The Daily Biff - 2007 04 05

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Thu, 05 Apr 2007

Cayman Islands: Little Cayman, Day 4
Another morning swim started out my day. I decided to swim along the coast out to Owen Island. I saw a few rays and tried to swim along with one very large one, but I was soon left behind.

Later, after breakfast, we decided to kayak out to Owen Island to play on the island beach and have a picnic. We split the kids between two kayaks that I tied together, then I paddled the kayaks out to the island. It as a good workout. Here are some sample pictures taken while we had our picnic on the island:

This is a great one. Same place... Owen Island during our picnic:

It is Stacey's 40th birthday today. To celebrate, Val arranged for us to eat dinner on a boat while motoring around the bay. We arrived a bit early and watched the crew make their final preparations for our dinner cruise. At first Berkeley was content to sit around and wait with us, but once Sammy arrived he wanted to explore the dock and play (see below, click to enlarge).

Here are a couple of pics taken of the kids once we board the boat. The first if of Berkeley, Sammy, and Eliana. The second is of Berkeley, Olivia, and Eliana. Val gave them all little candy necklaces.

After we had our dinner, we stopped off at - you guessed it - Owen Island(!) for some snorkeling and swimming. So I visited Owen Island three times today in total... once by way of my morning swim, once by kayak for lunch, and once by boat. I guess I should have planned my day better. Here are some pictures snapped on Owen Island:

	Here is Stacey, Val and their family. That is Stacy's oldest daughter Melissa, and Val's oldest daughter McKay. Stacey and Val are holding their son, Elijah. Happy Birthday Stacey! Oh, and thanks for the invite Val.
	This is our entire party. Front: Eliana, Sammy, Berkeley, Olivia, and myself. Next Row: McKay with Elijah, Melissa, Lisa, Kristy. Third Row: Stacey, Val, Dave, Chris (from Southern Cross Club), Mike and Erin. Fourth Row: Lauri and Mike

Here are some pictures of us on the beach and in the water:

On our boat ride back to the dock, we ate some birthday cake and watched an impressive fireworks show that was displayed for Stacey's benefit. The kids loved the fireworks... so much so that Eliana even replaced "Thank you go Church with Jenna" in her evening prayer with "Thank you for the fireworks."

(Mon Apr 30 23:15:29 PDT 2007 // Lori -> Lauri... oops!)

:: Posted by rus on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 8:15 pm
:: Filed under /daily_journal/2007, /vacations/2007/cayman_islands

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