A Visit from Andrew & Brooke

It was spring break for Andrew so he and Brooke came to visit us for a few days. We forgot to take a picture of them but luckily they took our camera to the city (San Francisco) and left us this cute picture. They enjoyed the city, dancing, visiting with Brooke's sisters, playing with Abby and a wonderful dinner at Fat's with us. Their visit was too short but we were so glad they came.

Abby was very excited to have Andrew home and had fun playing with him. But now she lays in his bed with a sad face that says "I miss Andrew". We do too!

Turks & Caicos continued....

The beautiful Chalk Sound National Park which was very near our house.

Another picture of Chalk Sound.

This is the Turks & Caicos house. We slept in a different room every night!

A short 2 minute walk on this path right outside our house took you to the beautiful beach by our house. It was called Taylor Bay.

This is our retirement house. Sitting on a private island and over 30,000 square feet we would have plenty of room for visitors!

But you need the secret code to turn the bridge the right way so you can come visit us.

This is Grace Bay the most popular beach on the island. This is where most of the resorts, shopping and restaurants were.

We took a long drive down a dirt road to discover this beach.

One of the bedrooms in the house.

It's the kids room.

The view out the front of the house.

Another view from the front of the house.

Want to go diving in Provo?

Our favorite restaurant - Coco Bistro.

A view from the hill not too far from our house.

Messages carved into stones from pirates! We looked for their burried treasured but to no avail.

We only had one real sunset but it was spectacular.

30 years and she is as beautiful as ever....but who is the old man?

We had a great time in Turks & Caicos. We have been very blessed in our 30 years of marriage. We have wonderful kids who are not so much kids anymore. We love being Grandma and Grandpa and look forward to another 30 years with an ever growing family that we will always love and be proud of.

Turks & Caicos Vacation

We spent the first week of March in Turks & Caicos celebrating our 30th Anniversary and Deb's Birthday. Turks and Caicos Islands are in the Caribbean and make up a chain of 40 Islands. We stayed in Providenciales or as the locals call it "Provo". It is a British Territory that lies at the southeastern end of the Bahamas chain. The island is generally flat with the highest elevation of 250 feet. Christopher Columbus landed on these islands during his first voyage in search of the Far East in 1492. We stayed in what we thought was the most beautiful part of the island which was known as the South Dock and Chalk Sound.

The place we stayed at was on a finger of the island so we had a view of the ocean from both the back and the front of the house. The back had the view of Sapodilla Bay and the front of Taylor Bay. We were able to explore almost all of the island and found several beautiful beaches. Maybe the best way to share the experience is with some photos.

Our first day we had lunch at Da Conch Shack where they would retrieve the Conch from the Ocean and cut the meat out. You could eat the worm if you like! Then off to the kitchen. We tried Conch several different ways.

View from the Infinity Pool.

These are the steps from the back of the house down to the deck on the bay.

Our own private deck or dock on the bay right behind our house.

The cliff at the back of our house.

Deb soaking up the sun on the lower deck.