"we sailed, far away from shore, AHOY!!!"

so, just in case you think this is a lot of pictues, these are the best from the 200 that we took! we had so much fun and the kids were just as happy to come home as they were to leave. it was an absolute perfect trip and we'd definitely do it again in a heartbeat.



oh man, super excited!!!

me and the girls got our nails done for the cruise. how fancy are we?


literally living my worst nightmare, we had to find a beach before the sun went down and all we could find was DOG BEACH!!! a beach for dogs, are ya kidding me??? btw, i stayed in the car for this excursion!

tay was utterly fascinated by the birds. they just creeped me out!

i loved running on the olympic track. the weather was a balmly 82 degrees...divine!!

the kids played a crazy game of laser tag in a huge inflatable arena on the stage on the ship. they had flashing lights and music and everything. i'm glad i just watched!

taylor turned 2 on the cruise so the wait staff brought him a pie with some candles in it and all sang to him. he's been singing "happy ga-birday to me..." ever since!

we loved the little towel animals our steward oscar made for us every night. we had stingrays, doggies and even these cute lovebirds!

we took a family bike ride around catalina island. i haven't ridden a bike since i was twelve and they put me in charge of having taylor on my bike? yikes!!!
ugh...when we got home even our luggage looked tired!

one down....but more to come...

History of Civ is finally over! After eating up a year of my life, I am proud to announce that I got a big fat "B" in the class. Seriously, it was one of the toughest classes I've ever taken. Mostly because I simply don't care about world history. I know, I know, I know the quote about not knowing history will doom you to repeat it, but I promise I am not going to be bombing anyone anytime soon. Now that I am in "good standing" with BYU, I can apply to the Bachelor of General Studies program there. I'll probably make an appointment for June...yay---bring on the next class!!!

feelin' good!!!!

uh, need i say more?????

RiVaLrY wEeK...

Oh man, this is one of the defining weeks here in Utah. You can't straddle the fence...you can't say you vote for BYUTAH...pick a side. Pick a WINNING side and go COUGARS!!!!

zach is 8!!!

we had a fun little birthday party for him yesterday where he got a new set of scriptures with his name on them, a ton of new clothes and a pretty cool race car set that he and taylor were fascinated with! i can't believe he'll be getting baptized in 2 weeks....seriously?? love my little zachy!!!

ahoy...CRUISE ahead!!!

This is what we did for family home evening last week. we made a chain for our cruise countdown and everyone got to write a "quote" on it...we have everything from bob wiley to cap'n jack sparrow. it's awesome! every night after family prayer, the person who said the prayer gets to take a link off of the chain and we get a pretty good laugh at what's written on it. we're at about 30 days and counting.....

halloween 2009

the kids had fun dressing up to go to texas roadhouse with the fam. zach's school doesn't allow costumes, and we didn't have a ward party, so this was the only time he got to wear a costume. the weather was beatiful so we didn't need coats. cute cute kids!!!