Kids and pets

Here are a few miscellaneous pictures. Haven is having her first haircut, and the other picture of her is at Cocos Island. Jack is riding a horse at a small ranch in the northern part of the island. Cole is pictured with his friend Reyna and his new guinea pig Stripey. We adopted Stripey from some friends who just left island and he is a great pet.

Spanish Steps

Here are a few pictures from the Spanish Steps. This snorkle spot had been closed for 18 months due to ships being in the area so when we heard it was open we made a point to get there before it closed again. There is a short, steep hike down to it. The tide was low but we still saw some beautiful fish. We didn't see sharks there that day but our friends did just a few days before. On the walk back through the water we found old Japanese bullets and some other WWII artifacts.

Cole's Kindergarten graduation

Hello everyone! We though we'd try to get one more blog in before we head home and hopefully see some of you in person!! Last week Cole graduated from kindergarten. It was a neat ceremony and Cole surprised us with a short solo. All of the children wore matching shirts/dresses made by one of the parents. At the end of the graduation the kids were covered with candy leis. It's hard to believe that as we were waiting for the ceremony to begin the sky poured forth rain that was incredibly loud and intense. And then it just stopped and we've posted a picture of the sunset that followed. That's Guam for you! Next year he will have Mrs. Sablan again as his teacher and we are so happy as she has been such a blessing to Cole and to us. Here are a few pictures from this day.