IT'S BEEN A MONTH ALREADY?!

Wow, we have been some busy bees this past month. Jacques will write about all of our adventures later... meanwhile I will be talking about the reason I wake up in the morning, my ray of sunshine and the cutest lil peanut in the world. SIENNA SIENNA SIENNA!!!
Here are some words she says that I can think of off the top of my head…
dog

cat

bird

ball

towel

couch

beach

moon

copter (helicopter)

car

book

giraffe

tiger

circle

purple

turtle (my favorite)

shampoo

burger

tube

pool

tattoo

eyes

nose

mouth

ELMO (sometimes MO)

Matt

Col

Coop

Kenna (McKenna)

LaLa (Lily),

She can now point to a LOT of body parts
-head, shoulders, knees, toes, foot, ear, eyes, nose, mouth, armpit, elbow, fingers, hiney

animal sounds:

pig, cow, dog, cat, bird, fish, monkey

She still loves the water and now is dunking herself and holding her breath a lot better nowadays. Wait until you guys see her she is truly amazing and keeps amazing me everyday.

Have a great day!!!!

hot climate, hot sauce

In Jersey I never really enjoyed spicy foods. But NOW I am enjoying the spice it gives to just about anything. Eggs, pork, rice & beans, fish, chicken and my grilled cheese and tomato I just consumed. I know we have it in the states but this Sriracha Hot Chilil Sauce is BANGIN'! Dad, do you guys have a bottle of this in the fridge?? If not, you should it's right up your alley. I'm going to experiment with it and try to make a sweet and spicy sauce for chicken. I'll let you know if a) I can get Jacques to try a different kind of chicken other than his famous BBQ and b) if I can even cook chicken by myself.

OP!!!!

Old dear OP. You were born (made) the same year as myself. Good ol' 1985. Ronald Reagan as president, BACK TO THE FUTURE, most popular song was "I want to know what love is, by Foreigner, Cosby Show was #1...you get it...it was a LONG LONG TIME AGO. Hence why THIS CAR IS BEING A PAIN IN MY REAR END! First of all, we did not realize our marbeta (PR insurance and registration) was expired! One day we are at the beach y una policia is checking out our car. Jacques goes to talk to him and he gets a screwdriver and takes our liscense plate, right there at de beach! Our bad. We did not notice that it was expired and it was definitely our fault. So for one day we rode around with no license plate. The next day we get our Marbeta (correct me if I am spelling it wrong, please!) registered. Not that big of a deal, there's a fee, inspection (it passed!) and a trip to the police station to retrieve our plate. Now we only have one screw for the plate! The boys (not sure if it was Enda, Santi, JB or Jacques...or the combination of the four) decided to DUCT TAPE the damn thing onto our car. Unlike Jersey, Puerto Rico only requires rear license plates (like...ummmm....Pennsyltucky...you know a PA plate by the front of the car). So the front does not look as mal as the back. After our car was legit..we went to our friends house in Puntas (same neighborhood we live in) and we went down the wrong street. Jacques tells me to get Sienna outta the car in attempt to get OP up out of the valley that he turned onto...in the midst he lost his keys and the car sits...for one day...for another...and another...thank goodness the wonderful and caring neighbors towed us out of there. OP, I would think with your 25 years of existence you would be more mature than this!!!!
-sidenote: Jacques rented a car for a couple days (for me) and he is getting all this stuff takin care of tomorrow morning. Our mechanic had an emergency today and couldn't make it.....OP, GROW UP!! WE NEED YOU!
-another sidenote: Jacques tried to post about four times today...he couldn't figure out how to upload pictures without his sweet lil girlfriend. heh. A POST FROM QUEZ SOON TO COME!!

a lot going on

finally spraying a sponger for all the times they snake me.

pretty stoked on school yards this swell. mini indo

what's up everyone,

i've been pretty busy between surfing all the time, family and freinds being in town, car getting stuck and losing my keys, so needless to say i haven't blogged in a while. the car story is for another day. i just wanted to congratulate caesar and erin, plus show the boys the mini indo school yards session on saturday. i'm stoked frank dog, sants, and barrie got a couple friday night when it was really doin its keramas impression.

the girls and i had a sick v day at the spot. life couldn't be better unless i had a car right now of course.

anyways we gotta get ready for the beach.

uploaded this lame tiny barrel twice by accident

quez

Familia de mi novio

Foley and Chad

the glowing engaged couple!!!

We had such a blast with everyone down here in PR!!! We had tons of company and many good times. First and foremost CONGRATS to Erin and Caesar!!! Caesar popped the question privately whilst a beautiful sunset here in Rincon, Puerto Rico. And of course Erin accepted! We wish them a lifetime of bliss, health and laughter. We couldn't be happier for them, they compliment each other perfectly and we CAN'T WAIT FOR THE WEDDING! WOOOOO!! There was plenty of great food. We had tacos, snacks at Casa Islena (a tapas bar) and a delicious dinner at Nativo (a local sports bar with delicious ceviche, tuna bites and mahi-mahi entrees) to celebrate. Thanks to our out of town contributors for the fabulous dinner as well!! Lots of Medalla, Heineken and rum flowing with cheers and laughs all around. Almost forgot of Jacques' (world famous in Rincon) BBQ chicken! My man prides himself on marinating for hours...then attentively standing by the grill making sure the chicken thighs are cooked to perfection. If you're planning on visiting...plan on eating Jacques' BBQ chicken!! World famous, here in Puerto Rico. Sienna LOVED playing with Lily (she calls her LA LA), Aunt Steph, Ava, Mom-Mom, Chad (aka Tattoo), Shawna, Bethany, Uncle Caesar, Foley, Uncle Frank, Aunt Trish (Tish) and Aunt Erin. We also had great company residing at our palace (our nickname for our house). Santi and John Barrie have defrosted from bone chilling New Jersey. Sienna loves both of them and is going to miss them like crazy. We know we will be getting the "come on parents, I'm bored of you guys" look very soon. Watching her interact with everyone was breathtaking...she's like a sponge! This little girl learns new things everyday. Cutest thing to date: She can now "pound it!" (fist bumping handshake). If you ask her to she then goes up to everyone in the room for another "pound". TOO CUTE!

hello, blog!

We have missed you and we have not forgotten, blogosphere. There are TONS of pictures from the last ten days and can't wait to share them. We LOVED having all of our company and there is so much more to write! We will be blogging tomorrow (or the next day).

Hope you had a good Valentine's Day!! ¡Espero que tengan una día buena de Valentina!

xo

SO BIG!!!