Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Valentines from the Girls!

Ainslie, Age 5
Emilie, Age 3

Jingles Pic of the Week

Jingles with his BFF, horse.

Happy to be Home!

Happy to be back from vacation and have this little girl on my lap to watch afternoon cartoons!

Western Caribbean Cruise!

I try to keep this blog all about the girls, but as I mentioned in my last post about Valentine's Day, Michael and I just got home from a week long cruise.  I wanted to share a few pics from our time away!  It was a great week and we went to a lot of beautiful places, but man was I EVER happy to get home to our girls!
We landed in Miami and stayed the night on Miami Beach on Saturday
 Excited to see Miami Beach!
 Our friends and travel companions!  Ryan, Angie, Jess, Sam, Me, and Mike having a few cocktails on Miami Beach Saturday night
 Sunday morning on Miami Beach
 We boarded the ship on Sunday afternoon.  This is our view on our balcony from the first night!
 Day 2, we were at sea all day.  Day 3, this is a picture of our first stop on the cruise, Cozumel!
 Michael in the ocean (under the middle of the palm tree) while I sipped a cocktail in the sand!

 View of our ship on the walk back from Cozumel
 Day 4, Costa Maya.  View from our balcony
 We toured the Mayan Ruins



 Our second part of the tour included a traditional lunch with a Mayan Family.  All of the houses in the neighborhood are painted with bright colors!  I loved this purple one!

 This is Dona Victoria.  She is the owner of the home that we visited and she is an amazing cook.  She taught us all how to make traditional corn tortillas.
 Michael making his tortilla!
Our spread for lunch!
 Day 5, Roatan, Honduras.  View from our balcony
 We spent some time with the monkeys and then zip lined across the jungle!  Michael with a monkey!
 I wanted to bring this little guy home!
 Ready to zip line!  
After zip lining, our tour guide took us to this private beach and resort for lunch.  It was so quiet and serene!
 Day 6, Grand Cayman.  We went swimming with the sting rays and snorkeled.  The water was so clear and beautiful!


 Day 7, we were back at sea heading home all day.  It was Valentine's Day and we had a reservation at the steak house on the ship.  It was the best meal that I have ever had!!  {Angie, Ryan, Sam, Jess, Me, Michael}

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Be My Valentine!

We started celebrating Valentine's Day as soon as the calendar turned to February!  Michael and I are going on a cruise next week and we will be gone over actual Valentine's Day.  The house is decorated with lots of hearts and sweet sayings, and the girls are enjoying using their new place mats every day!