My Beautiful Mother Turns 60 in Sunny Puerto Rico

HAPPY 60th MOM!

My beautiful, courageous, giving, and loving mother turned 60 on March 2 and we were so lucky to get to spend it with her in sunny Puerto Rico. 

Why Puerto Rico? Well, that is where everything started for our family... my dad was stationed in Puerto Rico and Angie was born there. So, basically our family really did start there and it was such a treat to finally go back. 

We surprised my mom with the trip and she had NO CLUE at all. We woke her up at 3:30 a.m. with some champagne and a sign that had a clue of where we were going. She got it instantly since the pictures on the sign were of times they spent in Puerto Rico. She was soooooooooo excited and surprised, it was FANTASTIC. 

Here's the sign we gave her (and the views from our balcony in PR)

We spent a lot of time relaxing on the beach, shelling, swimming, and riding the waves. Our resort beach was awesome and the service the best. We also drank our fare share of Don Q rum - CHEERS!!!

Cha, cha, cha - we took a basic latin dance class and found out we could really shake it. Mom and dad had a great time showing off their new dance moves. 

We spent a day hiking down to a waterfall at El Yunque Rainforest. This place is gorgeous and so peaceful and serene. 

My favorite part of the trip was our sailing/snorkeling trip on my mom's actual birthday to a secluded island off of the main island. It started at 9:30 a.m. (with Pina Colodas, of course) and we sailed for about 45 minutes and landed on this gorgeous island with turquoise blue waters and white sand - it was AMAZING. The snorkeling was fantastic and we saw a lot of pretty fish, sea urchins, an eel, and gorgeous coral. 

Our crew was awesome and they had a cake for my mom and we all sang her happy birthday!

We spent our last full day in Old San Juan. Old San Juan is a quaint, spanish style section of town with tiny cobblestone streets and vibrant colored buildings. It felt like we were transported to a European city. The fort we visited was massive and took care of our history part of the trip. Okay, we're ready for more cocktails :)

...and yes we took siestas!