5 Years Ago

5 years ago .... my little guy looked like this.

my little princess looked like this....

our family looked like this....

my extended family looked like this...

and ... with a 2 and a half year old - and an 8 week old! - we went to this Villa in Jamaica.

And this sweet lady cooked for us for 7 days.....

And we rode these ....

and bikes when we wanted to exert ourselves...

This one wasn't married ....

SO ... in 4 days - we are headed BACK to the paradise we came to love. We are heading BACK to the Half Moon. We have added some with us on this trip ....

This one .....

and, THIS one....

and, of course, THIS one....

I like to say that when you go out of town with kids ... it's a trip. [relocating with less resources] When you go without kids .. it's a vacation.

This, my friends .. is paradise. They cook us breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A man makes me rum punch at my every whim (he's called our butler), and when I leave the Half Moon resort - my suitcase is filled with clean clothes that have been washed by our maid for the week..

Paradise my friends ..... the anticipation has been good enough - I don't want it to end!

This one takes us on a trip each year ... his generosity amazes me.

Can't wait to get updated pictures and see how much we have all changed in 5 years .... I sure as heck HOPE that I am not sporting the double chin and puffy face (b/c of an 8 week old - and lack of a full night sleep) .... but rather a savage tan - and a more svelt figure.

We'll see..