Matt & Jen Simerson

First, for you speculators, Junior is not a name, simply a title our Doc calls our little baby. Thus, it’s what I’m calling it for now. We have chosen not to know Junior’s gender, because I don’t want to know. Jen leans towards knowing, so the compromise was having the nurse write it on a [...]

We have written up a trip log of our time in St. John. In additional to the trip log, we have also published a few photos of the home and a general information document.

St. John is a getaway destination. In that sense, it’s a wonderful place to go. We got off to a great start, exploring and adapting to the surrounding. We woke up early each morning at 10. We explored the beaches and snorkeled around the island, hanging out with lobsters, barracudas, sea turtles, and octopuses. [...]

Oh happy day. We’re sitting in Puerto Rico and Sprint has good coverage here. Now, if there is also coverage when we land in St. John, I’ll be oh so pleased. My Sprint data connection is much better than suffering with dialup.

It’s 7:54AM and we’re already in Chicago, having completed the first leg of our flights to St. Thomas. Flight info is as follows:
GRR -> ORD American Eagle #4152
ORD -> San Juan, PR – AA # 1367
San Juan -> St. Thomas, VI – AA #5136
Cab to Red Hook Ferry to St. Johns (Cruz Bay)
Returning Jan 18th:
St. [...]

I just have to take a minute to rave about how nice it is to have cell phone data service for my laptop. A couple weeks back on our departure flight from Grand Rapids, our flight was delayed a bit due to the inclement weather. We were already boarded on the jet and the attendants [...]