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Around the Finca, Moca, Festival de Chinas, Isabela and More

Aeden is too cool for photos

Whew. Lots to update. We have been doing a variety of projects around the farm including finding new plants and building a new staircase into the jungle. When we’re not working on the farm or cleaning or repairing the cabana or cabin, we go out into the world and try to find new adventures. We like to stay around the west side because we can make a day trip out of it and still get back by dark to keep to Aeden’s sleep schedule. Here are a few moments caught on camera recently.

Another beachy day in Rincon – Playa Lala is now a favorite here

Fun at Villa Cofresi with the babe

From eggs we came to eggs we sit

Isabela, PR with the moon and all

We filled one of our largest single orders of flowers!

I love making the bouquets

Aeden has many adoptive aunts and uncles like Carlos and Maribel from the market

Photo bombed by a cow and a bird 🙂

Cool church in Moca

Just chillin’, kickin’ back on Mom’s lap

Aeden’s making his mark! In the new cement stairs!

Lots of hard work!

Silly boys at the beach

First time in a swing! He’s getting so big!

He has even gone swimming, underwater!

And had his first real bath -in the kitchen sink!

Cool leaves on a plant. I think this is a rattlesnake flower

Our monstera plant fruited!

Immature and mature monstera fruit! Tasted like pineapple and banana with a slight bite. You have to be careful not to eat them immature or it will burn your mouth.

Our prettiest ginger yet!

The Festival de la China was a bit of a bust! Super rainy!

I thought it was funny they were selling oranges in onion bags though!

And I was amazed at the variety of oranges (and bananas) one can grow

Aloha! A fun day in Isabela

Britton and Aeden in Isabela

Family fun

Two cuties

“Still round the corner there may wait a new road or a secret gate”

This little guy melts my heart!

We walked this LOOONG boardwalk in Isabela -windy, hot and dry but very beautiful. Would be a great bike ride

Fun with friends from Colo. It’s weird to “remember when.” It seems so long ago now

This just happened. I always call him my little monster and then I saw this onesie at the flea market and I was wearing basically the same thing and then we ate at an El Meson that had this colored wall. Serendipity-do-dah!

Latest update from the farm about baby Aeden (on the new stairs!)

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Explorations near Joyuda: Modern Ruins and Hidden Coves

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With the baby, we have found that we need to get out of the house and property more than ever. We have a sort of routine where we stay in one day and go for a drive the next. Sometimes it’s every two days or so, but we like to get out so we don’t feel like all we do is work around the property and take care of the little guy. This last week we did some explorations around the Joyuda area. Joyuda is between Mayaguez and Cabo Rojo. We take the cool backroad of 102 to have an ocean drive. We made it back to one of our favorite spots: Punta Ostiones also know as La Playita.

Area of Punta Ostiones

Trails

Secluded Coves

Postcard beach scenes

Me and Aeden in one of the coves -he loves to kick the water!

Noni fruit growing wild -edible and medicinal but very yucky tasting!

Hermit crab on shucked coconuts

Exploring through the Ostiones trails of coconuts and mangroves

We also briefly checked out a cool abandoned juvenile detention center that is now a mountain bike riding course. It was cool in a spooky way. Then we went back another day with friends and explored more.

When we stumbled upon an old abandoned church that is being reclaimed by the jungle!

Creepy hallways of the old buildings -now used to play “Gotcha” or paintball

In the doorway to the church

Me and Aeden on the altar

Down the stairs

We’re off again! Grab the kid! Firewoman carry! 🙂

With friend Laura exploring the southern part of the trails

Aeden can keep his head up now which makes walking with him easier

A group of us exploring the ruins

Creepy hallways! “We’re watching!”

Britton and Aeden near the church

I did another photoshoot with Laura there. I can’t wait to see her results!

