Tuesday, September 4, 2007

The Return

We arrived home safe and sound after a VERY long night/day of flights. We've been unpacking into our new place and what do you know... the power and water went out. So we opted to go to McDonalds for dinner since it is hard to cook without water and power :). Here is Holdyn enjoying some Ice Cream with a random friend who wanted to be in the picture. St. Maarten...."The Friendly Island." Our neighbors... the Brox's have been GREAT! Justin brought in this old abondoned lobster cage while he was snorkeling. He and Ben spent Saturday rebuilding it. They took it out to sea yesterday and are hoping to bring back some fresh lobster for dinner.... we will let you know how it goes.

While the guys worked on the Lobster cage Hillary and I with the kids went to Tyson Jackson's Birthday Party at the AUC playground. It was great. Holdyn loved the slide and the swings.

The party turned out Great Nicole..... Thanks for the fun evening and the yummy treats!!!


A night or two after we returned I went with the RS for their first "Ladies Night." We ended up going to a little mini-golf course called "Sputter's" It was quite fun.... some of the ladies had never played before so they weren't sure how to hold the club/putter's or how to keep score... it was great!
Here is the RS President (orange) Sister Lake and Deb Joseph going for the first hole! It really turned out fun!

9 comments:

Spencer and Mindy said...

I love the Random Girl at McD's...classic! and the pic of Holdyn on the Swing with you...also a Classic!! hee hee..

keep us posted on the FRESH Lobster!! how fun!!

countdown: 1 month, 1 day!!

Anonymous said...

It's fun to see the pictures. Glad you made it back to the island safe & sound & good luck as you settle back in to island life.
Enjoy!!
We miss you.
Love, Mom & Dad

The Isoms said...

Glad you are home safely! I love the Friendly Island boy!

Spencer and Mindy said...

Oh and the Pic of Holdyn on the Slide....Seriously GET CUTER!!!!!!

jaesi said...

Jill, it was great to see you. Holdyn is absolutley beautiful. I am glad you are back to entertain us with your crazy island stories.

Emma said...

You're back! I have missed all those crazy island stories as well. You all look like you had a ton of fun!

Pauline said...

Hey Jill did Ben ever catch and of those yummy Lobster?

Nadine said...

i'm glad you made it back safely. holdyn looks like such a big girl with her piggie tails. so cute.

Laurin West said...

Hi Jill! This is Laurin West, Chris' wife. I was looking at your blog and your little girl is darling. She reminds me a lot of our little girl. Chris says "hi!" He said you were the best 3rd trumpet there ever was. He said band wasn't known as "where the cool kids were' after you graduated. He thought it was awesome when he saw you wrote to us on our blog. People think it is pretty cool that we live back East but I think you guys have one up on us.