Growing in Grace: March 2013

A week until the Caribbean, but Scot and I wanted to get a head start looking at fish. The tank took a while to set up (you can't add everything all at once), but here's the finished product.

We have two clownfish (like Nemo)

This one is a flame angelfish.

She's super pretty.

This is our emerald crab

And here is our six-line wrasse.

Every time its eyes move, it's kind of freaky.

And lastly here's our coral-banded shrimp.

I'm sorry they aren't the best pictures, but fish are hard to photograph!

We are thinking of setting up a smaller tank for some seahorses and a green mandarin. We'll see, though. Everybody seems to get along, and they are fascinating to watch.

Anybody have any saltwater tank or seahorse keeping tips?

Here's an update from us crazy newlyweds... we are going on a cruise! A Caribbean cruise, no less. What we are doing:

Ziplining through the jungle in Belize
Tubing down a rainforest river (cross your fingers there aren't any crocs!!)
Taking a twister boat to a private island to enjoy an out-of-the-way beach near Cozumel
Sailing on a catamaran to one of the best snorkling/ diving spots, with lunch included in Honduras

We can't WAIT. We have been working so hard to save up for this trip, and it will be the trip of a lifetime! Scot and I wanted to do something special to celebrate our 1st year anniversary, and his graduation, and I guess my graduation too. But mainly, we just want to celebrate each other and our marriage, and we think it is deserving of a cruise. Ah!!!!

In other news, we are getting a fish or maybe fishes! I am hoping for this beauty:

(we found him at an aquarium store)

Or, some of these or both.

How fun is that?

I threw a dinner for work that involved fish centerpieces and everybody loved them (and don't worry, the fish were properly cared for and are being taken care of). They stole the show, without a doubt.

Here are some pics:

(side note: I hand-made the placemats and wrote the namecards out myself, in addition to making the centerpieces)

They were great, the only problem is now I want one. Luckily, Scot is willing to adopt some.

In other other news, we used a free cultural pass at the library to go to the zoo. I hadn't been since I was a child, and we thoroughly enjoyed monkeying around all day, like this guy.