This is our sweet little island girl. We moved to Guam when she was three weeks old.
This is our sweet girl when she was 6.
She loves the island culture. She has always been a comedian.
When she was young, she loved to come out with me when I captained the dive boats.
We had a lot of fun together. I see my favorite little floppy ear!
She would beg to come out on a sunset bbq dive, then, as soon as it got dark she would say, "daddy, I want to go home to my mommy."
She never wanted to miss an adventure with the boys!
We would buy her Lemonhead candy to try to keep her happy. Usually she would fall asleep at my feet, wrapped in a blanket as I piloted the boat back to the harbor.
This is Brookie resting on an outrigger with me while snorkeling in Bali, Indonesia.
This is Brooke checking out a Sea Turtle at the Mariculture Center in Palau.
Brooke having fun with cousin Diane on a day trip on the Sea Odyssea.
Dad is at the wheel in the background.
Brooke is my partner as I chip the coral growth off of WWII shell casings that I found while diving. Brooke is singing and clapping and entertaining me as I work.
Brooke at the wheel on the Sea Otter Express In Sitka Sound.
With her nautical background, she made great tips in Sitka, Alaska playing shanties on the concertina for the tourists.
Brooke loved to come out on the boats with Dad.
I always loved her company!
Sitka, Alaska
I love you and am so proud of you and Steve.
Always remember how much I love you!
Some funny stories about Brooke:
When our family took a vacation to the Temple in the Philippines, Brooke blew us away when she ate a fish head in the Temple cafeteria.
When we moved to Alaska, she impressed us by eating raw Limpets at a super saturday activity. She was 7. Limpets are sea creatures that attach themselves to rocks in the surf zone. She would scoop them out of the shell with her thumb and chomp them down.
She also got in the habit of eating kim-chee sandwiches in Guam.
I wonder if Brookie Blue is asleep at my feet?
