Saturday, August 18, 2007

Mad dash to OKUMA

We finally made a trip to the Aquarium on island. It was great. I think every Japanese person from mainland was there too. A few times we lost sight of Bethany, kindof scary. There is always hope of us standing out for her benefit as she certainly blends in.
Juda must be thinking to himself, "What is so PEACEful about these big sharks."
"Garden Eels", were exactly what they looked like. As if someone had planted them in the sand just a few inches apart from each other with there heads bobbing around saying "HELP", get me out of this garden of sand".
Juda is attempting to "Peace" us, however it didn't work. Check out those HUGE fish in the tank.
HOT, while waiting to see the Dolphin show.

There is that "Peace" sign we were looking for.

My cheeks look a little flushed don't you think.

One of the blessings of being on Okinawa is the beautiful view of the ocean we get to experience daily.

We spent a few days/nights at Okuma and enjoyed the nearly private beaches. I tried to capture a "Rainbow" that was bowing over this hillside, but it faded faster than my battery.

But I did capture this rainbow fish. She is a mermaid, truly.

Juda is getting more and more sure of himself in the water. He is trying body boarding here. Not really, I think he fell down, with a smile no doubt.

Washing off their beach treasures to bring home.

We made a mad dash to Okuma before school starts in a week. Usually they are all booked up, but we were so glad some folks cancelled at the last minute and we got to enjoy for three nights and 4 days. Ben was able to join for one night, then back to work, Caleb stayed for two and helped us with Tomoyuki during the day, allowing him to nap and Caleb to watch movies in the A/C while we played in the sun with Bethany and Juda. What a very relaxing vacation we had, no phone, no cell phone either (I forgot the charger, nothing new for me). Just fun/fun/fun.
We were taking "Funny Fotos" and captured this one, kindof like those up close photos of pets with big noses.

That Juda, always clowning around, even on Ben's head.

It wouldn't be a vacation complete without "Putt Putt" Golf. Let's just say, it was an adventure to play with Juda.

Say "Cheese" or is it say "Yuk".
Do you see the resemblance of father and son. Check out Juda's hand wrapped around Tom's neck, what a guy.

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