The Dominican Republic

Nick and I spent 5 days in the Dominican Republic this past week.  We had a blast! The weather, food, location, etc. was amazing. We enjoyed spending time with friends from previous trips and meeting new friends. We had time to recharge, reconnect,  and refocus. I wish I had taken more photos...especially at the beach. I kept telling Nick we needed to get a shot of the 2 of us at the beach, but time slipped away from us. There were so many fun activities at the resort. One of my favorite was finger painting and of course swimming and spa treatments.  We had our own butler the whole trip. He delivered scented pillows we ordered from the pillow menu, prepared bubble baths, made dinner reservations, and set up activities for us. Some butlers were better than others...ours seemed to be better than other guests on the trip with us. He was constantly checking up on us and surprising us daily. We even carried a cell phone so we could reach him 24 hours day. We'll miss our butler. :) 
My parents stayed with the boys. Sam was so excited that Grandmother and Granddaddy got to sleep over. Drew and Sam both did great. Drew didn't seem to realize we were gone, but Sam had a few times when he needed some tight squeezes to get over missing us. I was the same way...the 1st morning in the DR was hard. Knowing the boys were in good hands made it much easier. Sam said his favorite part of the week was when Grandmother surprised him with his newly mended stuffed animals. He had more than a few that needed some TLC. It sure was fun, but it's great to be back with our sweet boys!