 While in Ponce, we visited "La Cruceta," a large cross atop a high hill on the edge of town. |
 This is Dee Dee's cousin, Margie. |
 And this is Dee Dee's aunt, Margie's mother, Ulfia. |
 Here's Dana's sweetie. |
 This site was originally used by sentinels to watch for ships. You can see why. |
 This is the house that Boli's family lived in when they first moved to Ponce from their farm in the mountains back in the 1930's. |
 Here's Henry with his second cousin Luis "Tito" Velez. |
 A nice "coco frio," or cold coconut, really hits the spot on a hot, tropical day. |
 Henry's Great Uncle Waldemar came with his wife Elva to visit us at our beach house. He peeled a coconut by hand, which impressed us all. |
 Here's a nice, soft-focus closeup of Henry asking for the camera again :-) |
 We enjoyed the "agua de coco" from the coconut Uncle Wally opened. |
 These are Dana's two favorite people in the whole world. |
 Daddy gave Mommy a bracelet. Henry loved it. |
 It's Henry, laughing! |
 Uncle Waldemar looks a lot like his brother Boli. |
 Here are all the guys. |
 Everybody say "Coqui!" |
 Henry likes his great Uncle Wally a lot. |
 And now for some beach shots. |
 Becky loved the water. |
 Henry got to play with coconuts, since we had one right on our patio. |
 "Wawoo!" (Water.) |
 We're probably saying something like "Wow, you can see right through that wave!" |
 Hello. |
 "Hi Mom! I found a little coconut." |
 It's fun to play with. |
 And it's hard! |
 The pelicans were fun to watch. |
 Sometimes flying, sometimes just riding the swells. |
 Henry got to have lots of play time with Uncle Ed. |
 Yay! |
 Yahoo! |
 There was a sunset to see. |
 Nice beams of light coming down. |
 Henry got to eat a tiny banana, just his size, and play a maraca at the same time. |
 There was plenty of time to rest and relax. |
 One day, Dee Dee walked around with the camera. |
 And photographed everybody... |
 ... sleeping! |
 A view of a pelican off our balcony. |
 The morning sun brought an outline of our house to the sand. |
 Ed found a nice floating chair... |
 ... and went quite a ways out. |
 It was nice to be rocked by the waves. |
 Henry enjoyed the patio. |
 Something new happened all the time. |
 And he gave us many smiles. |
 Henry did get down and play in the sand. |
 Throwing sand was fun. |
 At first he was afraid of the waves. |
 But by the last day he was getting used to them. |
 Sand-throwing was a favorite pasttime in the sand. |
 That happy boy. |
 A wave! |
 Whee! |
 We went out to "Playa Oeste," West Beach. |
 There's a nice park with many flowers and lookout points. |
 Hello! |
 The park surrounds an old lighthouse. |
 It was so nice. |
 Another tiny banana, which is called a "niņo" in Spanish, for our niņo. |
 Ok, little bananas are yummy, but that camera looks good too. |
 Ahh, having a relaxed time on the island. |
 Ok, time for one last set of pictures before we leave. |
 Good friends are great to have. |
 Neither Henry nor Dana got sunburned during the trip. Henry got sun glasses, though, and loved them. |
 Hola! |
 The family in paradise. |
 Ahoy! |
 Henry got to sit on Ed's lap a lot during the flights. Overall it was a very nice trip to Puerto Rico. |