Thanksgiving Part III

 The last 2 days we caved-in and let William get back in the pool. Needless to say, he was pretty stoked!

 Playing a little morning tennis

 Intense focus while zooming around the furniture

 Waiting to board a board a boat for a sunset cruise

 Fake smile but I couldn't resist sharing this one because of that gorgeous crystal blue water!

 My guys giving me their best fake smile :)

 Models.

These faces are just so William. Had to share. 

Not the best angle for preggo Mommy...haha.

William and his buddy Ah-Dah. 

The last night of the trip William ended his vacay with dancing to reggae music with these precious little girls from Australia. He went nonstop for an hour twirling them around. I could've eaten them up due to their little Australian accents. 

One more post to come and Thanksgiving will be a wrap!!!

Thanksgiving Part II

 The girls from Villa 124. Most nights our entire crew (all 12 of us) would eat dinner together somewhere on the resort. There were 3 different restaurants to choose from each night. Some of the nights, parts of the group ordered room service and lounged in PJ's instead of getting all dressed up. It was nice to have the option to chill after a long day on the water. 

 William hanging out with his uncles :) 

 Dinner. The camera flash may have blinded them ;)

 Sweet William the day after he got his stitches :( 

 Waiting on our taxi before we headed to The Baths

 William and I sat on the beach and built sand castles while the rest of our crew snorkeled around The Baths. The water was really rough so even if William could've gotten his chin wet, I think we would've sat out for this one. 

 Grant and Quin decided not to hike down to The Baths so they stayed at the ocean side restaurant at the very top for drinks while we explored. 

 This was seconds before a wave came crashing in and knocked him down. It scared him to death!

 Enjoying a strawberry daiquiri after his first "hike"

 His sweet curls were in full force with the warm, humid weather. 

 Watching the big boys sail

 Listening to a steel drum band before dinner one of the nights. 

Thanksgiving at Little Dix Bay, Virgin Gorda, BVI (Part 1)

My great uncle Quin took us on the most amazing trip for Thanksgiving. We went to Little Dix Bay in the British Virgin Islands for the week. I'm still in mourning that we are home :( It was a great week with amazing food, sunny weather, endless entertainment (sailing, swimming, hiking, boat riding, tennis, golf cart riding, exploring, sand castle building) and lots of quality family time. There is nothing easy about traveling with 12 people, especially when the majority includes Shaw/Flowers blood (haha), but it was totally worth it! I hope Grant, Katie and David (the in-law crew) would say the same! We never said we are low maintenance! I'm going to divide this trip up into several posts because I took a LOT of pics.

 All of the "kids" (me, Grant, William, David, Julie, Katie and Douglas) stayed in a villa. The most fun part of the trip was getting to wake up and drink coffee with my siblings and their fiances and live in the same house as them :) My how things have changed since we were all in high school together!

 It was SUCH a treat to have Penney and Juanita join us on the trip! William was smitten with "Juanina" by the end of the trip. She is such a special part of my family and it made me so happy to see her and William forming a special relationship. 

 The most generous, selfless person I know. It was so much fun having a week with Quin!!!!

 Dinner night 1. William was a trooper throughout late, long (over 3 hrs. some nights) dinners.

 Enjoying an ice cream treat after eating all of his dinner. 

 How hilarious is this?!?! Juju and William were matching the first night at dinner. Obviously it was not planned. William got a kick out of having on the same shirt as Juju. 

 William settled right in to island life :)

View from our villa

 Swimming made this little boy HUNGRY!

 M&M face

William is one lucky little boy to have an aunt like Katie! We love her soooooo much!!!

About an hour after this swimming fun, William was singing "No more monkeys jumping on the bed" and not wearing his "listening ears" during nap time which resulted in him busting his chin open. This led to Grant, William and I spending the rest of the afternoon in the Caribbean emergency walk-in clinic getting William's chin stitched up. To say it was traumatic is an understatement. I've never seen William so scared before which broke my heart. I couldn't stay in the room while he was getting the numbing shot until William started crying/screaming "I'm scared and need my Mommy." At that point I decided I better suck it up and help. The doctor told us he couldn't swim for the rest of the week which was a real bummer but William was such a little trooper and understood that swimming would hurt his boo boo and never pitched a fit about not being able to swim. 

To be continued...