Back from the Dominican Republic

I have returned from the Dominican Republic. While my family enjoyed 20 degree weather, the worst ice storm since the 1980s, and a power outage, I was forced (forced I say!) to stay in a hotel by the beach, eat sancocho, and watch the dancing of El Diablo Cojuelo. I have a wonderful wife who managed to watch all the kids, make it to doctors' appointments, and coordinate all the rest while very pregnant.