May 10-12: Boat

We relaxed at home on Monday and Tuesday, it was a little rainy again.

On Wednesday, Ricky went with his friends Luis and Ramon in the boat around Aguadilla. Luis got a cover for the boat, but Ricky got sunburnt very bad. They went to this old sugar bridge and snorkeled. Ramon caught this fish with the spear gun and then we ate it for dinner.

May 8-9: RE's Blessing

On Saturday it was rainy so we stayed in and spent time with Ricky's family. On Sunday, Ricky gave RE his baby blessing. He was a little emotional when he was doing the blessing, I think he was a little overwhelmed at how wonderful it is to have a son and to see our family growing. I truly hope RE turns out like his Papi. What a great Mother's day to have my little boy blessed!

I just think this picture is funny.

May 7: Beach

On Friday we went to the beach again. It was so nice and the water was so warm and clear. Amelia loves "swimming". She runs to me and then to Papi and back and forth. We made some turtles in the sand and found some shells. We did a great job of using sunscreen this trip. I got a nice little tan.

May 5-6: Beach and Zoo

On Wednesday we finally went to the beach! But I didn't take my camera out because we were too busy keeping Amelia from drowning. RE stayed with Abuela while we had fun. We did take this one picture on the way home. We passed a cemetery and we saw a coffin in the dumpster. Ricky said it was very common for this cemetery to dump old coffins to make room for new ones.

On Thursday we tried the zoo again. It was hot, but fun, Amelia loves animals.
Sorry, that's the best shot of the elephant I could get.

Emu, not an ostrich.
10 points if you can you spot the iguana.

Hippos cooling off.

RE slept most of the time, as usual.

But he was happy when we told him the tigers wanted to eat him.

Papi loves the hippos. It's kind of hard to see them there in the back. They were so purple.

May 2 - 4 : Church and Park

On Sunday, we woke up very tired, and headed to church. It was so great to see everyone and to see how our little branch was doing.

On Monday we relaxed with Ricky's family and Amelia got to know her cousin Adrian. It rained quite a bit.

On Tuesday, we tried to go to the zoo in Mayaguez, but it was closed. So instead we headed to Parque Colon in Aguadilla. Here's Amelia playing. She kept saying Hola to a little boy there, but he wouldn't talk to her.

Here's a picture of RE. He is usually asleep in the stroller when we do things and Winnie says we don't post enough pictures of him.

After the park, we went home and got out Amelia's baby pool for her and Adrian to cool off in.

May 1 - Getting to PR

We left Tucson at 7:30 am. Getting to Isabela actually wasn't too bad. The hardest part was the first plane trip to Houston. The seats were 2 and 1. So Ricky sat in the 1, but they wouldn't let him hold RE because of the oxygen masks. Amelia can't sit on the aisle because she runs away, so I basically had both kids to myself. Luckily, RE is an angel.

Amelia loves airplanes. When she sees them take off she says "there it goes" and gets very excited. We got to San Juan about 10:30 pm local time, and got the rental car and drove the 2 hours to Isabela. Abuelos were waiting up for us, but we were so tired, we just crashed.

The best part was when I walked to the house and saw a coqui right on the wall! These are very small frogs that make a sound like "coqui". I've only seen one during my time in PR and here one was to greet me!