What We Do For Fun

No theaters? No bowling? No Wal-Mart Supercenter? What do the Dawsons do in their free time?

We are totally preoccupied with trying to gain weight.

Seriously, does this even need a caption?

We run with the goats. Yippee.
We have implemented a work program designed to teach youngins the value of hard work.

We socialize. C'mon...we're the Dawsons. It's what we do best.

Okay, sometimes we have to get a little creative.

We really like to run with our legs tied together. Does it get any better than that?

We practically fall over each other in excitement when it comes to beach time.

We spend many hours killing roaches (and lining them up for pictures), mosquitoes, spiders, mosquitoes, scorpions, mosquitoes, bats (that's right -- BATS!), mosquitoes, flies, mosquitoes, freakin' huge moths, mosquitoes, rats, mosquitoes, crabs, mosquitoes, Monsterous centipedes, and did I mention mosquitoes?

And with all we do, we still had time to put together The D3 Band (vocals-Avery Dawson, keyboard/synthesizer-Chloe Dawson, drums/triangle-Luke "Deuce" Dawson). Their debut album, Why Did Our Parents Do This To Us? hits stores Christmas 2007.

The Weihrauchs Invade Grenada

My sister, Amy, and her husband, Zach, came to visit the first week of August. Oh how refreshing that was! We had so much fun with them, and Amy was a real trooper dealing with morning sickness (she's 3 months along), heat, and mosquitoes. Here are some pictures from their visit.

Hanging out with the kids in Pearls

How cute are they?
Sisters and BFFs!
Date night. No kids. Yippee!
What a great evening that was! This restaurant is right on the beach, so we took a little stroll after dinner. And what did we see coming out of the water onto the sand? A huge sea turtle digging a hole for her eggs. We were able to walk right up to it. It was pretty cool.
Amy took this picture after a long, hot morning playing with the kids in Pearls. Needless to say, the Dawson clan was pooped!

Hanging out at the house with the kiddos.


We took Amy and Zach up into the mountains, hoping to see some monkeys. They rarely come out of the rainforest, but I guess they heard the Weihrauchs were in town, so they decided to make an appearance. We had fun with them. I tossed a peppermint to each monkey and instantly became their best friend.

From Alicia

Shocking, isn't it? A post from Alicia. Grant has no idea that I even know how to do this. (Surprise, honey!) I actually don't have anything important to say. I just wanted to say hi to everyone. I'd thought I'd post some pictures of the kids for those of you who have been asking.

Luke is practicing for when American Idol comes to Grenada.

I can't believe Avery sat still long enough for me to even take this picture.

Here's Chloe sporting her new haircut.

Avery just got a haircut, too, so I'll be posting that pic very soon.

Well, I'm going to have to admit that I like this blogging thing. I'll think I'll do it again in the next few days...

Hurricane Dean

We experienced our first taste of a hurricane/tropical storm down here yesterday and today. At the grocery store, all of the bottled water, crackers, and bread were gone. Every TV and radio had the weather on, and conversation consisted of Hurricane Dean.

Thankfully, it was much ado about nothing...at least for us here in Grenada. There were a few brief spurts of heavy rain and moderate wind, but it was no different than a regular storm. I pray that things go as well for the rest of the Caribbean and the rest of the hurricane season.