We Took The Train : Dominican Republic.

i am missing this weather right about now. its 2 degrees in provo, yuck.

every year the neeleman family takes a christmas trip with all 9 kids and their spouses and grandkids-it is quite the troop. for the past two years (since i joined to ranks) we have gone to the DR. they rent a house on the beach and we just spend time together. we eat, we play games, we do insanity(the workout video), we eat again, we play in the waves, we take pictures, then we eat some more. pretty awesome.

it was magical this year because henry was seeing so many things for the first time. he loved the sand, a little too much i think. i would always find him and his little cousin cece, sneaking the sand like it was a snak. i kept finding it in his diaper. oh well, what can you do? henry was terrified of the waves up close but liked watching them from our balcony. he would stare at ocean and watch the waves as they crashed onto the shore. it was quite breathtaking. sonny and i spent a lot of time watching and listening to the waves as i would rock him to sleep. something about the ocean is so peaceful, and extremely terrifying all at the same time. he also went on his first boat ride, and went swimming in a pool. wow. lots of firsts.

henry also grew up on this trip. he learned to climb up on things, do the stink bug crawl (straight legs in the back, cutest thing ever) and sleep in the big beg with mom and dad. without his normal bed and bedroom he couldnt sleep unless it was with us. we would wake up in the morning with henry in the middle, with one hand on both of our faces. it was pretty cute.

when we flew back into SLC it was 1 degree outside. not cool, utah, not cool.

so thank you, DR for the wonderful trip, until next year.