The Caribbean

Well, we are back! we had a really good time. the first couple of days in Florida were rainy but still warm. The highlight for me was the scuba diving trip we took to Buck Island on St Thomas. Yes it is THE Buck Island of pirate history!! there was a ship wreck there that we got to explore on our second dive and a reef that we got to dive on the first dive. We saw a reef shark and a barracuda, as well as many eels and reef fish that were very colorful and beautiful. Our Dive Master was a really cool guy who loved the history of the place and the wreck and made that dive much more interesting and fun for me!. we visited Princess Cays, St Maarten (france), and St Thomas (US Virgin Islands) as well as three days at sea in the Caribbean passing many beautiful islands that i have no idea what they were, with the exception Puerto Rico. Interesting culture on those islands, i bartered (not well) that really is Deena's specialty, picked up many 4 for $10 shirts, hats and a couple of trinkets. i found 3 sand dollars while snorkeling and saw some in shops for sale for $5 each..I took second in the Paddle ball tournament on the cruise ship and won a medal. Deena, decided much to my surprise to do the "battle of the sexes" tournament on the cruise ship and she took the gold medal!! i am pretty excited because Deena's dad had an underwater video camera and got video of our scuba dive. i can't wait to see that!! i will post some video as soon as i get it. we missed our kids alot, but had a great time together alone for the first time since our honeymoon! thanks to mom and dad for watching and taking great care of our kids while we were gone. Caleb can't stop talking about his trilobytes and the space museum!! sounds like they were pretty spoiled. The picture of Deena and I was taken on the Dive boat heading to Buck Island for our dive, and the other was an Iguana we came across while walking around St Thomas. i will post more later