Zip line attached to a tree! - Photo Friday

We went zip lining with our kids while we were in Copan, Honduras.  It was fantastic, but I must say when I saw how they attached the zip lines to trees I was less than thrilled.  We had already gone down 3 or 4 lines before we saw this!  More pictures and read about our zip lining adventure!

Check out the other Friday Photos from today over at Delicious Baby.

10 Things I will miss about Honduras

10 Things I will miss about our Honduras family vacation

1. Snorkeling

2. The beach on west bay in Roatan

3. Delicious food

4. Fresh tropical fruit

5. How cheap everything is

6. The friendly people

7. $4 manicures, $12 pedicures and $32 1 hour massages

8. Sunsets on the beach

9. Zip lining in Copan

10. The beauty of the entire country.

10 things I won't miss about Honduras

Highway in Honduras (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

10 Things I will not miss from our Honduras family vacation!

1. Living in a hooch with no bathroom and no running water.

2. Almost dying any time we set foot in any type of moving vehichle.

3. Riding in buses with no AC for hours at a time.  (if only I had come across these travel tips for riding buses in Central American a little sooner!)

4. Throwing up or having upset stomach every other meal.

5. No one speaks English. (I know I should just learn spanish)

6. Wondering what kind meat I'm eating.

7. Going 36 hours with no electricty.

8. Mosquitos

9. Termites

10. The way my hair looks in 100% humidity.

Voyage of the Vikings - Book review

 Voyage of the Vikings by Paul, McCusker


My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is a kids book about two children that travel back in time in a time machine built for a school fair. Their mission is to retrieve a sun stone to help someone else. Along the way they learn about the vikings and their culture.

My ten year old liked the concept of time machines and how it tied into the school fair. He found it funny that the kids dressed up in viking costumes so when they traveled back in time they could blend in.

My daughter thought it was exciting and liked the polar bear sighting.

I enjoyed the fact that it was a book both my children enjoyed ages 10 and 7. They were both able to read the book without any help. I also had the peace of mind that it is part of the Imagination Station series, so it is a clean book with nothing scary. The author has included a lot of historic info on vikings in the book, so my kids were also learning history with out realizing it!
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Tyndale House Publishers has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book