Belmont Cocoa Processing Plant

Somebody thought he'd try something new

That somebody didn't like this particular look and shaved it off the very next day but NOT before I could get some pictures.

New York City

(Jillian, Aleisha, Ali, Me, Jen, Tiffany)

I made a quick trip back to good old Staten Island and fell in love with the city all over again. I love Staten Island. I love my friends there. I loved our apartment and seriously if it was up to me I probably would have chosen to just stay there forever. But I'm glad for good friends who welcome me back to reminisce about the good old days. Can you tell which one of us has been getting a little bit too much sun these days?

Thanks girls for a fun girl's night out.

Magazine Beach

 There's this really AMAZING beach in Grenada called Magazine Beach and it has some of the best snorkeling on the island.

We had a picnic with some yummy snacks.

This was the view from our beach spot. Incredible!

Merrick and Sean snorkeling. Merrick is a really great swimmer and is really starting to love snorkeling.

Memphis building some awesome sand castles.

 

Probably one of the best beach days I've ever had. I love this island.

The kiddos right now

Merrick (6 yrs) a.k.a "HEARTBREAKER"

 Memphis (4 yrs) a.k.a "NINJA BOY"

Leia (1 yr.) a.k.a. "MESSY FACE"

Grand Etang

After we left Annandale Falls we hit the road again and made our way to Grand Etang Forest Reserve.

Grand Etang is famous for it's Mona Monkey watching but we were out of luck today, we didn't see any monkeys.

Memphis even brought a banana from home to feed the monkeys with.

Grand Etang Forest Reserve is also famous for Grand Etang Lake which fills the crater of one of the island's extinct volcanoes.

The lake behind Memphis.

Leia getting ready for a nap.

 We were only at this look out point for ten minutes and within that amount of time it went from sunny to rainy. Above is a picture right after it started raining.

And in this picture you can't even see the lake anymore.

 Leia and I took refuge in the visitor's center.

The boys were on a quick hunt for a bathroom when the storm came and they got drenched.

The boys and Leia down at the lake.

 The boys feeding the Koi fish some crackers.

These fish were huge. At least 3 feet wide.

Then we finished off the day at Umbrellas one of our favorite hot spots. We grabbed the kids a quick bite to eat with a great view of the beach from the second floor.

 Then headed down to the beach for some play time until the sun went down.

It was a great day for everyone.