We had the best time with Uncle Greg this week and he joined right in on all the things we did. Beach day took us back to Playa Azul where we had big waves to boogie board and perfect sand for castle building. We stayed until dark and we were all worn out. Greg loves the beach and we were happy to have him with us at our favorite spot!
Rhen’s ringworm from last week continued to get worse and worse and I finally texted some pics to our friend Jared and also to our pediatrician Dr Erickson, both who I trust completely with anything medical. They both agreed that it didn’t look anything like ringworm and instead looked more like empetigo. We had been treating her sores with an anti-fungal but we switched to an antibiotic instead and Dr Erickson kindly got that sent to the pharmacy for us. We’re so hopeful that the switch of medications will help heal up these sores quickly!
Desh made dinner for every one one night - his specialty: quesadillas.
Work on the pool continues to march along. We got quite a bit of rain this week and fill up the pool with muddy water one day. It was pumped out easily enough but it looked pretty crazy to see if filling up with mud! The project this week was framing the sidewalk around the pool and the patio we had planned. It was so great to see how quickly it all started to come together. Then as soon as it was framed, the next day they brought the cement trucks in and poured the cement all in one day! They got the two back walls done, the walkway around the pool, the small platform for the pump and equipment, the patio and even a small form we had set up out in front of our main wall for our garbage cans. They worked hard and fast and in one day the concrete was all done! It looks amazing!
The elementary kids had a turkey run and family activity this week at the school so we went to watch and participate in the festivities. We had a chalk art activity and made big posters to hang up around the school. Then we gathered for the run. Each grade got to run separately and it was so cute to see them all getting ready for their run. The winners of each group won a gift card to the econo. Our boys were super motivated by the gift card and gave it their all on the run! They all did awesome and keen ended up winning his age group and received the coveted gift card. He informed me that he would be spending all $20 of it on candy :) Of course.
One day this week Keen was out of school so he got to spend the day with uncle Greg all on his own. They went to the beach, bought treats, made sand castles, took pictures and just enjoyed hanging out together! We took Greg down to old San Juan the night before he left and ate pizza and ice cream with him at our fav spots. It’s always fun to be down there and enjoy the vibe of the city! We had so much fun with Greg this week and hated to see him go.
This week was also Semana de la Puertoriquenidad (puerto Rican history week) and the schools all had big celebrations at the end of the week. Deshs class participated in a presentation of all things Puerto Rican including dances and songs and lots of artwork. They dressed up as archeologists for the day and performed a Puerto Rican salsa dance. They a were so dang cute and obviously had worked hard on their dance. We all loved watching those cute kids do that!
After the performances we walked around and saw all the artwork the kids had been working on. We got to come home with lots of papers from Desh.
And Keen had painted rocks and made little pots of clay for their class presentation. Everything was so great and the kids all had worked hard for this week to come. It was an awesome display of all things Puerto Rican.
The week ended with belly gong fights and haircuts and a long training for Josh and I on our duties as temple open house ushers. The best part about the training was that we got to go through the temple for the first time! It is a gorgeous, tiny little temple that is just perfectly Puerto Rican. It has bright colored mosaic tiles for the floors with bright colored chairs and benches with turquoise stained glass throughout. I loved every bit of it and we’re so excited to be a party of this huge blessing that is coming to the island. Such a good way to end a good week!
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