A Few Things

We thought we'd seen a skunk prowling around our kitchen one night, so Adam set up a camera to catch sight of it.  He placed an egg in front of his GoPro, and then he and Lincoln waited to see if it would come. It came straight away to get the egg!  Apparently these kind of skunks aren't seen very often.  Aren't we just so lucky to have one in our very kitchen?!  (Of all the cool things to have....)

 Naps have been a little difficult for Eliza because the house is so light all the time.  She has found that rubbing my ear brings her comfort, so we lay with her while she rubs our ears until she falls asleep.  She's moved on to rubbing the kids' ears too, and they love it!  When she's upset they say, "Do you want to rub my ear?"

Loving schoolwork in the hammock!

Cannot even handle the mosquito bites!!!!  The price to pay to live in paradise I guess.

When we were in Jr. High, the full moon was our "thing."  When we were apart when Adam was at Scout Camp or on his mission, we'd look at the full moon knowing each other was watching the same moon.  How cool to be here and see the super moon in such a beautiful place away from city lights!  We took a night walk on the beach and loved how bright everything looked!

It's been 13.5 years and now we're finally together every second of every day and we haven't gotten sick of each other!  We've always wanted to do everything together!

 It's not all fun and games though.  There is no carpet or rugs anywhere, so when our feet are wet and sandy, there is no where to wipe them off.  At the end of the day our feet are brown with dirt and it drives. me. crazy!  I wear shoes constantly because crumbs on my feet is my number one pet peeve, even at home!  Night time is difficult because we squeeze in every last second at the beach and don't come home until it's dark, but then we have to get dinner ready.  Adam always cooks gourmet, so it takes forever, and then there are a million dishes to wash by hand in a 12x12 sink with cold water.  Every speck of food must be wiped off the large counter and table, swept off the floor, and then mopped because the kids go barefoot and who knows what animals have been crawling around in our kitchen?  This is our fancy mop:  a towel draped over a broom. :)  Starting to miss my Norwex...

We are in love with these coconuts!  Ahhh they are so cold and sweet and delicious!  Some days are filled with business stuff like fixing the van (uggghhh that van), grocery shopping, etc, and they are rough on the kids because everything is far away and they spend a lot of time in the van.  But that's when coconuts save the day!  It is very hot, so Adam will pull over to a frutaria and get some produce and a cold, refreshing coconut for each of the kids. YUM!