Dec 23-25 Some (non-diving) Christmas highlights

The Catholic Friary near-by has a huge Christmas "village" on display. What you see here is only about a third of the set-up. They spent 2 months putting it together. There's a White House, skyscrapers, circus, etc in another area. Neat to see.

 Lights of Tumon area.

 Christmas Eve we spent with a group of friends and ate out at a Thai restaurant. Good memories

Christmas morning was enjoyable as we opened our presents from our families and each other.

Even Toby got into the Christmas spirit (no worries, no ears hurt to get this shot)

 We had a group of friends over for games in the evening. It was a good Christmas

Dec 18- Gun Beach Dive

Yay for good shore dives! And yes, Sonya, we work more than dive- but dive pics are more enjoyable to look at.

Here we are in action:

Dec 17- Youth Hike and Christmas party

 We went for a hike to Tarzan pools then had some of the youth over for a Christmas party.Fun times!

 

Toby soaking up the attention

 

Dec 11 - Shark's Pit

Gordon took us out to Shark's Pit - a site where the Navy used to dump a bunch of junk.  There aren't any sharks anymore, but the a lot of the junk is interesting.  This was also Kristi's first dive to try out her new camera housing!

At Home

The kitchen faucet was leaking badly and in need of repair, so I finally got around to replacing it last Sunday.

New and improved

This gecko liked the sink as well

Roosters on top of our neighbor's roof

Thanksgiving

We had a busy Thanksgiving.  It started out at 4:15 when we got up to run the Turkey trot, a four mile run put on by the Guam Running Club each year.  It was different because the starting time was staggered and the faster runners started later.  The first ten finishers were rewarded with a turkey.  I think Kristi finished 11th, but we were glad not to get a turkey.  After the run we were able to do something that most people can't do on Thanksgiving day: go diving in nice warm water!  We joined a big group for a shore dive in the harbor.  It was different diving with so many people, but it was fun.  Here everyone is getting ready to go.

Trying to take a group shot with everyone kicking up the sand wasn't such a great idea.

After the dive we drove to AWR and had lunch at the Garner's.

Our contribution to the meal

Nov 10- Piti Channel Night Dive

We met with several friends on a full-moon night for some different kind of diving. The animals seem to act differently- usually easier to approach- than during the day.

Flounder

Sleeping fish

Sea cucumber

Lionfish