Erick's first time snorkeling

So Erick had a half day free, and we decided to go snorkeling.  He had never been and the kids really wanted to go to the beach.  We gathered all our stuff up and headed to Purple Turtle.  It was really fun.  Most of the time it is me and the kids, so to be blessed with Erick's presence for half a day was great!  The kids stayed by the shore and either Erick or I was with them while the other went out snorkeling.  It was great.  

Erick had gone out and was out for quite a while.  When he finally came back he yelled at all of us to come over.  He had found a huge star fish!  It was really cool.  The kids were fascinated by.  Erick had a hold of it, and by the time he got back to us t

he arms or legs or whatever you call the points, were starting to curl back.  I think it was a sad effort at trying to get Erick to let go.  If you have never seen a live star fish, they are very slow.  So it was not having any luck getting rid of Erick!