Puerto Rico round 2

Pic overload—coming right up!! But remember it’s really the only reason I come on vacation—which leading up to this one😳 I need to seriously consider skipping out …but then I would miss out on the pics. 

But,  Oh my! —looking back at the pics I almost forgot—these guys earned their vacation. 😂

Saturday we put the header up for the door on Isaac’s building. 

And that sucker was a beast, and it was light outside when I took these pics but…it was well past dark when we got done!! 

I also have pics from Kamden’s sisters birthday party and normal outside stick playing but on a pic overload post-they’re not making the cut! 

Monday Isaac installed a float valve to our animals will have water. (Praying it’s working) 

And Tuesday we were off! 

But if that’s all I wrote you might think it was smooth sailing!

…not exactly

Here’s a few of the disasters—remember I can’t make this stuff up 😉

 -we were Leaving at 10…the plan was to get a good late lunch before we hit the airport—we left at 11 and grabbed little ceasars in Hannibal that none of the kids wanted and we bribed them with a little Twix to at least eat one piece (everyone had snacks in their backpacks but Isaac put them up with the carryons so nobody had access to their snacks until Orlando because the couldn’t even reach to get them down) 

-Isaac needed to switch his phone plan so he’d have service on PR, he waited until the day of…then his phone wouldn’t work! I admit it was an easy fix, turn it off then back on, but still!! It just added to the chaos to have his phone not work for an hour or so. 

-the StL airport was so slick!!! But we didn’t know it would be so since we were checking a bag (all to bring the pellet gun so they could hunt iguanas but hey it provided a lot more space so I was happy) but since we were checking the bag and running behind I had to be the one to go park the car, it worked out fine just stressful and Addi had fallen asleep so then I’m trying to get her-her stuff, my stuff, all the pizza I didn’t want to leave in the car for a week and try to catch the shuttle. Again fine-just stressful. 

-the best? cutest? funniest? was when we walked off the plane in Orlando and into the airport Addi said “I think we came’d to the same place.” It was hilarious. 

-But we landed in San Juan  at 12:30 am (only 10:30 Missouri time) but by time we got the rental car and McDonalds (a whole separate disaster) -they were starving by then loads of snacks or not- but the kids were so tired, fighting, mean,  unbearable. Isaac says “if you can’t be nice we can’t bring you” even Colt, nice cooperative Colt says “I don’t want to come”

By time got to our place on the other side of the island it was 3:30. Ug! 

Isaac ordering McDs 🤣🤣🤣 it’s like he thinks if he talks louder, nods and smiles more, they’ll understand English. He says “Large LARGE” the boys were giggling then cracking up. Then their system went down so he Google free and tried “gratis?” Nope. 

But the good news is we made it (Seriously the roosters were going at it before we ever went to bed) 

….and we’ve been having fun. 

Our Airbnb is right on the ocean…

But I would not rent this place again. We have the mini beach pictured above but we have to drive everywhere. The kitchen is not exactly functional (for example there were 2 spoons), the laundry is outside…so the morning it was raining-well luckily it’s stopped and probably my biggest complaint is the authentic experience we’re having with the solar powered water heater…we’ve had a few too many cold showers. But overall good times great family memories. Isaac is just dang fun on vacation! It’s really too bad I don’t like it more… 

Anyway why are the dogs Tanners favorite part?  (They are everywhere…we’re going with this one being the neighbors🤞🏻) I don’t get a smile like that for anything else!

Tanners top memory or request from last time or whatever was cutting up a coconut again so we were on a mission…with our machete. 

Success! Seth loves the coconuts too! And he wants lots of pictures to make a movie to show his class. We’ll see, but I can probably make that happen. 

They shot st an iguana…but then came home and sited in the pellet gun. 

…I’ll keep ya posted😉

Two seconds before this Isaac said “they know how to stay out of the water” we weren’t swimming this time—just checking it out, Addi’s in pants! (Her choice) and everyone was showered off. Oh well. 

Isaac’s reaction…classic! 

We went to a closer beach that night. 

With the boogie board Isaac bought-but none of the pics were great because it was dark…the kids had fun though! 

Today we were headed to play at a beach when the surf lessons guy called Isaac back. 

We flipped around and threw our stay out of the sun in the worst part of the day plans out the window.

It was spendy (by my standards anyway) but I think it was worth it…and next time we they’ll know how to do it and we can just buy a surf board for a fraction of the cost. 😊

Cann and Colt picked it right up and did awesome! 

Tan was so close and so mad he can’t do everything Cannon can do. 

We lost Isaac’s hat and he has the sunburn to prove it. Actually we’re all pretty toasted. 

Tanner did finally get up right before we left. Phew! 

The hat hunters…we might go back to that beach tomorrow. 

A treat from a local bakery on the way back. 😋

We’ve been playing hide and seek for Addi to finish off the days 

And tonight Isaac and I snuck out on a little Kayak ride date. 

I’ll wrap it up next week. 

We’ll try to survive the sunburns and bug bites—yikes the gnats and mosquitoes are about to pack us off!