Eneko Underwater

 Let's go check out the fish!

 Kylie's ready!

Here we go! 

Blueback damsel? Princess damsel?

Eneko damsel....who knows?

 Staghorn damsels

 Sea fan

 Baby staghorn damsels

 Lemonpeel angelfish

 Foxface rabbitfish and Blue-striped fangblennys

 Bennett's butterflyfish, Staghorn damsel and Tracy's demoiselle

 Black & white coral

 Goldbelly damsel? Bluespot damsel? Neon damsel?

There are too many damsels!

 Crocodile needlefish

 So much coral and so many fish!!

Soft coral

 Blue-green chromis

 More Blue-green chromis and an Oval butterflyfish

 Humbug dascyllus

Blacktail dascyllus

Millions and billions and trillions of fish!

Kylie's First Snorkeling Trip!

This morning, Kylie asked to try out her snorkeling mask again, which had been way too big until...TODAY! She was very excited to see all the fish, and kept telling me the whole time that, "I just saw a humuhumunukunukuapua'a!"  (aka a triggerfish) Either that or a sweet lips. She did a great job holding her breath and going under water. We'll try it with snorkel another day. Luckily the tide and weather were perfect, and we got a ton of good pictures.

 Ready to see some fish!

 It's a beautiful day in the fish neighborhood

 Good morning Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish

 Peek!

 Lots of traffic in fish-land this morning

 A quick fish meeting

 Pennant bannerfish and a Moorish Idol

 Oval butterflyfish

Fish on parade

What's lurking in those shadows?

Another Moorish idol playing chase with  a Brushtail tang,
a Whitecheek surgeonfish, and a Staghorn damse

What a mouthful!

Baby fish

Who's hiding down there?

Fish party at the grotto!

Time for school

Underwater landscape

Rainbow-colored coral

One more Moorish idol

Boat Day 2.0

Another experimental day on the boat. We tried out a boat tent and a boat lawn chair combo, but neither one worked out especially well. The search for shade and comfy seating continues!

 Happy to be in the shade, but the tent was too hot!

 High class, lawn chair seating...

...it was a bit too wobbly

 My turn in the captain's chair!

What are these crazy parents up to?

Kylie's First Day of Preschool

Today, Kylie started going to school!

 Ready to play!

I'm so excited!!

Swimming

Just another lazy weekend in Majuro!

Floatin'

 

Swimming pals

It's an outrigger canoe built for two!

July Instagram ++ Round Up

July was a fun, busy month.  Here are some highlights from Instagram (@autumnk0) and beyond!

Why must it rain like this???

 Tomato on the vine, pre-storm.  The storm messed up our garden somewhat.  We were able to get our plants to shelter before they were killed by the high winds, but it wasn't before they sustained some pretty serious damage.  Hopefully, they will make a full recovery.

Local fish and chips.  An excellent selection at the local restaurant.

During the storm Majuro's purse seiner fleet dropped anchorage in the central part of Majuro's lagoon in order to avoid damage.  It was an eerie sight seeing their lights out there while the lagoon churned around us.

Island sunrise.

And the lagoon is back to normal.

Here's a highlight from a tour I took of the local coconut oil processing plant.  That's a lot of oil...

 Hibiscus in bloom in Hawaii.

Yes, this.

Thank you for tucking Hello Kitty in, housekeeping!

This is Hula Pie.  For future reference.

Pink champagne.  I just love it.

Okay, I may have a fancy sunglasses problem, as evidenced by my new (awesome) Prada shades.

Fish and eggs for breakfast at Nico's on Pier 38 was amazing.  Who would have thought??

Serious ramen.

This is the Cadillac of all tonkatsu.  It's the super exclusive, only 25 orders served daily, $36 plate of tonkatsu from Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin.   It was excellent, but so was the much cheaper sandwich.

The tomatillo plant has mended enough to begin fruiting.  I cannot wait.

Horizon on fire.