Time to finally use this new word press, seeing as I have a pile of things to say. I’m gonna be out of cronolical order a bit so just know it all happened in last 3 weeks.
March 14th, Shannon, Jim, Alicia and I met up in Font hill, and drove down to Buffalo to get a nights sleep before heading to Hawaii. Next day, after about 14 hours in flights, we were on the beach in sunny Hawaii. We had a fantastic time. Spent 2 nights in Oahu, and then flew over to Maui until the 26th. Highlights while on the islands include going to see Pearl Harbour, snorkelling on Molokini, and driving up a 10,000′ volcanoe named Haleakala. We took an assload of photos while down there. I will go through and remove some of repetitive images, and boring stuff, but for now, I’ve simply dumped everything into the gallery. Thanks to Jim and Alicia for coming down and sharing in our holidays. And a HUGE thank you to Shannons Uncle Mark, and Aunt Judy for the generous gift of accomodation. We can’t thank you enough. We both had a trip of a lifetime, and hope to come back again someday in the future. Pictures from the trip are HERE
Whilest in Hawaii, my beautiful wife celebrated her 28th birthday. So for one full week (our birthdays are 1 week apart); I have my older woman 🙂 Happy Birthday sweety. I hope you had a great day.
Before we went away on holidays, my MINI was given a gift from my buddy Ken. You see, Ken also has a MINI CooperS with some upgrades, but is planning on trading the car in this spring. Ken and I got talking on IRC one night, and said that if I wanted to do the swap, I could have the sway bar for free. I’d like to say a huge thanks to Ken. I assure you I will enjoy the sway bar alot more then who ever would have bought your car from the dealership. Another huge thanks goes out to Kevin. Even though I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable workin on cars, I’m a better helper then a leader. So Kevin was nice enough to pick up the car from Ken and bring it out to Hagersville. We then spend the day swapping the sway bars, and starting on my rear springs. End of the day, Kens car was back to a stock bar, and my rear end was complete. Hopefully soon, we can swap my front springs soon too, as the car looks pretty funny an inch lower in the back. Thanks agian guys. Pictures from the swap are HERE
Lastly, I stopped by and checked out the beetle. Some good progress has been happening. Car has the first layer of primer on the sensitive areas, and the some filler has been added to get it completely smooth. Hopefully things keep going good and quickly, so I can get the car home soon and start the re-assembly. Most recent pictures are HERE, but you can also go HERE for the full restoration history
Thats all for me for now. Night all.
PS Happy Birthday Uncle Wilson
PPSS: Since i posted this and was dead tired, I knew I would forget something. THANKS MOM and crew for sneaking into our house while we were away and doing some spring cleaning for us. It really makes coming home easier when you don’t walk into the disaster area you left after packing. AND Thanks Mom/Dad and girls for watching our babies while we were away. You are the only ones I can leave them with and not worry at all
eff you guys have a ton of pictures. haha