On the last night of our trip to Exuma, we docked at Highbourne Cay. This was a simple little marina that had boat slips for big cruisers, little cruisers, and even the dingy's. There was the clubhouse, pool, spa, and of course beaches. Also at this location, was the cleaning table for fish.
After our last hunt, we returned to clean the fish. After Dallas pulled in the big groupa, it drew everyone's attention and everyone wanted photos. Well what do you do when you have a crowd at the cleaning table? You feed the sharks. Yep, you heard me...you feed the sharks. As soon as the water was turned on at the cleaning table, the sharks came from the deep to feed. Quite impressive.
A fellow crew member, Brett Allen, was kind enough to take video for us, and he compiled a little something for everyone to see. So, without any further delay, here is the video of the shark feeding at Highbourne Cay.
Things to note:
- Yes, that is Dallas hand feeding the Nurse Shark.
- No, there were no hooks on the lines when reeling the sharks in.
Posted by Robert
8.30.2007
8.27.2007
Happy Anniversary!!
Happy 30th Anniversary to my mom and dad....also known as Lisa and Dave!!! Wow...30 years of marriage :). I hope that Robert and I have a marriage that is as amazing as yours is. You guys have taught me alot about relationships and I will always apply the things I have learned from you two in my own marriage. We love you both. I have included a picture from a great family vacation in Pagosa Springs....we were all pretty sore at this point in the day :).
8.26.2007
Fish, fish and more fish!!
We had a great weekend!!! Thursday night my parents came to Birmingham in order to go to a workay with some of my dad's coworkers on Friday, and we ended up hanging out and eating breakfast for dinner. It was sooo good.
Friday, everyone went to work, so I stayed home to get the house ready for our big cookout we had planned as well as bake some cookies. Also, we got the dishwasher fixed...yay!!! No more doing dishes by hand or using the dishwasher as a drying rack :). Once everyone returned from their hard days work, we got a quick dinner of pizza before starting on the cookie icing. Robert, my mom and I put all the base colors of frosting on the cookies before going to bed.
Saturday was the big day!! We spent the morning adding all of the details to the fish cookies. The rest of the afternoon was spent fixing side dishes to go with the fantastic grouper that we were able to bring back from the Bahamas. We managed to bring back almost 40 pounds of fish to split between Tamara and Dallas and ourselves. We didn't even put a dent in our share of the fish.....even after cooking about five pounds of it.
I'm so glad we were able to see Tamara's parents, Josh and Saharh as well as Robert's parents this weekend. We had soo much fun. While some people visited in the kitchen others were playing Wii and Robert was being the chef for the afternoon grilling the fish. He did a fantastic job. The fish was soo good that we didn't have any leftovers. The side dishes that everyone brought were also incredible......again we didn't have too much leftover :).
It was a fun afternoon, and we can't wait to do a "cookie" training party soon!!! We'll let you guys know when we can get something together.
Because my dad had been anxiously waiting to see the Bourne Ultimatum for two weeks (my mom wouldn't let him see it till he could go with Robert and I), we managed to get to the movies just on time Saturday night. It was a pretty good movie and I think it has probably been set up for a fourth movie.
Sunday morning, my parents took us out for Waffle House for breakfast. It was so yummy and we were stuffed!! It became a lazy afternoon with naps and a few games of Wii thrown in. My parents headed home and Robert and I continued on with the laziness :).
Hope everyone has a good week!!!
Friday, everyone went to work, so I stayed home to get the house ready for our big cookout we had planned as well as bake some cookies. Also, we got the dishwasher fixed...yay!!! No more doing dishes by hand or using the dishwasher as a drying rack :). Once everyone returned from their hard days work, we got a quick dinner of pizza before starting on the cookie icing. Robert, my mom and I put all the base colors of frosting on the cookies before going to bed.
Saturday was the big day!! We spent the morning adding all of the details to the fish cookies. The rest of the afternoon was spent fixing side dishes to go with the fantastic grouper that we were able to bring back from the Bahamas. We managed to bring back almost 40 pounds of fish to split between Tamara and Dallas and ourselves. We didn't even put a dent in our share of the fish.....even after cooking about five pounds of it.
I'm so glad we were able to see Tamara's parents, Josh and Saharh as well as Robert's parents this weekend. We had soo much fun. While some people visited in the kitchen others were playing Wii and Robert was being the chef for the afternoon grilling the fish. He did a fantastic job. The fish was soo good that we didn't have any leftovers. The side dishes that everyone brought were also incredible......again we didn't have too much leftover :).It was a fun afternoon, and we can't wait to do a "cookie" training party soon!!! We'll let you guys know when we can get something together.Because my dad had been anxiously waiting to see the Bourne Ultimatum for two weeks (my mom wouldn't let him see it till he could go with Robert and I), we managed to get to the movies just on time Saturday night. It was a pretty good movie and I think it has probably been set up for a fourth movie.
Sunday morning, my parents took us out for Waffle House for breakfast. It was so yummy and we were stuffed!! It became a lazy afternoon with naps and a few games of Wii thrown in. My parents headed home and Robert and I continued on with the laziness :).
Hope everyone has a good week!!!
8.22.2007
Bahamas Teaser
It has been almost 2 weeks since we have been back from the Bahamas, and we are still uploading pictures. We had an awesome time, and we are so thankful to Tamara and Dallas as well as Dallas' family. We spent a week in the Exuma Cays (pronounced keys) on a 45 foot house boat with 10 other people. We only knew Tamara and Dallas when we started out, but we met 10 fantastic people!!
I wanted to put a few of the pictures up...the first picture is of a storm that followed us from Nassau to Exuma. Once we anchored in the Cays, it rained for about 15 minutes and then it was bright and sunny again.
