Sliding up a Storm

These pictures are from a park near our house. There are huge roller slides. We use pieces of cardboard to come down which make is faster and easier on the bum. There is also a "dropslide" which a bit odd, but there is a picture of Boo and Paul making the drop together. I'm too chicken to do the dropslide, but I put in a picture of Boo and me making a run down the roller slide. Our landing was a little bit rough.

Baseball

Boo and Paul have both been very busy with baseball. Paul is on the Red Rhinos and Boo is on the Red Bulls. I've attached a few pictures of Paul at his last game. I will take some pictures of Boo at his game on Friday under the lights and post them next. The first three pictures are of Paul whacking a ball into left-center, rounding first heading to second on the same hit and then going into third for a triple. The next picture just shows Paul in his post-triple gansta rapper mode. I've also loaded a shot of Paul playing second base which has become his position of choice.

Fullwoods in Okinawa

The SCUBA Divers

So much has been happening here in Okinawa that I thought I'd start a blog to make it easier for our family and friends to see what's we've been up to. We found out a few weeks ago that we'll be heading back to Camp Lejeune in May, so we are very excited. But knowing that our time in Okinawa is now shorter than we expected, we're trying to cram as much in as possible.

The boys have been busy with baseball. Boo and Jimmy are finishing up their SCUBA certifications, and considering that Okinawa is one of the top ten dive spots in the world, this was a great place to do the qualification. They saw a spotted moray eel on their first dive. Paul and I snorkel all the time and see amazing creatures ourselves. We see every tropical fish you can imagine, star fish of all varieties, and we even came face to face with a sea snake.

We visited the Shuri Castle ruins a few weeks ago. This was the center of the Ryukyu Kingdom until the late 1800s. It was nearly destroyed during WWII, but a major effort is underway to help restore some of its more prominent buildings.

We can't wait to get back to the States, but we are enjoying our "tropical vacation" here in Oki.