Ch ch ch changes

For those of you who haven't heard, we are moving to Memphis Tennessee July 3rd. Nate got a great job opportunity there so off we go. My last day of work was yesterday, I'll miss looking forward to going to work. They're all threatening to hide me in the cistern so I can stay! I've been truly blessed to have such an amazing group of people to work with the last few years and I'm going to miss them terribly! Our time here has been absolutely wonderful. It's funny to remember how insecure I was with the idea of moving somewhere so foreign that now is the place I feel more at home than I ever have. The people are fabulous and their wide variety of nationalities has been such a surprising entertainment. I still stare in wonder at our endless turquoise blue view, the beauty above and below the sea is indescribable! I have a million pictures that don't do it justice. I hope we'll be back for lots of visits :) I don't know much about Memphis except that they have the best bbq I've ever eaten! I'm so behind on picture posting....Granny's visit, my last day to be 29 party etc...etc...I'll work on it! Kerry is here and will be travelling back with us, it's such a relief to have his help and support with the move. Hope all of you are well and that we get to see you soon! -Nicki

Winter Park Colorado

Here are some pictures from our January trip to Colorado for those who haven't already seen them on facebook. We had a fantastic time, it was the first time we've seen snow in 3 years!

Sleigh Ride!

Fraser tubing hill

Ski lift

Ice sculpting

Outdoor ice skating

Happy Halloween!

Check out facebook for more pics

It's our 8th Wedding Anniversary!

July 27th 2002

Edmond Church of Christ

I do....still!

Nate's cousin John Harman came to visit us last

week, we had a great time.We did an awesome dive through tunnels, drove up to Rum Point and he had his first turtle steak and conch fritters!

John

Saturday evening we went to a wedding

at Smith's Cove for one of Nate's co-workers

The guys made a campfire on our beach,

Nate told us a hilarious and VERY long

ghost story :P

A tiny conch and our condo

Brain Coral

John at Rum Point

Nate upside down with the fish

Cayman Brac over Easter weekend/Nate's birthday

Secret cave

"Long Beach" and the bluffs

"Long Beach" blow hole

Friday morning we flew to Cayman Brac which is one of the smaller islands. We had and amazing time. We took the smallest plane we'd ever been on which was thrilling, and we flew right over Little Cayman immediately before landing on the Brac. The topography is very different from Grand, there are 120' high bluffs and numerous caves and hiking trails. We hardly saw a soul while we were there and those we did see waived, there wasn't anyone at the caves we went to or the trails we hiked or on the beach - it was nice for a change. We did one dive, it was the Tibbets, a sunken destroyer ship. It's been down since the 90's and already has beautiful sea life growing from it and countless fish that use it as shelter. It was an awesome experience. Nate turned 27 on the 3rd, there was quite a bonfire on his cake! We were told that 20 minutes would be plenty of time to arrive to the airport when leaving....we let time get away from us and ended up arriving no more than 15 minutes before our plane left the runway and even checked 3 bags and went through security - awesome!

Little plane we took

Cayman Brac as we landed

Inside "Peter's Cave" looking out

the "steps" up to the cave

Really long tree roots growing down the bluff

Nate inside the cave behind them

"Long Beach"

Lighthouse on top of the bluffs

The protected boobie birds nest on the edge of the bluffs, they are incredibly calm, the moms are the darker ones and will not leave their babies for anything

mom and chick

Inside a newly discovered cave, few people know where to find it so it was pretty much untouched. There were thousands of stalactites of all different sizes and shapes

Random cotton on the side of the road - haven't seen that since I was a kid in TX

Begging lizards at a restaurant - they ate lettuce, ham, chicken and cookies!

We got to borrow underwater scooters to take out to the sunken ship - they are a blast!

Burnin' ring of fire - Happy birthday Nate!

Where we stayed

Strange bubble house we saw

Huge hermit crab

View from bluffs looking down at "Long Beach"