MOON PALACE, CANCUN!!!

Wow!! If you ever think of a dream vacation, this is the place. We had a great time. After it stopped raining when we got there, we thought we were in heaven. This place was huge and amazing. I might have gained a few pounds, but it was worth it. They had so many things for you to do there. Beach, ocean, tours, food, food, food, and all the drinks you could drink!! All incuded. We are starting to believe that this is better than cruising.

Time to start saving to go back and take the kids!!!

I have a blog!!!

Sorry I am the worst blogger. It takes time I scarcley find. Life hasn't slowed down much. I keep thinking it will one day. Maybe when Tanner is Graduated.

Bailey turns 16 in tow months. The realization has hit me lately. She will be driving and wanted to date. I am getting old. She is busy with basketball. We are trying to keep her head focused on school and bball. We finally talked her into calling it quits with her boyfriend. Yea!!! He is a nice guys, she is just to young to worry about one man. Hopefuly she will have fun with friends and chasing. The boys are busy with wrestling. I cant belive how fast this season has went. State is the end of this month. I am scared for that. Brendon will be a freshman next year and we will have two kids in high school. We need to stop T-Bone from growing up.

Bailey's Big Day Finally Here!!!

Bailey had her surgery on her mouth yesterday. Poor kids just had to get her mothers terrible teeth. After almost three years of braces, the day for her implants has finally got here. I tries to watch the first implant procedure. I let Brett go back on the 2ND. It' s amazing the things they can do now days. I had a hard time watching and it made me a little oozy, but I know this is going to change Baileys whole appearance. I remember when I got my braces off and had my crowns done. It was like I grew up and so many things changed. I know this will change for Bailey also. We are going to be fighting the boys off more than we already are. I will see If I can get a before and after picture together.

Our Family Trip to the Bahamas

We flew to Ft. Lauderdale on Sunday. We couldn't get on the ship until Monday. So when we finally got to get on and had to go to our lifeboat with our life jackets, the kids weren't to thrill. Safety first even on vacation!!

The kids had fun dancing on our sail away party. There doing the bunny hop!!!

Our first stop was Freeport Bahamas. We went to a place called Paradise Cove. It was great. We got away from all the people and snorkeled all day. Here are some of the live shells the kids found.

Our second day we stopped at Nassua, Bahamas. This is the big Bahama island. John Travolta and Nicolas Cage have homes on this island. We got to see where they filmed 007'. We went to a big beach on this island. This wasn't the best place to snorkel. They has jet skis and boats pulling parasailers. So the kids played in the sand and jumped in the waves rolling in. Made Tanner into a girl with a bikini.

The kids loved to be able to order anything they wanted. If they wanted three appetizers and two main courses it was ok. It was great to let them have fun trying new things. Tanner was hoping for frog legs. Unfortunately there weren't any on the menu so he has to go with escargot (snails). By the end of the cruise they had the ordering thing figured out. They loved to order room service. When we would get back to the ship early afternoon and want to grab a bite before dinner, they would rather stay in their room, shower, watch cartoons, and order room service. Who wouldn't want to lay in bed and eat cookies and hot chocolate!!

Our last stop was Great Stir-up Cay. This is NCL's own private island. It was a nice island with a great beach, just to many people. They had lots of fun things to do like play beach volleyball. They had BBQ's going and music playing. We just didn't like snorkeling with that many people, so we snuck to the back side of the island. It was rough water, but it was the best snorkeling. I'm glad we didn't see any sharks.

Brett's mom and dad came with us. We had a great time. I think they had fun seeing the kids get so excited about things. As you can see by the end of the trip Tanner was tuckered out. There was not allot of down time. Not with kids that don't want to stop I guess. What ever happen to my afternoon nap?? I thought you were supposed to relax on vacation.

3rd at State!!

We went to State wrestling for the little league last weekend. Tanner did great. He ended the season strong. He wrestled better at state than he has a through the little league season. I think it is good the season is over. He has been going since October. He did the junior high program with Brett & Brendon and then just did the Bantam season too. It has been a long season. We are glad to end on a good note though. He took 3rd and that is good. He is only 8 years old. Brett & I have to keep reminding ourselves this all the time. We get so competitive in the junior high league and forget how old he really is. We are proud of him and love him to pieces. He is a major highlight of our family. He is always fun to be round and talk to. What a great personality!!

We also took 2nd place as a team. They all did great!!

Bailey's 15th Birthday

Bailey just turned 15 on March 21. Wow, has time flew. I remember bringing her home from the hospital in a snow storm. It was funny it was stormy again on the day of her birthday. We had the whole family over for cake and ice cream. Her grandma hid eggs with money in them in her room. She figured she could choose what she needed with the money and thought it would be fun to try to find all the eggs. After several minutes of looking, it took both Grandma Karen and Grandpa Kerry and me to find the last few. They did good job hiding them!! Grandma Dana, Aunt Danielle, & Gracee decorated her room with 15 balloons and signs. Bailey has always been a thoughtful person and they were just trying to reciprocate the nice things that Bailey had done for them on their birthdays. Lots of help from little cousins!!

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