HALF- MOON CAY

OUR LAST STOP WAS HALF -MOON CAY AND IT WAS CARNIVAL'S PRIVATE ISLAND, SO WE GOT OFF TO ENJOY THE BEACH. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BEFORE THE RAIN STARTED AND LUCKILY WE HAD A HUTT TO GO UNDER UNTIL IT PASSED. WE HAD FUN AND YOU CAN SEE "RON" IN THE LAST PICTURE WAS OUR ENTERTAINMENT:)! RJ BECAME KNOWN AS RON, RONNIE, AND RONALD ON THE SHIP. I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL THOSE PEOPLE REMEMBER NAMES BUT THEY DO AND THEY ALWAYS FOLLOW YOU AROUND WITH A CAMERA AND TAKE PICTURES SO RJ STARTED DOING FUNNY POSES FOR THEM AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM:)! WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL! I HOPE TO ONE DAY TAKE THE BOYS ON A CRUISE WITH US. AUSTIN IS ALREADY TRYING TO PLAN ONE FOR US ALL:)!

NASSAU, BAHAMA'S

OUR FIRST PORT WAS NASSAU, BAHAMA'S AND I HAVE TO SAY IT IS MY FAVORITE. WE WENT TO THE ATLANTIS RESORT, TO THE PUBLIC BEACH, AND THEN TO EAT LUNCH. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE I MADE A BUDDY:)! I ALWAYS SEEM TO MAKE BUDDIES EVERYWHERE I GO ESPECIALLY HOMELESS MEN AND WOMEN. I MET A FEW OF THOSE TOO AND THEY MADE ME SMILE AND I MADE THEM SMILE AND I REALLY BELIEVE I MISSED MY CALLING:)!

ON THE SHIP!

SURPRISE, SURPRISE

SO MY SWEET HUBBY SURPRISED ME WITH THE PENTHOUSE SUITE ON OUR CRUISE. I GUESS YOU CAN DO THOSE THINGS WHEN YOU LIVE IN A SINGLE WIDE TRAILER:)! I BETTER ENJOY IT WHILE I CAN BECAUSE THESE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN AND WE HOPE TO BE BUILDING SOON,BUT UNTIL THEN WE WILL ENJOY THE NICE HOTEL/CRUISE ROOMS:)! NO REALLY, HE DID SURPRISE ME AND DID NOT HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT I AM THANKFUL AND I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS VERY NICE, BUT THE BEST PART WAS THE CHOCOLATE OF COURSE:)! WE HAD AN AWESOME TIME WITH OUR FRIENDS RELAXING,BUT I WAS HOMESICK BY THE LAST NIGHT. I WAS SO READY TO SEE MY BABIES AND COULD NOT GET HOME FAST ENOUGH. I HAVE TO THANK MI MI, PAW PAW, GI GI AND PAW PAW FOR KEEPING ALL OF OUR BOYS SO WE COULD ENJOY OUR TIME AWAY! THEY ALL HAD FUN AND I KNOW DID NOT MISS US TOO MUCH:)!

100th DAY OF SCHOOL!

THE BOYS WERE PUMPED LAST FRIDAY WHEN IT WAS THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL! THEY DID ALL KINDS OF FUN LITTLE ACTIVITIES THAT DAY AND THEN THEY GOT TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH MI MI AND PAW PAW WHILE MOMMY AND DADDY LEFT FOR OUR CRUISE. THEN THEY WERE WITH GI GI AND PAW PAW UNTIL WE CAME HOME ON THURSDAY AND I MISSED THEM ALL SO BAD,BUT THEY HAD FUN AND I AM SURE WORE THEM ALL OUT:)!

THE BOAT SHOW!

WE TOOK THE BOYS TO THE BOAT SHOW ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEY HAD FUN LOOKING AT ALL THE BOATS, SITTING ON THE SEA DOO'S AND FISHING. THEY ALL CAUGHT A FISH AND WERE SO FUNNY TRYING TO HOLD ONTO THEM!

