Shark Cage Diving

Yep, you read right. I am going shark cage diving on Feb 7th. Here is the website. Cripes!!

http://www.hawaiisharkencounters.com/

Sony Open-Hawaii

Happy Friday everyone! I hope all of you on the mainland are keeping warm! I am headed out at noon to the Sony Open today. Its being held at the Waialae Country Club. Some of the bigger names playing are Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Paul Azinger and Jerry Kelly. Obviously, I am not a big golf fanatic, but you have to try everything once, right?! The weather is not that great today, but after hearing -52 below in MN, a little wind and light showers is NOT that bad! I will take some pics and post later...I hope everyone has a great weekend!

http://www.sonyopeninhawaii.com/

Honolulu 78 °F
Partly Cloudy
Wind : From the Southwest at 20 MPH
Humidity : 76 %

MN Pics...

Ah...the Whitbeck clan! Soon to be one more! Jenica looks very tiny standing next to Tyson in this pic...can't wait to see them again this summer!

Jed, Brianna and Brenyn...this was in the Falls, but all three were able to make it down to Grand Rapids the following week to spend New Years and then some with us. It was so great to spend time with them and catch up!

These two are the cutest kids!!! Look at that smile! Destry's dress was too cute for words!

Here is Destry (Jenica's daughter) and Brenyn (Jed's son) on pre-Christmas Eve at David and Heidi's house. She couldn't WAIT to open presents!

MN=Fun but Snow=Bust

So here is the follow up to my MN or Bust blog...I had a fabulous trip home and it was so good to be with family and friends. What I don't miss about MN is the SNOW and COLD. I seemingly had forgotten what a chore it is to just live in MN. I flew in on Saturday morning (12/20) and was scheduled to drive to the Falls...I got there, but not before the snow started taking out the roads and I found myself driving 40mph (at best) from Orr to Lake Kabetogama thinking there is NO WAY I will ever make it to the Falls at this pace and cursing the fact that I should have spent the extra money to fly right into town.

Phew...I did arrive and congratulated myself with several Bud Lights later that night! While I was sleeping it continued to snow...just as I was about pull into my Grandma's driveway to shower up for Church, I notice that there is no way my car will make it through the snow drifts, let alone get back out, until someone plows it. ARGH! So, I make a mad dash to my Dad's house in town and pull up to Church just as Jenica and Destry are getting there! Talk about timing!

It was frigidly cold for the remainder of the day and continued like that up until I left on Wednesday. BRRRR! The scraping of windshields and the snow that blows in your face off the roof, not to mention the snow you scraped falling into your boots or inside your mittens is enough to get me back on a plane to Hawaii!

For those of you who still live in MN...I give you props for being troopers. I drove through 4 snowstorms while I was home, and doing 35mph on I35 is NOT my idea of a good time!

But, as usual, there were plenty of good times to be had! I will upload some pics that I took when I was home...I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!