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We have been super busy this past month. We have had a guest everyday for the month of May. Some of the guests were family friends and stayed with us in our home. It has been an extremely productive month, but has left us worn out. We have two more…

Check out some of the pics from my recent Adventure Tour.nA_CLOSE___nYesterday's boat ride back from the outer island was foreshadowing of today. It was a rough ride. It took 2 1/2 hours to cut through the channel and arrive safely back with my family. We traveled through two storms and…

Last week I joined a club. It's called the Mothers' Club, and it meets at Braden's school on Tuesdays. Any mom of a student at the school can come. It's actually a cooking class led by the wife of the school's principal. They are a Turkish couple, so each week…

Today was a really sad day. I left on the early boat to meet with a friend on the main island. Just as the boat was pulling into the harbor, Angie sent me a text message. “Got really really really bad news- Buzz is dead. Don't know what to do.…

Today was a nice day of rest for some of our family. Today is Saturday so Angie and I were able to sleep until 8:00AM this morning. It was great. The kids got up earlier as it is their usual routine. We have our family meetings on Saturday mornings. It…

This is Buzz. Kyndal got this little guy for her birthday. Yes, we have rodents on our island.nn

Well, we're coming to the end of our third week of school and for this homeschool family, it's been a challenge to master the tasks of getting the ponytails up, hair gelled, shoes on, and teeth brushed for the 7:10 bus ride to the 7:20 ferry ride. Check. We're doing…

Yeah, I'm getting huge. Yeah right. When we moved to the islands, we used these very strong but very light plastic trunks we bought from Wal-mart. Since there are no closets in our house, we use the trunks for storage, so we have them everywhere. We gave some of our…