Dad & Pai in Parrot Cay - Dad & Pai's Story!

Dad & Pai don't get a lot of personal airtime on this blog, but I thought I'd finish out the story with our side of the story, which was a visit to a private island in Turks & Caicos.  Adam found the place and got us upgraded to this ridiculous house, which was on the outer perimeter of the resort . . . ridiculously lovely and remote . . . a dream for this introvert! 

 

It was our first trip to the Caribbean and the clear water was warm and incredibly . . . not sure we're going to give up our Mayakoba staple, but Pai definitely did us well on this trip!

 

Pai showing off the house and our private pool . . .

The view from our patio . . .

Looking left from the ocean . . . nothing but solitude as far as we could see . . .

Responding to Ronny's text with the picture showing Ethan covering his eyes . . .

Adam relaxing and attempting his vacation special - the NY Times crossword

Gorgeous view at sunset . . .

Dad & Pai in Parrot Cay - Ethan & Noel Caregiving Part II: The Shroyers!!

After the stay at Uncle Ronny's, the boys transitioned to their first overnight with friends . . . staying with the Shroyers.  I work(ed) with Dan at HBK and we've grown to love all four of the Shroyers, even taking a great trip to Vail with them (predecessor blog post to follow).

 

The boys love Mia and Grant, who treat the boys as such great friends.  We had supreme faith in the Shroyers to watch the boys, but we were still a little nervous about how the boys would handle being in an unfamiliar space.  All nervousness was clearly unfounded . . .

 

Arrival!  Look at those 4 smiles!



Movie time!

The boys love a good activity, especially if it involved cookies and M&Ms



Why take your shoes off when baking on top of the counter?

Grant regaling the boys with a bedtime story

pretty friggin' adorable . . .

Dad & Pai in Parrot Cay - Ethan & Noel Caregiving Part I: Uncle Ronnie!

Pai has really stepped up his blogging game and I gotta keep up!!  Found a host of posts in "draft" status, so better sooner than later!

 

I think everyone is aware that I took a new job in Seattle, which started in September, 2014.  HBK kept me on longer than I expected, so Pai and I had to be creative to fit in a trip before I took the leap. We planned a trip to Turks & Caicos and turned to a slew of fantastic caretakers to watch the boys over the 5 days . . . first up, a few days with the boys' favorite play buddy, Uncle Ronny!

 

Noelly showing us how Uncle Ronny handles car safety while driving down the Interstate

Ethan getting in on the action . . .

Noelly showing just how close he is to fitting into adult size t-shirts . . . wasn't that long ago when the neck hole would slip over his shoulders.

Ethan showing his ninja pose!