Mark and Beth's Wedding

I've been waiting to get pictures of Mark and Beth's wedding from my brother-in-law Will. They finally reached Germany, and so I decided to share them.
Here's the first shot of Marty and Johnny keeping the groom from "getting away".


He didn't get away. Here's the flower girl leading the bride down the aisle.


The couple shares their vows.



And now I present Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Beth Spicer.




The bride's family...


The groom's family... (minus Sharayah who was skyped in)


The grandparents...


Their roommates (Brandon and Christa)


The best "little" man.


Time for some non-alcoholic grape juice...



And then my personal favorite... the cutting of the cake.







The happy couple... destine for a long, blessed life together.

Valencia Spain

We got to go to Spain for the launch of their GameStop website. It was the perfect opportunity for some sightseeing. Valencia is a beautiful city, and we loved the buildings.






One evening we happened upon this sight and thought aliens must have landed.


When we returned the next day to Palau de les Arts, we got to take in the architecture of the various buildings. It's an amazing complex.








Check out the suspended part of the roof on this building.


And here is the shot of the train for dad's sake.


And here is one of the coolest suspension bridges I've ever seen, looking like a giant harp.



We walked down the block to the Oceanographic place, which is like a classy Sea World. I loved the reflection of the clouds in the window panels.


When you can't find someone to take your picture, just look for a building made of mirrors.


Next we hit the beach, which was gorgeous. Soft, warm sand and a slightly cool Mediterranean Sea made for a nice afternoon of laying out. We watched the sailboats.


We played in the sand and watched windsurfers... or maybe they should be called parasail surfers.


They did some amazing stunts, catching alot of air... and I got one great shot of one of them doing it.


It was a fabulous trip to Spain. And now we can say we've done the Med, the Red, and the Dead. Awesome!!

Egypt - Last Days

The last full day, we took a bus from Sharm El Sheikh back to Cairo. My advice: if you’re ever in Egypt, avoid the buses! It was interesting to see the desert on one side and the Red Sea on the other, but after about an hour of it, you’re done… and you’ve got 7 hours to go.
Our only excitement along the way, was at the Suez Canal Military Zone where they pulled over our bus, made us all get out and started to unload the luggage to do a search. A couple of guys on the bus got into a shouting match with the military guys and we started to wonder what it might escalate to. But they let us load back up after 15 minutes or so and we were on our way. Not knowing the language meant we really didn’t know what it had all been about.

Then on our last partial day, we toured a little more of Cairo before catching our plane back to Germany. We went to the old capital, Memphis, of coursing making jokes about how I was born there, and saw the second largest Sphinx, called the Alabaster Sphinx.


We visited the Hanging Church in Old Cairo that had these cool mosaics.



We also visited the Ezra Synagogue, but couldn’t take pictures, and we drove around the city some more. When we got to the airport, this cute little girl was flirting with Marty. She was adorable!


It was an interesting trip... a once in a lifetime thing, because I think once was enough and I don't think I'll go back. Still, I'm glad I went at least this once!

Sharm El Sheikh - The Red Sea

We flew from Luxor to Sharm El Sheikh, on the Red Sea, for a day of relaxation. We’d not even known of this place until we met a guy in the London Heathrow airport who told us about it. Marty attempted to pull a Moses and part the waters, but it didn't work. Anyway, the view from our hotel room was picturesque.


And here’s another shot of the beautiful surroundings.


They have a long floating pier that goes out to a floating platform that has two small swimming pools. I got a picture of it, but then realized there was a topless girl in the shot, so decided not to post it. Anyway, it was cool. It took you out just past the coral reef where you could easily get in to go snorkeling. We didn’t have an underwater camera, but soon discovered that we could take great pics of the fish from above the water off the pier. Coooooool stuff!



An awesome stingray! Never saw one with those colors before.



I think it’s a humuhumunukanukaapuaa! We saw those in Hawaii.




There was a whole family of these lion fish that came to the surface. It was like they were posing for the cameras because everyone was snapping away. None of my pics of all 3 of them came out so well, but I loved this close-up of the most colorful one.


This was the kind of snorkeling even my parents could do... from above the water!