The Caribbean

Soooo, we were away on a 10 day cruise to the Caribbean.

It was incredible! We celebrated our 11th anniversary in St. Thomas complete with a lobster dinner!
With great friends, you know we had a blast!

I thought that it was going to be a little overwhelming being away at sea for SO long. But to my surprise it was one of the best vacations we've had to date (I know, I say that everytime).

It was great to reflect on God's wonderful creation OK and to soak up some sun! This snow in NY was driving us crazy. Well, enjoy the pics, I know it will be hard not to be too jealous, but don't hate - appreciate :)



Tortola

This was our favorite island overall!  The people were great!  It is a very clean, safe and gorgeous island!  We met up with some local friends and they gave us a personal your of the ENTIRE island!  We made frequent stops to take pics, drink water from coconuts, eat sugar cane and we enjoyed a picnic lunch on the beach - complete with lobster (my friends husband caught!), wine and tons of freshly picked fruit!
In one word.....
Paradise

St. Maarten

This place is a party ALL by itself!  Nice beaches, great shopping and the people are hilarious! 

Antigua

This I think was one of the funnest days EVER!  We weren't sure where to go or what to do.  All our friends were off doing their own "excursions" so we decided to make our own adventure!  And boy did we have one!  We rented a scooter (from some shady character) and rode around the island!  We hit Nelson's dockyard, rode through the rain forest, and stopped at a few beaches!  Incredible!

St. Thomas

This island is absolutely gorgeous!  We weren't sure which beach to hit first, but when I mentioned to the Taxi that we wanted the best place to snorkel, they said "You got go to Coki beach 'mon" (hee hee) so that's where we went and we were not disappointed!

Puerto Rico - Our 1st Port of Call

It was a lovely day to hang out in PR.  There was some festival going on in Old San Juan, so we decided to get together with some old friends at the Branch in Guaynabo

Day 1 Puerto Rico

.  Had a blast - so much so....we almost missed the boat!  Great times, great times! 

El Morro Puerto Rico

Blizzard

This is out of CONTROL!!! I don't think anyone in NYC

expected the snow to be this bad!

As was mentioned bright and early this morning.....

It's a good thing "we" all work from home :)

Pun intended

I think the snow is beautiful the first day. 
But after that, in the city it is disgusting! 
Once the plows come through - it's pretty much over, slushy and icky. 
I'll enjoy it while it lasts :)

Autumn

We decided to drive outside of the city to get one last glimpse of autumn before winter's upon us 

We had a nice treat awaiting us at Palisades Park. 

It was gorgeous all the oranges and reds and greens popping! 

Unbelieveable this state park is 2 miles north of the city!

Botanical Garden in AZ?

A friend of Mom's offered us tickets to visit the Botanical Gradens in Scottsdale, AZ.  I thought what are we going to look at, CACTUS?  Well, yes.....We were shocked at the raw beauty of these H20 conservation machines!  And now I will never look at Tequila or Agave the same....



Sedona...

We visited Mom in Arizona and had an amazing day trip to Sedona. 

 It was nice to marvel for a moment.....

Creation at it's best