Watching Dobber

We dug out some of the home movies from last year. One of which has Dobber running around our yard like a crazy fool. Anna thought that it was so great to watch it. She doesn't really remember Dobber, so it was fun to watch her reaction.That smile just melts my heart!

Day at Atlantis

We were able to spend the day at Atlantis with our friends and Rob. Anna is absolutely fascinated with all of the fish tanks. Here is a picture of the shark tank, with a sawtooth sitting on top.
Here we are swimming in one of the pools. Anna actually took her first couple of steps today. It helps that she had the water supporting her.
Afterwards, we went to our favorite hangout, The Green Parrot in Hurricane Hole. It's a bar that serves some great food at pretty reasonable cost. Also, it sits in one of the bays, so the ambiance is incredible. Here are Diane, Anna and Maureen, with a couple of yachts in the background.

The Pirate Museum

Our friend, Diane, and her friend, Maureen, came to visit us for a week. We decided to go to the Pirate Museum today. It was pretty interesting. This island has quite the history when it comes to the pirates.
Here are Rob and Anna with their new found "friend". I was surprised that Anna actually seemed to enjoy herself.Anna. Rob, Diane and Maureen at the Pirate's Museum.
Rob and Anna in the stocks.
Our little pirate family.

The day ended when Diane and Maureen watched Anna so Rob and I could go out. We decided to see Pirate's of the Caribbean, part 2, which was partly filmed in the Bahamas. It was a great day!

Teeth

Anna had two teeth break through today. I can't believe how big she is getting!

Test

I thought that this would be the best way to keep everyone posted while we are here in the Bahamas. I'm not quite sure how it works, so I thought I would just test this. Here is a picture of Anna and her lamb. She loves it!

Random Stuff

So, we decided to head over and try it. It was pretty good food. I do love the fresh shrimp and it's huge! But you have to wait for quite awhile to get your food. I think they go out and catch it as you order. They also have some really good daiquiris, non alcoholic of course. Anyway, here is a great picture of Anna enjoying her strawberry daiquiri. She wouldn't let me have a drink myself. When we got home she immediately snuggled daddy and they both fell asleep. Rob has been working some crazy hours since we got here. He is not sleeping enough. So this is actually a familiar scene. As soon as he gets into one of these chairs he crashes.
Today we went to a fundraiser for the young men and young women. They had a car wash and a bake sale. They were a little confused on how it worked. They had asked us to donate some sort of baked good so they could sell it. One woman brought something and then asked to reimbursed for what she had baked. I guess they really don't understand the word "donation". We went to be supportive, had the car washed, and bought some cupcakes that Anna dove straight into. She loved it, but was a complete mess!

Bohemian Independence Day

Today was Independence day here in the Bahamas. We really didn't do much, just swam in the pool. Tonight we went to the dock and watched the fireworks. They weren't too bad, but nothing too exciting. They shot them off from an old fort on Nassau. It was pretty cool watching them as we overlooked the ocean. That's something we wouldn't have seen in Utah!

This was Anna's first experience with fireworks and she wasn't too interested in them. I think she was just too tired.

Happy Birthday America!

So we had quite the interesting 4Th of July. Rob took the day off, just like he would if we were home. We started out the day by watching the shuttle launch on TV. It was pretty exciting to watch it launch on the 4Th of July. While we were watching it we had quite an interesting experience happen. There was a knock at the door, which is pretty unusual since we don't know anyone on the island, and in walks Clobine. Clobine is the girlfriend of an inactive member in our branch who has a little girl, Sara, around Anna's age. Clobine doesn't speak English very well. So, she knocks on our door, brings the stroller in with Sara, mumbles a couple of words and then leaves, without her daughter! I was dumbstruck! I looked at Rob and asked if we were going to be returning to the US with a Haitian baby. He just shrugged his shoulders, looking as stunned as I was. We had her for about four hours before Clobine returned and picked her up. Just in time, too, since we had invited the missionaries over for a BBQ. We figured that they would be about the only ones we knew that would be celebrating this day as well. So, they came by and we had hot dogs, hamburgers and potato chips. It was a lot of fun, but nothing like hanging out with family. After the missionaries left we tried to find some sort of fireworks. We had heard a rumor that they were showing them tonight. We heard them, but couldn't find them. So there is our interesting 4Th of July.

Just Like my Uncles!

Like her uncles, Zach and Casey, Anna loves cheese and Pepsi (just kidding about the Pepsi...we don't let her drink that! If her uncles were here it would be a different story!).