AJ’s Conference

I went to Dallas this week for a medical director’s conference, and while I missed being at home with Laura and the kids I still had a good time learning, catching up with Adam Dawson (an old high school friend who I ran into) and playing poker.

Daddy Alex Snuggles

These guys just love to snuggle.

Bahamas Vacation

AJ and I had not taken a vacation by ourselves since before I was pregnant with Alex four years ago, therefore, we decided to take a few days in the Bahamas.  We enjoyed three nights on the island of Exuma at Emerald Bay.  We left at 4:45am to arrive on the only flight into Exuma and enjoyed the afternoon by the beach and pool.  The next day, I unfortunately woke up sick but found some dayquil at the gift shop. I was still able to enjoy the beautiful beach, a little catamaran with AJ, lunch at the beach-side restaurant, and the swim up bar with a colorful drink called the Bob Marley.  This night we went to a Japanese Steakhouse for dinner and ended up at the piano bar where we both sang but didn’t take pictures as we forgot the camera in the hotel room.  The next day AJ woke up sick and so we mostly relaxed at the beach and took the catamaran out (which was AJ’s favorite).   By dinner, he was feeling worse and I was feeling better so he had just a sprite with dinner but I found a non-bahamian beer.  He was up for a little darts and a quick game of pool after dinner but then headed back to our room early for him to rest and me to pack for our early checkout the next day.  Even though we both ended up getting sick we still really enjoyed our time with just each other in such a beautiful place!

 

Solar Eclipse

Oma and Opa were here to enjoy the solar eclipse with us today.  We had 87% of the sun eclipsed by the moon at the max and had some fun watching both sides of the eclipse.  We also enjoyed noticing the change in light at the max, the eclipse pattern from the trees, and making pinholes viewers with our hands.  AJ took his glasses with him to work and stepped outside to view the eclipse during his shift.