This is one of the views we had from the boat. This boat was owned by a guy that lived on the island that we anchored near.
The next two pictures are a couple of the critters that we encountered on the trip. The first is a baby conch (pronounced Konk). There were tons of these little guys where we were anchored. We actually picked up quite a few of the big ones, and several people helped clean them....sometimes people will skin them using their teeth :). And of course, you should try everything once....Robert actually skinned one of these things with his teeth :). We used several of them in conch salad, and then the waste also known as conch slop was used in traps to catch fish. The meat can be eaten raw (which is what we put in the salad) and has the texture of cooked chicken. Fortunately for this guy, it was a baby, so it got tossed back into the ocean after its photoshoot.
The second critter seen here is a crawfish. It is basically a lobster without the claws. In place of the claws are whips....which are spiny. These were caught using spears. They taste soooo good...just like lobster :). Behind the crawfish is a bigger conch shell.
I wanted to put a few of the pictures up...the first picture is of a storm that followed us from Nassau to Exuma. Once we anchored in the Cays, it rained for about 15 minutes and then it was bright and sunny again.
This is one of the views we had from the boat. This boat was owned by a guy that lived on the island that we anchored near.The next two pictures are a couple of the critters that we encountered on the trip. The first is a baby conch (pronounced Konk). There were tons of these little guys where we were anchored. We actually picked up quite a few of the big ones, and several people helped clean them....sometimes people will skin them using their teeth :). And of course, you should try everything once....Robert actually skinned one of these things with his teeth :). We used several of them in conch salad, and then the waste also known as conch slop was used in traps to catch fish. The meat can be eaten raw (which is what we put in the salad) and has the texture of cooked chicken. Fortunately for this guy, it was a baby, so it got tossed back into the ocean after its photoshoot.The second critter seen here is a crawfish. It is basically a lobster without the claws. In place of the claws are whips....which are spiny. These were caught using spears. They taste soooo good...just like lobster :). Behind the crawfish is a bigger conch shell.
8.19.2007
Weekend Adventure
When I came home from Auburn this weekend, I had expectations of laying around the house, proofreading my thesis, and possibly cleaning up a little, but all of that flew out the window after Robert visited the Ford dealership on Friday to get a safety recall issue taken care of. We didn't plan on buying a new vehicle for quite a while.....even though Robert has tried to sneak the possibility of one into conversation every once in a while :). After finding out how much his truck had been appraised for, we decided we would "look" this weekend to see what was available. Well, we all know how "looking" goes, and we ended up saying goodbye to the old Ford Ranger. In its place, we now have a blue Chevy Silverado Z71 and Robert couldn't be anymore excited about it!!
8.15.2007
A Year in Review
Well, we are jumping on the blogging bandwagon...Robert and I figured this would be a great way to keep in touch with family and let everyone know what is going on in our corner of the world.
We were so thankful to spend a couple of days with family after the wedding before heading out to Disney World for our honeymoon. We had a ton of fun going to all the parks and our room was amazing. It was awesome looking out the window first thing in the morning to see giraffes and rhinos wandering around. We ate a ton of good food and saw lots of fireworks. One lesson learned though was to not get in the way of a mom pushing a stroller.....they'll run you down and not look back :). Here are a couple of pictures from that trip.
After the honeymoon, we returned to the normal grind....Robert working and me commuting to Auburn 3 days a week. During this time, we were starting to feel a little cramped in our apartment especially with 2 big dogs. The little dogs next door didn't appreciate ours very much :).
We started to casually look at houses in the area, but wouldn't you know it....when we least expected it, we found the perfect one for us.
Earlier this year, my parents were stationed at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery. That was a huge thing for me.....we haven't been in the same state in several years, and we were soooo excited when we found out they would be back. Another exciting note is that Amanda decided she missed us all too much and she is coming home as well. Who knew that Alabama would become home when we moved here so many years ago. I can't wait for Amanda to get back....we have lots of fun when she is around.....so much that she is worn out by the end of the day :).
To start this blog off with a bang, I wanted to do a quick review of our almost year of being married. Our wedding was sooo much fun!! We want to thank our families for making it one of the best days of our lives :). Here are a few shots from that fantastic day.
We were so thankful to spend a couple of days with family after the wedding before heading out to Disney World for our honeymoon. We had a ton of fun going to all the parks and our room was amazing. It was awesome looking out the window first thing in the morning to see giraffes and rhinos wandering around. We ate a ton of good food and saw lots of fireworks. One lesson learned though was to not get in the way of a mom pushing a stroller.....they'll run you down and not look back :). Here are a couple of pictures from that trip. After the honeymoon, we returned to the normal grind....Robert working and me commuting to Auburn 3 days a week. During this time, we were starting to feel a little cramped in our apartment especially with 2 big dogs. The little dogs next door didn't appreciate ours very much :).
We started to casually look at houses in the area, but wouldn't you know it....when we least expected it, we found the perfect one for us. Earlier this year, my parents were stationed at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery. That was a huge thing for me.....we haven't been in the same state in several years, and we were soooo excited when we found out they would be back. Another exciting note is that Amanda decided she missed us all too much and she is coming home as well. Who knew that Alabama would become home when we moved here so many years ago. I can't wait for Amanda to get back....we have lots of fun when she is around.....so much that she is worn out by the end of the day :). Our new hobby we have picked up this year is photography. Robert finally convinced me to get the new Sony dSLR, and we love it!!! Hopefully in the next few years with lots of practice it won't be a hobby anymore.
Well that is about all the big stuff that has gone on this year. We will continue to update on our day to day lives.....hopefully we aren't too boring :). Hope you guys enjoy the blogging journey with us!!
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