Nevis

We got home Friday night/Saturday morning from a fantastic trip to Nevis! The boys got to come along and they were so, so good the whole time- thankfully! Here's way too many pictures from our trip....

We left Saturday morning early and flew through Miami.

 Where we met up with some friends of ours from Texas! Cam and Eddie went to Baylor together and we have done several trips with them in the past- but never with all four of their boys! They have a 10 year old and then 7 year old triplets! Our crew hit it off immediately:

 Next thing we knew, they were building pyramids in the duty free shop!

We flew in to St. Kitts and then took a water taxi over to the Four Seasons.  This was waiting for us when we checked in:

And so were the monkeys.... such a nice touch!

 We grabbed dinner that night and went to bed early-ish.



The next morning, we were up and out early!

We walked down to Sunshines for a little Killer Bee

 It was gooooood, y'all.  The killer bee stings hard, though. Like, really really hard. I had two and felt okay.... then I had another on the walk home. And I shouldn't have. Wowzas. Lesson learned. But not really.....

Any way, the resort had kids' robes too, which Andy thought was the coolest thing ever. 

Heading out to dinner!

 Our crew walking to dinner:

We ate with our sweet friends again, and after dinner formed a pyramid again. 

Starting the day off right!

 Andy rarely wore shirts.

Loved this next picture of Andy's silhouette with the palm trees:

The next night was our theme dinner on the beach. We had SO SO much fun this night! There was a band and we danced and danced and danced- such a fun night!

Some dance tribe came in and wore these crazy masks- they selected me and Cal to join them dancing and then they gave Cal their mask!

 SO much dancing in the sand- the band was really, really fun and played great music.

We had to get a pic with all the boys with the band!

I got a little dance time with Christian too! My brother and his wife brought the baby on this trip. We didn't plan to be on the same trip, but it was fun getting to see them there. 

 The next morning, we were PUMPED because we were getting ready....

 ...to head out on a catamaran....

to go snorkeling! 

This was probably my favorite part of the trip. We sailed for an hour out to a spot, snorkeled for an hour, and then sailed home. It was lovely!

 And the rum punches were good too....

Another day in paradise!

On this afternoon, we met at the pro shop for the monkey tour! SO glad we did this too! We rode around the golf course on golf carts and spotted monkeys. I thought at first we would have to look hard to spot them- but we didn't at all. They came right out and ran across the fairways or through the sand traps. 

 We loved this activity! Boys were super pumped every time they saw one (more often than not, a family, pack? tribe? bunch? would all run out together).

 We had dinner that night just the four of us and it was really special. I loved the time just chatting with the boys and hearing what they thought of it all.

 They are actually really fun to travel with....

 Our last day there, the frisbee was a big hit!

There was a man walking up and down the beach selling jewelry....and he had a pet monkey on a leash with him. If you bought jewelry, you could take your picture with "Key." Guess who got a new bracelet???? hahahaha #sucker

 The boys begged alllll week, and I actually liked the bracelet, so whatever.... they were pumped to get some time with him!

 I took a lot of videos too, which I won't post here. Key liked to "kiss" or gnaw on faces. It was all harmless, for the most part... only afterward did we consider diseases.... a quick dip in the ocean would rinse all that off, right?

My brother is an avid sailor and he has been dying to take Nug out for a sail. They finally got to go on their last day there. Not sure who had more fun...

Cal and Harper spent a good portion of the week hand fishing (??? I think you wrap the line around your hand and then.....? I don't know.....but they did it a ton), and on the last day, they finally caught one! Well, pretty sure Harper did the catching....Cal did the screaming and applauding. 

 We walked back down to Sunshines for another round of Killer Bees.

Christian was there so he got passed around the table. 

Chris discovered how funny his nephew is.

 The boys met Mr. Sunshine himeself

And Christian couldn't take the fun.... so he took a nap. 

 Eddie got stung on this day....he needed a rest, (these things are legit dangerous. while we were there, we watched a girl have to leave in an ambulance...she had had SIX. I don't know how she is alive! And she is.... my friend is like Nancy Drew and found her on instagram....!).

Heading to the final dinner with my handsome dates.....while Eddie slept it off a bit....

We left the hotel around 12:30 on Friday. We rode a ferry over to St. Kitts, then went to the airport and then flew to Miami....

Our flight was delayed and then delayed and then delayed some more. We landed in Raleigh at 2:15, and of course the baggage thing wasn't working properly so it took forever to get our bags....and then we had to wait for an uber......


We pulled in the drive way at 2:54, and had kids in beds with teeth brushed by 2:58. It was a long day and we were all exhausted..... BUT it was all worth it!

I said it before, but the kids were really really good on this trip. They didn't complain the whole way home, and really, on the trip at all either. They got along and kept each other entertained. I actually really enjoyed my time with them this week! They are fun little dudes!