Tropical Christmas

David and I

Anthony

Island Two-and-a-half. No, really, that's it's name!


Jeff, a good friend of David's



Flying the colors

Headed south towards Eighth Island

David heads out to do some snorkeling

Eighth Island and the surrounding coral heads

The water here is so clear and it's the most beautiful turquoise color!

David soaks up some sun

Carly steering us towards home.

One of the beach shacks on the lagoon

The view from our lagoon-side bar

I told you this island looks like a postcard or a calendar!

A friend of mine from Palmer, Anthony, works out here now on Kwaj and he came up to Roi to spend Christmas with us. He's the one that took these gorgeous photos. We had a pretty full house for the holiday, which made it easier to be away from home. We had a realy Christmas tree, with lots of presents and good friends: Carly, a volunteer teacher on Third Island , and her husband Ken, and Anthony.

We spent Christmas eve at a Christmas Party and Yankee Swap which was a ton of fun. I got a set of beer glasses David got a bottle of Glenlevit. I think Anthony won a bike bell...

On Christmas day, I made cinnamon rolls from scratch and we opened presents before heading to the marina to catch the ferry. We spent the day over on the Third Island going to church, playing with the kids and having lunch, and then watching the church Christmas programs. It was a lot of fun and I think we're going to try and go back every year.

The day after Christmas we took the sail in the pictures above, out to Eighth Island and back. It was a perfect day for it- not too windy, not too hot. We all had a lot of fun and on the way back we stopped at a boat float at Sixth Island and hung out with some other friends who were spending the day on the water.