Back to reality this week after a great thanksgiving holiday week! Kids headed back to school and Josh and I worked on our one hour projects each morning. But nothing stops us from going to the beach on Mondays and taking crazy pictures. Why are jumping pictures so fun? And funny?! My kids are hilarious.
Josh and I drove to Dorado early Monday morning to find a Christmas tree (palm style) at a big jardenaria. We successfully found one that would be perfect for the house for Christmas and then would fit perfectly in the yard after! Monday night we decorated it with a few lights and the ornaments that the kids picked out. We had each of them choose an ornament for the tree here that we could take home with us as a souvenir for all the Christmases to come. Simple and islandy is what we ended up with! We love it!
A few other things from the week:
Becks class had a welcome to Christmas party this week and all dressed up in Santa hats and red and green clothes. Puerto Ricans love their Christmas holiday and celebrate it as long as possible!
Josh and I primed and painted all the spots around the house that needed it and applied red oxide to the places with exposed metal to prevent rusting. It seemed like a small project but weirdly ended up being a lot and took us a few days to do it.
Rease worked on her online work turban-style. No idea why.
Found a huge iguana in Laura and Carly’s yard when the boys went to play Nintendo with him one night. Besides the iguana being awesome, the boys had THE BEST time being there. They are the best.
Josh and I put in the rest of the french drain around the pool before the coralline stone goes in next week. That was a big, muddy, sweaty job.
The pool guys are working hard and getting a lot done. This week they finished doing stucco on the walls and built up the wall between our house and Wilfredo’s house so we have a little not privacy. Don’t worry. We asked Wilfredo and Mara and they said it was fine :)
By the end of the week we had the pallets of stone dropped off and also all the materials for the inside of the pool and the pool pump and filter. It’s all ready to go for the last week of finishing touches! Liev and Rease pressure washed the concrete all around the pool to get it ready for Monday. It’s starting to look so nice!
The temple open house started this week and Josh and I volunteered as ushers. It was so fun to be there and be a part of this huge blessing that has come to the island. So many members have been waiting for years to see a temple and it’s pretty cool to see how emotional they get when they go inside for the first time. Such a sweet experience that we’re so happy we get to participate in.
And Rease and rhen left Friday afternoon with Laura for an overnight youth conference camp! They were a little apprehensive about it but knew they would have fun no matter what since they would be with Laura. It ended up being a really fun weekend for them and camping is something we haven’t been able to do since we got here so they loved that. We just couldn’t be more grateful for the people in our life here that love us for who we are and take us into their lives no questions asked. Laura and Carlos are some of the best and we just love them like family.
The temple open house started this week and Josh and I volunteered as ushers. It was so fun to be there and be a part of this huge blessing that has come to the island. So many members have been waiting for years to see a temple and it’s pretty cool to see how emotional they get when they go inside for the first time. Such a sweet experience that we’re so happy we get to participate in.
And Rease and rhen left Friday afternoon with Laura for an overnight youth conference camp! They were a little apprehensive about it but knew they would have fun no matter what since they would be with Laura. It ended up being a really fun weekend for them and camping is something we haven’t been able to do since we got here so they loved that. We just couldn’t be more grateful for the people in our life here that love us for who we are and take us into their lives no questions asked. Laura and Carlos are some of the best and we just love them like family.
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