Pictures

I had the boys pictures taken a few weeks ago. Chelsey was amazing and we had a lot of fun dressing them up and switching around props. Ty was being a little stinker so we didn't get a ton of him smiling, but a few was enough. Gabe was adorable, it must be his age because he was a lot easier to work with. I seriously look at these pictures every day, I am obsessed with how good they turned out! Love my boys! They are in no particular order, Enjoy!

Cancun: Casa Maya

We stayed at Casa Maya for the second half of our trip. We absolutely loved this place! It was more of a "family environment" so we loved hanging around the resort. Our favorite thing to do there was play sand volleyball, I have never gotten into volleyball but now I am thinking I should! I loved it!! Another thing we loved was our big room, we had a half kitchen which was so nice because we were able to eat breakfast and most of our lunches there.

 We had this crazy night where everything seemed to go wrong. I was feeling extra emotional and missing our boys a lot so we decided to skype before we went out. We couldn't get a good connection so we went out by the pool to try again. We got a good connection, but started losing battery power so while I was on skype with them I started walking quickly inside ...well I forgot that there were stairs and ran right into those hard cement suckers. My computer went flying and I tripped and fell to the floor. We had a nice little audience of old people that came rushing over because they were so concerned. I felt so stupid so I just laid on the floor sobbing and laughing at the same time. Then to make things even more intense than it needed to be, security came running out and got a chair for me to sit in and put my leg up. They treated my toe like I was going to get it amputated, for a second there I thought that might be the case! Luckily all it needed was some intense cleaning and a bandage.

Once I became mobile and emotionally stable, we went out for the night. For some reason we did a lot of walking which wasn't fun since I was seriously wobbling. (I think all the work they did on my toe got to my head) Anyways, we decided to eat at Hard Rock Cafe and split a meal like we usually do. Well, the waitress did not like the fact that we were splitting a meal and she let us know it! Besides rolling her eyes and being short with us because of our questions, when we asked for water she brought out two bottled waters that cost more than soda. Danny told her we just wanted water in a cup and I thought she was going to kick us out of that place! Seriously! Finally we got our dinner and it seemed like no one spit in it so we ate it. When we were getting close to leaving Danny started looking for his flip flops (he took them off and put his feet up on the bench during the meal) but he couldn't find them. Then he found one but only one. After searching for a few minutes with no luck, we came to the conclusion that someone stole his flip flop. Why would someone just steal one flip flop? Oh wait ... our waitress. We just KNEW it was her, especially since how she was treating us and at one point I saw her pointing to our table and laughing while she talked with her co-workers. I was annoyed, but I also thought it was kind of funny. Danny was not happy! At one point, the manager walked by and Danny talked with him and flat out blamed everything on the waitress. A few minutes went by and then we saw six workers singing and walking over to our table. They had a tequila shot on fire and a gift bag for us. They were pretty bummed when we told them we didn't drink, but we were really happy when we found his other flip flop in the bag. I could not stop laughing!! It really was so funny!

So it wasn't the waitress that stole it, it was the hostess that Danny had been joking around with when we first walked in. She thought she was hilarious, I thought it was pretty clever. I hope I explained it well enough because it really was so funny! We couldn't stop laughing about it after we left.

There are so many other random and fun stories I could tell. This was such a fun trip! I feel like we haven't really been able to relax since everything happened with Gabe last year. This was just what we needed, a relaxing week by the beach. Whether its a vacation, weekend getaway, or a date night, there is nothing better than spending quality time with your best friend.

...I am just really glad that we were able to do a vacation this time.

Cancun: Xcaret

Going to Xcaret was one of our favorite days. There were so many things to see and do! This place was huge, we spent the whole day here and still weren't able to do everything. But we loved all the things we were able to do.

 Dan's favorite thing was all the ladies, he couldn't get enough of them! These pictures make me laugh so hard :)

 They had a lot of cool shows. There night show was awesome, it had some boring parts, but it was really cool to learn about different cultures and to see all the crazy stuff they used to do. Their costumes were crazy, some of them just had body paint all over them like the guy on the right. 

 They had this underground house/mansion thing. It was pretty neat but I hate being below the ground, I am always convinced an earthquake is going to happen when I am down below. I bet a lot of people felt that way so thats why they had all this super old wine stashed down there :) Some of them had like an inch of dust on them!

 That was a real tree. It's roots are hanging from the ceiling! 

 Here is another fun costume. When the guy crouches down like this he looks like an owl... Thats what we are trying to be, but I think thats what you do to look like a raccoon...

We spent the majority of the day snorkeling. I wish I would've taken more pictures, but it seems like at the best times you forget to take a picture because you are enjoying yourself so much! Snorkeling at Xcaret was a lot of fun. I am pretty sure I saw an eel. It had red/yellowish eyes, creepy! I feel like I enjoyed snorkeling here the most because I felt safe. There were a lot of people around and you didn't have to swim too far from land to find awesome fish. That's my kind of snorkeling!

