Pirate's Week

well the pirates are out and they are everywhere! the island has lots of activities as well as fireworks every night. we had the pirate invasion where a pirate ship came to the island loaded with pirates who stormed the island. it has all been a bit overwhelming for the boys i think but they really enjoyed the fireworks (koen just needed to have his fingers in his ears the whole time)! the fireworks were set off over the water and they were better than any of the fireworks i have seen in Canada- quite the show! you will be relieved to know that there is a dairy queen on island, so we walked along the water with our ice cream cones to finish off the evening.

sweet, sweet family time, and a Daddy who rocks!

we have been soaking up more than just sun here- we are cherishing, and loving, our time together! It has been so fun for me to watch Kel in action: such a hands on, committed, loving Dad! I am so thankful for him. Whether they are wrestling on the bed, sword fighting with foam swords, playing surf board on Daddy in the pool, washing the car together, or chasing each other at the park- there are constant squeals of excitement as they relish in their Dad's undivided attention. We can't get enough of it and thank the Lord every day for it!

movie night

we met a family at church who had us over for dinner and the kids had a movie night together. they were hyper as can be and proceeded to start a dance party that all the adults ended up joining! our new friends names are Kaycee and Joshua. Kaycee is also in one of the classes that i teach in so it is fun to see her at school as well.

turtle farm!

cayman islands is known to be the turtle capital of the world and turtles used to be the primary source of livelihood for Caymanian's for hundreds of years. since then the turtle population has drastically dimished and they have created a turtle farm to breed and keep turtles safe (for preservation and research). We have seen a few baby turtles in the wild that are very cute. the turtles on the farm range in size from huge to tiny. people keep telling us EMPHATICALLY that we need to try some local turtle meat so when we do we will let you how it goes! these pictures are from one of our trips but if you are interested in reading up a bit more on the history here is a few links that has more pictures. the other animal that you see all over the island are iguana's. along walls, in tree's- brown iguana's and green iguana's are the ones we see the most of (don't know if they have different names).

http://turtle.ky/video.htm

http://turtle.ky/history.htm

my excuse...

so we forgot our camera cord in calgary and i have not been able to download any pictures onto our computer (i did go to our friends house and download the ones that are posted, onto her computer) but that is just not a practical thing to do every time i want to do a post. so there you have it...until i get my cord...the pictures are going to be limited!

we made a new friend (yes we did) and she was housesitting at a beautiful house on an inlet. She invited us (and another family) over for a swim. we had a great time eating fruit, chatting, and checking out the boat that was parked a few feet from us!!!!

oh wait, that was last year at this time...

no i dont want to rub it in...just remembering where we have come from :) we will not be doing any ice skating around here...

sharing a bed

Koen and Kace share a bed for the first time ever and it is going really well except that Kace tends to wake up earlier than Koen every morning and wake him up so we are working on teaching him how to leave the room quietly!!!