Fall Break: Part IV

 One of the pool days Max decided he was tired and wanted to take a nap in the lounge chair. Now, we all know Max can sleep anywhere but I didn't think he was going to be able to take a nap at the party pool with the loud music and activities director speaking in the mic. But, this kid did!

The standard pool hangout.

We went to the Shiggidy Shack one night to find Emily's mom's license plate. Apparently, her mom left her license plate to be hung on the wall one time when she was in St. Kitts. Andy found the plate on the wall and we got our picture there.

Time at the beach. This was always relaxing to hang at the beach with Max for a bit before we headed to the pool for the afternoon activities. Check out how clear the water is.

On the last day Max participated in the chipping contest where you had to chip the golf ball onto the floating green in the pool. He made it to the second round. He didn't win the contest but his form looked great!

Our framily vacation was winding down and we had our last night of dinner together in St. Kitts.

On the last night we played Left Center Right and Max was excited to win one of the hands.

Goodbye St. Kitts. It was a great framily vacation but we had to get back to reality. We spent a very long day traveling back to AZ.

Fall Break: Part III

One day we chartered a sail boat to cruise around and snorkel. Unfortunately, this day was the only day for rain and poor weather. 

We saw some goats on the island while it was pouring rain out. 

We were served lunch and champaign.

Due to the rain Amber and I decided not to snorkel. We didn't want to be cold for the ride back to the harbor so we stayed on the boat and sipped champaign while the rest of the framily snorkeled. They saw stingray along with many fish.

Even though it was a cloudy rainy day, it was a fun and scenic way to spend the day.

That night we played bingo at the casino. Nobody won, but we had a good time. We now want to play bingo here in AZ. 

Fall Break: Part II

 One day we did a small boat and snorkeling tour. There were two people to a boat and then you drove the boat over to a shipwreck for snorkeling. Due to our family having three people we put Andy and Max together and another guide drove my tiny boat for me so I could sit back and enjoy the scenery. It truly was a beautiful boat ride that took about 45 minutes. Plus my driver was telling me about the island and what I was seeing.

Once out to the shipwreck we all hopped into the water and snorkeled. 

It wasn't great snorkeling. I saw a lot of basic fish and the typical bright blue fish and the yellow and black striped fish but nothing captured on my camera. 

We enjoyed some fruit and then drove the boats back to the beach where we started.

Another day at the beach.

Max participated in the tie-dye activity the resort held. He ended up with a pretty funky looking tie-dye t-shirt.

View from our balcony as the sun was setting.

We headed to the beach for some fun photos before dinner.

Another dinner at a local joint and here was the view from where I was sitting.

Max and I both got lobster and his was better than mine. This was the only disappointing lobster I had on the island all week because mine was chewy so it was obviously cooked too long.

It rained hard while we were at dinner so that just made the humidity so much worse. That's the theme of the week: humid!

Fall Break: Part I

 We traveled a long way with our "framily" to spend 10 days in St. Kitts for Fall break. First, we flew to Miami. We spent the night in the Miami airport and then flew out the next day to get to St. Kitts, after spending an hour on the airplane before take off. 

We finally arrived!

It's not a big island, but it's an absolutely beautiful island. It was very humid though. So humid that we canceled the couple hiking adventures we were going to do. It would have been miserable hiking in that humidity. It's also an island that you spend with the locals which was pretty cool. There's also not that much to do on an island but relax, which is exactly what I needed. 

We went out to a local fancy restaurant with views of the beach. My dinner was fantastic, but not everyone felt the same way about their dinner. I had the snapper and it was perfectly cooked and so good. It was so humid though that everyone was sweating and Andy said he was starting to not feel good.

We spent most days at the pool or beach all day with plenty of ting and stings flowing. 

One night the kids went to hang out in the room and we went to the casino for adult time. At the casino Andy met a friend that he really did not like. You will have to ask him about that. 

The next night we did dinner at another local restaurant and we were all sweating. Max ordered the lobster and steak. The island is known for its spine lobster and snapper. We are not big lobster fans but I will say the lobster in St. Kitts was actually really good. 

Here's the view from our balcony. It was a beautiful view every morning to wake up to the ocean.

September Catch-up

 Somehow I went a whole month without posting a blog. Life has been crazy busy and here we are into October already. I will give a quick update on September and then I will post about our Fall break in St. Kitts.

Max is still golfing and Andy and I have been having a drink together in the bar during his golf lessons. It's kind of like a little date for just the two of us to catch up once a week.

It's been hot here still. We are in October and hit's still over 100 degrees. This extended heat allowed Max to use the pool all September. 

As most know, Max is a little chef and loves to cook. He's been really into Asian food lately. HIs favorite is ramen. He found an Asian grocery/convenience store that opened in Scottsdale where you can make your own ramen and shop for snacks. While Andy was in WI for the Badger game I took Max to this convenience store. He made ramen, ate lunch and brought home various snacks for him to try. 

Max joined me to see Beetlejuice at the movies. He really didn't want to go because he thought he was going to be scared but he went for me...and the snacks. He determined at the end of the movie it was not scary at all like he thought it was going to be.

We then headed to St. Kitts for Fall Break!