Caribbean Encounters: Happy Easter and Happy Birthday Boo!

We are back again and thinking of our friends and family on this Easter day. We love you all very much and wish we could share the holiday with you. Also, it is my good friend, Isabella Maffa’s, first birthday. Happy Birthday Boo! In honor of her birthday, I will start this blog a few weeks back and tell you all about our trip with her parents, Monique and Jimmy. To make up for my lull in blogging, expect this week to be quite active!

M&J were only here for a few short days, so we had to make the most of it! On day 1, we took them to, surprise, surprise…Iggie’s! It’s not only easy, it’s a guest must see. Chris was very excited to see that they had all you could eat king crab legs that night and set out to break the record. He didn’t, but he made a valiant effort! We retired fairly early that night (after a bit of the celebrity name game that Mike and Greg had taught us- Monique and I won) since the next day was a big day with a chartered boat and Jost Van Dyke.

Bright and early the next day we found our boat and met “Captain Chris”. No, it was not my husband, no matter how much he wished to captain the boat. We celebrated our maiden voyage to Jost with mimosas and beers first thing, since the spirit of that island is fun and partying and us four do like to get in the spirit!

Captain Chris took us to see some sights on the way to Jost so that we had some beauty to photograph before getting our groove on. The day was quite fun and we made sure to visit the Soggy Dollar and Foxy’s- two of the more widely known bars on the island.

At the end of our voyage, Captain Chris dropped off his slightly tire and extremely well behaved crew and we set on our way to go home and bbq and an early night to bed. We were all tuckered out!

The next day, I took M&J to Magan’s bay and then off to some shopping downtown. After we were done soaking up the sun, fighting the crowds and picking up some gifts, we came back for some downtime. That night, we decided to have a Celebrity name game rematch. Chris and Jimmy won. They also cheated. :P

The last day came too soon, although we covered a lot of ground in the couple of days that the Maffa’s were here. Their last morning here the weather disagreed with us and decided to rain. With little to do when it’s raining in St. Thomas, we went to an early lunch at the Fat Turtle and then got J & M to the airport with only a few minutes to spare. We had a lot of fun together and were sorry to see them go. But, we can’t wait to be reconnected again in Newburyport in just a few weeks. Yay!

Well, I think that’s enough for now. I will update y’all on our parent visits and our retiling of the place in the next few days. We are just starting to put our house back together after the tiling and then I am off to cook my hubby an Easter dinner.

Miss you, Love you, and Thinking of you this Easter Sunday!