Tobey Family

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Oh My Goodness where has time gone? and what have we been up to?

Let's see we have done so much in the past few months and so much to recap on so let me just start...

We did a mini trip out West to check out the coast line, great trip nice mild weather and great company as always.

Check us out San Fran.

Fun loving in Carmel by the surf... poss future surfer Girl

Hansel and Gretel Cottage in Carmel so very cute

Fisher Mans Wharf checking out the Sea Lions

We had a wonderful trip out West to see Cali. Got to go up and down the coast line and learn all about the neat little towns.

Then when we got back we got right back into skiing. We took a ski weekend with the entire Tobey family. We even got Auntie Aylin back out on the sloops it was a blast. It was so much fun to get Aylin back out there and see Selim and Ally's progress. Ally was up the mountain by the end of the day skiing all by her self, she mastered the chair lift and was extremely confident. Daddy and I could not be any more proud. As for Daddy wow what a skier. He too mastered the magic carpet and the ski lift too, went with great confidence, he was carving his way down the mountain. by the end of the day he was arguing with the lift attendant that he just wanted "one more ride". It left us all feeling so great about our skiing season for 2009 and left us wanting more for the coming ski season of 2010.

After ski season came to an end we started thinking about what we could do to keep us busy till summer came and see what we came up with...After about 10 years apart my college roommate and I have reconnected!

Andrea and I were roommates in Collage at UNH back in the mid 90s and it was so great to reconnect. We had a wonderful day filled with laughs and great eats in Boston.Look how times have changed now we have amazing girls of our own!
Loving Daddy's in Boston

It is so nice to be reconnected with Andrea after so many years we have both grown so much and have so much to share for each other. Andrea and I were roommates for two years in college so it is so wonderful to have one of my closest friends back in our life! I so look forward to the years to come with our friendship back together.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Bahamas Baby!

We had an amazing trip to the Bahamas for our winter get away but there was one problem...the cold weather! Yes it was so cold that we wore our traveling cloths from NH to the Bahamas the entire trip. We only got to swim one day and hot tub it the others. They had never seen such cold days in years, they actually broke all time low records, go figure. But that did not effect our vacation all to much. We just over packed (you know brought summer cloths) but other than that it was perfect. We stayed at Atlantis resorts and it was picture perfect.

Ally got to swim with dolphins it was such a cool experience to have with her. She was cautious at first but as time went on she really got into it. Not to mention she look so cute in her Wet Suite, that alone was worth it in my eyes, but don't tell that to Selim. Then we also took advantage of the Sea Lion experience too, Ally just loved that too. Mommy and Daddy got kissed by the Sea Lion. Ally got to participate in the Aqua Tots program and was invited to feed the baby Sting Rays, that was so much fun to watch the kiddos all wadding in the cold water with shrimp to feed to the baby stingrays it was very cool to see. The faces on the kids varied from excited to terrified. Ours was in the middle more like interested but cautious as usual. She made sure to take her time and enjoy the moment.

Every were we went was just filled with marine life, huge fish tanks every were, containing sharks, rays, eels, lobsters, every thing you could ever imagine. Even Grouppy the Grouper, Ally loved him, not to forget Sawy the Saw fish. She tried to name every one but there were just to many to name. There are allot of Ally fish swimming around in the Bahamas now, oh and Mommy and Daddy fish too. I just love little one's imaginations, they are so pure and clean still.

We even got to watch many many fish feedings, they feed the predators huge hunks of meat, and did you know that fish eat fish, Ally just got a kick out of that one.

Over all we had a wonderful time and would love to go back with the weather is better. Selim was very disappointed by the wind and the temp so I owe him a warm up some time, let me think spring should be around the corner in NH right...

Please enjoy the photos from our trip.

This stuff never got worn, we had great intentions

We did love the water but a bit chilly, Ally didn't care she had to go in water, water every were she had to go in...
Mommy and Ally in predator Lagoon, very cool place to see them get feed

King Atlantis's Chair very big almost lost usAlly's rideAlly the photographer on the loose again she loves to have the camera
Sun seekers

Check Selim out with some water fun...check him out next, and away he goes!That is Selim and those are sharks swimming around him 7 seconds from top to bottom

He made it! Thank god!

Dolphin swim day, my little marine biologist in trainingDaddy look at us we are with Atlas

Ally touching her first Dolphin

Aqua Tots feeding the baby sting rays

Nice to meet you

"What are you doing kissing my Daddy?"

He got further on the first date than Selim did on our first dateFamily Vacation Photo!

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Daddy and Ally's First Ski Day

After New Years we headed up north to do some first time skiing for my family. They were all excited about the prospect of a new winter sport they may enjoy. I have been skiing since I was three so it was time for my 4 year old to start and high time for Selim to start too. We do live in New England after all.

Pre Ski Prayer

Breakfast with a view

Are we missing any thing?

My two future Ski Bunnies

Does she look excited or what?

Okay here we go

yes she can move

Happy New Year 2009!

We had a wonderful family celebration at home just the three of us. We played games, had lots of fun, food, chocolate fondue, dance party and fire works too. It was just wonderful. Hope every one had a Happy and Safe New Years Eve and a wonderful New Year to come!

Watch out Ally has the camera

See what I mean

Okay now Ally give mommy the camera, but you are just to cute to stop!

Snowy Night

Selim and Ally are trying their hand at Snowboarding with Sleds, it is just to funny. I do have to say I did not get the final moments because I was just laughing to much.