Update on nothing really important...

So I started a new job recently. I don't think it will qualify as a "second income" anytime soon though. I only work about once a week! I got a job at a local furniture store... hmmm I just can't break away from the family biz! I really like the job though. I've been around furniture and interior design all my life so it I felt like it would be a good fit. It is a totally different ballgame from my Mom's store though. By the way - if you haven't been to my Mom's store - Eklektik Interiors - you are missing out!!!! It is so beautiful and very unique. This store on the other hand is very basic. For all of you people from Houston -- I'd relate it to a Gallery Furniture, but set up nicer. Extremely affordable basics. Some of the stuff has some style to it though. I really just got the job so that I could get out of the house once a week and save my sanity. GASP!!!! WHAT?!?!??!?!?!? A good mother - especially a good Mormon mother - would never utter those words! Well guess what? I meant it! I love my kids and feel fortunate to stay at home with them - but sometimes I've got to break free! Kel has been super Dad when I'm a work. Last week I got home he and the kids had just gotten back from the beach (something I'd never do alone!). Liam came running up to me telling me how much fun he had and how Daddy is the best Daddy, when I noticed Liam was running with a 16oz bottle of STRAWBERRY FANTA in his hands!!!!!!! No wonder they like Kelly more than me! Kelly just looked at me like "you weren't supposed to see that". Oh well! I thought I'd post some pictures of the goofy kids. When Daddy is around they just goof off and get dirty.


We've been trying to do better about getting the kids super sweet moments on video. They both love to sing so we decided tonight that we would try and capture there lovely voices live. Liam, of course performed perfectly. Arie on the other hand... basically with Arie, if she knows you want something from her there is no way you are going to get it.

Unda tha Sea!

(just to warn you I had a little trouble at the end of this post with my videos - they didn't get put in the right place - OH WELL!)
Kelly and I took off on our first diving adventure together yesterday. We went out on a boat with a group of locals who dive every Wednesday together. We went to two different spots on the South end of the island by the harbor. IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!


Kel and Dave have been diving to pretty much the best dice locations in the world - so to Kel the diving was a little boring. But for me it was soooooo much fun. It was my first dive since getting my certification. I loved it so much that I think I want to get my Advanced Open water Certification (that just means I can dive to deeper depths and do more challenging things).


We recently got under-water housing for our camera and yesterday was our first day using it - so basically the pics didn't turn out that great. But I'll put up the pics anyway so you guys can see some of the things that we saw!


Our first dive there wasn't a lot of coral and it really wasn't very pretty - but we did see an eel! He was sooo cool - he just stuck his head out of his hole and checked us out. But sadly we didn't bring the camera down on the first dive. Kel hadn't been under the water in about five years and it was my first official dive - so we decided to not bring the camera and of course we saw an eel and couldn't document it.


here are pics of our second dive which was much prettier. The only thing that sucked was that it was really overcast, so the colors weren't that visible.. but you can get the idea.

This next pic is of a flat worm. These little guys are famous around the Marianas and they come in hundreds of different color combinations and patterns - some of them glow at night!


I'm going to try to put up some of our videos but we'll see if it works!

We also had the opportunity to see a submarine. The sub came into the harbor where we were about to dive. It caused quite the commotion for some reason - coast guard boats went over to check it out and everything. We couldn't dive until it left. Here are some pics as it passed by us leaving the harbor.

If you look at the top you can see the guys standing on the sub - that gives you an idea of just how big those things are!