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Friday, January 26, 2024

Baco Rojo and Rincon

Our second day it was time to leave San Juan and drive across the island to Baco Rojo where Alex had another speaking event. Before taking off we had ice cream at a local ice cream shop and then we drove across the mountains. Our friends were in their cars and we all drove together. 




When leaving San Juan we also left the rain forest behind. On the other side of the mountains was like a desert climate and there were cacti on the side of the hills. 




In the house we were staying in Baco Rojo I wound these :-) Feels like home!


The next day we drove to Rincón to see if Marlee could surf. We could rent a board so he went out in the, for us, big waves. He had a great time and we had a good time on the beach. Unfortunately we could not really spot him among all the other surfers so I did not even get on picture :-( 








This is not Marlee. I just wanted to show what the waves were like…


Beach treasure!


Saturday, January 20, 2024

Puerto Rico Trip!!!

 Alex had a speeding trip to Puerto ático for a week and they offered to pay for the whole family to come!! Except for a pretty rough trip there and back it was a great week! Very busy, with several events but we also had time to explore a little, and all the people we met were so nice! 

We started of by missing our plane from Orlando to San Juan (PR). A misunderstanding with the time made us think the plane left one hour later than it did  we managed to get new tickets on a plane three hour later and ended up leaving Orlando at around 11:30pm. The 2.5h flight and the one hour difference made us land at 3am in Puerto Rico. The people who had invited us and who took care of us during the week met us at the airport despite the very late (early) time and took us to our Airbnb. A great house with a small pool table and an arcade game!! The boys were happy!

Finally on the plane and on our way!!



Our first Airbnb. 



The master bedroom was interesting as it had the bathroom in the bedroom… including the toilet. 

Our first day in Puerto Rico we did not have anything schedule until the evening so after getting some sleep we drove up to the rainforest, El Yunque. It was so much fun! It was raining part of the time, after all it was a rainforest! 


We stopped and climbed up a tower with a great view from the top. 








Next stop was a walk up to a waterfall. Marlee was the only one brave enough to go swimming. 






Marlee walked down the waterfall/river instead of walking on the path. Can you see him?



Despite sleeping in we were all exhausted after Alex’s speaking event in the evening and got a good sleep at night. Had to wake up early the next day to drive to Cabo Rojo. 



Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Back in Ormond, off to Madison and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

After a quick return to Ormond Alex took the boys to Madison for a boys trip with an uncle Cory and his boys, and Uncle Danny and Uncle Troy. David and I stayed home David was offered to go but wanted to stay home with me :-)

Delicious breakfast at the b&b where uncle Troy stayed .


Fun activities in Madison!


HAPPY NEW YEAR from the Armel’s house!



5 cuties in 5 cute aprons :-)



The face when you can’t find you binkey..


Fun with the cousins. 


We recently went out in the woods to see if we could find some mushrooms. When I have finally gotten somewhat used to swing Pygmy rattle snakes every time we go I spot a HUGE Diamond back rattle snake!! Why!!! 😩