Swimming and Modeling

Today we decided the take the girls to Layton Surf n Swim and the girls had a blast.  They are all getting so big and have the most fun personalities.  If you stay with us a day you'll see what I'm talking about.  With this new google I don't know how to post pictures side by side anymore so you'll have to deal with a long post.

Before getting in the pool

With Dad

Oh Sadie

Taylor loves showing off her missing teeth

Taylor underwater

Raigen swimming.  She has full concentration going on here tongue out and all.

Sadie and Raigen swimming to each other

Dad's underwater shot

Raigen flipping on her back

Sadie being silly

Taylor being silly

Haha getting ready for the waves

And the waves begin this is right before Taylor and Raigen flip over

Dad and Raigs

 Ok the next bunch of pictures are of Taylor and Sadie doing a little modeling around the house.  They love stealing the camera on taking pictures.

They make me laugh.  And little miss Raigen has been doing soooo good potty training!  I started giving her a mini egg after each time she went and she's been a champ!  It kinda makes me sad thinking that she's almost out of diapers and not really a baby anymore.  But I am excited not to buy diapers anymore too!  I'm so blessed to have these 3 little ladies in my life!  I love them so much.  Taylor is just so sweet and tenderhearted and a wonderful big sister and smart too!  Sadie is my little fashionista and is witty and full of drama and an all out girlie girl.  Raigen is hilarious and I mean funny, wild, and independent she thinks she's as big as the other 2. She may look like me but she definitely has Jer's personality.  Like I said I'm one lucky mom.  I love watching these girls grow up.  They are the bestest of friends and I hope it stays that way.

Last Year In My TWENTIES!!!!

Oh 29 it's a bittersweet age.  A realization that it's my last yr in my twenties!  Kinda sad.  But I had thee best birthday EVER!!!!!  For starters I have one amazing husband who spoils me rotten and 3 beautiful daughters who told me happy birthday constantly and gave me luvs and kisses all day :).  That's the best by the way.  And my cute sister in law Alysha just moved in with us and I can't get enough of her.  The cherry on top was my bestest friend Mindy came and stayed with me for 3 days and was here for my bday!!!!!  I wish she lived right next door to me.  On my bday we had so much fun.  Between cake and candy and going to the movies it was a fun filled day.  Saturday Mindy and I went and celebrated our birthday's by shopping the day away.  All I know is I'm not cut out for late nights and early mornings anymore.  A sign I AM getting old.  Lol. 

Lighting my own candles

Jeremy acting excited

This is how it's done right

Birthday spanks...Jeremy really got into it

Then the girls joined in.  They thought it was so fun!

Here's to living up my last year in my 20's!!!!  It's going to be a great yr.

Cruise 2012

Ok so we were finally able to take a vacation after 7 years of marriage.  The kids were old enough to go to grandmas and I wasn't prego or nursing a newborn.  Can I just say it was worth the wait.  Jeremy surprised me with a 7 day Western Caribbean Cruise!  And we couldn't have gone with a better group of people.  We laughed nonstop and enjoyed every second of it.  It was really hard for me leaving my kids I'm not going to lie.  I have never left them and I was pretty emotional up until we got onto the plane then I was good to go :).  We went to Miami, Cozumel, Belize, Roatan, and Grand Cayman Island.  I can't tell you enough how fun and how much I miss the sun!  I forgot what it was like to be tan again.  Lol.  So there are A LOT of pictures and I'll kinda go through the trip as it goes.   So I think this will be the longest post yet.

Night #1 We met up with Jeremy's old mission buddy Walton and had so much fun.  He took us out clubbing and lets just say I'll take my little quiet life here :).  It's a whole different world.  We did however met Stephen Jackson the running back for the Rams and were out until 4:30 am (and we woke up our roomies which was a funny story in itself.)  We ate some of the best food and went to Walton's club.  It was awesome.  So a BIG thanks to Walton for showing us what Miami is all about :).

Getting ready to go clubbing

Totally thought you would be able to see the ocean but you can't

Jeremy and Walton

On the boat

The Hopes, Us, The Parki

Laying out.  My favorite thing to do.

Jeremy taking pictures going down the water slide

Me going super slow down the slide

Ok so the picture above needs an explanation.  On the ship they have people taking pictures 24-7 in hopes that you will buy one.  Well the guys decided to take the opportunity to get some funny ones taken.  What's funny about this one is that the guy turned Jeremy's hat like this.  I seriously can't stop laughing when I look at this picture.

Hanging out in the room waiting for Jeremy to get back

Formal night #1

Always had some sort of animal on our bed

Getting a ride figured out in Cozumel

Van ride in Cozumel

Snorkeling

The ship was so huge and my hubby is super hot!

The boys

The chicks LOVE this picture

In Miami

Beliz at the Mayan ruins

Tarzan

Getting ready to climb the ruins

On top

It was a climb down!

Pure jungle you could here the howler monkeys they sound like bigfoot or a dinosaur

At Jaguar Temple

Playing Scum

Getting ready to zipline

Jeremy's war wounds

Face full of monkey

Had to throw this shell back.  It still had the creature in it.

Formal Night #2.  We were being models can't you tell

Back to being us

Karaoke

Jeremy killed it

Jer about ready to die in the sauna

Our room....So sad to leave

Miami when we got back

Our boat at night

Like I said we had a blast!  It honestly feels like it was a dream.  I might have to convince the hubby to make this a regular thing.  Thanks Jeremy for spoiling me and taking me on this amazing vacation!  And thanks to the Hopes and Parkinsons for letting come us come with and for all the laughs and inside jokes :).