Day 2 here in Ocho Rios Jamaica. We are taking a break from the extremely hot hot hot sun and humidity to work a bit in the slightly cooler open air lobby area. They are supposed to have wireless internet here so we can upload stuff etc, but right now the net appears to be down, so I will write this blog and post it later!!

James and I started our day with a great breakfast at the buffet, the food here is awesome! We then headed to the beach to hang out with Dana and Todd and the rest of the family and friends that were hanging out  down there. They were all talking about going out on some small catamaran sail boats and some kayaks so I wanted to get some shots of that for sure. I ended up taking out a camera with Todd, Dana and Nate on a little sailing cruise! It was so fun, those little boats sure can go amazingly fast :)

After sailing we hung out around the pool with some more of the group, and shot some photos of the ladies all doing water aerobics (always a good show to watch) and then back to the beach for some Jamaican Jerk Chicken. YUMMMMM. The weather today is about 32 degrees, but with the humidity it feels a lot hotter. Luckily for us all there is never ending cold drinks and a lovely breeze coming off the ocean!

Will post more photos later, stay tuned!

Hope & James

Just a short (hah) 21 hours after pulling out of our driveway at home, we arrived in beautiful Jamaica! The weather here was a bit cloudy when we got in, but the humidity level is through the roof and after sitting on the airplanes all day with the cold recycled air, it was a welcome change!

Our day started with a two hour drive to Calgary, leaving our son Jaxen home with his nana. When we got to the airport we ended up having a 4 hours wait before our red-eye flight to Toronto. We arrived in toronto at 6:15am TO time and lined up at the timmy’s for breakfast. After eating and chilling at the gate, we all met up with the other half of the group (minus 8 people) and we then boarded the plane out to Montego Bay.

At this point no one had really gotten any sleep on trip so far, so we were all hoping that we could catch some z’s on this second flight. James and I managed to get about 1 hour of rest int his second flight, which was certainly better than nothing, but we were definitely feeling the effects of jet lag and of being up for well over 24 hours straight.

We all got into Montego bay at about 1:30pm and after the chaotic airport, we boarded our own little tour bus that took us through some gorgeous country side to our resort in Ocho Rios, 2 hours away. We stopped about half an hour into the trip at a little bar so people could get some cold drinks for the bus ride, it as so authentically Jamaican and had a very cool feel to it.

We all finally arrived at the resort at about 5pm and went to our rooms to shower, change and get ready for FOOD! :) This place is beautiful and has amazing food at the buffet, so we all pigged out a bit and caught up on a day of no eating, then we hung out down by the entertainment stage and listened to live music. Unfortunately one of the little girls Hannah went for a swim in the ocean after dark and got a pretty wicked jellyfish sting on her arm :( She was a toughie though and stopped crying almost immediately!! She had some wicked sting swelling on her whole upper arm and we all felt horrible for her, but the nurse here hooked her up with some anti-histamine cream and she was so good with it!!

So now it is 9:45 and we are off to bed. Here are some photos from day 1 :) Enjoy and stay tuned for more!

Hope and James

PS- sorry if this is a rambled post, we have been up WAY TOO LONG. huh.