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.

Pictures from "Paradise"

Thought I'd post a few pictures from the islands. It's a beautiful sight to behold!
Stone Money Banks in Yap


I haven't quite figured out how to layout pictures and write about them, but here are a few from the islands. There is the island of Lae in the Marshall islands, the runway on the island (it's the grass strip with a little of the airplane wing showing!), Tumon Bay in Guam, and the island of Yap. They are all beautiful!

Dive pictures from Borneo

Here are a few pictures from Borneo, in Malaysia. It was an awesome trip! Notice the little "Nemo". It looks like he even has a "gimpy" fin. We are standing in front of the little "hut" we stayed in. It was incredible. The island was so small, it took us only about 20 minutes to walk around all of it. It was amazing to see the poor people who lived there. The dive operation and hotel were great but the homes the locals live in were unbelievable. They were just plywood shacks up on stilts for when the tide is high. Each one was about the size of a small bedroom, and they have entire families living in them. We took some notebooks, pencils and candy to give the children and we practically got attacked when we handed them out. Most of the kids didn't care about the candy, they just wanted the notebooks and pencils. We even had some older boys turn down the candy when that's all we had left. It's amazing what we take for granted in America. We are truly blessed.

I'm definitely not good at working this blog thing, but Kimberli is helping me. I've been on the island of Kosrae for a week (got stuck there for an extra day, darn-it!) so I haven't been able to figure this out, but now I'm back on Guam and Kimberli has helped me figure a few things out. By the way, Kosrae was AWESOME! It's truly a tiny island paradise. I have fallen in love with the people there, not to mention the diving. It was a great week. LaMar is feeling a little better, not as much as he'd like. He still keeps way too busy, flying all around the Pacific. He was in Kosrae with me for a few days last week, then he just got home last night from Saipan, and then he leaves Monday for Pohnpei for 4 days. The next week he goes to Palau and Yap for 4 days, the week after he goes back to Saipan for 2 days, and then the week after he goes back to Utah for follow ups. As you can see, it's crazy!! I try to go with him as often as possible, but that can get a little pricey, so it doesn't always happen. We do get tons of frequent flyer miles though so that helps. Anyway, we hope you enjoy this first picture that I am posting. I hope it works. This is from our dive trip to Borneo, in Malaysia. This picture is NOT zoomed in. That's how close we were to hundreds of giant turtles. It was AWESOME! I'll try to post more pictures later. We love you all!