Diving at Esmerelda

This is one of our last dives. This dive was an absolute blast. So, much fun. We all thought the camera was on picture mode not video so, that is why we just stare at it like dopes. Anyway, this video also contains our dive master George and my sister-in-law Angie, and brother-in-;law Brett. Enjoy!

Larkin's Tooth as told by Grandma Karen!

So I thought Larkin was going to wait until you got home before she lost her tooth, but it was just barely hanging on. I talked her into letting me tie dental floss on it, numbed it, and told her to pull it out. She was crying saying, "I can't do it." I said, "do you want me to do it?" She said "yes." I asked, "will you still love me?" She answered, "Maybe." So I said, "I am not going to until you tell me you will still love me." She agreed and I pulled fast. It popped out and then we couldn't find it. Finally Madison found it. So the tooth fairy will come tonight. She wanted you to call her so she could tell you. Love mom

KIDS AT THE RANCH

I just received this email from my cute mother-in-law! The children are apparently taking to the good ol' country life better than I had anticipated. Apparently they are having the time of their lives and most likely have forgotten all about us!

La Isla Bonita

Yes! We are in San Pedro! Madonna we concur. This is La Isla Bonita. The view from our house is incredible. The culture is really fun. Both children and adults speak Spanish and English. Let's hear it for America we are holding fast to English only while even the 3rd world countries surpass us! SUPER! Anyway, I am sure there are many of you out there right now dying of shock! Amber, Aunt Renee! I am officially updating my blog. Take time to get some Oxygen if needed . . . .Okay, on with the story. We were able to go scuba diving yesterday which was great. A lot of fish and reef to see. The guide told us is was drift diving so that it was fairly easy. Yes! I love to drift dive, no hard swimming required right? Wrong. He neglected to tell us or rather I neglected to hear that we would still be swimming back to the boat! The positive outlook here was that hopefully I expended at least a thousand calories! We then went snorkeling with sharks and rays. Our island grown guides were not shy in the least and wasted no time grabbing hold of both species so that we could pet them. It was pretty amazing. When we arrived home I was so wiped out from the days events I went to bed at 5pm and didn't awaken until 9 am. Not my proudest moment but, everyone else did the same so, I wasn't all alone. The previous days dive had also worn us out. The boat ride to the dive site was long and choppy! If that didn't nauseate us suffiently the dive itself won out. When we were doing our safety stop I was losing it. I was trying to remember if I could vomit through my regulator. (The answer is yes by the way) I was able to hold out though and just make it to the surface before I started retching repeatedly. I looked for Michael only to realize that he was engaged in the same activity which we continued all the way back to shore! It was extremeley memorable. So, next dive we took dramamine and sudafed! All that aside, its has been wonderful and we are busy making memories! Hope this post finds all of you well and hopefully you will all quickly recover from the shock of finding a new entry on my blog!