Home Sweet Home!

We arrived late last night from Barbados and we are so happy to be home with our Blueberry Bear. The trip was amazing and we laughed, tanned, and relaxed enough throughout the week to last us until the next time. What a week!
Here are a few of the 283 pictures that we took over the course of eight days. I wish I could show all of them, as they are so great!

K2 and I at Toronto Pears.on Ai.rport bright and early with our last Tim's before take-off.

Craig's parents' home in Barbados. Our room was on the bottom floor, left hand side (light is on). Beautiful and Craig's parents were so warm and gracious!

Sunset over the Villa...does it get any more beautiful than this?

The turquoise waters at the Barbados Yacht Club. I have only ever seen water like this in pictures.

Tanya was swimming in the water and I was at least 50 meters away from her lounging on the beach. I saw these two women wading into the ocean, made eye contact with Tanya and we both pointed to them and then to each other. We know that they represented us in 50 years. SO TRUE!!

Grace had a ton of fun at the beach where she built many beautiful sand castles with Daddy. Just look at the concentration on her face!

We have a ton of pictures (okay, more than a few) of Tanya lounging in various beach chairs on various beaches. She does lounging proud!

Okay, so I did my fair share of lounging as well...

We went shopping one day in Holetown amid lovely little Chattel Houses. Craig and K2 were good sports (as they always are) but found a little coffee/drink spot in the middle of the houses to stop and rest while Tanya and I kept shopping. Once seated, the boys looked up to see a sign that read, "Men's Créche" (which means "Men's Daycare")...we laughed, but the boys didn't think it was very funny.

One of the most exhilarating adventures we undertook while in Barbados, was Boogie-Boarding On Crane Beach on the East Coast of the Island. The water was rough and scary at first, but we each braved it and had such fun! It was raining on this day and cloudy, so we practically had the entire beach to ourselves. Canadians do not let weather stand in their way of fun!

On the day before we left, we went on a Catamaran Tour which was very fun. We stopped at two different spots to snorkel (I saw a massive turtle and many, many fish) and we stopped at a great area beach for more fun in the waves. The Captain was from only an hour away from our hometown, so we discussed "The Hip", Labatt's Blue, and Tim's Coffee. He told us that if we brought him some Tim's and some Blue, we could sail for free next time!

The view of Barbados from the Catamaran.

It started to rain while Tanya, K2 and I were sitting on the mesh in the front of the Catamaran. Every single passenger ran for cover, but we, the Canadians, stayed put and let the rain fall on us. Tanya kept shouting, "I'm NOT moving!". We laughed!! Craig took this picture of us from within the plastic protection of the Catamaran.

We had a GREAT time with these two (not to mention Grace and Craig's parents)! Can't wait to travel together again!

Things we loved to say or hear while in Barbados!

1. Everything's funner with rum!

2. You're RUINING Barbados for me!

3. Chefette!

4. The Diggersssss...

5. I just swam through a warm spot.

6. That's what (s)he said!

7. I'M NOT MOVING!

8. I have sand in places...

9. The various car horns.

10.The laughter (especially when Craig mistook the windshield wipers for the indicator)

Good times...Good times.