Sister Cruise

Who works harder than anyone with very little breaks or time to themselves?.........Moms.  My sisters and i decided we needed a fun vacation to get away from it all and just be GIRLS!  So my sisters, Mom and Aunt  jumped on a boat headed to Mexico! Our cruise was on the Carnival Elation leaving out of New Orleans.

My adventure started before even getting on the ship.  I flew standby hoping to save a little money, unlike everyone else who bought tickets for $450.  There is always a risk when flying standby, but with 7 flights leaving out of Houston (my hub) i figured my chances looked pretty good.  I made it to Houston just fine and even had a for sure ticket in my hand.....well, the flight ended up getting canceled so imediately all of the other flights going to New Orleans filled up.  My only option was to rent a car and drive 5 and a half hours to N.O by myself.  It really wasn't too bad and i ended up getting to the hotel the same time as everyone else. (They left SLC about 9 hrs after i did). ha ha?

Our first stop was Progreso Mexico.  We went to Chichinitza and saw the myan ruins. Pretty amazing!

The 3rd day we stopped in Cozumel.  Our excursion was the ATV beach adventure!  We rode around on a dusty, rocky, wet trail for a couple of hours.  Then went to the beach where we snorkeled and just relaxed for a while.  

I love this picture of Aunt Carma!  She won $2,000 in the casino playing a .25 poker machine!  I've never seen anyone so excited!

Well, she was pretty excited to steal a kiss from our waiters at dinner :)  We had a lot of fun flirting with them, especially Carma our only single gal! 

We tried frog legs one night.  Yumm! they kind of taste like chicken :)

We had a lot of fun being nerdy and just doing whatever we wanted!  I tried not to post the crazy pics to spare all of you what we are really like. ha ha

 My roomy Tara!   When we got to our room the first day our beds were pushed together and that night we got a towel on our bed folded in the shape of a heart :)  there's no one i would've rather spooned with. ha ha

I had such a blast with my family! I'm so lucky to have 3 sisters who are my best friends!  And i'm glad Mom and Carma were able to join us!  the week just went by way too fast.

Ohio in the Spring

It seems i am going a little backward with my posts but i just came across some pictures of our last months in Ohio.

In May, Bryan and i went to Cleveland for a few days for his final Dental Boards exam .  My sister Tara was so fortunate to be able to come with us and be one of his patients :) while my job was to be his lovely assistant or backup plan.  Poor Tara had to sit in a chair with her mouth open all day long...oh how i wish she would let me post the picture of her with her rubber dam on.  ha ha. 

A lot of Bryans classmates were with us in Cleveland also taking the dreaded exam.

We ate at places called "The Harry Buffalo" and "The Winking Lizard".  Both actually were really good despite how they sound :)

 

Before leaving Cleveland, Tara and i thought we would check out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!  Unfortunately they don't let you take pictures inside the museum.

Before heading back home to Texas, Tara went to the Columbus zoo with us.

Easter egg hunt with our favorite Ohio friends! 

I love that little face!

My little sleeping beauties can sleep anywhere!  They fall asleep in the craziest positions in the car.  

the most entertaining thing was watching Landon stick his toes in Kaitlyns mouth and up her nose. Ha

The poor thing finaly woke up when Landon poked her in the eye with his toe.

Kaitlyn lost a tooth on our drive from Ohio to Utah!

JAMAICA!

To celebrate Bryan graduating from dental school, we took a vacation to a "Sandals Resort" in Jamaica!  It couldn't have come at a better time!  It was much needed after our move back to Utah and Jasons funeral and all of the other million things going on in our lives.  What made it even better was the fact that we were able to leave our kids with Grandma and Grandpa and  our good friends Brian and Leslie were able to come with us! 

We had such an amazing week, i don't even know where to start!  The resorts were beautiful!  We stayed at 1 but were able to enjoy 3 different resorts.  They were all inclusive so we were able to eat and play as much as we wanted! 

Bryan tried wind surfing for the first timeHe actually did really good!

Bryan and Brian durring their Scuba Diving lesson

We spent a lot of time playing beach vollyball

The food was amazing!  You could chose from buffets at meal time or the  beach grills any time of the day.  They also had a lot of different restaurants you could make reservations at for dinner.

Having my meal cooked at Tokio Joes!  It was HOT!  I don't know how these chefs do it. 

We had a lot of interesting entertainment.  This guy is the limbo king.  He limboed underneath this thing!

For this game 4 couples were chosen and  had to go change into each others clothes.  It was pretty hilarious!   It's a good thing Bryan and i didn't do it, there is no way he could fit into mine :)