Week 24 The best week yet!!!!!!

So obviously Im behind.  Week 24 means the week of July 4th, yikes, that is over a month ago!!!!!

But nevertheless, it was the best week ever!!!!! And here is why!!!

Thats right!!!!  Bill came home!!!  It was soooooo good to see him I am at a loss for words.  But to top off the happiness of being together we went on a.......

CRUISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well by now you probably know all that, but its still fun to try to surprise you.  It was my first cruise ever!!!!  Bill was excited too as it was our first trip together without kids, well since house hunting in Monterey ummm in 2004, but that was not near as fun. 

So first you know we found our cabin, then it was time for muster.  Ok so I thought you had to go.  I mean I wanted to go cause if for some reason I needed to know where to go if the ship was sinking, I wanted to know!!!  Ok so that was kind of a mistake, it was freakin hot and we had to stand outside in the heat stuffed like sausages (there were tons of us out there and we had to stand shoulder to shoulder)  UGH ok never again, I know where to go!!!!!

So then it was time to explore.  We walked all over and finally got to the very top front of the ship (as we were moving) and it was very windy.  And look what I was wearing:

Ya so with the wind, my cute little skirt went all the way up.  It was sooooooo embarrassing!!!!!!!!  I really hope no one saw, Bill thought it was quite amusing though. 

Anyways, so here are some pics of our fun onboard the ship:

And then we also had fun off the ship.  First was our Salsa and Salsa outing in Progresso.  Well it was Merida but we got off in Progresso.  It was very fun.  We got to make 3 kinds of salsa and eat it, we got 3 drinks, and then we learned how to dance Salsa.  We also had a little tour around the main square in the town.   Here are some pics of that fun.

Sorry we didnt get pictures of the dancing, we were definitely too busy busting a move!!!!!  It was fun trying to get Bill to move his feet (in the right way).

So then we headed to Cozumel and swam with the dolphins.  It was sooo fun!!!!!!  I wish we could have stayed longer.

I also have to share my most favorite picture ever.  The first night on the cruise the sunset was so beautiful.  I had to capture it.  Im so excited I did!!!

I have to tell you this was the best trip of my life.  It was so relaxing and enjoyable.  This week with Bill was also unforgetable.  I hope you all enjoy the pictures (finally!!!!)  I know many of you were asking for pictures so I have now done it!!! 

Alright onto the next week, I might be on a roll, but if not I will get it done sooner or later :)

Week 23-27 Wholy Moly time flies!!!

Man if I do it this way I will be to 44ish in no time!!!  Ok so soooooo much has gone on the past oh like month and a few weeks.  I have to much to share, I hope you are ready!!!!

So week 23 was the beginning of our summer trip.  We headed out for Kansas to meet up with family, my dad's class reunion, and my aunts wedding.  It was a fun filled 6ish days.  I cant say the ride up and back was the most pleasant, we somehow had so much stuff we ended up taking the Toyota up so we could load up the back with all our stuff.  But to be honest G did an amazing job at  not driving us completely crazy. 

Here is the truck getting loaded down.  It doesnt look like much but we were not done loading it up

Next we get to Kansas and the family and friends start pouring in.  Cousins, siblings, aunts/uncles, etc.  Here the boys (Jacob, Nick, Joey, and Greysen) are so excited to see each other they spent every minute they could together.

It was then time for the wedding.  My Aunt Deanna got married to a long time friend Steve.  It was a great time, hot, but great.

So as I was rushed to the toilet with Greysen who had to go, and I was not about to let him go out in the yard during the ceremony, that might have been frowned upon.  I handed the camera to my brother, and this is what I get for doing that:

Freak I believe he found all the nice little yard ornaments :)  isnt he nice!

Ok back to the main idea here.  The main reason I went was to see my grandma.  Last time I saw her I forgot to get a picture with her, so this was a must.  Here she is my cute grandma, and of course cute me!!

Oh and you have to see the boys again, they are just soooo cute.  I love all 4 of them!!!

So from the left we have (my nephew) Joseph, Jacob, Greysen, and Joseph's twin, but not look alike brother Nicholas. 

And sometimes G just doesnt cooperate, but he is cute :)

The the family photo.  Its been years since we were able to have one taken, and we are soooo in luck!!!

Here we are just missing one important person, so when Bill returns we will have to make sure to add him in there!!!  And look G is looking at the camera, but he isnt very happy about it.  For those who dont know, that is my brother Cameron's family (his wife Christina, Joey and Nick).

And no trip in the car to anywhere can be complete without a trip to the bowling alley.  Greysen can find any bowling alley out there.  Well this is the one he spotted in Abilene KS.  Its soooo old that the ball rolls back to the holder thing.  Im just surprised we didnt have to write down our scores.  So here are the boys :)

Then we HAD to get our ice cream after bowling from only the best place in Abilene.  My Dad and Steve worked there when they were younger and claim to have invented the blizzard.  I guess they used to serve their stuff upside down too.  I forget the name of it, so if you ever want to go, or find yourself in Abilene KS (which im not sure why you would find yourself there) I will give you the name of the place :)

Oh and by the way who has ever seen a circular rainbow in the sky?    Not us, it was really cool!!!!

And now time for the real fun!!!!  The 4th of July!!!!!

To begin we had stopped by the fireworks stand and bought over 100 dollars in little fun things.  So we start with the daytime stuff like the pull things, snakes, throwing bomb things, firecrackers, etc.  The boys had soooo much fun.  Here the boys are pulling one of the pully things and I got the explosion part caught on camera, cause im talented like that :)

Then it was time for a water ballon fight, I think we filled over 200 balloons which took hours, and the balloon fight lasted maybe 10 min.  Freak it was fun if you were throwing but if you got hit it was another story!!!!  G loved to throw them but didnt like to get wet himself, so Uncle Cameron came to the rescue and consoled the wet soldier!!!

so then it was time for the snakes.  You know those great little black things that you cant light to save your life.  Well we came up with a great idea.  We built our snakes a campfire using all the used matches it took to start the fire.  Take a look at this!!

Well forget this boring none productive snake stuff, and lets move onto the fun stuff, FIRECRACKERS!!!!  So this was the first year the older boys got to throw the fireworks.  No fingers or hands lost, just lots of fun!!

Greysen didnt miss out on the fun either, however he was busy covering his ears so it wasnt so loud.  But at least he wanted to hang out with the family :)

Then its time for the big stuff, the fountains, which were absolutely awesome (hee hee)  Notice G still holding his ears, but at least he was there!!

Then time for the neighbors to bring out the big guns.  The big fireworks!!!!

Then sparklers to finish up the night, im not sure how mnay 100's the kids did, but they had fun (minus Greysen)  maybe too much smoke for him, im not quite sure.

So that sums up our fun time in Kansas.  I hope you all enjoyed.  And to be honest I am going to have to continue with the rest of the weeks in the next posting.  This took forever!!!!  Plus I dont want you guys to get bored reading so much at one time.  I will spread it out.  So hang on to your shorts for what happens in the next blog, you will be surprised!!!!!