Puerto Rico

Daniel and I are back from a four-night trip to Puerto Rico! My parents were planning to be here for the week anyway, and Daniel had earned some free promotional nights at a resort from all the business traveling he does. So off we went! We got to San Juan late Wednesday night and stayed at the St. Regis hotel on the main island. The next day we took a ferry to Vieques Island and stayed at the W there for a couple of nights, then it was back to the St. Regis for one more night. Really the only sight-seeing type thing we did was to take a nighttime kayaking tour of the Bioluminescent Bay on Vieques. There are some microscopic plankton in the water that light up whenever you touch the water. So cool! We thought about going to see the rain forest, but the one day we'd laid aside for it was rainy, plus I didn't bring any sneakers. Hurricane Irene had just blown through the week before, and we could see the damage from it everywhere we went...trees were down and vegetation was pretty beat up. Oh well. It was great to just relax (our hotel suites were really nice!) and lounge by the beach and the pool! We missed our kids but knew they were in good hands at home with Papi and Grammy...they were entertained and chauffered to school, Aidan's soccer game, the pool, and other fun places. Gotta love grandparents! Thank you Daniel for a romantic getaway :)

The St. Regis

Front of our villa:

Our bathroom - with a huge rain shower!

View of the beach from the main house:

Pretty mountains!

Our suite at the W on Vieques Island:

Beach time!

A message for the kids:

Getting my read on:

Before dinner at the main house on Thursday night:

View of the sunset from dinner:


This crab was waiting at our door after dinner! We saw another one like him on the beach.

Chillaxing at the pool:


Dinner in town on Friday night (before our kayaking tour):

Beautiful scenery:

Daniel picking up some shells for Aidan and Avery:

Trying to keep up with the Baylor game! Go Bears!!

Our last night was rainy and the hotel restaurants were booked, so we ordered in:

We flew first class on the way back...a first for me! LOVED IT!