The Last Week

I have not blogged in the last week since I have been busy ending my student teaching, getting ready to leave, and having my parents visit.

So here is an update and some pictures on what we've been up to this week ;-)

Pictures of Maho at night

Out to Dinner in Maho

Spending the day at the beach with Grandma & Grandpa

Maggie & Anna were excited to have visitors!

Playing on the beach ;-)

Lobsters at the resurant

Picture of Turtle Resturant

Out to eat at Turtle Resturant

Maggie spending time with Josh before she leaves him~

Maggie loves when guests come and we get out to fancy toysBut seriously.....

Maggie and Anna cuddling

Playing with Josh

French Carnvial

This week is French Carnival in France. Since St Maarten is half owned by France the island celebrates it. I get two days off school which is nice. Plus my parents are coming to visit tomorrow ;-) Carnival consists of parades, partying, etc. It is similar to Mardi Gras and Mardi Gras was actually based off of Carnival!

Exploring Marigot (French St Marten)

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed.... out too late last night maggie?!?

Today, Don, Julia, Josh, and I decided to get out of little Cupecoy and head over to the french side of the Island! We spent the afternoon in a large city, Marigot. We went to a 1700's Fort built by the french, had lunch at a street cafe, and definitely went to a french bakery for some sweet treats ;-) Hope you enjoy the pictures

The view from fort louis was great. If over looks the ocean on one side and Marigot on the other.

The top of Fort Louis

If these guys were fighting the war I'd be scared :-(

The boys messing around

The ocean...

Some pictures of Marigot from Fort Louis

View of Marigot

~View from the top of Louis~

Us at the top of the Fort... and it was windy. Look at our hair!

Julia and Don outside of the fort.

Julia and I had to aim the cannon!

The view from Fort Louis was amazing!

The cross outside of Fort Louis

The center of the Market

This is a painting Josh really liked and wanted a picture of...

This was my favorite part of the market....

They had spices out in bags so you could just take the amount you wanted and they were fresh spices!

Lunch time! We went to a small Italian/seafood resturant on the street.

And for dessert....

Where else should you go except a French Bakery!

They wrap the food in this cute box like a surprise

Look at our amazing treats!

Observe the Maggie in her natural Habitat

~Check out what maggie found~

Maggie playing with her stick!

Then we had to go pick up our car. And on the way one thing that is VERY rare on St Maarten happened.... we actually got to drive almost 60 mi/hr! Don found a road with no speed bumps;-)

Then we finally got our car back...with a new bumper!!
Josh has to test our new bumper! It passes his foot inspection.

Our new bumper ;-)