Sunday, November 26, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Since we were feeling a little lonely & jealous that we wouldn't get a big Thanksgiving meal this year, we took off for the beach. We went about an hour and a half south of Colombo to Bentota. Man, it was beautiful! We were surprised we hadn't heard much about it. This has to be the best beach Jesse and I have seen thus far in our life. Granted we haven't been to Hawaii, which I hear there is no comparison, but still they were amazing.


The waves were great, b/c they were quite small for Rachel to play in, but they also had bigger ones farther out, so Jesse had fun as well. Usually Rachel is scared of the ocean, but she overcame her fear, and had a fun time playing in the waves. She also learned to swim in the pool by herself. (well with arm bands on)


The hotel had a great location. On one side was the ocean, while on the other side was a river. So Jesse was able to go water skiing as well. We also went to a turtle hatchery, and went for a catamaran ride on a lake. So as you can see we stayed pretty busy. We had a great time...it almost made up for missing out on family, friends, and food. : )

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Grandma Rudy thinks you were lucky to find a beach like that . We too wish you could have been with us. It well make it all the more special to have you home for Christmas .
Jesse you have a birthday pretty soon. I hope that will be happy .

Anonymous said...

Hi, glad you got to the beach. Looks beautiful. Few more days and you will be on your way home. Jess won't send card to island. Will write or talk before that. Gaylene and Dad