We had an amazing Lambert family reunion in the Dominican Republic this summer. It was perfect...the surroundings, the activities and the company.
My favorite spot was the lagoon we hiked to...it was beautiful.
Lyla especially liked waving to the turtles.
Olivia celebrated her 5th birthday while we there. She was excited to be able to have all of her family there. One of her gifts was her first pet, one of her cousins gave her a hermit crab...unfortunately the crab was dead by the end of the party.
The girls were able to go horseback riding. Olivia really enjoyed the ride.
...Lyla on the other hand immediately started crying.
After petting the horse and me convincing her that the horse was nice, she quickly changed her tune and loved her horse ride. She kept repeating "nice...nice" as the horse trotted along. Her favorite part was when the horse really started galloping...she laughed and laughed.
I'm often surprised when we come across something unfamiliar to my girls because they live in the city. On this trip I realized that Lyla had never seen stars. In the city you can't see stars, but at night when we would walk back to our little casita the sky was full of beautiful stars and Lyla was captivated. Her head was cocked back the entire walk and she would repeat again and again, "stars...stars."
Lyla did NOT like Matthew buried in the sand, she quickly tried to dig him free.
Sometimes the waits at the restaurants were long...Lyla found ways to entertain herself.
We all loved this trip and would love to go back!
