Trip to the caves

What to do on a Sunday morning? First coffee and Omlets with Nana, then a visit to "Uncle Darvin" and then time for adventure!

We decided to check out the caves near our North Side house.

There were no bats in the cave, just some hermit crabs and a whip scorpion.

The cave is in good condition and just one old shoe-print. Not easy to get to since Ivan but my explorers were up to the challenge.

A great trip but really hot and humid,

time to head to the water!

What better spot than my "private beach".




Fun's over, time to bathe the dogs. :-(

September 13th

It was a beautiful day, which is quite amazing when you consider that five years ago to the day we were venturing out to survey the destruction from Hurricane Ivan.
We even brought out the water trampoline, but there were also other ways to get high!

Lots a lovin!

I think the trampoline needed some air.

Fitting way to start the football season!

Where is the rain?

Sunday at West Bay with the most beautiful weather considering we are supposed to be in the rainy season!

Happy Birthday Nana!

It was a special time for Carol as she celebrated her birthday at a surprise party at 55 Memorial. And at 9:09pm on 9-09-09 she blew out the candles with the help of three very special friends. And yes, got my camera back from the shop!

Rainy Holiday Monday

We finally got some rain and it came right as the Barbecue got started. Shirley persevered cooking the hamburgers but the boating was not on.
There is a danger of confining people to the inside of a house on a holiday in Cayman so some healing was necessary. The Snuggly (as seen on TV) did the trick and all is better now. I think.

Waiting for Grandma

Usual Rum Point pictures and then one this morning of the kids with fresh mangoes! We all ate way too many on the boat yesterday but we did save one or two for Grandma. These are "Nelson" mangoes, my favourite, and one of about 26 different kinds we get at this time of year.

Sunday morning train

Some special pictures just for Grandma!

School Concert

'Tis the end of the school year, so lots of stuff going on including the school musical that had a solo by Hunter, albeit a very brief one, a real proud moment for Dad nonetheless!

Saturday

Not taking many pictures lately but staying busy. Hunter and I went to Little League softball while Jenn and Hayley did some shopping. We all met for lunch then spent some time in the skateboard park before attending Petapalooza. Then out to dinner. Boating today... hopefully I'll remember to take some pictures!

Rum Point

More Easter in Little Cayman

Easter Weekend

Another Sunday at Rum Point

Shirley feeding a stingray, no need to go to stingray city!
Katherine and Hayley return from making sandcastles on the beach.

And my other snuggler thought the water was cold!

Orchid Show

We spent Sunday morning enjoying the orchid show at the Botanic Park and for the first time in many years I did not do a presentation or volunteer to help.

Hayley's birthday weekend

We observed Hayley's Birthday on Saturday with a beach party at West Bay followed by a sleep over in the cottage hosted by Shirley. The children spent Sunday with Granny and Grandaddy while the rest of us spent the afternoon enjoying the blessing of beautiful weather on the beautiful North Sound. Monday a Norwester blew in bringing not only cool windy weather but a stroke of bad luck it seems: Jenn in a minor car accident (rear-ended on the way to school) followed by mom falling and having to be transported by ambulance to the hospital where she remains tonight. She is doing much better but will not be released until they can figure out why she blacked out, so far all tests show nothing out of the ordinary.

Ag Fair

For some strange reason Ash Wednesday is a holiday in Cayman. So we headed off to the Agricultural Show this morning where there was lots of cotton candy, snow cones, soft drinks and chips and also some of the cutest little piglets we had ever seen!