Happy Birthday Singapura!!

Flags, banners, and billboards are up everywhere you look.....everyone celebrates National Day in Singapore! We'll be down at Marina Bay later tonight to enjoy the fireworks.

Flashback Friday

Our first anniversary was March 16, 2007; and we spent it in Bali. As you can see, it was a trip full of memories.....what a great way to commemorate this day! Love our life, and I love my man!

Make a Smilebox postcard

National Day practice

Heidi and Ana with the Singapore Lion mascot.

These balloons were floating above Marina Bay.

Awesome fireworks at the end of the show!

Huey helicopters with a giant Singapore flag.

Crowds lined up along Marina Bay to watch the show.

The weeks prior to National Day are fun because the country hosts "practice" sessions which are actually a mini show. You can head down to Marina Bay and see everything from jets doing a fly-by to a fabulous fireworks show. I went Saturday night with Heidi and Ana and caught the preview.

Flashback Friday

Stan and I in the perfect beach vacation picture; white sand, blue ocean, and a cold, fruity drink in hand!

The whole gang....Scott, Kathy, Ronnie, Betsy, Val, and Stan on the dock at "Lands End".

First of all I must credit Camille with the idea of "Flashback Friday". Every Friday she posts a picture from her family's past. This is my first post....

Stan and I were married in March of 2006. We didn't have a honeymoon because he was living and working in Houston, and I was still in Arkansas. I moved to Houston in July, and in September we gathered best friends Ronnie and Betsy Penney, and brother and sis-in-law Scott and Kathy Christopher and went to Belize for a holiday! We were on an island off the coast of Belize. The streets were all sand, no cars...just golf carts! We rented a 6-person golf cart and explored the island. We went literally to the end of the road to a resort called "Lands End", where we took these amazing pictures.

National Day

Singapore will celebrate it's 44th National Day on August 9th. This year the theme is "Come together; every heart reaching out, every hand reaching up." How awesome is that? I love that Singaporeans honor their unique ethnic backgrounds, but also celebrate the fact that they are one nation, coming together!

Liverpool comes to Singapore

Juan came through for the "lads" this time by organizing an outing to the Liverpool vs. Singapore football match. As you can see, there was plenty of foolishness before, during, and after the match. We had a bus chartered to get us there, open seating on the south end of the stadium, and smuggled in refreshments to sustain us! We were all reminded of college football games....except it was 85 degrees! Liverpool won the match 5 to nil, and we learned "You'll never walk alone!"