Sunday Funday at Le Galion beach

We've decided to try to take one day (or at least half day) of the weekend as a "family day"..just to enjoy island living and for our sanity :) It won't happen every weekend, depending on Jordan's schedule. This week is block exam week, so we decided to get out and about on the French side of the island before Jordan got too bogged down this weekend studying. 
Le Galion Beach was recommended by quite a bit of the other spouses so we rented a car for the day ($30) and drove to the French side.

It was an awesome recommendation, because the water felt more like a pool! Super calm, soft sand..beautiful! Even Bradley felt comfortable going out in the water with just his floatie. It seemed like a very kid-friendly beach too. There were a few naked people, but nothing too terrible. After swimming, I lounged under an umbrella ($5 daily rental) while Ian slept and Jordan and Bradley built a sand castle. 

Afterwards we stopped to eat at a cute little restaurant called Rancho Del Sol in Orient Bay and were able to sit outside and eat dinner with a view! Jordan ordered fish, I ate flank steak and Bradley played it safe with a cheese pizza :) Service was great..the owner even came over and took a shot of banana vanilla rum with Jordan. 

By the end of dinner I was developing a massive headache..I think from squinting at the beach all day. We made a quick stop at Sarafinas in Marigot and caught them just in time as they were closing. I wanted some chocolate macaroons, but unfortunately they were sold out :( Fortunately since they were closing for the day everything was half price so they loaded us up with a bag of pastries for $15 (like we really needed all of them!) but they are delicious so well worth it. 

Driving home, crossing the French border, the roads are very twisty and winding. My headache began to increase to where I was nausea. It was terrible; I had never felt like that before!! We got home and I took ibuprofen and all was right in the world again.

I've conned Jordan into taking a weekly family photo every week of the year. I say conned because both him and Bradley hate taking photos!! They act like it's torture to take a picture, but this is important to me so they'll have to get over it once a week!

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