We finally had our first visitors!!! My cousin Jessica and her friends Katie and Pawnee came on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and stayed for a week-long vacation! It was jam-packed with all sorts of fun and was exhausting to say the least but do we want more visitors? Yes please. Tams, that means you guys! Here's a breakdown of everything we did and yes I never brought my camera since I have pictures of all these places already and all three of them had theirs. So pics to come ... once I steal them from said visitors.
They got in late Wednesday night. Jeremy slept in our room for a week while they took the second bedroom. Thanks Patty for letting us use your queen size air mattress. I think that thing is more comfy than our bed...
Thursday morning we went to Mt. Carmel waterfall and of course we slid down the rock slides. I was a little bit nervous doing this hike with Jeremy and without Shane but Jeremy was an excellent hiker. He hiked the whole way down and half the way up. By then he was exhausted and I carried him the rest of the way. We came home and had lunch then headed to Grand Anse Beach for the afternoon.
Friday we went to the market in St. George's where they bought gifts/souvenirs and fruits and veggies for the week. We showed them around and got smoothies at Celine's! Yum! Then we went home for lunch and then Magazine beach for some snorkeling all afternoon. After that, we headed to Fish Friday in Guoyave. This is where a bunch of fishermen bring their fresh catch of the day and sell from there booth on the street. There was all sorts of fish like crab, lobster, mahi mahi (MY FAVORITE!), fish balls, fish kabobs, fish pizza, shrimp, fried plantains, breadfruit (so weird, google it), locally made pumpkin ice cream, etc. It was some great food!
Saturday we went to BBC beach in the morning and planned to hike Concord Falls but we got rained out. We were all pretty tired so we all took naps that afternoon, it was a lazy day!
Sunday we went to church pretty much on the beach and then again took naps. We also went to the tide pools and watched the sunset.
Monday was a packed day. I left Jeremy with my neighbor (thanks Mindy!) while we all headed to 7 sisters! On the way, we stopped by Grand Etang lake. Unfortunately the monkeys were not out that morning :( We also stopped by Annandale falls for some pictures so they did end up getting a picture with Jack the monkey! Anyway, 7 sisters is an awesome hike through the jungle basically that leads you down to the last waterfall of a series of waterfalls. Once you get to the bottom you continue to hike up to the first waterfall. Once you get up there, there really is no way back down but to jump. So that's what they did while I stayed at the bottom to get them on video jumping the 35 foot waterfall! They had a blast and I knew they would, it is awesome! We even got to have Superman Butterfly as our guide! He is hilarious and I'm pretty sure that's his "street" name! Haha! Then we came home for lunch and headed to the University Club where we swam, collected shells, watched the sunset, and had strawberry daiquiris (virgin of course!). After dinner we headed to the Owl restaurant to watch the crab races. It's something that you have to do while your here but the crabs really aren't fast at all and it's definitely not as fun if you aren't betting on crabs, which none of us were. But the drunk people were funny!
Tuesday we went to La Sagesse beach in the morning, had lunch and then headed to Fort George for the sunset and some amazing views of St. George's.
Wednesday morning we took them to the airport. They were great guests. I never had to wash my dishes once while they were here and they compensated us way more than they should have. They were great with Jeremy and put up with his tired and whiny schedule-thrown self on some days. Jeremy cried at the airport and said "I wanna come!" It was so sad. And every prayer he has said since they left has included being thankful for Jessica, thankful for Katie, and thankful for Pawnee. I think it's safe to say he misses our visitors! Thanks for coming you guys and being such great guests! I hope you guys had fun!
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was great this year! However, it is not the same as the good old fashioned Thanksgivings I've always celebrated back in the country where they actually celebrate it (if that makes sense). The weekend started off early with my cousin Jessica and her two friends Katie and Pawnee who came Wednesday night to stay for a week-long vacation (more on that soon)! Because they would be here, I figured it would be easiest to do Thanksgiving at our apartment and invite some of the families that live in our complex over too. I didn't realize that would mean fitting 23 people in my tiny 800 sq ft apartment :) It was a "bring your own meat/dishes/utensils and a side to share" kind of a night. Don't judge, our apartment only came with like 4 plates and 7 forks and turkey costs about $15 a pound. Haha! It turned out really great! The food was delicious and the company even better! We love our family away from home here in Grenada!
My homemade cheesecake! So good!
Watching some app
What's Thanksgiving without a little football in the background!
Family photo
Again, the whole crowd
And the kids eating in the hallway
The food
Living here, we have come to appreciate a lot of things you wouldn't think of. Carpet, seasons, leaving a plate of cookies on the counter to enjoy (too many bugs here), good customer service and so much more. Living here has been such an awesome experience and has helped me to see all the blessings I have in my life. When you see a little boy who is as skinny as a rail digging through your apartment garbage cans for food, you realize how incredibly blessed you are. Happy late Thanksgiving everyone!
Twinkle Twinkle
There is a lot to catch up on. But as promised, I just had to post this video of Jeremy singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. This was taken a couple of weeks ago and now he doesn't need any help at all singing the song. He's got a pretty good ear and his tune is right on now! Jeremy had to sleep in our room for a week (post on that soon) and him singing this song was our alarm every morning. Along with him counting to ten and saying "yay, I did it!" One morning he also woke us up with him saying "Go BYU!" I think that is the proudest moment Shane has ever had...
Jeremy is growing up more and more every day. Shane and I can't believe how big he is getting and how much he knows and can communicate with us. He speaks in full sentences and this morning I asked him if he wanted to wear his cookie shirt and he said, "No, I want the chomp chomp shirt" which is a shirt with a crocodile on it that says "chomp, chomp." It's so fun to see his little personality and opinion about what he likes and dislikes. Jeremy now eats at the table in what we call his "big boy chair" which is just a big chair like ours, and he actually eats better. I think it's because he feels like one of us now and since we're eating at the table like "big boys" then he should too! He just seems so big and grown up now! He is such a smart little boy and I can't believe he will be two in just a couple of short months! There are so many cute stories that I have been recording in my journal so that I don't forget what he was like at every age. He is at such a fun age, but don't worry, he has his fair share of fits too. We love this little boy to pieces!
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