Carvalho Family (Pre) Christmas Vacation

As many of you know we abandoned our February ski trip to Whistler in favour of a week in the Dominican Republic with the Carvalho side of the family. Auntie Melanie and Uncle Spencer had planned to come over from their side of the Atlantic for two weeks and Grandma Fil & Grandpa Francis were going down for a week so decided to jump on their bandwagon. Although it meant we had to cram all of our Christmas shopping into December 23rd and 24th it was great to get away from the snow and hustle & bustle of the pre-Christmas rush to spend some time in the sunny south.

Giggles on the beach with Grandpa Francis You've heard of topless beaches, well...Lex got a little mixed up.

Lexi having some sunny snuggles with Auntie Melanie who announced on the trip that she's expecting a cousin for Alexa and Ian. We're thrilled! Here we were worried that they wouldn't have any cousins and now they have one and a half!
All the boys took a turn with the boogie board which resulted in a few mouthfuls of salty water and some great funny face pictures.

Mommy with her favourite girl and favourite boy.

Despite the cold pool water it didn't take Alexa and Ian long to become waterbabies again.1,2,3, Go! This was not posed but man they're cute aren't they?

Not a day passes in the life of the Carvalho Family without a little hockey.

Ian loved the ping pong table. I'm not sure if it was actually the ping pong or the fact that he got to play with other (older) kids.

All that fun, sun & swimming tires a kid out....

Snuggles on the beach as the sun sets on another great vacation.