October 10-14, 2011
Day #1 memories:
Beginning our vacation by celebrating Tyler’s 7th
birthday with team mates
Touring a Jesuit ruin San Cosme y Damian
Visiting a small planetarium and learning the Guarani names for
different constellations Looking at the moon through their telescope
Sleeping 8 in a tiny 3 bed hotel room
Day #2 – My children have inherited my love for the beach and
talk about wanting to go all the time.
Since we live in a land-locked country, that request is tough. So when we saw pictures of an island with sand
dunes, we knew had to check it out. The
outing did not disappoint. We all loved
the relaxing hour long boat ride to sand dunes.
Julia was mesmerized by the lulling of the waves.
The island was wonderful!
The kids ran up, played in and slid/summersaulted/rolled/fell down the huge
dunes. They splashed in the water,
explored the beach, played tennis and catch, and built sand castles.
This was Julia’s first time in sand and she loved it. Apparently it tasted pretty good by the
fistfull.
I took 200 pictures of my beautiful children.
After we pried ourselves off the dunes, we heading into town and
set up camp. New flashlights, stomp
rockets, yummy grilled pork, s’mores and then off to bed.
Setting up the tent
Beautiful sunset
Julia LOVED her first marshmellow
At 2AM Jeff and I awoke to strong winds, loud thunder, and
bright lightening. A huge storm was
rolling in and we did not want to be caught in a tent in it (nor have to pack
up a wet tent in the morning). Jeff made
an executive call to pack up camp. Our kids
were such good sports lending a sleepy hand.
We got it all picked up and thrown inside the care just before
torrential rains poured. Luckily, my
family had rented a room for the night, so we all crashed with them.
Day #3 memories:
Rain
Hotel with trampoline, pool table, ping-pong and foosball table
Peacocks, iguana, alligator, dogs, horses, sheep
Cat in the Hat movie
Day #4 memories:
Horseback riding
Shopping for hammocks and aopo’i
Hotel Independencia
New swimming pool
Skip-Bo
1 comment:
Those are some of the best pictures I have ever seen. LOVE them. So glad for your great family time.
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