Holiday Memories, Part Two

This holiday season last year I was sitting pretty cozy in my house in Arkansas, with a lovely fire and hot tea. This year we are sitting in our nice house, with the windows open and the fans blowing! With iced tea! Well, I still drink my hot tea, I know...I'm a strange old bird! ;)

You see, the Trinis spend their Christmas Day at home, with their families, and since we spent Christmas Eve at home as a family we took advantage of the almost clear streets and went to the almost clear beach! It is very difficult to find a beach that is not swimming with indecency, so it was a treat to go and enjoy a rest.

(This is a photo I found online) We went to Maracas Beach on the North edge of the island. It's a beautiful spot.

There was a rain cloud that kept chasing us and it was so lovely coming over the hills. Have you ever seen the ocean during a rain shower? It's beautiful. Especially when your dry towel and clothes are sitting high and dry under that yellow life guard station! :)

The waves were boisterous and fun to play in and mesmerizing and lay-out-on-the-pallet-and-veg-izing too!

Mmmm....Have I mentioned how much I love the ocean, how beautiful it is?

Here's what Nathan did for the longest time...his finished work was really quite impressive! I helped by digging a hole for him, which he turned into a lake. Playing in the sand must be a universal joy.

Silas enjoyed himself, he was the last one out! But he's more the stay on the edge, closer to the beach type. I just loved watching him play. :)

We had a delicious local sandwich for lunch. It's called Shark and Bake- a fried shark in a flat naan type bread. It's part of the whole Maracas beach experience, so they say!

After lunch we headed back home and had a nice evening relaxing. It wears you out having a nice break at the beach! What a fun day and a great memory! I'm thankful we had a safe trip...we'll be treasuring those memories for the future!

I hope you had a great holiday yourself!