Bye Bye Mini 2

That's right... one more mini down! Kyle took Mini 2 last Tuesday, and as he walked out of the classroom I was a little nervous. The look on his face said it all: this was one of the hardest mini's he had taken so far at Ross. But I am so very happy to report that Kyle received awesome grades - once again, praise God!

So the day of the mini would not be complete without a trip to the beach. As we walked to the beach with Kyle's friend Greg, we couldn't help but notice an unfamiliar sound. We kept walking and were surprised to see huge waves crashing against the sand! The side of the island we're on touches the Caribbean Sea, which is normally very very calm, but every once and awhile the big waves come along. (We think it may be Tropical Storm Noel trying the sneak back. For all of you who were worried, it passed right by us only with heavy rains. Once the storm went passed Dominica, I guess that's when it really started to pick up.)

So, we found some friends, who are seated in the grass seeing as there was no place to sit on the actual beach because it was taken over by waves. We were there for probably a good 30 seconds, and Kyle already had his shirt off and jumped into the water with Greg and Justin to take on the waves.

In the picture above, that's actually Kyle riding in on a wave! And I think even in between waves, the guys were able to sneak in their usual talk about the mini - reviewing every single question they could remember.

Eventually I jumped into the water too, and though I did ride in on one wave, most of the time I ducked right under them. It really did feel like you were in a clothes washer, just being tumbled around every which way. There were actually some pretty big rocks, and a few guys walked away with some battle wounds, but thankfully, no one was hurt too bad.

After getting out of the water, we needed some recovery time to get the taste of salt water out of our mouths and try to shake all that water out of our ears (that took a few days!) Of course there was the usual mini talk as groups of people would come and go, and each person wanted to talk about a different question. All in all, it was a great afternoon and once again, I loved having a little quality time with my husband :)

Of course, we went to Perky's Pizza for dinner, one of Kyle's favorite places to eat on the island. After dinner, Greg and Dan came over for a little competitive Catch Phrase. It was Greg and Kyle against Dan and I, and eventually Dave came over to be the "designated guesser" for both teams. We got pretty into it, and by the end of the night, ended up playing 9 games... and guess who won? Well our unique style of giving clues that were very far from the actual phrase yet somehow still guessing correctly, the winners were Dan and I! Though Greg and Kyle were a little sad, it was a really fun night. And also, it was our first time to have guests over!

All in all, it was a great day to celebrate one more mini being done!