Texas Trip

We made an impromptu trip to San Angelo to see the fam. It was a long 14 hours both ways but it was worth it. Jeremy and Steffanie have Scottland (who I got no photos of) and Samantha. Tyler and Michelle have Shaylee (also no pictures), Cayden, Addy, and Zachary. We had so much fun playing with them that we didn't take enough pictures especially with the kids all together!

Addy and Samantha

Kelsey taking close up of Samantha

Samantha

Joshy and Zach

Jon and Zach


Josh and Cayden playing the Wii .
This is what they did for 5 hours while we all sat around talking.


Zachary

Jon reading to Addy

Game of chase turned into a wrestling match.

It was hilarious! Cayden could not get enough.

Cayden holding his own. Plus he had a secret weapon....
Farts hahahaha

Kelsey's 15th Bday

Kelsey is 15! I can't believe it. New year new look... love ya Kels!!

I let Alison decorate the cake. She wrote Twilight rocks going around the side. Crazy girls.

Post "Happy Birthday" singing. It was almost the song that never ended!

Boredom

So today was field day at school and Alison didn't want to go so this is what we did...

Rebecca Motte

Alison had to do a project for Social Studies on a person from the Revolutionary War out of a pop bottle. With help from Joe this is what the creative minds came up with. I think she is adorable! The pictures don't do her justice. Her dress is beautiful .

Blogging Vs Facebook

I think my problem is that I post quick updates on Facebook so I fail to post things on here. So when Kelsey poured salsa in her hair (fantastic blonde moment) I shared it on Facebook but really should have grabbed the camera and blogged it in embarrassing detail. So I will try to have my camera more available and post to the blog more often.

Kelsey's Hair

Self explanatory in hair chronological order:

Bahamas Baby!

Something to remember on a trip like this. Camera. Oh I brought it but after we moved into the house it was never plugged in to charge and me being the true blonde I am I didn't bring the charger on the trip. I brought the cable but not the charger. So this trip will be brought to you via camera phone photos.
Friday morning we started driving. It was 40 degrees. Come on Florida! We stayed the night in Georgia and got to Jacksonville around noon.

Carnival Fascination

Kelsey waiting on the Lido deck for our rooms to be ready.

Good bye Florida!

First full day and Alison got sick. A little sea sick but she had a fever too. Thank goodness for room service. Alison never had to leave the room plus there were movies on the tv to keep her company. Luckily it ended the next morning.

Nassau

Fort Fincastle

Queens Staircase

The Caves

Anna Nicole Smith's grave stone and her son Daniel. Our crazy driver thought we'd want to see. Ah what the heck!

Atlantis Hotel. They have a massive aquarium in the hotel set up to look like the city of Atlantis. It's very cool.

A little hair braiding of course

After we got back to the boat the kids found our first towel animal. It was an Elephant.

Next day Half Moon Cay. The best and everyone's most favorite thing about the trip!

We rented a cabana for the day. Joe hates being out in the sun. It came fully stocked with food and drinks and snorkle gear. The beach sand is soft and white. The water is the most beautiful blue ever and it's not cold. The kids are there in the water. They spent the whole day in the water. The waves were strong so they would sit on the shore and the water would pull them out. It's the little things.
I sat and read for hours. By the way the new Dan Brown book is GOOD!
Our boat in the background.