Another good week on the island! We love our Mondays that take us to a different beach each week and love getting to know all the things around us. This week the beach was Las Picuas just not too far from our house. It was a great spot to just hang - shallow water, grass to sit on and shade under the big palm trees. I couldn’t have asked for a better beach for the day. Liev got out his new fishing pole and tried it out for the first time. He didn’t catch anything but was glad to finally get it figured out. We laughed and played and read books and took a bunch of crazy pictures before we called it good for the day. Loved our beach day this week!
Josh is traveling this week visiting his mission president in Arizona and then up to Denver for a conference. A few other things of note that happened while he was away:
- Desh’s class to a field trip to the ice cream shop
- Tilly got her first Puerto Rican haircut and was mad at me for hours because of it
- I put up curtains in the kitchen and family room and hung out windchime that Kim made us
- We finished the bathroom with the table that we found that happens to fit perfectly in the empty spot
So many good things.
The boys spent some time with the girls and each got a “makeover” with hair parted down the middle and all. Crazy kids.
We had a HUGE thunderstorm roll through on Thursday and Friday. I didn’t really realize it was headed our way until the rain started. By Friday we had so much rain coming down that the schools cancelled the rest of the school day and I made my way down the mountain through rivers of rainwater the whole way. The schools were getting water inside the classrooms from so much water pooling up and running through the schoolyards. It was a crazy minute trying to gather up all the kids with so much water everywhere. The storm lasted through Friday but by that evening it had pretty much passed by. We have a bit of clean up to do downstairs where water had come through. One of these days we’ll get it all fixed up so we don’t ever get flooded down there!
Friday night the girls had a stake Halloween party and we took them to dinner before we dropped them off. They were so cute and a little nervous to go but did great once they got there!
The boys spent some time with the girls and each got a “makeover” with hair parted down the middle and all. Crazy kids.
We had a HUGE thunderstorm roll through on Thursday and Friday. I didn’t really realize it was headed our way until the rain started. By Friday we had so much rain coming down that the schools cancelled the rest of the school day and I made my way down the mountain through rivers of rainwater the whole way. The schools were getting water inside the classrooms from so much water pooling up and running through the schoolyards. It was a crazy minute trying to gather up all the kids with so much water everywhere. The storm lasted through Friday but by that evening it had pretty much passed by. We have a bit of clean up to do downstairs where water had come through. One of these days we’ll get it all fixed up so we don’t ever get flooded down there!
Friday night the girls had a stake Halloween party and we took them to dinner before we dropped them off. They were so cute and a little nervous to go but did great once they got there!
Saturday we planted a few trees (we’re getting to be pros at planting these days) and then taped off the area where the pool is going to be. It supposed to be starting next week and we wanted to make sure we had the dimensions right. It’s so exciting to see it taped out! Can’t wait for that to be done!
All in all a great and routine week around here. The kids are doing great in school and just finished up the first quarter. The teachers all had good and positive things to say about each of the kids and I’m so grateful to be surrounded by such good people here. We love our Caribbean life here on the island.
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