Breaktime Update

The most exciting news from the island is that Ray is here! Chase is loving time with his Papa! We've been doing some fun things, showing Ray the island and enjoying more time with Ben around. 

One day the boys took a trip out to Fort Shirley- I think we've accumulated quite the assortment of pictures of Chase on this cannon with various family members. I'm glad we can add Ray to the lineup now!

 Ben found this coconut down on the beach and was determined to crack it open himself. However, we don't have the tools normally used for this (machete), but Ben went to work with the tools he has- and an hour later- had the thing cracked open!

 We did a trip to the pool to show Ray Chase's sweet splashing skills. I love this picture Ray took of our little guy.

 A sweet family in our ward had to leave the island unexpectedly- which Ben and I are still so sad about. I offered to take their kids with us to the pool so they could have some time to pack. Their three boys are some of the sweetest kids you'll ever meet. Ben had a blast throwing a ball with the older two, Jonah and Micah, in the water and Chase loved  playing with their youngest little one, Christian. I was glad that we got one last playdate in before they left today.

 And of course, we introduced Ray to our beach. Chase showed him how he loves to shovel and fill his little bucket with dirt and just explore the beach. Chase is especially loving the 3:1 adult baby ratio and all the love and attention he's getting!

We had plans for more fun outings this week, but it's been raining a ton, and most of the outings we had planned aren't much fun in the rain. Oh well, it's always fun to have family in town, even when the weather doesn't quite cooperate.