Our trip to paradise!

We waited 6 months for our trip to Cancun, Mexico and it was definatley worth the wait. My mom came over from Utah to watch the kids(thanks mom for watching our kids for a whole week!) while Brian and I went to play in the sun. We had 7 glorious days to enjoy and we enjoyed every minute.

Here we go!

We stayed at the Cancun Palace which was an all inclusive hotel, so all the food and drink you want.

View from the beach in front of our hotel.



View from our room. We fell asleep many nights to the sound of the crashing waves.

BPit stop on our way to Chichen Itza. We are with the Houser's and Roenfeldt's.

We drove through a Myan village that was a few miles from Chichen Itza and here are a few of the houses and yards.

This is the biggest Myan temple at Chichen Itza. This is something that Brian has always wanted to do so I am glad he was able to see it. We had a 2 hour guided tour.

Playing on the beach. This was one of the days that the whole group was together.

Tracy, Stephanie, Tammy, Jackie, Anna, Tara, Camille and Nanette.

We all surprised Nanette for her 40th birthday(she did not know that any of us were coming). Brian also turned 40 while we were in Cancun so we celebrated his birthday as well. All the boys had t-shirts with Brian's face and Popeye's body and all the girls had Nanette's face with Betty Boop's body. There were 16 couples in all.

Happy birthday Nanette and Brian, if you have to get old this is the way to go!

The highlight of my trip (besides being with Brian) was swimming with the dolphins.

Who's that good looking guy?


Our tip out to Paradise snorkel for a fun day of snorkeling, lunch, enjoying the beach and parasailing.

Isla De Mujeres

This island had the cutest town. Lots of fun, brightly colored buildings.

While walking around town Brian finally found a vendor who sold cocconut water.

Reminds him of his days in Brazil.

Last dinner in Cancun with the Biddulph's, Houser's and Hatch's.

Adios Cancun, we will miss you!

Turning the big 12!

I'm about a month behind on blogging Austin's birthday, but better late than never....

Our sweet boy is growing up so fast and has turned 12 this year. He is such a wonderful son and a great big brother. His younger brother and sisters just adore him. He has also turned into a

great baby sitter (whoohoo, freedom for Brian and I).

For Austin's party this year he chose to play flag football (well he wanted to play tackle but Brian said only flag) and then dinner at Godfather's pizza.

Try getting ten 11 and 12 year old boys to stand still for a picture and this is what happens...dog pile.

There were 10 boys so it worked out great having 2 teams of 5. The boys played for about 2 hours and then decided that they were all hungry so off we went to get pizza.

Going around the table: Seven, Nick, David, Drew, Corbin, Gavin, Cole, Benjamin, Jacob and Austin.

All the boys thought this card was hillarious. A naked baby sitting on a potty seat (typical preteen boy sense of humor).

Happy Birthday Austin, we love you!