A long illustrated story...

Once upon a time, a long time ago (in late April), we flew to Puerto Rico

And met up with Jay's parents

And sister, Alita

Where we visited Yunque Rainforest,

And the beach.

The next day we found Easter eggs...

were blinded in front of the Church,

Robbie cut 4 new teeth,

And we visited a fortress...

All before we boarded a ship,


And tried to go to bed.

(This is what a parent does to try to keep their kids asleep during the LOUD muster drill at 10 pm - block the speaker)

Our first stop was the island of St Thomas

Where we spent the day getting baked at a beach...

And made local friends.

And we watched as we sailed away.

The next day was a Sea day, so we did a lot of eating,

Swimming,

Chillin',
Before going to formal night

Second island was...

Where we snorkeled with the turtles at a beach,

And were happy to get back to the ship, alive.


Oh, and went to a midnight buffet.

We started the next day with a big breakfast (since it had been HOURS since we last ate)

And then toured St Lucia.


We tasted the island food,

(random kid posing on side of road)

Saw a volcano (Emmi's been obsessed since a pre-school lesson),

And took a boat-ride to a beach.

Next was St Kitts.

We met some monkeys,

And spent the day at a beach.

We got very dirty...

and very wet,

And relaxed watching movies back on board.

Last stop was St Maarten,

which is the most beautiful island.

We saw a local parade,

got advise from a Jedi,

And rode a water taxi...

(Alita told the Captain it was her birthday so he let us steer)

To the beach! (Shocker, right?)

Then, we sadly went home to NYC.

The End.