This is Dave inside one of the swim-throughs at Obyan. 
And here's Dave checking out one of the many stands of coral loaded with little fish at Obyan. 
A large piece of coral with christmas tree worms. Very pretty. 
Harry is checking out his photos at Obyan. 
And here's a recent familiar site - Harry helping his students fill in their dive log books. Sara is still going through her book work, so she will do her last two open water dives at a future date. But Mike just completed all his dive skills, bookwork and exam. So he's a newly certified OW diver. Congrats Mike!
Ah, lately, such is our life on Saipan. Diving, students, visiting divers and awesome sunsets. I am thankful for my island dive life. 
I haven't seen this guy down there in a long time. 
I see these guys down there fairly often, though. 
Mean looking and pretty at the same time. 
Hmm - I think the word is funky for this guy. 
Awesome and friendly, I always enjoy seeing the turtles. 
Cross cultural connection. 
Mr. Ugly. But don't judge a book (fish) by his cover. He could have a really nice personality. I'm not risking it however. 
Saipan Diver. This guy comes up for air - sometimes, but not as often as most. 
Do you recognize this pretty diver with the pink fins? Clue - she had a recent close encounter with a shark. 
Somebody is home, but door is shut. 
Underwater fin thief. 
Octopus giving a hug. 
Life is good. Hope this post made you smile today. 
Farewell to Saipan for a few days - we're off on our shopping adventure. 
Here's Sarah taking in the view from our balcony at Fiesta Resort in Guam. 
And me - trying out the bed. We had alot of shopping time, but plenty of time to relax and sip tea, read stories out loud, read the resurrection stories in the gospels (Easter), sample some hagen das raspberry sorbet (it's the best!), eat at our favorite places, go for a swim in the pool - yep, we fit in all that and more. 
That's right, I always have to get Mongolian bbq at least once while I'm there. 
Sarah got some too, and a .50 bowl of miso soup. 
We found this great white dress for Sarah on one of our shopping expeditions. The wind turned her into a marilyn monroe photo shoot a couple of times - ha. 
The girls had a great weekend together. And we spared the boys from having to go bra and shoe shopping - their least favorite shopping chores. I'm still smiling at all the fun we had.
Dave got this great shot of Harry through the fan coral at the Grotto. 
While Harry was teaching some students, Dave, Chris and I went diving at Obyan. Here I am exiting after our dive. 
Dave came along on one of the student training dives at Lau Lau, too. Photo: Harry, Dave, Kelli, Sara (new OW student). Harry and Sara worked on OW skills and Dave and I went looking for turtles and other good underwater photo ops. 
After the Grotto, they all rode in Scott Eck's Aqua Jet boat out to Naftan Point. I have some pictures in a previous post from the wall at Naftan Point, if you want to see it. It's definitely a beautiful dive also. Their next stop was Ice Cream, where they saw about a dozen eagle rays. I was so thankful they got to experience the very cool critters that often appear at Saipan's awesome dive sites. 
Their last stop was the shipwreck. There were plenty of nudibranchs and loads of fish around the shipwreck. So, with 4 dives for the day, they got a very nice overview of our awesome Saipan diving sites, and hopefully some great footage and photos. You will be able to see Harry, Angelo and Mike on NBC Nightly News sometime around the week of the 20th of April. I'll try to remember to give you a heads up when the interview airs and when it is available online. Wow. How cool is that?!
