Spring Break 2014

Adam and I had an amazing time in the British Virgin Islands! Meeting up with John and Deb from Zumbrota and staying with Bill and Tricia who we see a few times a year when they come to the states made for a great week.

I have a few pictures here on the blog and you can see the rest on shutterfly. I am in the middle of making an album on Shutterfly instead of scrapbooking it - because of time (I am soo far behind on the boys' books). 

So here is a glimps into our past week:

The view from Bill and Tricia's home. They are part of a resort/estates and have access to the pool you see in the middle. We spent our time on the beach (although I wanted to sit by the pool and use the swim up bar - next time!)

Our new favorite past time - snorkeling! I think Adam would stay in the water all day if he could snorkel.

Our first island visit was to this great spot for lunch. Its called Pirate's Brick on Norman Island. We enjoyed a drink under the umbrella and moved to the tables (behind us) for lunch:

Here's the view of our lunch spot from the boat:

 We took a tour of the island and stopped for a few photos at this beach. Here is the group:

One afternoon we went to a remote spot on an island for a picnic. Here the guys are assembling the 'table'. There is lots of 'stuff' washed ashore here so we made our table out of a broken lawn chair and a piece of board. A nice beach towel on top and we were good to go!

Each day would not be complete without rum punch! A new favorite of mine!

We thought we'd play 'Gilligan's Island' and try cracking open coconuts.

It worked, thanks to Adam and his aim to get the coconuts down from the tree (I had 2 rum punch's in me and we hadn't eaten yet so my aim was not real good!) John found a 2 x 4 with a nail in it that they used as a hammer. It worked great!

The boat

Enjoying our spot in front to and from the islands

The rest of the crew - Bill took care of the anchors etc and Tricia was quite the driver. Adam assisted Bill as needed.

A view of their home - loved that the wall folded open so it was light and airy inside as well as on the deck:

The other direction of the living space. Off to each side were the bedrooms.

A view from a little island just off of Tortola. 

The restaurant on that island.

Friday we left and it actually rained. I didn't think it ever rained because our weather was amazing! Tricia said the heavens were crying because we were leaving. 

A conch shell Bill found for us when we were snorkeling and he was hanging out on shore. It looks great in our family room and is a wonderful reminder of the amazing week we had!

And now we are back to reality - cold and wet! We missed the boys but had a relaxing time. It was a great treat after the winter we had. And the great thing: Adam was bummed going home so now we have a voucher to use within the next year....perhaps we will go back next spring break?