THEY'RE HEEERRRREEEEE - PART 1

left to right - Vee (moms friend), Mom (mom), Rod (brother), Alli (Rods girlfriend) and us

After almost nine months of being away from home, part of home came to us.  Our relaxing lifestyle came to an abrupt end with their arrival.  It has been a whirlwind of activity and we've had a lot of fun.

Our first adventure was an estuary tour.  Our guide took us along the river for a 5km boat ride, that brought us up close and personal to crocs, monkeys, crabs, birds and mosquitoes.

The next adventure for the family was a trip to Nicaragua.  We didn't go on this one.  We stayed back and worried about them, feeling a little bad that we sent them off to another country.  But all was well, they made it back armed with stories and misadventures to tell us about and a hug from a monkey for my mom.

We've spent a lot of time on the beach watching the surfers and playing in the ocean - even Mom was out in the ocean playing in the waves!

playing in the waves

One of the bonuses of the family coming down is the FOOD.  We have been eating like kings.  No more   cheap taco stands for us - we've been eating at places with tablecloths and cloth napkins.  We've had pan seared tuna, mahi mahi, shrimp, delicious pastas, desserts and on and on.  Our clothes might start fitting us again if we keep this up.

enjoying some mojitos 

we've had a few really good meals in as well except...

we had some dish washer troubles

We also went deep sea fishing, something that most of us have never done before.  I have to say that the boat ride out to sea was terrifying, there were huge swells and it was a really rough ride.  But the excitement of the guys catching two sailfish and seeing dolphins and sea turtles made it all worth while.

Part 2 with our visitors from home coming soon.....