Happy Birthday, Mommy!!

Today was my mom's xxth birthday...i can't say exactly or i might not reach my birthday! I think this is the 1st time I've ever missed her birthday and it breaks my heart. We miss you sooooo much! Especially JT. He talks about you every day and is counting down the days until he sees you again! See you in exactly one month!!

A Week in St Maarten
Business as usual on the island. Daniel is studying like crazy and we are trying to keep ourselves entertained. Just a few snapshots for ya!

The boys giving their "pet" (plastic) turtles a bath on the patio. So easy to entertain...

You know you're in St Maarten when you find iguanas in the storage room!! Lucky for me, it wasn't MY storage room. This is the storage room at the tennis courts where we take lessons. Nate and I were walking around while JT was having his lesson and we ran into this guy. Nate was scared/excited and chased him farther into the room. The photo above doesn't show it but that poor thing is trying to claw its way out the window to get away from my son!! Those suckers are SUPER FAST!!

Way to give Mom a stroke, JT!! I flipped, when I heard, "Mommy, look at me!!" and saw THAT! What can I say?? I gave birth to a monkey! No bones were broken but I think I hurt my neck and back from standing under there bracing to catch him if he fell. On the plus side, I didn't scream at him to come down at once (I'm trying to relax) and let him climb up and down the tree several times. That doesn't mean I wasn't anxious, though.

St. Maarten's Day is a holiday and there were no classes. Some students and spouses got together for some volleyball at Mullet to enjoy the day off but my Daniel opted to study :( The boys and I had fun though. JT had a blast on his boogey board...some students were nice enough to be surrogate dads since Daniel didn't come. Poor Cody was out in the water with JT forever!! Nate and the rest of us girls hung out on the sand. The photo above is Geneva and Rachel with the boys.

Ashley and Steph teach the boys how beach volleyball is REALLY played. haha. I got some action shots but didn't want them to kill me. I should have posted the one where Ashley is diving into the sand (minus a volleyball)!!