Our Annual Puzzle and Video for Christmas 2025!

Our Annual Video for 2025 is a celebration of 25 years as a couple and a family. To get the password, solve the puzzle in the image below.

Note: You can't directly type on the PDF so either print a copy, or write the words down on a separate piece of paper. Extra points if you can solve it in your head!

Once you have figured out the 6-letter password, click on the cute little mascots above, type the password and you'll be ushered into our Video Vault. Keep an eye out throughout the video as our mascots switch outfits at the beginning of each section.

As always, post a comment below about your favorite part of the video to show you've solved the puzzle, but don't give away the password directly.

P.S. If you need help, here is the answer key with the password. Also, add comments below if you encounter any issues entering the password or playing the video.

Camping, Hiking, Tubing at Zion National Park

0:00 Day 1 - Setting up the tent
1:08 Day 1 - Emerald Pools Hike
3:02 Day 2 - Interpretive Tour and Hiking the Narrows
5:14 Day 3 - Our Campsite (South Campground)
6:52 Day 3 - Hike to Angels Landing (Intro)
7:53 Day 3 - Hike to Angels Landing (Going up)
11:35 Day 3 - Hike to Angels Landing (At the top)
13:18 Day 3 - Hike to Angels Landing (Going down)
14:42 Day 4 - Tubing Down the Virgin River
16:31 Day 4 - Becoming Junior Rangers

Photos from Our Trip Around Iceland

We just got back from a 2-week vacation in Iceland. The scenery was absolutely breathtaking and we saw lots of things on our drive all around Iceland.

Photos from Yellowstone National Park

Here are some photos we took on our Yellowstone trip recently.

Click on the photo, or the following link for photos from our trip to Yellowstone

Blaine and Felicia Vacationing in Puerto Rico

We've just returned from a spectacular 10-day trip to Puerto Rico. Apart from fabulous restaurants and hotels, we had a great time enjoying picturesque beaches, a lush rain forest, breathtaking scenery and historic fortresses.

Click on the photo, or the following link for our album of Puerto Rico.

Rosemary is an Ambassador to Washington DC

Last year Rosemary was nominated to be part of the prestigious "People to People" Ambassador program. She was the only student from her school to travel to Washington DC as part of the program.

Click on her photo, or the following link for a an album of photos from her trip to our nation's capital.

Spectacular Family Camping Trip to Crater Lake

A few years back we had planned a camping trip to Crater Lake National Park but were turned back at the entrance because a large fire had closed the park. That year we headed to Lava Beds National Monument instead.

Never deterred, we decided that Crater Lake was not to be missed so we chose to make that our family camping destination this year. The great hiking, camping and spectacular views were well worth it.

Enjoy our video of Camping at Crater Lake

Blaine and Felicia off to Cancun

While the kids are with grandparents, we've decided to take a quick trip to Cancun. Obviously we'll see Chichen Itza and other sites, do some snorkeling, take a jungle adventure, perhaps some parasailing (if I can get up the nerve), etc.

As usual we'll take our camera and camcorder and see if we can't post some images after we return. Check back for that...

Edit: We are back safely. Only minor delays with the increased security at the airports. We had to transfer all our liquids to a single bag that was then put in checked luggage. We skipped the parasailing and jungle tour but went to Tulum, Ek Balam and Isla Mujeras instead.

Finally! Pictures from our trip to the Big Island of Hawaii!

Click here for the album
For those of you that have been waiting, here are the photos of our trip to the Big Island. While we were there, our main camera got wet and we almost thought we had lost the bulk of our photos, but both the card and the camera survived (after a couple weeks of drying out). Fortunately we had a backup camera (and our two video cameras) so we were able to capture all our memories. Enjoy the pictures!

Our Trip to Egypt - Amazing Race style!

Well, I had planned to finish editing all our Egypt video (all 5 hours) into a nice movie to show off. It's not done, but here is the introduction done in the style of the Amazing Race.
Amazing Race Intro - Egypt

Photos of our trip to Egypt!

Photos of our trip to Egypt
It took awhile to sift throught the 900+ photos that we took on our trip to Egypt last month, but we've finally whittled it down to the best photos of our trip. Take a look!

If you want to view it as a slideshow, click the menu '...' and choose 'Slideshow'.

Off to the Land of the Pharaohs!

We are off to the Land of the Pharaohs so don't expect any updates until we return. Looking forward to seeing the pyramids, the sphinx, Abu Simbel, Luxor, the Nile and other sites as we tour Egypt. I expect we'll fill our digital camera with tons of pictures and we'll take hours of video. Won't that be a fun project to compile when we return!