Our new Grandbaby!!

This is Jacen Alex. Our 6th Grandbaby!! He is So Cute!

We're still here, and in a new home!

No one probably reads our blog anymore because I'm no good at keeping up with it, but it has definitely been an interesting few months. We can finally say though, that we are in a home and getting settled! It's been great! Jennifer and Leon have been great to put up with us for a few months, but it's really nice for all of us to have us finally in a home. We bought a beautiful home in Syracuse that we absolutely love. It's on about a 1/2 acre, with a beautiful yard, right next to the church, and has 6 bedrooms so there's room for everyone! I'll try to take pictures and figure out how to put them on the blog. In the meantime, you are all welcome to visit. We're at 1060 S. 1525 W. in Syracuse. I'll try to be better at blogging now that I'm getting somewhat settled.

Slow poke me!

I'll bet no one is reading my blog anymore because I'm so slow at posting! Sorry to all of you who are reading it. I'll try to be better at this, but for the next few months, it will still be a little slow! As some of you may know, we are moving back to the states on Dec. 9th. We are so excited to be back with our kids and grandkids. Harrison and Ashlyn are trying really hard to find us the perfect house. When Ashlyn see homes with stairs, all she says is, "Grandma won't like that one. It has too many stairs". And Harrison just wants us to live in his cul-de-sac so he can walk to our house every day! We keep telling him he'll get sick of us after a while but he says he won't. Kaylie is excited for us to be back and have Christmas with her and be there when her new baby sister arrives, and Caden is just excited to see us again, especially his "papa". They are so cute, they make this move worth it.
We are going to miss it here so much! We have become so attached to the wonderful people here and will miss them so much. We will also miss the incredible diving. I had hoped to hit 500 dives before we got home but I'm running a little short. I'm close to 400 but I don't even think I'll hit that. Oh well, it's been an adventure! We'll continue diving though! You can't keep a fish out of water.
When I get the chance, after we're settled in, I'll try to post some of the pictures we took down here. Maybe we can share in some of our incredible experiences.

October already!

My how time flies. I can't believe it's already October. Things have changed a bit for us, and I'm afraid they are going to get much crazier! LaMar doesn't seem to be getting any better, and so we have requested a transfer back to the states. It looks like it will be happening sooner than we thought. It's going to be a crazy next few months, since we are going to Pohnpei next week, New Zealand in a few weeks after that, and then trying to get the home ready to sell, get our car sold, packing out, and adding a wedding on top of that! I hope we survive it all! We are excited to be coming home, but we will also miss it here so much. We have made so many good friends, and we've loved the weather and diving. It will definitely be a "bitter-sweet" move. Guam will always be a part of us. It's a beautiful island. I wish all of you could've come here to visit. You don't know what you're missing. Pray for us as we try to get all this accomplished! We're excited to see everyone back home again.

Hafa 'Adai!

Thought I'd just update our blog a little bit. I don't have any pictures to post at the moment, but here's an update on us. LaMar and I went back to Utah the first part of September and were able to stay for about 10 days. That just isn't enough time to get everything done! Our poor grandkids, they didn't know if we were coming or going! We were glad to see them and had a great time with them, but it just wasn't long enough. We had lots of doctors appointments and shopping that had to be done. LaMar had follow up appointments on his Sarcoidosis, and unfortunately, the news wasn't the best. He's not any worse, but he's not any better. He'll have more follow ups in December and then we'll decide what to do from there. Some of the alternatives, we really don't like. We'll just have to see how it goes. We were able to stay a day in Hawaii with Jessica and that was great. She's getting real excited for her upcoming wedding. We're excited for that too. We're back in Guam now, I've already been diving and LaMar starts traveling again next week, so I guess, life is back to normal. We miss everyone and we're excited to see everyone again in December. Life is good, even when there are "bumps in the road"!

Make a Smilebox photobook

I'm trying something new. I hope this works. It was fun to create, and if it works, I plan on doing more. Hope you enjoy it!

Make a Smilebox photobook

Hey, this is so much fun! Hope you enjoy this as much as I've enjoyed creating it. Here's a sample of our life in Guam and Micronesia! It's truly been an experience.