Week 3 PR

This week started out great because the kids already knew it would be a short week at school.  With Labor Day next Monday, the schools also have this Friday off so its a 4 day weekend for us!  I told the kids we need to work really hard this week so we can have a great long weekend to relax.  A few of the highlights of the week:

- Josh helped Hector do some yard work at his house and they cut down a big tree and hauled away all the dead limbs.  Josh came home with lots of bug bites, sweaty clothes and a bruise on his elbow from a slip he had.  But...he loves being with Hector so it makes it all better!

- We cleaned everything out of the boys room and moved their mattresses in so they could sleep upstairs with us.  We slowly but surely making our way upstairs! 

- Buttered and toasted "pan de agua" is our new favorite treat and the kids want it every morning for breakfast.  

Monday Beach Day was at Playa Azul this week.  It was also Tilly's first trip to the beach and she was not impressed with the water that kept trying to get her.  She was deathly afraid to go near the waves so usually perched herself on someones lap instead.  First and last trip to the beach for that little lady.  



We spent some time one morning gathering up some of the finishing touches we need for the house.  On the list this week are toilets, sinks, faucets, a bedet, a bbq and a laundry room sink/cabinet.  Its all the fun stuff going in now and we can't wait!

Also...Rhen has been reading a ton, Tilly still loves her spot in the sun and I know how to measure with just my hands.  No tape measure required.  

Rio Grande had their farmers market this week and Josh and I loved walking around and checking out all the fresh produce.  It looked so pretty all stacked up together!  Of course we came home with a couple bags full of stuff to try :)

We made it to Friday and with the kids out of school we put them to work before any playing got done.  We washed windows and walls, mopped floors, drilled holes in the wall for sewer drainage access, and even had an outdoor shower installed for post-beach rinsing!  It was a productive morning!

Friday night was date night for Josh and I and the kids earned Smash Bros for the evening so they were happy with their Nintendo and pizza while Josh and I took some time away.  Always great to get out of the house!

Saturday morning we had more projects to do and Desh was up at the break of day to help dad work.  First thing on the list was planting a tree that is properly named "D Papaya" after Big D who has tended it since it was tiny.  It was ready to be put in the ground so they worked hard getting that planted in just the right spot. 

After planting was done we headed back to San Juan for a few more pick ups.  Rhen, Beck and Desh joined us as we went to IKEA for a desk (and also found some ideas for beds and dressers for the bedrooms), and then to Costco to pick up a king mattress for the master bedroom.  I've been dreading the day we had to get this mattress because I knew we'd have to go full Puerto Rican to get it home.  But it was just as easy as it could have been and no one even looked twice at us as we drove away with a large mattress on top of our mini van.  It only rained on us a little bit on the way home (thank goodness for the plastic covering) and didn't even slip off one single bit.  We made it home and got it upstairs and that was that!  Done and done.  

We had a little bit of clearing out to do before we put the master bedroom together, but with help from all the kids we moved the rest of the extra tile back outside, swept and mopped and then got the bed put together.  We moved out of the girls room that we had been borrowing and finally into our own bedroom!  Now all 8 of us can sleep upstairs together.  Little by little we're getting there.  

We also added a few pieces that we found for the family room (the rug and red chair) and now even that room looks like its liveable!  

Meanwhile we were also dodging Tropical Storm Earl that was threatening to make his way to our little island.  Luckily it turned north and we just got a really awesome thunder and lightening storm from it but nothing major.  

We finished off the night watching BYU win their first football game of the season and were so excited to be able to cheer them on from here!

We rounded off the week with hamburgers on our new grill after church on Sunday and listened to Desh sing us a song (in spanish) that he had learned in music class.  The. Cutest. Thing. Ever.

Mother Nature spoiled us with an incredible sunset tonight and you can see that lingering clouds from the storm made it even more amazing.  Wow are we grateful for the beautiful place we get to call home for now!