Wednesday, January 21, 2009

January with the Family!

Here is a scrambled taste of our Christmas vacation with the family. Wish that Paul was there to experience it all with us... but maybe next year. We had a great time and were busy every day... so enjoy!





Window Cave. We bought a flashlight in a gas station along the way and all crept together through the cave... bats and everything.







































A STELLER game of bocci ball. I am not sure who won in the end...but I had a pretty surprising round there... as you can see, everyone was surprised at my hidden talent!





























Here we are in El Yunque Rainforest. Mom and Troy are trying out the more "native" experience. Ackward! :)






































Troy and Jon eating pinchos of pork and chicken at Flaminco beach on the island of Culebra.















































Ahhh... never too old for sand castles!








































































We loved touring Old San Juan. We went in El Moro - the fortress there that was used to protect the port from outsiders. Old and cool.





















Troy and Jon enjoying a traditional meal of mofongo. Basically fried plantains. Yummy


























By far the most beautiful sunset we have seen in Puerto Rico. This was taken from our dinner table that night. Breath-taking.








Troy being oh so contemplative.













Ahh... the master hunters. Troy and Jon come back with a crab squished between two piece of drift wood. They continued to taunt him until he ran away - not before he made Troy scream like a girl though! :) Wish I would have gotten that on tape!





























































Yes, the pot holes in Puerto Rico really are serious!




















Troy trying to swing from the vines... didn't work as well as we would have hoped!

























































Trying to escape the rain in the rainforest.... how ironic!






















A little dip in the falls of the rainforest. Chilly I was told. Way to go boys!
































Again Troy tries his hand at the "Tarzan" get-up!















































A view from our apartment.





Our apartment for the week. We were on the 28th floor.






















The pool at our place. The boys had it to themselves.




So, as you can see. Scrambled mess of pictures, sorry about that. But hopefully you can see that we had a great time! Thanks so much Mom, Dad and Troy for a great visit. We are looking forward to next year already. Happy New Year to you all! Love you and miss you!