Life in Guam - Part I

There are all kinds of new things to get used to - life on an island - although it doesn't feel like an island because you drive and drive and are still not there yet! Things are slower; one minute you feel like you're in the US and the next minute it is painfully obvious that you are not - milk comes in 1/2 gallon cartons only at the commissary, no fresh chicken . . . the sooner you accept the slower pace life and businesses being open only certain hours (pool, post office, commissary), the much more relaxed you will be . . . and here we came from fast pace California, where everything you could want/need was open all the time and you drive FAST . . . so here's a few photos of life so far: All kinds of firsts: the first lost tooth for Gavin happened the other week, too!

Brooke and her box house

Gavin and his box house - loaner furniture in the background!

Playing outside in the blowup pool one afternoon . . .

Rainy day which leads to . . .

Frogs coming out . . . and they are huge . . . not this one necessarily . . . and there are coconut crabs - HUGE - ask Kayle. And yes, brown tree snake - the second week, right in our yard (of course the people across the street scared him over here), but Brandon & Kayle to the rescue! That was an interesting knock on the door at almost 10 p.m. at night!

Gavin at the hotel's waterpark . . . He finally was able to make it across

Here goes Brooke . . . she made it across and back!