from the desk of tara hope…

yesterday the whole family plus the ayers went back to the baths to explore…

snorkeling in the baths…

i LOVED this big ball of coral on the ocean floor. the texture was amazing!…

matt is such a little explorer, he loves to climb up things and jump off things and swim through things. he fits in very well with my brothers! 🙂

its so cool being in the water and looking up and seeing beautiful rock sculptures like this…

we had so much fun having the ayers kids there, they were so excited and so adventurous! they were climbing the rocks like little monkeys and swimming like little fish 🙂

we worked up quite and appetite playing so hard, so we went to the “top of the baths” for brunch. the view was just wonderful…

virgin painkillers, an island specialty and our favorite! (its just orange juice, pineapple juice and coconut syrup- yum!)

after refueling with a great breakfast, we went back to the house to play on the private beach…

there was another beautiful sunset last night…

husby and i went swimming in the bay right after i took this photo. the light was just amazing and we love floating in the water, watching the sun go down. its so peaceful…

for dinner husby and i went to a little restaurant called mermaids. it was right on the water, with a dock for people to bring their boats and they had a little rooftop deck. no one else was there so we had the rooftop deck all to ourselves. it was pretty much a perfect island date night :)…

…actually it was pretty much a perfect island day!