Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Quick Update

Hello!  Here is a really quick update!  Matt speared a fish a bit ago and here is the proof!  He was very proud!


We also were able to stay up and watch one of the vehicles streaming in and Matt snapped this picture of it.  It looks like a giant shooter star! 

Friday, March 9, 2012

Some Scuba Diving Pictures

We were able to go out diving a few times last weekend and here ae some pictures and a video from those dives. 


Nemo fish above a bright pink anemone.  The clownfish are always one of the coolest things to see and anemone is also really neat.


Here is a different kind of clownfish living in some anemone.  Looks like Nemo to me, but if you put your finger to close he will bite it!  one of the divers with us pointed at it and it bit the end of his finger!


We dove down to a place called "the nursery".  This is where a bunch of fish lay their eggs and there are just tons of baby fish living on a small coral head.  The fish are so thick you can't see through them. 


Here is another picture from the nursery.  Mindi is in the background on the other side of the coral head and you can see how thick the fish are down around the coral.  The trigger fish in the top left corner was pretty neat to see swimming around.



This video is of a stonefish.  Several of them were pointed out to me, but i didn't even see them until the end because i just thought it was a rock.  These things just sit there at the bottom and wait for something to forget they are there and swim close enough for it to eat them.  It buries itself in the sand and doesn't move at all.  It was pretty cool watching this clumsy fish walk/swim around!  These are fish are very poisonous and one bite can kill a person!

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Valentine's Day on Kwaj and Mindi's Birthday

Here are a few pictures from Valentine's Day and Mindi's birthday! 



We set up tiki torches and grilled out on the beach for valentine's day and had a great time!  It was tough to keep the tiki torches lit in the wind, but we certainly enjoyed our time on valentine's day. 


This is a picture from Mindi's birthday party.  Matt forgot to take pictures until it was almost dark, but everyone had a good time!  We made burgers and brats and brought down some veggies and chips and manty of our friends came to the party!  We had a really good time and enjoyed celebrating with our friends!