Resort Photos

Well, as promised, here are the photos!

SI here in the D.R. is so amazing; they give the interns a weekend getaway trip to a beach resort between teams. So Ben, Karissa, Dan, Jack, Laura, Maryann, Alicia, Josh, Sarah and myself, as well as our team directors Josh and Vicki Mathews, Jeff, and Bobbie spent June 27-29 in Puerto Plata at a resort called Hacienda Lifestyle. It was SO WONDERFUL and RELAXING! It was such a beautiful place with a great atmosphere. We did nothing but swim, walk the beach, eat, read, sleep, and just chat and hang out. Lol, two nights was barely enough; for me, the perfect vacation is complete when I'm bored with sitting around and doing nothing and I feel de-stressed and relaxed to my very core. The more stressed I was before, the longer it takes me to unwind and rejuvenate myself. But we did have a FANTASTIC time! 

Laura, Sarah, Jeff, Alicia, Vicki, and Josh M. enjoying the sun and sea breeze:

Nearest to farthest: Karissa, Laura, Jack, Alicia, Bobbie, and Sarah baking in the sun:

One of the many gorgeous views of the ocean from the resort:

This was definitely my favorite pool. It was joined to a bar at one end (the gazebo-looking thing at the far end) so we could sit IN the water on concrete barstools while we sipped pina coladas and coco locos! So fun!

Left to right: Laura, Bobbie, Jeff, Jack, me, and Maryann. 

Same pool, different angle. Jeff, Karissa, Bobbie, and Laura.

Sarah playing intern Josh's guitar above the beach:

Another view of the pools and bar:

Maryann, Karissa, Laura, Bobbie, and me at the buffet restaurant. The food there was AMAZING, let me tell you!

They put some of the fruit and bread scraps outside in this feeder to feed the birds:

Another view of the beach in the evening:

A truly amazing sunset!

This woman was making beautiful glass figurines outside of the buffet restaurant:

One of my favorite things we did was have a time of praise and worship on the beach late Sunday night. The ocean at night is so beautiful! The beach was technically closed (so there was no one else there--yay!) but no one came and yelled at us, so I guess it was ok lol.

These pictures are terrible, but I don't have anything better.

Goofy pictures in front of a fountain. Lol, good times, good times!