St. Thomas

This year the Clemson men's basketball team had a tournament in the Virgin Island, right before Thanksgiving. My parents graciously agreed to watch the girls so Andy and I could have this time away together. It.was.a-ma-z-i-n-g! I am so thankful for parents who are willing to shuffle their schedules around and take on my three girls for a week. The good thing is that my girls adore their Mimi and Papa and always behave much better for them than they do me;) So, since I knew the girls were in great hands, I had a great time relaxing!

The welcome sign as we left the airport.

the view from one side of our hotel.

the view from the other side of the hotel

 the view out the front (our hotel was on the tip of the island so we had a three sided view of the ocean).

aaaaaannnd, the view from our hotel room…womp-womp! Oh well, we hardly spent any time in our room, so this was just a laughing point for us all:)

down at the boat dock before taking a water taxi to the nearest town

these little guys were EVERYWHERE! They'd just sit right in the middle of everything and stare you down. Slightly freaky.

My view for most of the week! Paradise

crap, look who came calling…not invited fella, not invited at all

sitting on the infinity edge of the pool, over-looking the ocean

our friends, the Sikes, and us. We stuck together….and also had the same hotel room views;)

because I'm a dork;)

just chilling

We had one excursion off the island. Everyone went snorkeling at Turtle cove to see the reef, huge turtles and other marine life. We had a great time. It was different because the water wasn't that clear. St. Thomas is where the Caribbean and the Atlantic meet, so the water isn't as clear. It was still beautiful though:)

there was a beach on one side of the hotel that was nice. The ocean was pretty rough on the beach, so we didn't spend much time down there. It was still beautiful though!

this little waterfall next to our hotel, fed into the ocean. It was hidden and pretty cool.

the last day there were more little rain storms that blew in and out. After a long one (probably 15 minutes), this little rainbow came out. It was pretty cool.

more beach pictures

Some pictures before one of the team dinners outside of the hotel. We've got to document this time together:)

I am so thankful to be able to go on these trips with Andy! We had a great time and got to spend some time together without our girls, which is always a blessing. It was fun, but I'm glad to be back with our crazy girls!