Sikorski Saga

Sunday, November 14, 2010, Tim and Uncle Phil went fishing with Captain Bill and First Mate Sally on Key Dreams. Mark was worried that they wouldn't be done fishing and back in time to get Joanna to the airport, so they didn't go out on the boat. Luella hugged Uncle Marcos good-bye until Thanksgiving. Luella hugged Joanna good-bye until Thanksgiving. Tim and Uncle Phil caught their limit (8 fish or 2 per adult on the boat) not long after they started fishing, but held off on their last two fish trying to catch their trophy fish until 11am. The trophy fish (over 34") were elusive . Tim caught most of the keepers (over 18" and under 28") while Uncle Phil caught a lot of slot fish that had to be thrown back (28" to 34"). The biggest fish of the day was 32" and it pained Uncle Phil to throw it back into the water, but rules are rules if we want to fish another day. First Mate Sally estimated that was 100 pounds of fish in the cooler. Two years...

Saturday, November 13, 2010, the four of us went to fish off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Luella thought it was fun. Katja tried it out for the first time! Tim was in it for the good eats. Katja fished for about 3 minutes before she decided the wind was too cold and she got under a towel, blanket and snuggled up on Kyla's lap for warmth. Another spectacular sunset from the bedroom window. The gorgeous sunset from the living room. Uncle Phil and Aunt Becky went to Williamsburg that day and had fun shopping.

Over Veteran's Day weekend, we drove to Virginia Beach and stayed at the Cape Henry Inn at Fort Story. Friday we went to the swimming beach to collect seashells and see just how violent the waves were. Tim, Uncle Phil, Mark Yeary and his girlfriend Joanna were supposed to go fishing on Friday or Saturday but the water was too rough and they had to postpone fishing until Sunday morning. We had the beach to ourselves with the rough waves. Luella loved looking for seashells and feathers. Katja had fun looking for seashells too. Tim found a recently deceased hermit crab. A nice close up of that hermit crab. We brought him home to put into our seashell collection. The rough waves kicked up a lot of frothy foam onto the beach. We really did have the beach to ourselves! That's what a wind chill in the 40s will do to crowds! Luella and Tim playing with the King Neptune statue. Luella called him King Triton since he's Ariel the Little Mermaid's daddy. Joanna and...

Luella made a pine cone bird feeder in preschool today (11/10/10). We hung it up for the birds to come eat right above the bird feeder we keep forgetting to buy bird food to fill.

Tuesday is dance day! Luella started dancing on pointe (very tip toes) in the lobby while Katja was in her dance class. After dinner the girls were tickling each other in the laundry basket. Katja enjoyed her sister tickles! We think the girls both enjoyed tickle time! Katja has turned into a thoughtful young lady. She strokes her chin and says, " Hmmmm ." The "be careful with fire" part was from Luella's preschool fire safety day.

Sunday November 7, 2010, we went to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church where Eric took the call as their new pastor in June. Amazingly this was the first time we had heard Eric preach since our "church shopping" in Edgewood , MD stopped with Paige and Lord of Life. These two pictures show how the weekend went. Luella and Sigrid were best of friends and alternately pushed each other's buttons until tears ensued. These two will be ready for the stage any day! Paige's photo of our families. Tim and Soren smiling together. It's amazing to think it'd been nearly a year since they'd seen each other.

Breakfast for Sigrid and Luella. They woke up on the right side of the bed! Katja made a "castle" with the foam blocks and was very proud of herself! Soren is proud of Katja's castle too! Look as his smile! This was Katja's second time being near the Atlantic Ocean, so Kyla insisted that she had to get in and touch the water this time, since she missed out last time. That's really cold water! Touch the water Kati! Paige took a close-up of Kyla and Kati after touching the Atlantic Ocean. Tim took a picture of another couple, so Kyla took a picture of Paige with the kids. They were so cold on the boardwalk. but nothing a trip to the Candy Kitchen and Dogfish Brewery couldn't fix! Back at the Evers , Sigrid had a birthday party! Happy 4 th Birthday Sigrid! Soren loves his big sister's birthday cake! Kati found the glasses with nose in the dress-up box. Looking silly! The party went outside for a game of freeze tag. The dads got roped in...