The Boys' Valentines Day

With Mommy off island enjoying her new favorite place (Thailand), the fellas were left to fend for themselves on Valentine's Day. No biggie; there's safety in numbers when multiple Mommies head for the jungle. So we spent our day with the Morrison boys, including lunch at TGIFriday's, a trip to Underwater World, gelato for dessert, and a BBQ at the house to top it all off.

Unlike the Mommies, Daddies are less on top of the picture taking, but considering I had to scrounge through a a drawer in my stateroom to find a camera, which I was able to charge for about five minutes before we left, I'm happy to have any pictures at all. Thank goodness for small miracles.

With that said, it wasn't quite Valentine's Day without Mommy. Even Howie's shirt is evidence that somebody was missing, as is his face in some of the pictures. We've done pretty good with her gone this week, but the guys are looking forward to having their girl home!!

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Gymnastics

Howie & I started a Mommy & Me Tumbling class on base last month. He loves the freedom of running all over the little gym & using the equipment. Enjoy the pictures!

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A Water Park Birthday Party

Last Saturday we went to Tarza water park for our friend Tyler's 4th birthday party. It was a blast! There's a group of four slides that the littler kids could do all by themselves. They also have a couple of slides that you can do with little ones on your lap. Nick & I did almost every slide in the park, including a couple of pretty steep ones. We all has so much fun & can't wait to go back again sometime. Sorry, I don't have very many pictures because my memory card was full. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER!!! Thanks for having us at your awesome birthday party!

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Dependents Cruise

Nick's ship had a dependents cruise on Martin Luther King Day.  We invited the Morrison family as our guests. The weather seemed to be ok at first, but by the time we got to where they wanted to anchor, the winds were 30 mph & seas were 4 ft. The wind was so bad the anchor wouldn't even hold. While we were sitting still trying to anchor, the boat was rolling around, making several of the guests sick, including little Howie. Back in the harbor, they tried to tie off to a bouy but were foiled again. So it was back to the pier,  much to the relief of the seasick passengers. Almost everybody skipped out on the barbecue, including us to get our sick little man home. Oh well, we'll try again next time, hopefully with fairer seas.

CO in training

The Morrison boys

Driving the ship

Spanish steps from a different point of view

Orote Point

Boonie Stomps

In January we did two boonie stomps. The first one was the Spanish steps here on base. The steps were built by Spanish settlers about 300 years ago to get water from a well at the bottom of the cliff up to a fort. There actually aren't a whole lot of steps, at least not any more. But there are some ropes set up along the way to help climb down. We went to the sandy beach side first, but we didn't stay long because there was some trash that had washed up, & the water was a little rough. So we hiked through the forest to the nicer coral pebble beach. On the way we passed a big hole with tons of coconut crabs & a small cave. Unfortunately, my camera battery died, so that's where the pictures stop. It's too bad, because there's a beautiful little cove at that beach, which makes the water much calmer. It's a great place for snorkeling, & we saw a couple of small coral heads. But of course we didn't bring our snorkel gear. Just means we have to go back again soon for pictures & snorkeling! 

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The next Saturday we went on an adventure with the Morrisons. Amy introduced us to geocaching. You get coordinates from a website to a cache that someone has hidden. It's a GPS treasure hunt! We chose what we thought would be an easy one for our first time, but unfortunately we didn't find our prize. Our only clues for when we got there were "tree" & "rock." There were about as many trees & rocks as I've ever seen in one place. But we still got to see Hagatna Springs. Maybe we'll get to try again soon. After lunch, we  decided to check out Fonte Dam. It was built in 1910 to provide fresh drinking water to the area. It was a pretty easy hike, which was good because it was hot out! 

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