Enjoying the summer with the family
the author and his wife
These days the high temperatures continue in Cuba and staying at home during the weekend is not a good option. This week we did not have the chance to go to a concert, enjoy a play or attend a sporting event. How to combat the prevailing heat and have fun, what to celebrate and then our youngest son appeared with his wise definition of celebration and told us: Let's celebrate that we are alive and there is no better pretext to celebrate than life.
Again the beach was our main ally, but this time we had many more activities than the previous week because the younger boys included other tasks that we will see later. Besides, this is the healthiest and most economical option for all of us.
The activities
The activities were varied, with the usual protagonist of the young people. Among these were:
bathing and assembly of aquatic equipment
my eldest son and my wife
- Swimming at the beach
- Sunbathing
- Sport fishing
- Riding on aquatic equipment
- Beach volleyball
the family
There was one activity that stole all the attention and now I will explain it to you.
Among all the activities we had a fishing contest in which our two sons and our oldest son's wife participated. The interesting thing is that they are fans of this activity and they bought fishing rods and everything.
eldest son fishing?
youngest son fishing?
my daughter-in-law fishing?
The contest started and none of the boys caught anything but insect bites and despair. At one point my oldest son left the rod with his wife and a fish took the bait. Maybe he did it out of pity. The truth is that when Laura who is my daughter-in-law called her husband Oliver they took the rod out of the water and when he tried to remove the fish from the hook it jumped into the water, but the really funny and best part of this activity was to see my son jumping after the fish to try to catch it. We are still laughing about that moment.
In the end, the catch was a very small needle that had to be thrown back into the water because it was useless for anything other than the photo and the anecdote.
the only fishing haul
A final reflection
Another weekend that we again shared as a family and spent days different from the weekly routine of our lives at work and at home.
This is something we have made a point of doing every weekend of the year, or at least as many as possible.
To be honest I didn't want it to end because enjoying time with family feeds me, rejuvenates me and gives me life. On this trip I experienced how the boys are replacing us and that the passing of the years gives us experience, but takes away our strength. Now I am more convinced than ever how important it will be to continue with these encounters of celebration, enjoyment and life.
enjoying with the family
Note: The photos were taken with my Samsung J2. Some photos do not have the necessary resolution, but the quality of the camera and how bad the photographer is had an impact, so I apologize for that.