Father's Day, July 4th, and other happenings

It's been a fun month of June. Busy with work, David was the Control Officer for the visit of Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (NY) to Trinidad and Tobago. We had a few local holidays and spent Corpus Christi at the beach, as the sun was out in defiance of rainy season. We enjoyed a quiet Father's Day relaxing at home, as well as 4th of July. We read books about the 4th of July with Nicholas (thanks GG and Grandpa Rhodes!) and he can't wait to see the fireworks (the "boom, boom, booms") next year. This year we had to settle for the televised version. Here are some pics of Father's Day, 4th of July, and a few random photos in between:


4th of July at our neighbor's apartment's pool

daddy's sunglasses are soooo cool.

ocean view

"stop!" no more pictures!

in my red, white, and blue!

Mommy and Nicholas dressed up for 4th of July

"O--H--...."

Nicholas loves the spinny chairs at Haagen Daz at Westmall.

burgers and watermelon for 4th of July dinner!

too many toys?

look at this cool tower Nicholas built all by himself!

This was the day we got trapped downtown because of crazy traffic and decided to wait it out by having brunch at the Hyatt. Nicholas is giving daddy his "tough guy" face.

new shoes!

ready to head to the park!

Another Hyatt afternoon--the conference room floor is a good place to run around and let off some steam on a rainy day.

And these are our Father's Day father-son portraits:

First Haircut, and an announcement!

Nicholas had his first haircut this weekend, courtesy of Dad and Salon a la Machak:

Before:

Mommy is going to miss those curls!

Here we go....:

After: (Daddy did a great job!)

And the announcement.....


Yep! Due at the end of November. We can't wait! Nicholas doesn't realize it yet, but he can't wait to be a big brother!

GG and Grumpa Rhodes come to Trinidad, and other happenings

Wow. It's been a while since we updated the blog, but we've been busy! GG and Grumpa Rhodes came to visit Trinidad and Tobago, so we flew to our sister island for a Memorial Day weekend/Indian Arrival Day weekend of fun at the beach. This weekend we kept up the busy pace, with a good bye party for one colleague Friday night, a bachelorette party that Christy organized for another friend on Saturday night, Embassy Family Fun Day on Saturday, and a birthday party for one of Nicholas's friends from the park on Sunday.


the lobby at Coco Reef

lovin' the beach

Mom, Dad and I went on a glass bottom boat tour

view of Coco Reef from the boat

view through the glass bottom

Grumpa Rhodes is pretty cool-- he went snorkeling!

fish!

the Nylon Pool, which is a very shallow area about a mile offshore

it's not a bow, it's an African instrument

site of a fashion show in honor of Indian Arrival Day

back to the beach

the Rhodes family in Tobago!

We must have wiped him out!

Nicholas got an umbrella in his apple juice!

play time with GG and Grumpa Rhodes at Pigeon Point

action shot!

soo fun!

We were lucky to have great weather, as we're now coming into the rainy season.

there was enough wind on Friday though to blow down the top of the fan-palm tree in our back yard

Embassy Family Fun Day!

Nicholas didn't want to choose between Daddy and Mommy's teams, so he went neutral

Nicholas playing soccer with his buddy William.

Stephanie's bachelorette party at Chop Chop's, a gourmet pizza restaurant

there's the bride!

Mother's Day hike and lunch

We had a very nice family day for Mother's Day last weekend. We did the Bamboo Cathedral hike again, but this time Nicholas walked instead of riding in his backpack! Then we went out to Chaugaramas Harbor for lunch at a cute cafe/coffee shop, topping off the afternoon with a nice swim.

Saturday we enjoyed sushi dinner at More Vino with a colleague and his wife who was in town for a surprise visit.

This weekend is catch-up-on-sleep-and-stuff-around-the-house weekend, so nothing too exciting to report. Work is busy with Consular heading into the busy summer season, annual EER's (employee evaluations) due, and David transitioning into his new job in the Public Affairs Section.