A day at the beach

I've lived here a month now and only been to the beach twice, and once I only got out of the car to take a picture. I think I need to remedy that, and go to the beach again. 

Evey loved it, she loved the sand, the cool water, the sunshine. 

We went over memorial day weekend, while my parents were here. We didn't bring swim suits, we only went so we could say we had gone, and to let Evey have a little beachy experience. 

Beach with the Pups

Today was the first day we took Renji to the beach.

He took to the water like a fish.

He jumped, and hopped and plopped in the water.

Aiko showed him how to swim.

I even got them to pose for me.

Then we decided to leave because it was very hot.

and we went home.

Sea Glass

I've been doing a bit of reading up on sea glass, and apperantly there is quite the market out there for it. Sea glass is bits of glass that have been disgarded in the ocean and have been worn down by waves and currents, grinding the glass around on the ocean floor. The result is translucent glass pieces with soft edges, often used in crafting and jewelry.

I often find sea glass on my trips to the beach, so I have decided to collect it and look into selling it online. I have created an online store on Etsy and I am currently washing and

separating the sea glass I have and collecting more. I hope to have some items listed by the end of the week.

Beautifully decorated sea glass:

http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/18/be-my-eco-valentine-big-love-upcycled-sea-glass-necklace/

http://www.seaglassdreams.com/inc/sdetail/141

Family Fun Part 2.5

This is a continuation of Forest Adventure Park Day. After Paul and I went to the park we took Aiko to the beach, one of her favorite places.

For such a little dog, she is a great swimmer

Best Day!

Today Paul and i had one of the best days we've had since we got here on the island.

unfortunately i have no pictures because today included a bathing suit and, well, no way there will be pictures of me in a swim suit for at least a few months. anyway on to a great day.

it started with me sleeping in a little, then Buffalo Paul woke me up (he gets said name for him stomping around the house like a buffalo). i finally rose from bed about 930 had some bed snuggles with the doggie and kitty. then we decided to take the plunge, literally, we went down to Foster and headed into Tsunami Scuba. currently we dont have the time to take actual Suba padi lessons, but we do have time to go to the beach, so we decided to try snorkeling. about half an hour and quite a bit of money later we walked out with top of the line flippers, goggles, snorkels and booties. Paul's are blue and mine are Black.  we drove over to Sunabe Seawall and headed in, the first time out i was terrified the waves were rough and choppy and where we were was extremely shallow, but it looked real neat. after about 5 min of me loosing my cool we headed back to the shore, i was throwing in the towel. we got in the car and Paul talked me into to try another place, so i pulled out our tide book with the dive spots and looking at pictures realized while we were at the seawall we wernt in the right place. we were further north, at a place called the Junkyard. we turned back found another parking spot and went walked over to the correct place. i was stoked. got our goggles & booties on and headed down the steps to the water.  once we got to the correct place it was so much easier. it was deeper, we could see better, the water seemed less choppy, it was so much better. once we got in we headed for the coral, we saw blue fish, black fish, yellow fish, multi colored fish, red coral, lime green coral and blue coral, it was so cool! i cant wait to go again. i really want to go right now but i am exhausted. we headed back to the beach because Paul was having goggle issues, and once they were corrected we headed back out. i got a little carried away going down the seawall stepps and i biffed it.  (okay so i lied about the no picture thing, i'll take this one to show you my clumsiness)

not too bad but i for my first time snorkeling in over 10 years i think thats pretty good.

we had so much fun, i loved every second of it. i can't wait to get scuba certified. soon. 3 months. soon!

ps the doggie didnt want to be forgotten so she posed for the picture

Just in Case

just in case you wonder how beautiful it is here