le galion

last week before tropical storm otto came through, we had an amazing day at le galion beach with cheyenne and her boys. they brought a stand up paddle board with them to the island and we all got to go out on the (usual) calm waters of le galion. it was so exciting when cheyenne pulled the board out of the bag, ezra had to jump right on it on the sand.

he did a little dance on it too.

so first off cheyenne went out on it alone and with her boys for a bit. ezra and i made it out to the dock with his raft and watched. little did we know there were some ominous dark clouds gathering behind us.

when it was my turn to paddle out i was loving the ride i was getting from the wind pushing me from behind, but i soon turned around realizing it may be difficult to paddle back going against the wind. so i got on my knees and paddled hard as i watched those menacing clouds begin to drop cold rain drops all over the beach.

by the time i got to the dock where ezra was waiting for me i could hear his teeth chattering he was shivering so hard. i should've known then that a more serious storm would be on its way the next week.

luckily this one passed in the usual 10 minutes they take to travel overhead and we sat in the car and ate apples, granola bars, and drank some water until it was sunny out again.

the rest of the day was spectacular. not another drop of rain came and we had lots of fun spending the rest of the day in the water. the big boys took turns at the paddle and ezra's preferred way to ride was holding on to dillon's hands.

dillon wanted to paddle alone and cheyenne happily swam along side of him.

these skies always amaze me and i enjoy being at this beach so much for the views are lovely.

ronan steadily paddling all the boys along.

i of course am hovering nearby.

cheyenne took ronan out for a while for some one on one time and ezra and i watched dillon jump of the dock.

when ro got back the two boys monkeyed around a bit.

cheyenne having some blissful alone time on her board.

that cat is always anchored in the bay and on this day ezra said, "let's go under it!"

and so we headed over to it

sometimes ezra held his feet like this - do you think he had an itch?

but most of the time he kicks his little legs under there.

here she is!

cheyenne and i

two happy island mamas

(whenever we're at the beach)

and there go ezra and i under the boat for the third or fourth time.

and here's a video i took of our mini adventure

i will always remember this beach day as one of the best days on st. maarten.