Scuba Diving!

I am certified to scuba dive!!!!!!--- So is Charlie and my Grandma.....

Anyway we went on some more dives then I got certified, the first dive was ok i mean nothing cool---- unless you count hugging sharks cool!!!! We went with Billy, he was hugging the sharks and he put one on top of his head and blew bubbles in its gills and it would blow out a smoke ring! After that dive the next was ok- nothing really to see just coral and fish but I swam through somthing and it stung me so now my arm kind of hurts.....

Charlie and Jack skipped out on the last one and boy did they regret it! we went through caves and tunnels at 70 feet below the surface, it was pitch dark in one of the caves and I was the one holding this little wimpy toothpick of a flash light---- it was AWESOME!!!! When Billy first told us to go down I was confused because there was nothing to go down into unless you count the little tiny crack in the coral---- and that’s what we went through! Then we swam out of that and ito a pitch black cave and I was in love with that wimpy little toothpick of a flash light right about then. Out of that one and into another, then sadly our dive was over :( Billy gave me an under water handshake, and we went up.

We leave Belize tomorrow- early in the morning--- :0 :( wow I’m shocked! (ok if you did not get that I was being sarcastic you can just stop reading this now) and head out to Guatemala- not a long way away, two small plane rides and some waiting in line...- We stay in Guatemala for two days then go out to Fiji!
See Ya in Guatemala!

Anna Nolan Over and Out!

Thank God For Bug Spray!

So today's adventure consisted of (the people above 16) driving ATVs through the jungle and Charlie and I, meanwhile, were stuck on a muddy jeep that would NOT do anything the tour guide- who was driving it- wanted it to do! every time we came to a turn the person had to back it up and tentatively inch it forward until he could yank steering wheel to the side the back to the center then to the other side while Charlie and I bounced up and down banging our heads on everything and willing ourselves to hold our breakfast down. Soon the ATVers were far ahead and out of site. I sat in the front and there was a big fan right in front of me and I had to breathe the fumes coming out of it in nauseating wafts.Once that was over, Charlie and I had to hitch a smile on our face and eat lunch-chicken+rice+beans.

We were the first ones down to the river banks where my sunburn kicked in, it made me cry when i had to put sunscreen on-fancy that sun burn and sun screen don't mix. I tried to hide the tears from everyone as I soothed my face it the cold lake water. Here I would like to give a shout out to my mother -Julen and my father-Mike for helping me now and for the help that they will give me further on. We kayaked down the river-not a big thing-no rapids-no fun :( . We took the Reef Rocker (sorry forgot to mention that before) it is like a really fast boat- we went 50 mph!!! Then we got home and well swam ate pizza you know.

Well stay tuned for our next Nolan Family Adventure!

Anna Nolan Over And Out!

Bad Expernce Good Lesson

OK as you might see by the tittle that this Post will be about a bad experience- so we decided to go scuba diving with Billy-(one of our great friends from Belize) we went with a lot of other people and headed out. When we got in the water and everything seemed OK, we went down-though it wasn't very deep. The first problem appeared very quickly and it was my mask-it started to fog up and it wasn't just the fog that you get and you can clear out, it was a everlasting misty fog-- i started to think that there were dementors under water (you know damentors-Harry Potter) because they make mist and stuff- OK the people who are harry potter freaks got that one-

then there was the current that was sweeping us all out to sea- afterwards my mom told me that she was relieved that we were all safe and alive because there was a great chance that one of us could have been swept out to sea- and i was starting to get really freaked- everyone was grabbing fist fulls of coral and dragging themselves across the ocean floors while fighting against the current to get back to the boat even though all the dive people told us how it damages the coral so much when we touch it and all that stuff but since it was the dive people who started to do it first we thought it was OK. when we got to the top we had made little progress and started to head toward the boat in a ferocious Battle against the current- by this time i was crying and stressed and--- well it was a HORRIBLE experience. we decide to go down to the bottom again to make the swim a little easier- to top things off i scraped my knee (with out knowing it) on a bit of stinging coral and it was red and puffy and hurt like h- i mean it hurt really badly :) then i was full out sobbing- when we got back in the boat my mom said that in 20 years of diving that was THE WORST dive of her life and my dad agreed!- great ways to introduce someone (in this case me and charlie) to scuba diving huh?

little tip for traveling- if you had a bad experience(which you most certainly will if you are traveling) no matter what happens you can learn something you can use next time. for this one i guess it would be... ummm....uhhh....... stay low to the bottom when fighting a current-don't scrape your knee on coral- and umm well you get the picture right?

well after a day like today i am just glad to get in bed-goodnight!

Anna Nolan Over and Out!!!!

PARIDICE!

OMG i am like so so so sorry for not updating sooner!!!!

so i will say everything very fast--- due to a computer glitch our first flight was canceled! great way to start out a round the world trip huh?! so we had to stay in a hotel in the cities and we arrived in San Pedro Belize yesterday after nearly 6 hours of travel so we are all pretty pooped! and nothin much going on today we are saying hi to everyone and swimming and all that jazz!!


Anna Nolan over and out!

Busy Busy Busy!!

(sorry about the other post i colored it too light so you cant see it so here is the same thing only in a darker color so you can see it!)


So we are so close to leaving for our trip and everyone at our house is going bananas!!!!!!!

so here is a list of things we have to do in two days-clean the whole house-get completely packed-
pack the computers
-everyone gets one backpack which must have entertainment for all the flights-
get our great friend situated, he will watch my dog Scuba while we are away and scuba loves him!!!
-say goodbye to everyone-
clean the house-did i already say that?!
-kids---- finish school-talk to all my teachers that i will have next year about studies that i should bring to keep up with the rest of the class-
CLEAN THE HOUSE

then we are out of hear!

Anna Nolan over and out!

Joke of the day!!! well its not really a joke well just read it!


Here's a one question IQ Test to help you decide how you should spend the rest of your day......There is a mute who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth, he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.Now, if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself? Think about it first beforescrolling down for the answer


Go down to find the answer!!!









...He opens his mouth and says. "I would like to buy apair of sunglasses"If you got this wrong -- please turn off your computerandcall it a day.I've got mine shutting down right now. You know you missed it too, so shutdown your computer and leave quietly. :)

Nolan Family Adventure!

Hello, and thanks for visiting my web-site!

So, as some of you might know, my family and I are going on a "around the world trip." We leave June 8th and come back October 23rd (with some variations.)

So this will be my adventure page........ i will tell you everything that is going on in our trip and i promise to update is every 2 to 7 (again with some variations)days, so check it a lot!

Thats it for now, Anna Nolan over and out!

Hello Everyone

This is my web page. I'll update it as often as I can.

My family has www.takethekidswith.com