January in PR

All Josh wanted for his birthday was a trip for just the two of us to PR.  So we found a time that we could sneak down and get some work done just on our own!  After we booked our tickets, our good friends the Browns also wanted to join us so they found some tickets and came along with us!  Josh and I got there a day earlier so we had a day to get a few things prepped before Jared and Nicole got there.  We had Juan Garai, our window and door guy, scheduled to come and put our kitchen window in that very first day.  He does such great work and it was amazing watching that window go in and see how much it added to the space.  So excited for this to be in!  

We also found a friendly snake stretched out in the laundry room by the dryer just trying to keep warm.  We shooed him out of the house but let him go cause he was harmless.  Cute little guy.

Josh trimmed the yard and we checked out the progress of our new plants that we put in last time we were there.  Everything is coming along!

I wish I could say that Jared and Nicole had a really relaxing time while they were with us but they actually got right to work and helped us A TON with some projects.  Last time we were there we had taken the rest of the tile off the bathroom walls.  It was stacked nicely in a pile ready to go out to the garbage and we got to work on that crazy pile.  Jared was a champ and hauled all that tile down on his back while Nicole and I shoveled it into bags for him.  I thought our job was hard enough, but I can't even imagine hauling it down the stairs and out to the street - about a hundred times!  Thanks Jared!

After the tile was out, we hosed the whole house and squeegeed out the water.  And just like that, we're ready for paint next time we're there!  They were such a huge help getting the last big things done for us.  

Other big news: Our water heater was finally installed and after all this time, we could finally take a warm shower!  Josh still prefers the cold water but not me.  I can take a warm shower anytime!  And our friend Edgardo worked hard on our plumbing upstairs.  He's getting the shower and toilet drains all figured out for us so we can get water running up there as soon as we can.  

We did take a fun trip over to Culebra and Flamenco Beach the last day we had with Jared and Nicole.  We love it over there and took our hammocks and bug nets to stay the night.  It was a gorgeous night and we sat out underneath the stars just the four of us chatting into the night.  Josh and Jared had us all set up in a great spot underneath the trees to sleep and we only got sprinkled on for just a minute in the middle of the night.  Not enough to keep us up too long.  Such a beautiful beach with some great friends! 

We LOVED having Jared and Nicole with us on our trip and we got so much done on the house that needed to be done for next time.  We're headed down in February with the kids and hoping to get started on paint right away.  The house project is sure coming along!