Family Home Evening

In the LDS church, every Monday evening is called "Family Home Evening". It's a time for the family to share a spiritual thought, say family prayer and have a family activity. So, in the spirit of Christmas, we decorated a gingerbread house! It was messy and a lot of fun, and Mason enjoyed picking out where the colors went.

I have no idea how they get the gingerbread house on the box to look so perfect, but with what we had we did the best we could.

Happy Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we went to Atlanta to visit Grandma Yarbrough. And as a bonus, my uncle, aunt, and cousins drove down from Michigan! It was a treat to see them!

We visited Westminster, the place where Mommy used to work. They had lots of toys for me to play with and I even got to take some home with me...I like Westminster! We also went to the Georgia Aquarium. I loved all of the sharks, whales, penguins, and big fish!

The week was filled with lots of turkey, Grandma's famous red velvet cake, and lots of homemade party mix. I think we we're stuffed more than the turkey was on Thanksgiving!

Here are some pictures from the trip...

This was Mommy's rocking chair when she was a little girl.

Here's Blue with the weird pig.

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween

This year I was Spider Mase (a.k.a. Spider Man)! I had so much fun going trick or treating! It was cold and rainy, but I went anyway. There was no way I was going to miss out on getting free candy! I can't wait until next year!

Mexican Cruise

My Mom and I went on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera. We stopped at Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and Puerta Vallarta. We bonded and did lots of shopping!

Bahamas

Dan and I got to go to the Bahamas thanks to his company, Tahitian Noni! Every year, Noni holds a vision retreat somewhere around the world and this year it was the Bahamas. We stayed at the Atlantis resort just outside of Nassau. We spent all of days relaxing by the pool and playing on all of the water slides, tube rides, lazy river, and rapids. Then at night we would meet up with everyone and play a round of Phase 10. We had a marvelous time and got lots of photos!

This is Atlantis!

This is one of their slides that goes straight down and through a shark aquarium.

Here's Dan and I looking "fabulous" in our swim suits.

This was one of the views from out hotel room. You could see all of the cruise ships coming and going...it was pretty cool.

This is another view from our hotel room.

I brought my tripod and got this photo of Atlantis at night...isn't is beautiful!

Here's some of the entertainment at one of the events.

This is me and Alfa, the wife of Dan's co-worker, Shane. She's a sweetheart!

Here's Shane and Alfa.

Here's Dan with his top IPC's (Independent Product Consultants), Art and Valencia.

This is an IPC group that Dan works with called "MAD Team". They are all really great people! I admire what they do; it is not an easy job.

So that was our trip to the Bahamas!

California

For my birthday, Dan planned a trip to California to see some of the natural wonders of the west. First, we drove to Lake Tahoe for the night, and spent the next day at the beach and later caught a movie. Then the next day we headed into Yosemite national park. While in Yosemite, we rented bikes and rode throughout the valley, which was very peaceful and tons of fun. We also managed to squeeze in a hike. It was all spectacular! The next day we drove up the windy road to Sequoia national park to see some abnormally huge trees. I absolutely love trees, so I was in heaven! The trip then ended in Bakersfield, Ca. at the wall where Dan broke his leg as a three year old. He's lucky to be alive!

All in all, we had a lot of bonding time, sightseeing time, and relaxation time. It was a great! Thanks Dan!

This is Lake Tahoe

This is the view of Yosemite as you drive down into the park.

This was in Yosemite on our hike.

Here we are standing above the valley of Yosemite. You can see everything up there.

This is the famous tree that you can drive under in Sequoia.

Here we are standing in front of General Sherman (I think it's the largest tree in the world...I could be wrong.)