It’s hard to even call the season that we’ve had winter because its been so mild. There hasn’t been one snow fall and I’ve barley even needed my puffer jacket, which has been fine with me, but the kids, especially Lauren, are pretty bummed. Sledding in the back and playing outside in the snow are what they live for in the winter.
Lauren had her winter school choir concert recently, which was very cute. It’s the first in person, all grade performance that she’s had since first grade.
And we went to our last Flyers game with the season tickets – the end of an era! Unfortunately they lost, but it was a good game anyway.
At the beginning of February, Dave and I took a 5-day trip, kid free (!) to Puerto Rico. The trip was a company “reward” for Dave for top salespeople and select leadership. Although we were there with about 200 other West Rock folks, we had a lot of time to ourselves, which was lovely. The weather was perfect – that temperature when you walk outside and it doesn’t feel like anything – with lot of sunshine.
We stayed at the Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve, which was in Rio Grande, about 40 minutes outside of San Juan. The resort was situated on 500 acres with lots of areas to hike around and explore. It was huge, so we were able to find beaches all to ourselves.
Pool barWandering around the resortWalk around the resort
One day we took a hike to El Yunque National Forest, which is a rain forest about 30 minutes from where we were staying. It was lush and beautiful. At one point we hiked down to a river and Dave dove in (it was too cold for me).
Another day we went into Old San Juan to do some shopping and had an amazing dinner (at a restaurant that I will never remember the name).
I’m so thankful that my mom came up from Virginia and stayed with the girls (even the insane girl dog) so that we could get away for a bit. It was lovely to relax, not work, and reconnect 🙂
