We are so happy to have moved to a tropical beach town. Nearly any event can be magnified into something magical when you put “beach” in front of it.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from LifeTransPlanet!

This last week we had the opportunity to enjoy a beach winter solstice party with some friends at Steps Beach. Missy is so creative and a great party planner.

We shared some great food, drinks and company as the sun set.

Then we had a small ritual saying goodbye to the old (darkness) and welcoming the new (light). We brought the Swedish torches from some of the trees on our property that Ben had chainsawed as well as deviled eggs made with farm fresh avocado instead of mayonnaise.

As the evening darkened, we watched a small bonfire and played with sparklers. It was a great night! To read and see more pictures of the evening, see Missy’s post.

Then on Christmas, we went to the beach again! While I have heard great things about Puerto Rican lechón, I have not had any here before. Even in Colorado, it has been a long time since we’ve had a pig roast. But a pig roast on the beach on Christmas?! This was the best idea ever. The company was great, the pig was delicious, the drinks were flowing and the setting at Almendros Beach was superb!

Fun at the beach 

Pig roast time (thanks Lowell for the great idea)!

And yet another beautiful sunset

We then spent the rest of the evening with some of our very favorite people who are just about as close to family as we have here. It was a fabulous Christmas.

Silly friends!

Man we are blessed! Good friends, good food, good times. We even awoke Christmas morning to a few gifts! I looked out the window and saw this gorgeous rainbow appearing through a sunshower.

Christmas rainbow in paradise

We found our first turkey egg!

And my mom gave me the most perfect pair of chicken and egg earrings 🙂

We hope your Christmas was filled with magic and all that you hoped for as well!