Saturday, February 23, 2008

Back in St Maarten & Happy Valentine's Day!
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We are back on the island and it is BEAUTIFUL!! I forgot how amazingly gorgeous it is here. The weather is awesome...no A/C needed and no yucky swarms of bugs. We are happy with the island right now. The picture above is the boys on the beach in front of the house...Cupecoy.
Daniel is very happy to have us back and the kids are so happy to be with their daddy again. They flew out of the baggage claim area and straight into his arms. I think it took Daniel a few minutes to even notice me, he was hugging them so tight! Of course, it could have been that I was hiding behind a stroller loaded with little carry-on bags and two huge 50 lb bags...that could have been it! It is good to be 'home' and it feels strange that I feel that way, but that's how I feel. I missed my husband more than I ever thought was possible and I missed my friends here. It's been fun catching up with everyone and it has been hectic trying to settle down to island-life again.

Two days after we arrived, Daniel took me out to a Valentine's Day Dinner at a really nice restaurant, Temptations. We were celebrating a day early but it was romantic and nice to be alone together after a month apart. We had an awesome time reconnecting and it's always nice to dress up. Thank you to Chanak for babysitting for us!

On Valentine's Day, we went to a party at our friend Hallie's house. We saw a bunch of our friends there and JT & Nate had a chance to play with their buddies. The kids exchanged valentines and the adults talked and ate some yummy food. It was a great party!


This is a picture we took when we had lunch with friends at a restaurant in Phillipsburg called Chesterfields. It was right on the water so it was really gorgeous. We have had a few lunches and dinners with friends but I have been bad with the picture-taking, as always.