Blog From Aaron

     Its the other half, I wanted to blog once so we can have one saved from me.  We have less than a week left till we fly home.  It has definitely been quite an adventure.  We have spent most of our time snorkeling, swimming, building sand castles, watching movies at the outdoor theater, playing in water fountains and just hanging out together as a family.  I think we all have enjoyed it but at the same time have had enough of the island life for now.  You can only take so much of this humidity before you go crazy.  If I am still playing poker when the kids are a little older we talked about taking them to a different country one month each summer.  It would be a experience for all of us and I think we should take advantage of my job mobility.  I plan to cut my hours a bit this week so we can enjoy our last few days here.  Most of our days have gone something like this...

Kids wake us up around 7am.
Breakfast and play time till about 10am
Jenny goes to gym and we meet here there to swim till noon.
I get a couple hours of poker in while Mckenzie takes a nap.
Head to the beach, Camana Bay or pool till around 5pm
Dinner and games with kids
Outdoor movies start at 7pm I try to catch the ending
Jenny puts Mckenzie to sleep at 8pm and Preston at 9pm.
I play poker till 11pm depending on games and how I'm doing.
Get to sleep by midnight most nights.


   I didn't take any days off and played mostly between 5-8 hrs a day.  It makes it easier when I can play at night while the kids sleep.  I started off very well, but hit one of the worst losing streaks I have had in a while.  We still will come home with a decent profit and a wonderful experience.  My favorite part was definitely the trips to Stingray City which is just the name of a location in the middle of the ocean about a mile off the coast. By far the best snorkel spot on the island and watching 40-50 stingrays swimming around and in between you is pretty cool. A close second was the turtle farm even though its a little pricey.  You get to hold turtles, snorkel with lots of  fish and there is even a water slide area.  It was nice having a family with kids around the same age to hang out with.  They were from Toronto and seemed like really nice perople.  I am also glad both my parents were able to make it out to see us.  They were very helpful and I know the kids enjoyed having another person to play with.   Thanks Mom and Dad!

     We are pretty excited about our Vancouver trip.  It looks like we will be staying downtown and there is a ton of stuff to do for kids in that area.  I will only be home for 8 days hopefully enough time to visit everyone before we head north.

Aaron