I finally got my front yard put in. The landscapers did a good job but it still looks like sod. I wish I got some before pics that showed all my weeds and swamp-like properties but here are some pics:

After weeds pulled, sprinklers laid, and leveled:

After top soil laid:

After sod laid:

I obviously still need some plants for the flower boxes but its coming along. Its been really hot so hopefully I can figure out the proper amount of water to give my grass so it doesn’t die. Any suggestions? I currently got the sprinklers set for everyday 4am & 7pm.

Dinner at Foxy’s was awesome as always. Can’t say I am a fan of dancing though, there was this old lady that asked me to dance and there was no way in hell I was going to do that. I suppose if I consumed alcohol it would be fun lol. Saturday morning we made our way back to Tortola and flew back to San Juan in our private turbo prop lol.

We were the only 6 passengers on the entire plane it was kinda weird. The flight attendants felt funny giving the safety demonstration so they just came up and basically said ‘It looks like you know how to buckle your seatbelt and if the plane goes down just follow our lead’. We met up with Jeff and 2 of his daughters in San Juan and ate dinner with them then got ice cream. Our flight wasn’t till 2pm Sunday so we just hung out at the beach. Definitely a long day of flying and as always its good to go but good to come home. It was an awesome trip just with the fam and we did some sweet sailing. So anyway I’m back and a getting into the swing of things. Oh I almost forgot check out the video I put together from the trip here. Enjoy!

Yesterday we rented a Hobbie at Bitter End Yacht Club. And in the mist of sailing around Dad managed to run into 2 different boats which was pretty impressive lol. We mainly just hung out at that beach and did the Vita Course 2000 again. We ate dinner at Saba Rock again. This morning we set sail for the back side of Tortola to Cane Garden Bay. It was a pretty good sail down wind. My stomach got burn to crap, which is messed cause I was in the shade of the sail most of the time. Long story short tonight is going to suck if I sleep on my stomach too much. Ate at Quito Rhymer’s place tonight which is always cool. Had the incredible baby back ribs with the orange BBQ sauce that I have been talking about and craving for the last year, it met my expectations just fine. Quito played live music just like always, he is pretty good. Anyway thats it for tonight. Tomorrow we are going to Sandy Kay for some snorkling then to Foxy’s on Jost Van Dyke for dinner.

We woke up this morning and headed straight over to Saba Rock which is still in the North Sound so we just motored over cause it was just across the bay. Today was a pretty chill day. We spent most of the day on the beach at Bitter End Yacht Club snorkeling and what not. They have this blow up trampoline just off the shore that we were jumping off and having a good ol time. Problem was with all our burnt backs every movement just stung. We walked to the other side of Virgin Gorda, just around the corner, to the famous Vita Course 2000. We go over there every year cause its so funny but you get some exercise. You walk along this hard dirt path and there are signs along the way that show you what exercises to do and how many then you move to the next station. They have different things like stretches, monkey bars, pull up bars, uneven bars, etc., they even have weights. After that tremendous fun we just did some more swimmin, chillin, and hangin out. Ate dinner on Saba Rock then came back aboard the Black Pearl. We are staying here tomorrow night as well and we will probably rent a Hobbie sail boat in the morning. Well thats all for tonight. Goodnight!

Today was a sailing day. We left Pirates Bite to begin our journey to the Baths on Virgin Gorda. It was a good sail, we hit a pretty good squall. The thing about squalls is they come quick but they also go quick. We arrived at the Baths which are all these big granite rocks scattered across the coastline that you can crawl all through, fun stuff. Then we hiked the trail that leads to the top of the island where there is a restaurant with a fresh water pool and had a great lunch. Setting sail, we traveled northward to the North Sounds which is still a part of Virgin Gorda. We made port at Leverick Bay which we have never stayed at before today. We ate pizza on the island and are now chillin back on the Black Pearl where I am writing this post. Arrrr maties to Bitter End Yacht club we be! (tomorrow that is). Until then I be gettin some shut-eye…

After the long flights and night in Puerto Rico we set sail on the Black Pearl Saturday (May 31st 2008) from Road Town, Tortola. We sailed to Norman Island and made anchorage at Pirates Bite for the night. I bought this dope hat at the little shop then we ate dinner there on the island.

We like Norman Island so much we decided to stay another night. Sunday we played in the water and made our way over to the Caves and did some snorkeling. We had hot dogs on the boat that night. I fell asleep to live music coming from the island while chillin on my hammock. Unfortunately the hammock trashed my back and it was super windy so I moved inside about 2:30am and not a minute too soon. 10 minutes later a squall came through and dumped buckets. No one seemed to sleep too well Sunday night,except maybe Treq and Takira who were out cold, the of us were up till 3am figuring out a comfortable way to sleep. Finally getting cooled off the rest of the night was pleasant. Stay tune for more.

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Man I suck I keeping my blog updated. May 24th was the Nightwish concert in Las Vegas. Me, Candace and Sean drove my car down Friday and came home the following Monday. Friday night we ate dinner at Roxy which is in the Stratosphere. Saturday we did a lot of walking around. After getting up late and trying to find breakfast we ended up going to the food court. Candace and I got crapes that looked really good but was way to creamy for Ty’s bowels to handle. After spending the day walking around to the different casinos and checking stuff out we made our way to Mandalay Bay via the monorail. We ate dinner at the House of Blues Restaurant before the concert. I had ribs which were rather good. Security wouldn’t let us bring in cameras so that was disappointing but I did get a few shots with my phone before I got in trouble. Here are a couple of the best shots.

This one is my favorites with Emppu rocking out on the right.

The concert was basically amazing. Sunday was our ride day we got up a little earlier and went to breakfast at IHOP. Then we got all day passes for 3 rides on top of the Stratosphere. Insanity was true to its name it was pretty insane and freaky, Big shot was dope as always, and xscream was pretty good too. We did so more wandering and what not and also did “Speed the ride” at the Sahara Hotel where we were staying. That night we went back to the Stratosphere to do the rides again at night. We didn’t do insanity the second time around cause it was packed at night. There was this dude in line that looked like Big Black from Rob & Big and he was hilarious, he was freaking out about doing the rides like a big baby it was awesome. Monday morning we grabbed some quick breakfast at Starbucks and started the journey home. And that was our trip. Nightwish is totally awesome!