It is easy to let time fly by when you are having fun. I often forget about how young our kids were when we actually moved to Roatan. This picture was Kiah on her first Birthday shortly after we arrived. We were couped up in one of our future rooms... me, Jamie, Kenda, Kiah and my Mom who came to help! Gabe was born on the island in our bedroom much later.
This is a picture of the girls and Gabe. They were so excited to have a baby brother!
Life for the girls was pretty normal. Especially after we got Meg who was the runt of bunch of rot puppies. She really turned out to be a great dog and now resides with some of our good friends who adopted her. Poor judgement on my part really... if you are going to own a resort don't buy a dog that people can wind up at breakfast and then expect the non-dog lovers to be happy when she comes and grabes their childrens hands still trying to play. Not a good idea... maybe in hindsite I could have got a spider out of the jungle:)
One nice thing about Central America for the kids is that every birthday came with a pinata! The kids always looked forward to everyones birthday because no matter how young or old you are someone still gets you a pinata! This one was for my 30th Birthday. Kenda sure did try hard.
My wife and I still laugh at this photo with Paul the fireman. He is our resorts fire dancer who became our kids rolemodel in life. They still dance to his fire music which really is not that great for a 5 year old to listen to and talk about how much they miss him. We made a ton of friends in Roatan which we are really to have met and try to come back and see as often as possible.
The one thing that Roatan always had for the kids was sand. Lots and lots of sand was available. This picture was taken in the front of the resort prior to our departure back to the US. I don't know why kids think the sand was always so much fun, but they always enjoyed building something out of it. I always felt bad after they would do something like this thinking it sure would make me mad if I had to come and rake this out, but never a word was said. The employees loved the kids so much they would help them find sand crabs under stuff around the resort for the kids. They would tear the legs off the crabs so the kids could play with them without getting pinched! After a couple of talks with the employees it was decided the kids should only have small crabs that they could hold without getting pinched.
Great hair was always a plus too for the kids. Nicole at the top became a lot like a second daughter while we were in Roatan. She was the daughter of one of my favorite cooks Nona-Sue. She started helping out Jamie on Saturdays when the guests would check in. As the kids became older Nicole helped out more around the house and with the kids. The kids still talk about her and miss her like crazy.
Overall I would say our kids had a great time in Roatan. While they were there they learned a ton of stuff that other people may never get to experience in a life time. At the same time they missed a ton of experiences here in the US with our families. It is difficult to put one experience above another. Looking back I would have made the same choice, but perhaps traveled back to the states a bit more to see family and friends with them.
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