We welcomed our dear friends Matt, Christine, Bennett and Neal to our home this week and were so excited to have them in our world again! They got in late late Saturday night so were able to go to church with us before zonking out again to catch up on their sleep from the red eye flight. Monday morning we were all rested and ready to explore! We took them to one of our favorite little trails near El Yunque called the Angelito Trail. It’s a quick hike down to the river and then lots of fun to be had throwing rocks, climbing down the river, making rock towers and exploring the jungle. It was a beautiful morning for it.
Beach day was a blast with these cute visitors and Bennett and Neal couldn’t get enough of the sand and water. The beach was pretty much empty so we had the place to ourselves and got to take plenty of crazy pics without being disturbed. :)
We had lots going on this week that we squeezed in while the Swensens were with us. Here’s just a few:
We ordered sod from the sod farm and got to see a live alligator that they had just caught.
Josh rented a concrete saw to cut a trench through our driveway. We have the electrician coming to pipe electricity out to the pool pump so Josh worked hard getting that all prepped.
Christine taught the kids how to play Cups and Beck was diligent about learning from her. Good news…he learned super quick. Bad news…he learned it backwards by watching Christine do it. He was mirroring her and learned going left instead of right. Yikes. I have no doubt he can just as quickly learning it the right way!
We took them down to our basketball court for frisbee and a few games of speed. Always a hit.
Christmas is in full swing on the island so we joined in and had a friendly ginger bread house competition. We gathered into groups of 3 and designed, architected and decorated these beautiful gems!
Each of the schools had a welcome to Christmas fiesta going on this week so we went to lots of programs at the schools and met friends, listened to musical numbers, checked out art projects and saw all the things the kids have been working on so far this year. Desh earned an award in his class for being the fastest reader in his class! That’s pretty great and his teacher is so sweet and kept saying how proud of him she is for that.
Christmas is in full swing on the island so we joined in and had a friendly ginger bread house competition. We gathered into groups of 3 and designed, architected and decorated these beautiful gems!
Each of the schools had a welcome to Christmas fiesta going on this week so we went to lots of programs at the schools and met friends, listened to musical numbers, checked out art projects and saw all the things the kids have been working on so far this year. Desh earned an award in his class for being the fastest reader in his class! That’s pretty great and his teacher is so sweet and kept saying how proud of him she is for that.
We showed the Swensens around our town and took them to all the schools, the church, our favorite açaí food truck and everything else we could think of. They were such good sports to just join into all the things we were up to!
We ventured out to our favorite beach on culebra one of the days and had a glorious day in the sun on beautiful Flamenco Beach. It was a dreamy day with white sand, blue water, pina coladas and lots of sand castles. Just the things that make a perfect beach day.
Progress continues to be made on the pool. The crew has worked so hard everyday coming early and working until the job is done. They worked on the stone around the walkway this week and also put the tile in the inside around the water line. It’s so exciting to watch the progress!
Keen was honored this week a a member of the honor roll in his class. It was quite a ceremony and turned out to be a really big deal. I’m so proud of him! Josh and I were also asked to be a part of the ceremony and got to sing the national anthem for the group. We asked Rease to join us so we weren’t quite so nervous :) They had other singers, groups of dancers, short plays and all sorts of other things to celebrate these honor students. Desh was in a small choir as well so it turned out to be quite a deal for the Beutler family! So so proud of this boy and this accomplishment!
We ventured out to our favorite beach on culebra one of the days and had a glorious day in the sun on beautiful Flamenco Beach. It was a dreamy day with white sand, blue water, pina coladas and lots of sand castles. Just the things that make a perfect beach day.
Progress continues to be made on the pool. The crew has worked so hard everyday coming early and working until the job is done. They worked on the stone around the walkway this week and also put the tile in the inside around the water line. It’s so exciting to watch the progress!
Keen was honored this week a a member of the honor roll in his class. It was quite a ceremony and turned out to be a really big deal. I’m so proud of him! Josh and I were also asked to be a part of the ceremony and got to sing the national anthem for the group. We asked Rease to join us so we weren’t quite so nervous :) They had other singers, groups of dancers, short plays and all sorts of other things to celebrate these honor students. Desh was in a small choir as well so it turned out to be quite a deal for the Beutler family! So so proud of this boy and this accomplishment!
The last night the Swensens had in town, we took them downtown to Old San Juan. We played at the park by San Felipe del Morro and the boys had a great time throwing the football and frisbee around and running around the huge field. As the sun was setting we had the most beautiful view out into the ocean and took so amazing silhouette pics of the boys. We really just live in the most gorgeous place!
Dinner at our fav pizza spot and then gelato down the street. And we found out that during the Christmas season they have the road down to the governors mansion open and full of Christmas decorations. We walked down and got there just in time to watch a little movie they had projected onto the mansion for Christmas. It was so fun to see this and be there during a fun season!
We LOVED every minute that the Swensens got to be here with us! They are the best and easiest guests and wanted to just be a part of all that we were doing. We are so glad to have these amazing memories together with them!
The week ended with Christmas lighting ceremonies at each of the schools and lots of songs, dressing up, and partying and the Christmas season is just starting!
When we went to Rhens school she showed us through the art room and all the projects they’ve been working on as a class. Rhen had some of the best ones and we loved seeing it all!
The week ended with Christmas lighting ceremonies at each of the schools and lots of songs, dressing up, and partying and the Christmas season is just starting!
When we went to Rhens school she showed us through the art room and all the projects they’ve been working on as a class. Rhen had some of the best ones and we loved seeing it all!
Such a good week for us with lots and lots going on. So fun to share it all with some really great people!
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