7 YEARS AND 3 BABIES LATER......

AND I LOVE THIS MAN MORE THAN I DID WHEN I MET HIM:)! I AM A LUCKY WOMAN AND GOD BLESSED ME WITH A WONDERFUL HUSBAND WHO LOVES ME AND TAKES CARE OF ME. HE IS AN AWESOME DADDY AND HIS BOYS ADORE HIM! OF COURSE WE ARE NOT PERFECT AND THERE ARE DAYS WHEN HE WANTS TO BITE MY HEAD OFF AND THERE ARE DAYS WHEN I WANT TO BITE HIS OFF,BUT THAT IS NORMAL:)! I HAVE TO SAY HE IS THE FIRST TO APOLOGIZE AND TALK THINGS OUT AND I AM THE HARD HEADED ONE OF THE TWO:)! HE IS ALSO VERY GOOD AT MAKING TIME FOR JUST THE TWO OF US, SO THAT IS WHERE WE WILL BE THE NEXT FEW DAYS, ENJOYING TIME TOGETHER! WE ARE HEADED TO JACKSONVILLE, FL TO CATCH A SHIP TO THE BAHAMA'S! OF COURSE A DANG SHIP WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT THE WEEK BEFORE WE GO,BUT RJ SAYS THAT IS BETTER. THEY WILL BE ON HIGH ALERT:)! I SURE HOPE SO BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE IT BACK HOME TO MY BABIES. I HAVE TO THANK MI MI, PAW PAW, GI GI, AND PAW PAW FOR MAKING IT EASIER TO LEAVE MY BABIES. THEY ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME WITH THE GRANDPARENTS WHILE WE ARE GONE AND I KNOW THEY WILL HAVE FUN!

I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AND I WILL UPDATE WHEN WE RETURN! PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS AS WE TRAVEL. WE DISCOVERED A FEW DAYS AGO THAT OUR PLANE LANDED AT 1:30 AND WE HAD TO BE ON THE SHIP AT 2:30, SO NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ARE DRIVING TO JACKSONVILLE AND WILL FLY HOME,BUT WE HAVE SOME GOOD FRIENDS TO TRAVEL WITH SO I KNOW IT WILL BE FUN!!

PARTY, PARTY, PARTY!

SUNDAY WE HAD A DAY FULL OF BIRTHDAY PARTIES. FIRST WE CELEBRATED KATIE'S BIRTHDAY AT TREE TOP AND OF COURSE THEY ALL HAD A BLAST AND DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE UNTIL WE TOLD THEM WE WERE HEADED TO I JUMP TO CELEBRATE GRIFFIN'S BIRTHDAY! THEY PLAYED THEIR LITTLE HEARTS OUT AND I HAVE TO SAY WERE ALL VERY GOOD CONSIDERING HOW TIRED THEY WERE AFTER CHURCH AND ALL THAT PLAYING! WE HOPE YOU BOTH HAD WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY'S AND WE ENJOYED CELEBRATING WITH YOU BOTH!!

TOTALLY OPPOSITES!

AUSTIN AND JAX WOULD RATHER BE OUTSIDE IN FREEZING COLD WEATHER THAN BE COOPED UP INSIDE,BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE AIDEN GO OUTSIDE EVEN ON THE PRETTY DAYS! THEY ARE ALL SO DIFFERENT IN THEIR OWN LITTLE WAYS AND I LOVE THAT! JAX AND AUSTIN WERE BUNDLED UP AND HELPED DADDY BUILD A FIRE BEFORE GOING OUTSIDE TO PLAY AND AIDEN STAYED IN AND PLAYED THE D.S.!

MY SICK BABY WITH MICKEY!

WE WENT THROUGH SOME SICKNESS WHILE ON CHRISTMAS BREAK,BUT THANKFULLY IT DIDN'T LAST TOO LONG. THEN JAX GOT SICK AGAIN WITH A FEVER VIRUS LAST WEEK,BUT IT WAS ONLY FOR 24 HOURS AND MICKEY MADE HIM FEEL BETTER:)!

NEW BIKES

THE BOYS GOT NEW BIKES FOR CHRISTMAS. THEY WANTED BIG BOY BIKES WITHOUT THE TRAINING WHEELS,BUT SANTA THOUGHT THE NEEDED TO GET USED TO THE BIKES FIRST:)! SO HERE THEY ARE TRYING THEM OUT. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM PICTURE AIDEN WAS FRUSTRATED:)! ONE THING THAT COMES WITH LIVING OUT IN WOODS IS THERE IS NO PAVEMENT AROUND, BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE A DRIVE WAY SOONER THAN LATER AND THEY WILL HAVE SOME PAVEMENT TO PRACTICE ON!

SANTA DID GOOD:)!

THIS BOY LIVES IN HIS DUNE BUGGY THESE DAYS! HE IS LIKE A LITTLE MAN DRIVING AROUND AND WHEN HE GETS DONE HE PULLS IT UP TO THE FRONT PORCH AND PARKS IT OR HE TAKES IT TO THE SHED AND PARKS IT. HE CRACKS ME UP AND IS GETTING TO BE SUCH A BIG BOY, BUT LIKE HE SAYS, HE IS MOMMY'S BABY:)!