KIDS THOUGHTS

We go on the boat in four days. I am glad all of us are. I want to go on the boat now. The boat will be fun I know it. We go swimming a lot here. We play in the sprinkler too, we do other things too.

Emily

I can't wait to get down to Mexico or wait to see the boat. I have been waiting and waiting the whole time we have been here to leave. Every night I say to my dad why can't we leave right now. The car ride is going to be two days long and I hope I do not get bored but it is a possibility.

Samantha

Our boat is nice . We will swim everyday,we will do school everyday,we can do anything as long as we are on our beautiful boat. I love our boat. I wonder if are boat will last us the rest of are life. We have a great boat. I call the boat beautiful. We wish we were all on the water. Our boat is great. We love our boat.

Ashley.

THE BOAT

the inspection, originally uploaded by seaparents.

WE NOW ARE PROUD OWNERS OF A 38FT LAGOON, OFFICIALLY AS OF YESTERDAY!!!!!!! Our excitement has grown tremendously and so has our lack of patience. It is getting harder to be in Arizona when we have a boat waiting for us in Mexico. I am sure the next few weeks will go by in a flash but for now it seems like they are crawling very very slowly. I have to say I can't believe we are really doing this. I mean that in a good way, it is just something you dream of or talk about, but don't usually do. My life has taken a new road to a new destination and I don't know what to except from it. There is something really relaxing to not have your life mapped out, to not know what is around the next bend in the road, to be free.

Brady

Mexico

Puerto Vallarta, originally uploaded by seaparents.

I hear Mexico calling our names. The countdown has started, only a little more then a month left. We are now trying to figure out how to get all our stuff down to the boat. Troy and I really thought we had rid ourselves of most of our stuff, but it still seems like a lot. It is definitely helping us to downsize for the boat, which actually has more space than I thought. It is very liberating to get rid of our material possessions, it makes you realize how little you actually need or use. I am so excited that our life has taken us to this place and that we have this opportunity to share this experience with our kids. I feel so blessed and thankful.

Arizona-June and July 2009

We are now in Arizona for the summer, yes that's right the summer. The days are averaging 100 degrees, which is cool for this time of year. I am loving the heat, but Troy and the girls are not embracing it . Time here is going fast, so soon we will have waves lapping at our side. Can't wait:)

Emily's thoughts- It is very hot here. we all are doing good. we are working very hard on this house, it is my Grandma's. the only reason why we came is to fix the house. I am helping a lot.

Ashley's thoughts- me, my mom, my dad and Emily and Sam are in Arizona. it is fun here.I wonder if it is fun in China or Maine? We have to fix my moms grandmas house. Anyway I love Arizona.

Sam's thoughts- I love it here in Arizona and it is really close to everything. For example we walk to the park sometimes. It is an hour earlier here which means I get to go to bed later. The other day we went to go see our great grandma. We are here because my moms mom got her house back and it was trashed and my dad and some other guys are here to fix it. In the front there is a pond and in the pond are some fish. Every morning me and my sisters feed the fish. There is this one fish and it is two feet long and it is around twenty years old and,every time we feed the fish it only comes up once or twice. It comes up slowly and rushes down really fast. I LOVE IT HERE IN ARIZONA!

The answer to PIRATES

The question on everyones mind is " What about pirates??"  Well, Troy has figured out the answer.  ARRRGGGGGG!!!!!!  No worries.

     

New Life!

Well, I am unemployed...and so begins this new chapter in our lives. We are leaving Colorado, my home for the past 32 years, my job of the last 12+, and are currently en route to Arizona for pre-boat construction job. We have stopped in Durango for a visit to Grandma Suzi (Brady's mom). We thought we would leave today, but hey it's not like we are in a hurry-maybe we will leave tomorrow :-) The boat survey went well and all seems set for the purchase. We are hoping for a closing date around July 1st. The new name of the boat will be Seaparents (Sam, Emily, Ashley Parents and the watery connection worked well too!) Some of you might be thinking a good name would be "locoparents", but we would have to change the kids names and adopt another, so too bad. We just found out that my dad and clan will be coming to visit in August sometime and we hope to see some of the fireguys later in the year. Anywho, I am off to do nothing in particular, and as soon as we get settled in Arizona, we will post more boat pics and continue with the boring "they're not on a boat yet" blog updates. Also, for those of you who are interested, please sign up for a free skype account @ www.skype.com and we can video chat across the deep blue gratis! (free for the linguistically challenged). Our skype name is seaparents - DO IT!

Troy

KIDS THOUGHTS

I am so exited to go on the big adventure! It will be my new life. I can not wait to wake up and see the dolphins along the side of our boat and the whales underneath. My life will be so happy and exiting and my life will be a big adventure.

Samantha Medina

Hi my name is Ashley and I'm so happy for our big adventure. I know what we are going to see, we are going to see whales and sea turtles. We are going to see Everything as a big happy family.

by Ashley

I am going to miss my class a lot. I am glad we are going on a boat. I would like to see a sea turtle and whale. It would be so cool if we see all of those things. The boat looks good. I' m glad we are going to see the class before we leave.

Emily Medina