funny girl

I guess there is a reason we call Jazlynn "funny girl". Colleen sent me this picture of Jaz. This is what she did when she told her to smile. What a charachter!

Our Cruise!

First, I need to apologize for not posting sooner. We have been home for 4 days now and I have been rather slow in getting this posted. Second, I need to apologize for the length of this post. But as you all know, we were on a cruise for 7 days and this isn't even half of the pictures I took. We had a great time. It was really nice to have family with us so we could actually relax a little. The kids were great and we all had a blast.

This is our ship- The Carnival Conquest

Jazlynn during the muster drill- everyone has to do it and not so much fun after standing in lines to get on the ship and the kids having had no naps. Jazlynn was a good sport. Janae on the other hand was not and cried the whole time since they make everyone wear their vests.

Jared, his brother Ben, and the kids hanging out at the in-laws balcony. It was nice that they had a balcony since we were in an inside cabin.
Janae with her pirate-princess faice painting. The kids program was so awesome the kids begged to go there and would stay for hours. Seriously a lifesaver.
Jazlynn loved climbing on the bunkbeds. Kinda scary but she is a monkey.
Jaydon and Jared during the muster drill.


Jaydon going down the waterslide on the ship. He loved it and went over and over again. He had to clinb like 6 flights of stairs everytime so he got alot of exercise.
Jaydon eating his icecream before the slide. What a life huh??
Me on the deck watching the ocean- so much fun!
Jared and I got to spend alot of one on one time with Jazlynn since the older kids were in camp carnival alot of the time and she ate it up.

Our first port was jamaica and we went to a resort called sunset beach. They had water slides, a lazy river, beach access, all you can eat food, hot tubs, kayaks and kiddie pools. We had a great time and the kids loved swimming. Jaydon stayed int he pool all day.
Jared and Janae enjoying the lazy river.
Nana and Jazlynn enjoying the lazy river.

Grand Cayman was the second stop and we went to sting ray city.
Us on the ferry to get off the boat.

Sunset Beach, Montego Bay Jamaica.

Jared trying to get Jazlynn to see the stingrays- the water was too choppy and she didn't like it too much.
Nana and Jaydon on the way to stingray city.
The girls and I hung out on the boat-I decided that I did not like stingrays. Creepy and slimy and considering that they can kill you- not my thing.

Jazlynn our little model.

All the black spots are stingrays and you swim with them and hold them, touch them and feed them. The guys thought this was awesome, the girls- not so much.

Jazlynn is our little beach bum.

Daddy taught Jaz how to hang out and enjoy the sun.

We also went to Cozumel but I have to get the pics from my bro-in-law since he took all the pics that day so I will post more later!

Adios Amigos!!!

Well, the time has come to bid you all farewell. We will not be posting for a week because...
We will be on our Caribbean Cruise. We will be going to Jamaica, Cozumel and Grand Cayman. I would say that I will miss you all but I don't know if that is true!!! Ha Ha. We will have lots to post when we are back on the 20th. Adios Amigos!!

Jaydon turns 7!!!

Well- I officially feel old. Jaydon is 7. Which makes me... well old. Last sunday Jaydon celebrated his 7th Birthday and we had Papa, Uncle Richard and Aunt Heather, Uncle Dave and Aunt Janae, and the Bontrager Family over for a small party. Jaydon picked out fish tacos as his birthday dinner (yes, fish) and it was great.

Doesn't he look big???

I guess he liked the squirt guns the Bontragers' gave him.

Heather and Richard gave him pictures that they took underwater of fish and sharks for his room and he was sooo excited.

Jaydon has been asking for snorkeling gear for awhile and was really happy to get it. He loves to snorkel and he loves to swim.

Jaydon's main gift from us is an excursion to x caret in cozumel. We are just taking him and we are going to go snorkeling. He is so excited he can't wait.

Jaydon's new hobby is guitar hero and he is getting pretty good. Here he is showing off for everyone.

Janae's Pretty Face

Yesterday, Janae went to her friend cassandra's birthday party and when i picked her up she looked so cute with her face painted that I had to share the pics with you.

I was really surpised that she left it alone. She actually loved having it on and was a little sad when I had to wash it off.

Janae with her BFF Brooklyn. Aren't they pretty?

Easter Weekend

Okay this is going to be a long post...
Easter was a whole weekend for us. It started on friday when the Peelers, Nana, Papa and Mimi came over for pizza dinner and dyed easter eggs. The kids were so excited to see their cousins and Nana was so gracious to dye eggs with the kids (since i had a cold and wasn't feeling well).

Jaydon was so excited to dye eggs he had been asking for over a week when we were going to do it.

Janae made sure hers was purple (her favorite color).



I don't know if Jazlynn really understood what exactly was going on but she seemed to have a good time.

On Saturday morning we wen't to Zilker Park. Erica's kids hadn't been there so we thought they would like it. And they sure did. Janae liked to drive the firetruck.

Jaydon and Janae with their balloons which show off their personalities.

uncle ben and papa with some of the kiddos.

Saturday afternoon was the easter egg hunt at the in laws house and the kids had to take a break from hotubbing to find eggs.

Only my kids find eggs in their swim suits in march.

Once again Jazlynn was kinda clueless but she did want the candy. She could care less about the rest of the eggs once she realized that there was chocolate in her basket.

The kids easter baskets. In our house the "bunny" hides the baskets and this year he was mean and hid them way to hard.

Jazlynn's was pretty visible it was the first one they found.

Janae's was in the dishwasher and it took a little time to find but jaydon had found it before janae woke up so he helped her.

As for Jaydon... his was in the dryer and he could not find it. He was pretty much in tears when we decided to help him a little. At least he perked up a little.

Here's the kids in their Easter clothes. Since church was so early I didn't get as many pics as I would like. But they were sure cute!

Drooling

okay... so I know that this is a little weird but lately I have been going crazy lately dealing with Jazlynn's drool. So I thought I would show everyone what I am dealing with. Keep in mind that she had been wearing this for less than an hour. If anyone has any suggestions let me know.

It had been less than an hour and she was completely soaking wet.

In this picture you can actually see the drool dripping from off her chin. Lovely, isn't it?