Just another Tuesday afternoon....

After the kids got home from school we headed out to the beach to try the "stunt" kite that our friend let us borrow. It is flown with 2 strings and it takes some practice to keep in the air!

Damon is ready to join the swim team...

Let us introduce you to our new home...

Some of you have asked to see photos of our new home here in St. Kitts, so here are some pictures for you to get an idea of our new life!

First of all, welcome to our neighbor- hood entrance.

Welcome to our home!  

Well actually, this is our home...

and this is our front entrance.

Next, welcome to our pool...

well, this is actually the "real" pool.

Welcome to our backyard!

 

Actually, this is our immediate backyard, but it 

will do I suppose...

Say hello to our "pet" that we feed with cracker crumbs that Damon drops on the ground...

This is our "garage."

And finally, here are some photos of our Cadillac. We just got a new battery and water pump, and the air condition-ing and radiator fixed, so as you can see, we're really driving like kings now!

A baby sleeping...

I just love to see a baby sleeping. No, not because now I can relax and don't have to be chasing baby around and changing diapers and cleaning up messes, but because I think a baby sleeping is just the sweetest thing ever!  Here is Damon (11 months old) down for the night with his favorite blankie.

News flash! Payton speaks Spanish!

The kids have a Spanish lesson every day at their new school.  This morning Payton (4 years old) was so excited to tell us that she now speaks Spanish.  She told us, "When I say the word 'housekeeper' it sounds fast and funny and so now I can speak Spanish!"

Mango's anyone???

We picked up a "few" (literally, just a few) of the mango's from the trees at the chapel.  They had fallen down and aren't ripe yet but will ripen up in the next week.  We plan on making jam, baby food, and the delicious mango + cream of coconut smoothies that the Burt's introduced to us.... yum.... and this is just the beginning!!

Mmmmmm..... dinner!

The kids got a kick out of this "delicioso" dinner that was being served at an outdoor banquet at the hotel.  

Snorkeling at "Shipwreck"

Here we are snorkeling at a local restaurant/bar called "Shipwreck" that is located right on the edge of the water.  The have a nice beach for the kids to play and some good reefs for the adults to play (snorkel) right along the coastline.  

We found sand dollars and other shells to add to our collection.  We saw lots of different fish such as puffer, flounder, flute, angel, french angel, lion, and some others that we don't know the names of.  There were also schools of squid, an eel, and Adrian followed a sting ray.  

This was our first time here, and when we arrived we had to laugh at the sign.  As you can see it shows cities such as Green Bay, Paris, Antigua, New York, Vienna, Mexico City, and Miami.  Then there at the bottom was a sign just for us- Llano, Texas (which is right where we just moved from) with a population of probably 4,000.