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Travel & Vacation: Beach Fun & Parasailing in Labadee, Haiti

Hanging out with Grandpa Russell at the beach

 After a fun morning at the Aqua Park and many trips down the giant water slide we spent some time relaxing, swimming, and digging in the sand on the beach.  The beach was right next to the giant water slide so the kids (and adults) could go down it whenever they wanted all day.  We swam, played, and spent some time tossing the frisbee, skippies, etc….  Another family gave the kids 3 little floating rafts to play with the water so that added to the fun.    After having a BBQ picnic lunch on the beach everyone went back into the water to play for another couple of hours.  It was a great day at Labadee, Haiti.

Aw….what a life….lounging around on vacation at the beach.  Karlie is living it up!

Brina digging around in the sand

Little Zach content with his sea shell treasure

There’s just something about digging in the sand…it’s fun for kids of all ages

Nathan and Amber found a bunch of neat shells…..the only thing is some of the cool shells had residents with claws!  Although Amber figured out a way to clear the water pretty quickly, ha.

The girls having fun splashing around at the beach with Nicko

Whose ready to go parasailing?

Do you see that little tiny black spot in the bottom middle of the mouth?  Yup, that little speck is Josh way up there!

Lee & Becky parasailing together.  They don’t look scared at all!

That tiny speck of white in the middle of the picture is the boat that is pulling them.  Wow, the boat looks so small and that’s a long rope!  Dad, Josh, Lee and Becky enjoyed some time parasailing in Haiti.

Hanging out at the beach

Nicko having fun at the beach

Sweet Brina Bee having fun at the beach

Splashing around at the beach

Still digging in the sand…

After playing and swimming at the beach most of the day we walked back through the marketplace.  We met a lot of neat people selling all kinds of jewelry and crafts in the marketplace.  The marketplace reminded me of India in some ways but instead of people trying to put items into your hands they were putting stuff into the kids hands then turning to you for payment.  We picked up a cute  hand painted magnet, postcards, and hand made necklaces for the girls.  It was a great day in Haiti.  The weather was beautiful and we had a lot of fun playing together.  Lots of great memories!

The “Travel and Vacation” series is an insight into our trips together as a family and ways we relax.  Life is short and we were thrilled to have the opportunity to build memories with family and explore of of the most amazing places during our time away.  Explore with a good attitude, look for fun, and it will be an awesome trip jammed packed with positive memories.  It is refreshing having some time away from the regular routine.  Make it a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet new people and learn.  You just might see or try something new that takes your breath away!