More pics

Here's Joel and Remy having fun on the beach

My handsome husband :)... and notice Remy in the corner. She's helping Joel dig a hole in the sand.

So pretty... hehe

Remy and Maddox feeding each other raisins

April

Remy playing with her jewellery.

My family came to visit at the beginning of April. It was so much fun having all of them here. Remy had so much fun with her grandparents and her aunts.

Hiking the Quill

Party at the Erickson's

At Crook's Castle

She has figured out that the camera take pictures of her, so she now gives the cheesiest grins and then she likes to look at the pictures. 

April 27, 2012 - 16 Months 

"Cheese"

Tippy Toes

The Quill

We hiked the Quill (the volcano on Statia) for the first time yesterday. It was awesome! 

Partway up... a few different trails. We went to the crater rim first.

One of the trails. Not too far up yet

Here we are at the panorama viewpoint on one of the highest points on the crater rim. This is most of Statia with Saba in the distance. Pretty breathtaking :)

We put a zoom lens on Devonie's (Kayleigh's sister) camera and got a good shot of our house and the school classroom building. The picture is labelled :)

While we were at the top, we phoned Kenzie (who had to stay home because she cut her foot). She took a picture of the top of the Quill from our house. You can see us standing there! (labelled)

And zoomed in...

Some of us climbed down into the crater (it's more of a rainforest inside than anywhere else on the island)... There are some huge trees, vines, hermit crabs, lots of birds, butterflies, etc. It was amazing too :) The next 4 pictures are all during the climb down into the crater.

Mmm...

Guavas and Jamaican Plums from trees in our yard

Joel's been growing some clippings of basil and oregano to plant in a big pot on our patio

Speargun, Blender, Smoothie, Chair, Remy, and more...

Thick-crust pizza with gouda cheese and fresh oregano homemade crust

Here's my spearGUN this time. Now those barracudas don't stand a chance.

Mmm... fresh guava and peach smoothie in our new blender :)

New studyin' chair

Remy stacked these all by herself

She brought this to me and wanted to wear it :)

Remy's new play area in her room

New Pole Spear :)

This is how you use the pole spear

Here's me with my new 8-foot spear pole

In the Water and at the Beach :)

These videos were taken yesterday at the beach (and in the water right by the beach). They will look the best if you follow the link to YouTube on the bottom right of the video viewer and then select "1080p" for the quality (also on the bottom right part of the video viewer).

There was a turtle swimming around right here. This one has the best footage right at the end, so watch all of it :)

Remy loves when we (Joel) dig holes for her in the sand

This is a type of fish called a Permit. There were a bunch of them right by the beach yesterday. Like as soon as we got in the water they were right there... and they just swam around everyone for at least an hour or so. The main one in this video was pretty big.

Here's a panoramic view (out of the water and in it) of the area right close to the main beach. 

Here's a cool looking fish 

This is a panoramic view just a little farther out (but still by the beach). Here is some of the reef/rocks area where the fish like to be. The snorkelling is actually a lot better in some other areas... this is just right by the beach. :)

Kayleigh and Remy in the water

And a few pictures...

She's standing in the hole

While I was out in the water, I took a picture of the Quill (the volcano) and the fort.