Later we stopped by the Gato Negro right on the water in Joyuda and watched the birds and tarpon fighting over fish scraps

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Living Abroad: Our Life Recently Around Western Puerto Rico

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Having fun at Villa Montana in Isabela on Valentine’s Day

Raising a baby takes a lot of the extra time I might be writing a post and puts it onto him. So please forgive all the photos and lack of text, but I just wanted to get a flavor of the times as we have been out and about in western Puerto Rico these last few weeks.

Visiting La Playuela, Wilderness and Pena Blanca in Aguadilla

La Playuela was considered for a mega hotel and a lot of protesting has (thankfully) stalled/ended it. It is such a cool area

Pena Blanca is just down from it

Cliffside beaches and coves

Save La Playuela

Like a throwback to a different time

Out to lunch at Tamboo in Rincon. Tuesday is Mexican food day! My fave!

Britton and Aeden at Tamboo

Fun at the lighthouse in Rincon

Lighthouse Park, Rincon

Fun at Sandy Beach

Another turkey girl hatched out some chicks!

Steps Beach babes! 🙂

Working on building another staircase into the jungle with friend Chris

Turkey and chicken inspectors

Lots and lots of wagneriana heliconias!

We’ve had great sales at the market on Sundays! It’s been fun to share the fruits (and flowers) of our labors

We like to go out to lunch/brunch after the market – Gastropark in Rincon

Britton and Aeden at the gastropark

Another fave restaurant is Picoteo in Anasco- check out that overlook!

February is about as cold as it will get to put baby A in clothes! 🙂

February has also been especially smoky! Lots of burning going on. (Check out the hillside behind me in this pic)

More hillside fires in the distance combating pica pica generally

Since things aren’t growing as fast we can work on some projects like clearing the paths of old fallen trees from Maria

Cutting a path through the jungle of the property to the backside of the cabin

Beach break at the Marina -a social and fun playa

Having fun shopping with the bebo -haha

Happy Baby yoga pose

Taking Aeden out for strolls has been a new development since he can hold his head up now

He is such a doll and loves being outside with us

Well that’s a lot of life in a few pictures. Life has been rolling forward. With a baby we notice it a lot more! Every day is precious. Here’s Aeden’s 5 month update.

We were also featured in another news program about people from Colorado who have moved all over the globe -Puerto Rico, South Korea, Tunisia and Vietnam. It’s called “Living Abroad” and I think it does a pretty good job of capturing the essence of our life here. I am not sure I would call it “abroad” exactly, but it is hard to describe the move from the states here any other way. And like this sign says of all these choices: Rincon is the best place to live!

Rincon el mejor lugar para vivir!

Living Abroad from Jeremy Hubbard on Vimeo.

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Britton’s Surprise Birthday Party and Dome’s Beach Trail

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With some friends

We always have fun going out and about as well as staying in at the property, but for Britton’s birthday we had a little something different in mind. A surprise! Our neighbors Kim, Anthony and Lamar and I helped plan a surprise birthday party just up the street and it was so much fun! Britton had no idea when we stopped in to say hello before our planned beach outing that there was a party there just for him. We had a great time and love our neighborhood and friends.

Surprise!
Anthony, Kim and the birthday boy

A make-your-own pizza party and homemade carrot cake! The best!

Fun times, good food and great friends

We had to whisper the Happy Birthday song because Aeden was starting to fall asleep. In Puerto Rico you can sing the English version of “Happy Birthday to You” or the Spanglishized version “Cumpleaños Feliz” but you should always add this song after:

Feliz, feliz en tu día
Amiguit@ que Dios te bendiga
Que reine la paz en tu vida
Y que cumplas muchos más

It translates to: Such happiness on your day, my friend we hope God blesses you, that peace reigns in your life and that you celebrate many more birthdays!

We did have one little party pooper there though 🙂

We didn’t miss out on celebrating Britton’s birthday his expected way as well though. Taking a nice walk down one our favorite trails in Rincon following the Spanish Wall by Dome’s Beach is one of his favorite things so we made sure to do that as well.

Britton and the munchkin