Vacation 2009

Sunshine + Ocean + No Verizon Cell Service = PARADISE!

Jon and I recently traveled to St. Thomas to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. We did a lot of nothing, which is just what the Doctor ordered.


We spent the better part of our days lying on these two chairs ocean-side. A few times I felt a little guilty about doing nothing except for lying there soaking up the sunshine, but that feeling very quickly passed.


We saw beautiful sunsets and had nice, quiet dinners together talking about life (past, present, and future).




We stayed at Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Resort on Morningstar Beach. We were across the harbor from downtown Charlotte Amalie and enjoyed watching the cruise ships depart each evening right before sunset. The resort was wonderful and had so much to offer, so we didn't have to leave very often. We enjoyed breakfast on our balcony overlooking the harbor each morning.


We took a ferry into downtown Charlotte Amalie to do a little shopping in the duty-free capital of the world. We ate at fun places like the Giggling Gecko and the Fat Turtle.




We missed the kiddos, but enjoyed some much needed Jon and Jill time.


These iguanas were everywhere and they were HUGE! We found out that they were vegetarians, but still a little creepy when they were crawling around our beach chairs or on the pool deck. They were stubborn as well, didn't want to move on the sidewalk, so we stepped around them.



Just being silly in the airport:

So sad to have to leave our paradise.....

But happy that we knew the kiddos would be on the other end and we were ready and refreshed to be their Mommy and Daddy again!

The Music In Me

I am so motivated by music.

The right song can put me in a great mood, or send me down memory lane in a hurry!

The one song that will put a smile on my face no matter what...

CELEBRATION, by Kool and the Gang.

I just heard it on the radio and immediately started chair dancing here in my office. Even amidst the pile of things I have to get done before the end of the week.

Everything's gonna be all right.....let's celebrate!

What's YOUR song??

I Love Fall!

I love the colors, watching college football, warming up the home with the fall decorations, homemade soups and baking. I think it's my favorite season! The only downside is knowing what comes next (WINTER!!!)



It's such a cliche' phrase, but we've been so busy. I sure wish the work week was only two days long and the weekends were five days. Wouldn't that be nice? It just seems that we have had something planned every weekend for as long as I can remember.

The only thing we had planned last Saturday was to hit a pumpkin patch with the kids. We had offered to take our neighbor along with us since her parents were going to be out of town. When we woke up on Saturday, it was cool and rainy and I just wasn't in the mood to do the pumpkin thing. But when I walked over to tell little Avah that we wouldn't be going...her attitude was contagious. She was smiling from ear to ear and was dressed in her pumpkin-best!

So we changed out of our jammies and jumped in the car and sped off to get some pumpkins. I'm so glad we went. The sun even came out for a few minutes while we were there. A good time had by all!