The last few weekends

These two pictures in the mountains were taken from a restaurant in Aibonita. It is a town in the mountains. The restaurant was awesome. It was made out of wood imported from Canada. There is a dining room and then a deck that is enclosed by windows that you can slide open. We sat on the deck part. The view is amazing!

Last weekend we went on a boat with some of our friends. Near our house the are a bunch of islands made from Mangrove trees. People drive their boats to them and hangout. It was so much fun. The water was really clear and the prettiest blue ever. I even saw a sting ray in the water. The funniest part of the day was when this younger boy who was with us caught a fish. This one guy was holding it and I was swimming next to him. Then he was kind of playing around with it and he threw it on the boat. Silly me did not know that they were keeping the fish to eat later. I jumped on the boat, picked up the fish, and threw it back in the water. Everyone was like "No

!" Then I realized that they had planned on keeping the fish, oops.

Mandi, and some of our friends

Hanging out in the water

Our friends Jose & Jose (there are lots of Jose's) being silly

This picture was taken in Guavate. This is a town about 30 minutes from Guayama. It is famous for the Lechon (pig). There are a bunch of restaurants who roast pigs. People are dancing to salsa music, drinking, and shopping at the souvenir shops. It was a good time, but I kind of felt bad for all of the pigs. I ate pollo y arroz (chicken and rice), which was very good. It was also wierd to see the Christmas decorations that were up there. It does not even seem like that time of year yet.

Out at Soul's again. Our favorite local bar

This week Mandi and I also put up our Christmas tree. It is a little early, but we were excited and my mom is coming this weekend so I wanted it to be up when she came. We decorated it with sand dollars and blue lights for the water. It is really cute. We also put lights on the bushes in our front yard. We were both sweating while we put the tree up, and I said, "This is the first time I have ever put up a Christmas tree and complained about being hot!" It's great! I love the weather here. It has been so nice lately. Middle 80's everyday and high 70's at night.