Cruise to Catalina

Where to begin... We had booked this a few months out so that we could go before we would need to get passports. Orginally we were booked to go to Ensenada. We thought they were going to cancel it because of the swine flu that was going around. 3 days before we were going to leave we got an email saying the itinerary was changed, everything was the same except instead of going to Ensenada we were now going to Catalina. We were very excited!! So the road trip began wednesday night, the 6th. We left at 7:30pm and stopped in St. George around 11:30 to sleep. We slept till 3:30am and then headed off again. We actually made really good time we had the time change in our favor also so we got there about 10am. We were able to check into the boat and get lunch around 11:45 and then we got our room. Kyler had a blast. He played mini golf, swam, played ping pong, basketball. There was so much to do for him, they had the camp carvnival for kids where he got to go play the playstation, airhockey, bingo explode volcanos and lots more with all the other kids his age. He really liked that. Kayden on the other hand hung out with us the whole so it made it hard for us to do anything unless we paid for him to be babysat. But... Kyler had fun so that was good. He loved that you could get ice creams whenever you wanted and eat all you want. lol Anyways.... we brought my camera, however, the LCD screen didnt work so I could not see what we were taking pics of and then it just quit working. We were going to buy a camer a on the ship but they only had two brands and we didnt know how good of a deal they were so..... I have pics but they are from my phone, lol ya most of them turned out ok but some are kinda hard to see. Anyways hope you enjoy lol



Our ship (carnival elation)

our messy room, lol

Kayden all ready for the life jacket drill

playing ping pong

they folded our towls into cute animals (bear and elephant)

sea lion

mummy (these were the towels out by the pool)

bunny and snake


on catalina island (sorry hard to see)

Dinosaur Park

So... it gets boring being home all day with nothing to do. Kyler got a coupon from school for free admission to dinosaur park so we went there and it was a lot fun. They played on the swings, dug for fossils. It was cute. They had some automated dinosaur there that made noise and Kayden just loved them, he kept trying to climb over the gate and touch them lol he is funny.

diggin for fossils

Easter

Easter this year was fun! Kayden was actually able to go around and collect eggs on his own so it was cute to watch hi. He was very excited and had so much fun!

Egg Hunting:

Eating the candy lol

Decorating cookies at Macys:

Easter Morning:

May 7 2009

So we decided to book a cruise and take the boys on a fun 4 day trip. Kyler is so excited!! Very spoiled lol I never went on a cruise till I was married lol. Anyways we are going on May 7-11 on Carnival. Its a mexican baja one so it will be fun to go on a vacation and get away!! Cant wait!!

Front page magazine covers

K so I found this cute web pag to make it look like you are on magazine covers.... check these ones out

sorry this one is blurry















cute huh?

LAS VEGAS!!

Kyler has always wanted to fly on a plane since he like 2. So this year we thought we would take him on his first plane ride and go to vegas. We flew down early saturday morning and came home late sunday night. We had grandma sandy and grandpa lulu (ken) and kyle go with us. We wanted this whole thing to be a surpise so I packed all of kylers things and we threw everything in the car so he had no idea. We told him we were going to wake up early on sat and go surprise lulu and sandy by waking them up very early. He had planned to jump on their beds and and wake them up. So sat morn we woke up early he was in a very good mood, we told him we had to make a quick stop. He still had no clue what was goin on until we got inside the airport and then he was very excited, luckily the plan to go wake them up happened in the hotel on sun morning..
The plane ride was very fun he got to watch spongebob the whole way down. Kayden was actually pretty good considering he had to sit on my lap the whole time. Once we got there we stayed in the Tropicana hotel. They had an indoor pool which was very fun and it was close to MGM grand and the M & M factroy so we got to do a lot of fun stuff while we were there.
Our trip home was not as fun as the way to vegas. Kylers TV didnt work for some reason so he was upset he couldnt not watch cartoons. Our plane was suppose to arrive around 5:40 and was delayed an hour. We were now scheduled to arrive in SLC around 9:30 or 10pm. Once we were on the plane and ready to land we found out the aiport was closed because of the storm that had come in that day. The pilot said that for saftey reasons we were flying to Boise, Idaho becasue we were almost out of fuel and had no idea how long until they would open the airport back up. So an hour flight to Boise. By now it was like 11 or 11:30pm and we were waiting for everyone to use the restroom and fuel up the plane. Good news the airport was now open so we got everyone seated and finally arrived in SLC around 1:30. Now we had an hour drive home and then could finally go to sleep. The roads had not been plowed once we hit davis county and we ended up spinning in slow motion right up next to the cement wall. It was the scairest moment of my life and I still dont know how we missed hitting it. However, I am VERY VERY thankful. We finally got home between 2:30-3am. Kyler was a good sport and went to school still, but daddy was the best sport. He was up at 5 to go to work. It was a very fun trip even though the way home was delayed a little, it was worth the trip.


Waiting at the airport (on the way home)


On the plane, on our way to vegas


The pool at our hotel


Kyler and Tyson swimming


The excalibur - Playing arcade games in there

Pictures on the strip - sandy and I gave this guy money to dance and he was tickling our ears


In front of the luxor - inside


lions at MGM grand


rainforest cafe