La Sagesse Beach

Before we moved down to Grenada, Jared and I toured a couple of houses in Utah Valley's popular Parade of Homes. Mostly we just walked around with our mouths hanging open, guessing what each home owner did for a living. "CEO of McDonald's," "inventor of cell phones," "Michael Jordan," and "emperor of the world" were popular speculations. We did walk through one house, however, that seemed to be more on a normal scale and that seemed to be perfect for a family with five or six kids. We fell in love with the enormous kitchen and the naturally lit yoga/exercise studio. When we got back to our apartment, Jared had me find and bookmark the house on the Parade of Homes website, and we said, "One day, when we have our lives together in a dozen or so years, let's get one like that." The house was titled La Sagesse on the website.

In my head it was an in-our-dreams house, but when we moved to Grenada and discovered that our favorite beach around was also called La Sagesse, well . . . it's meant to be, right? Also, Google says that La Sagesse means wisdom in French, so there's also that.

I'm not sure how "wise" it is to drive half an hour to a remote beach when storm clouds are sweeping across the sky, but we did it anyway. Despite getting poured on after our picnic lunch, the water was warm and there were some awesome waves, so we spent last Saturday afternoon getting pounded and accidentally snorting down salt water and getting too-much-sun migraines. Those are always the best Saturdays though, so even though our legs still bear evidence of itchy sand-flea bites, I would go again without hesitation.

Happy winter!

p.s. Jared's family is coming to party with us in Grenada April 3-10, so those who have mentioned that they might come visit this term, just pick some days that aren't those days and we should be good to go :)

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  1. are you kidding me with that tiger swimmy? AMAZING! the beach life looks so good on you!

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  2. #1: where did that AMAZING swimsuit come from? i'm obsessed.
    #2: we want to visit you guys!
    #3: parade of homes is amazing. just simply amazing. i just looked up that house and it is so beautiful. so do people like decorate themselves or do they hire interior decoraters to do all that?

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    1. 1. The UK :) It's a Minkpink swimsuit and it was the only one on the internet and I HAD to have it.
      2. You should! It's nicest in the spring (January-May). We'll be here another year and a half!
      3. I love parade of homes. I think professional decorators come in and it's like free advertising for them or something. Either way, whoever does it is super talented.

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  3. That swim is AMAZING! Holy smokes. You're so right in taking the time to search the whole entire internet for that suit! Dave and I want to come. It's just going to depend on the moniez.

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    1. Hey thanks! Seriously, no pressure. That would be fun if you came but we have enough guests coming this term to keep my need for visitors under control :) If you don't come, we'll just come hang out with you and Dave this summer! We could go to a pool, and it would basically be the same thing. I'll even wear my tiger swim. Lolz.

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  4. That's a super cute dog who came to sit with you!!!!! And you swimsuit looks even better than it did online!

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    1. Yes he is! There are lots of cute dogs on the beach at all times. This one had a collar, but his owners were nowhere in site so he just hung out with us for an hour.

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