heard me right, a POOL!
Monday, July 13th, 2009In all of the hustle and bustle of the past few months, we seem to have neglected to inform everyone of a most exciting find… a pool!
This may not seem like that big a deal to you northerners but when the heat index is well over 100 F, cooling off can be rather important. We [...]
Congregation Picnic! Gringo - Style!
Saturday, May 30th, 2009I don’t know what the local brothers and sisters thought of the crazy American style congregation picnic Anton and I planned with the help of Scott and Liz Tucker who came down to visit from Flint Michigan (and brought us lots of wonderful goodies, thanks guys!).
First off… there was a water balloon toss, a tug-of-war, [...]
One of the BEST Hockey Nights EVER!
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Monday after the English assembly was rockin’ awesome!
Check out the pics and videos below: (Mom even skated around a bit!)
I will post some video in a bit… I am too tired to log into Youtube and post.
John (again but with more detail)
Friday, March 27th, 2009So in case any of you saw a few posts down and wondered who this John guys is, here is a brief run down. John is 20, from Utah, not a Mormon, handsome, has been in sign language for 3 years, used to be in Puerto Plata, now lives in Santiago, is going back home [...]
The Santiago Hockey Team has been outfitted!!!
Sunday, January 4th, 2009Finally, a stick for everyone! No more righties playing left! No more making do with half broken sticks!
Today we took delivery of 7 brand new hockey sticks (imported from Canada, manufactured in Ukraine). A good friend and fellow hockey lover/player was so kind as to bring down a bundle of new sticks to get some [...]
Just because it’s 80 degrees doesn’t mean we can’t play in the snow
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008So a recent home “adventure” we had included cleaning out our fridge. I know, not a big deal right? Well, it’s a bigger deal for us since our fridge, like all of our other appliances are “semi” automatic. This means that once a month, you have to do like our parents and unplug it, chip all the [...]
One of those stories that is funny to tell AFTER the fact
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008I know it’s been forever since we’ve posted anything, sorry about that.
I wanted to tell of the joys we have experienced here with our car. All in all of course, the car has served us quite well and we have been super happy with it. So guess it was about time that something went wrong [...]
Aaaaaaaand the fruits of my labour
Thursday, October 9th, 2008So I pondered good and hard what to do with my newfound bagely treats and I’ve decided that THIS is it! When Jac and I got married and I moved down here, a good friend of mine who’s lived here for 14 years advised me that the best way to make a long term success [...]
Mmmmm… BAGELS!
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008I’m a bit of a bread fiend, which is sad since my wife is allergic to gluten. None the less, I have been on a mission to find good bagels in this country and yet… all I can find is Thomas’ at the super market and they are expensive! ($5 for a bag) So tonight [...]
Our hockey season has already begun…
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008Just what do a bunch of North Americaners in the Dominican Republic do to keep close to their roots? Why, play hockey of course!
We used to play out on the landing strip at the old airport until one day, after weeks of being rained out, we decided to search for another local. That rainy Friday [...]
Stanley and Lidstrom
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008As excited as we are about the hockey season starting, and Detroit being the team to beat again, this post isn’t about the Red Wing’s captain, nor about Lord Stanley’s Cup. It is about our puppies!
Stanley is now 6 1/2 months old, and Lidstrom is 5 1/2 months old. They are causing more and more [...]
Wheels!
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008So we finally did it! After Jac’s 4 years and my 1 year of enduring public transportation in Santiago, we finally saved enough to buy a car. I have to say we couldn’t have done it without a good friend of mine (Tito Abreu) who helped us through the whole thing. We drove all over [...]
A little help… please
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008I was just sitting here at work, waiting on something and my mind started to wander. I started thinking about our cong. and what we are going to do about the recent loss of our video projector. (I have my theories on how it broke but let’s dispose of the finger pointing.) All of a [...]
Well hello there!
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008So after many months of avoiding the regular updating of our website, I have finally decided to just install blogging software on our server and be done with it! Here is our new and (not really) improved (just easier to maintain) website! (insert fanfare here) We will try to be more regular with pictures and [...]