you & i have a better time than most can dream

The most difficult thing about being international teachers is being away from friends and family. That is an easy and obvious one. The benefit is when you do get to be close to your loved ones everyone seems to appreciate things just a little bit more. You will hear that a lot on this circuit; i am a believer.

Yup you guessed it, mom and dad are visiting. Ollie, Karli and i are fully enjoying being spoiled. Oliver loves his Granny and Boppy and again i am amazed by the intrinsic strength that family possess, how does he know?
Sure, the fact that he is the spitting image of Boppy might have something to do with it, but he most definitely knows.

This visit is particularly special, of course as any new parent would say having a son really changed my relationship with my parents and gave me a new appreciation for all that they have done (and continue to do) for me; that said this visit feels more peerlike then the relationship i have known for the last thirty years. Mom and dad are visiting our home, and we are taking our turn at spoiling them (a little) too!

They arrived on Friday and we showed them our new home, and then caught up over dinner and some Euchre. We went to the beach Saturday morning and enjoyed the sun and sand, Oliver showed off his new bathing a suit at Boca Chica (see the video of him and his friend mia here). We returned to the house for more feasting from our grill.

On Sunday we took Oliver to his first Licey game, he was impressed with los tigres 6-4 victory but was disappointed with the 3 runs they gave up in the 8^th and 9^th. We walked in to see two Azucareros get thrown out, then in the next minute a foul ball landed within 6 feet of us - a little overwhelming but he didn't seem to be upset. The volume of these games is something that defies explanation and truly needs to be experienced. He loved the game and it will definitley not be our last visit to Estadio Quisqueya.