This is Andrew's Senior Year, so we told him he could bring his good friend Enoch along. Enoch Olmstead and Andrew have been two peas in a pod since Sunbeams (a class in church for the 4 year olds). They are like 2 weeks apart in age and a perfect personality match. We love having this chance to spend with him before he heads off on his mission. I know he'll be putting in his papers soon! We will miss that kid!
Here is a quick recap from our first few days here:
Friday and Saturday were a couple of LONG days.
We drove from Phoenix to Los Angeles to catch the Red-Eye to Belize City. We left Phoenix at 3:30pm, arrived in LA around 9pm, and our flight took off at 12:30am. We arrived in Belize City at 7am and waited outside for the driver for over an hour. It's blazing hot and humid and we were starving - but Tomas, the driver hadn't expected us to make it through customs quite to quickly. We waited around at the dock until 2:30 and headed back to the airport to pick up Greg's brother Kyle and his family. They had horrible lines and it took them a good hour - hour and a half to get through customs! We finally boarded Kyle's boat and headed for Ambergris Caye.
Ambergris Caye is about a 45 minute boat ride from the mainland on Kyle's new boat with super fast motors. I am sure I should know more about them than that - there are 2 motors and they both say 250… So does that mean 500 horsepower? I don't know. It was fast. That's all I know.
We drove from Phoenix to Los Angeles to catch the Red-Eye to Belize City. We left Phoenix at 3:30pm, arrived in LA around 9pm, and our flight took off at 12:30am. We arrived in Belize City at 7am and waited outside for the driver for over an hour. It's blazing hot and humid and we were starving - but Tomas, the driver hadn't expected us to make it through customs quite to quickly. We waited around at the dock until 2:30 and headed back to the airport to pick up Greg's brother Kyle and his family. They had horrible lines and it took them a good hour - hour and a half to get through customs! We finally boarded Kyle's boat and headed for Ambergris Caye.
Ambergris Caye is about a 45 minute boat ride from the mainland on Kyle's new boat with super fast motors. I am sure I should know more about them than that - there are 2 motors and they both say 250… So does that mean 500 horsepower? I don't know. It was fast. That's all I know.
We spent our first day here exploring our new home for the week. There was a lot of swimming, snacking, fishing (not catching) for sardines to use as bait and resting up. It was a perfect way to settle in.
The boys spent some time exploring the jungle. There was a group of teenage girls that were walking the beach… There might be some "scouting" going on as well :)
It was a great first day!
The boys spent some time exploring the jungle. There was a group of teenage girls that were walking the beach… There might be some "scouting" going on as well :)
It was a great first day!
On the boat ride out to Ambergris Caye. Our place is just about 4 miles from San Paulo.
The kids sat inside, the adults sat outside and enjoyed the ocean breeze!
Uncle Greg and Quinn kayaking out to the reef for some snorkeling.
Andrew & Enoch sporting their farmer's tans from the Gilbert Temple Cultural Celebration.
Alex and Oliver took the kayak out for a spin.
Only the little Red Snappers seem to be biting near the dock.
Postcard perfect!
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