The night before Matt, Kristin and Milo left we headed down to Tumon to eat at Matt's favorite restaurant on Guam - the Jamaican Grill - and see the Guam Christmas lights one more time. We had a tasty family plate at Jamaican Grill which included Jamaican chicken, ribs, spicy fish, keleguen and Jamaican and Guam red rice. We also enjoyed a few glasses of mango tea. After dinner we walked down the Tumon strip to see the lights and pose with another interesting gentleman who had just begun his vacation.
"Cousin Ben" our nephew, had just returned from the PIU mission trip to Saipan and joined us for the outing. Joyce gave him the very "special" present that she bought for him - an Elmo costume. He didn't wear it down to Tumon. We are very thankful for what God has been doing in Ben's life this past year and for the big help he has been to our ministry.
We enjoyed the (in some ways a little bizarre) Tumon Christmas display. Here Joyce poses with the "caretakers of the Christmas candy garden."
Samantha and Serenity pose with a bit more famous couple
Serenity and Titus were able to really participate in the Christmas story. We did replace the original plastic baby Jesus before we left
Milo enjoyed playing with Santa's reindeer
Joyce made the most of Milo's last night on Guam. It was so fun getting to know him better, but boy do we miss him. Courage told her mom and dad, "I really miss my cousin, Milo."
After our tour we headed home for two more Owen Christmas family traditions: burning the Christmas tree and a late-night game of dominoes. Oddly, though we poured gasoline on the tree, it didn't fully burn. Maybe I was allergic to the fire retardant on the tree and not the tree itself. It did give off a lovely flame though. As usual Joyce won the late-night domino game. (I don't know why the picture is turned 90 degrees)
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