Back to School

Gem started back at the Montessori school she was in since January this year. We love the teachers and all the kids in the class so it was a no brainer to send her back. We are so excited since this is her last year with this little class, next September they all move to "BIG" school together!

September 13, 2016

Quick Summer Trip to Orlando

Gem doesn't have school till mid September so we decided to take a quick last minute summer trip up to Orlando. We did our usually Seaworld, Target, Chickfila, which are always our favorite things to do when we go up. We did Seaworld twice this trip and Daddy finally got to come! We've been going to Seaworld for a year with our pass and this was Darin's first time getting to see how excited Gem gets when she goes. She absolutely LOVES it!! We had a bit of downtime this trip so it was nice to spend time at home with our families and not be out and about everyday, just almost everyday :) We also got to see Great Grandma a bunch and boy does Gem love her GG!\

Mom, Shelb & Laura Visit

When we were sailing, Laura was here in Barbados watching Gem. I knew Shelby was going to be here when I got back from sailing but I didn't know "Glamma" (mom T) would be here too! She pulled off a great surprise! We did a few fun island adventure things like island touring, a catamaran cruise, a kadooment fete, swam a wreck and saw some turtles! I also learned how to play Hearts! Their trip was too short as always :( Here's some pics from their fun week in Barbados!

Sailing the Grenadines

This summer has proven to be an eventful one. The beginning of July we got to check something off the ol bucket list, sailing the Grenadines! We went with our friends Alan & Jenny, rented a catamaran for a week and left from St. Vincent, hitting up island after island, staying the night and a day in each place. The islands are so different in water color (mostly blue), civilization, resort only or anyone can visit. We had a BLAST, watched some beautiful sunsets, swam in the clearest waters with turtles, ate some fabulous food and learned how next time we'll do a power catamaran, screw the actual sailing lol. 

GoiNg gLeNN in CaLi

In June we headed out to California, neither of us has been and some good friends of ours were getting married in the desert at the Joshua Tree (which isn't actually a tree lol, but an area). We flew into LA and spend the day at the Santa Monica pier and rented bikes to ride up and down the coast on the beach, very cool, I recommend it to everyone! We headed out that night to Palm Springs (in the valley, which now I know what that means too), it's about a 3 hr drive so not too bad but when you're tired, it takes forever! There was a pool party and music and it was 113 degrees, the wall when leaving the hotel was no joke, you literally walked into a heater. We walked and shopped a little, then went to a nice sushi dinner with some friends since we had a few days out there before the wedding. So fun and So hot, no humidity though lol.

The wedding was absolutely amazing! We all got bussed out to the desert and dropped off, then had to walk a few mins in the desert to this little half building called the ruin. They had 2 giant tables, lights, vintage furniture to lounge on and a taco bar for dinner!! Probably the sweetest, prettiest, most unique weddings i've ever been to, makes me want to do it again and do it something like that, just so nice. Chris and Davis, thanks for inviting us to celebrate your amazing day!