Cancun: The Grand Oasis

 What a fun week! Trying to remember all the things we did and funny things that happened it seems like we were gone much longer than 8 days. We started off the trip staying at The Grand Oasis (its an all inclusive resort) we went to a sales presentation so we basically got in for free. It was absolutely beautiful! I don't think we will ever get the chance to stay in such a high class resort again, so we lived it up!! :) ... of course we were the only ones not drinking but hey we had a blast without making complete fools out of ourselves. There was seriously one night where neither of us could sleep because our neighbors were on the balcony singing like kermit the frog over and over and over! I am annoyed just thinking about it! haha

 Something nice is we were able to spend our anniversary while at the Grand Oasis so we had a lot of meals that looked like this. Look at that dish! I almost didn't eat it because it was so beautifully put together, it was probably the best thing I have ever tasted though. There were always games going on, Dan played a pretty intense game of water basketball that was fun to watch. They also had the biggest pool in Latin America, which was so beautiful, so we spent most of our time relaxing out by it. 

Behind us is The Oasis Resort. I don't know why I look prego in this picture but don't worry I am not. The beaches in Cancun are stunning! The sand is so soft and the water is light blue you can see the bottom of the ocean in a lot of parts. We felt like royalty staying here, we spent a lot of time relaxing and eating as much as we could. I don't think we will ever do an all inclusive again since everyone is drunk most of the time and its definitely more of a single scene. Plus eating whatever you want whenever you want for free makes you feel like you should be eating all the time so maybe thats why I look prego in this picture. :) Seriously though we loved our time here and made a lot of good memories.

St. George

We took a fun and quick trip to St. George to meet up with my sister and her family for a couple of days. Dan couldn't make it so me and the kids went with my parents. We basically spent the whole time outside. The weather was absolutely beautiful!

We did an awesome hike to the Red Cliffs. Ty had never been on a hike before so he was in heaven seeing all the trees, rocks and flowers. His new favorite thing right now is rocks (probably because we haven't finished our yard so there are thousands surrounding our house.) He kept picking up rocks, and then he would see a bigger and better one and run to that one. My favorite was when he saw the huge mountain rocks and tried to pick those up, too funny :)

All that walking around must have wiped him out! On the way back Ty wanted a shoulder ride on Papa and he got a little too comfortable and fell asleep.

We also found some time to ride on these babies! We took them down to the sand dunes and had a blast, well I did! I have to say I think I have found my new passion in life. I want four wheelers for Christmas!!

Sara's little boy was hilarious with four wheelers. Every time he heard a four wheeler he would come running out wanting a ride. Ty on the other hand was the exact opposite, he started running away. My little sensitive man didn't like the loud noise, but by the end of the trip I had him riding with me on my lap ...we just had to sing songs the whole time so he stayed happy.

There is nothing like having a big sister. We are complete opposites but still seem to have so much in common. I always love when she comes to Utah, but it never feels like its long enough. I am determined to get her living in Utah one day :) I am SO glad that I decided to go last second. Everyone had such a good time and wanted to stay longer. I hope one day we live closer to each other so we can have more memories like this one.

HairCut

I finally took Ty in for the first time to get his hair professionally cut. Snipping his hair here and there while he's in the tub hasn't been working.
And it was time for a change.

I tried really hard to get a good picture, but he doesn't EVER sit still. EVER.

I think with all three pictures you can see what I see. Adorable. He looks like a big boy now.

Mr. T

I can't keep up with all the things Ty is constantly learning and doing. I love the stage he is in right now and I don't want to forget anything so this one is for me so I can always remember how he was at this age.

He is a little goof-ball. Always cheesin it for the camera and doing the funniest most random things that make me laugh. When he starts laughing he covers his mouth with his hand, it is so cute! He is also talking a lot! He is good about trying to repeat words that I say to him. He loves to mimic what animals say, my favorite is a pig he says it backwards "koi koi" He has also started putting two or three words together, some of my favorites are "bees high-in" (baby is crying) "whats that" "I dunno" Also whenever I tell him something he always asks "why?"

Ty is very determined. When he sets his mind to something, he doesn't stop until he has finished what he's started. This tower took him all morning to create, and he was SO happy once he put that last piece on. Ty is such a good listener too. It blows my mind sometimes how well he responds to things I say. If he does something he shouldn't be doing I give him a warning and that is usually enough for him to stop. When I first started putting him in time-out I felt like the worst mom ever because I felt like here was there all day! But consistency has paid off!! He goes into time-out not even once a day, he really is such a good boy.

He loves backpacks! I don't know what it is about them, but whenever he sees one he has to put it on. His favorite toy/thing to see/word is a CAR. He probably says car 200 times a day! His favorite place to be is outside, he just asks and asks me all day if we can go out. I can't wait until our yard is in so we can just play in our own backyard! Another thing is when he gets an ouchy he asks me to kiss it better and then he is totally fine!

Mr. T has turned into the sweetest little cuddle bear. Several times throughout the day he will give me kisses, hugs, and want me to hold him so we can cuddle. I cannot get enough of it, this is something I will hold onto for as long as I can! He loves to read books, its become one of our favorite things to do together. I love that we can communicate on a certain level. So many times during the day he will do something funny and we both just stop and laugh.