We declare, Megan, the Kite Queen for the Day!

Afterwards we went to Recies to eat. Not such great food, but terrific and authentic Puerto Rican atmosphere.

Everyone had a fun time with the kites. Cameron's had a mind of its own and Megan seemed to have the longest success. We'll have to do this again sometime. If you ever go to El Morro on a Saturday or Sunday, you will see 50 plus kites flying in front of the El Morro. Always a wind.

Before leaving El Morro, we decided to do a little kite flying on the beautiful lawn fields out front.

El Morro

I love the old arch ways that lead into what we thought might be the Sleeping QuartersCameron taking moment to enjoy the view from the fort. You could see forever

Would you look at the size of these cannon balls? And check out the size of this cannon.


The first day that the parents and kids were here was great. We toured the National Park, El Morro. It is a historic fort here in Puerto Rico. It was better than I thought it would be. It had 3 levels and great views, a movie and even cold water. I couldn't get enough of it.

Family Vacation in June

Here they are on Father's Day with this serious Chocolate Cake. Check out how tall it is!


June was a terrific month. One of the reasons for this is that our parents and 3 wonderful kids came for a visit. The parents were here for 3 days before the kids came. We visited Old San Juan, explored the Camuy, the world's largest radar radio telescope, and enjoyed hanging out. Then after a few days, Nathan, Megan and Cameron joined us for more fun. We enjoyed church together on Fathers day and really enjoyed Toms favorite Chocolate cake from Costco and Scots favorite, Tacos.

This trip interfered with Chucho Alvarado's, ( the 7 year old son of the President) school Turkey bowl. This is a special day at his school where the kids race to see who can win a turkey. Because he missed it, we brought a small wrapped on along and had a special race on the beach. We drew lines in the sand and had the Pietz couple hold up the finish line. And of course, Chucho was the winner. Here is the winner with his family. After, we took a dip in this beautiful Caribbean water. This really was the color. Best quick ocean swim I have ever had.

Vieques , Puerto Rico

Just a few weeks after we got to Puerto Rico, the mission president and his family, us and one other couple decided to meet another couple on the island of Vieques. We actually went to see biolumincent micro creatures in Misquito lagoon. But you have to go at night and we went in a kayak. So no pictures of that, but here are a few pictures of our 24 hour trip. Here we are under this monster tree.