Cute Kids and Tooth Story

I have been so caught up in posting pictures of the vacation. I realized I haven't put anything with my kids on here in a while. So here are some recent pics of them just being cute and funny.

Bennett LOVES to go outside. We won't be playing outside for a while - until it's warmer (I don't play in the snow or cold so that means Bennett doesn't either. My other kids can because I don't have to go out there with them.) The poor kid...I know. He has started to put shoes on so he can go out. Usually the shoes are not his.

Here he is in Hailee's rainboots.
Yesterday he found a hat and thought that was necessary because it was raining. Pants....? No. Hat....? A must! Also in Hailee's shoes again.
Braden was trying to "hide" from us and did it a little too well. He somehow wedged himself in one of the tiny cabinets of our entertainment center. I have no idea how he got in there and we had to pull him out!

Hailee - The Toothless Wonder! Hailee lost 2 teeth this weekend. I don't know how the girl eats anything! After placing her first tooth under her pillow, she sighed and said, "ohhh, I'm really hoping for a 5 dollar bill from the Tooth Fairy. I really want a 10 dollar bill but I'm hoping and wishing for 5."

Me: "Ummm...when has the Tooth Fairy every brought you a 5 or 10 dollar bill?"

Hailee: "She hasn't. That is why I'm really hoping and wishing for one or the other. I know it's not going to be 10 so I'll just wish for 5. All I ever get is just 1, 1, 1. I can't buy anything with just one dollar."

Me: "Well, I don't think the Tooth Fairy brings anyone 5 or 10 dollars."

Hailee: "Some of my friends get that much."

Me: "Well, I think you're lucky to get anything at all. And if you aren't grateful, the Tooth Fairy knows and won't leave you anything!"

Isn't there some kind of unwritten rule out there? Am I alone in this? I don't think I ever got any "paper" money when I lost a tooth and I was just fine with that.

Belize

Our favorite day was Belize. We are slightly bias because Dane served his mission in Belize and Guatemala. It's been a long time since he had been there but he still recognized Belize City. It was so much fun to be there with him. The only bad thing is that we were only there for 1 day. I can't wait until we can go back and spend more time there.

The water is too shallow for the ship to port near land so we had to take a 10 minute boat ride to Belize from the ship. Here we are...on our way.
Mom & Dad.
Danny & Amelia
Maybe Casey and Lisa were up too late dancing last night :)

We got to go cave tubing in the rain forest. It was one of the most amazing things I have ever done. We hiked through the rain forest up a hill. When we got to the top we floated in tubes down a natural spring. It was totally amazing. Unfortunately we couldn't bring anything with us that couldn't get wet - including my camera. I didn't have a waterproof camera so hopefully someone will be kind enough to let me use some of the pics taken with the waterproof cameras.

Have you ever heard of these super hot models? They're really popular in Belize. They were kind enough to pose for us.
Babes! Randi & Amanda


Our most favorite meal was on the way back from cave tubing. We got to stop at an authentic Belizian restaurant. It was a simple meal of beans, rice, and chicken but it was soooo yummy.
Eat up, Danny!
We were all jealous of Lisa's cool bottle of Red Cream Soda. And she looks so cute drinking it!
Bye-Bye Belize!
I am not wearing pants cuz I forgot to bring dry pants for after the rain forest. I don't usually just walk around in my swimsuit bottoms!
My sweet husband has such a big heart. We were all walking around carrying our wet shoes and he found an older kid and just gave them to him. We all ended up leaving our wet shoes there. We have so much compared to some people in this world. It made us all feel good to make someone's day. This is not the first time he has done this either. He came home from his mission with hardly any clothes. The only white shirt he brought home was the one he was wearing. He left everything else for the members in Guatemala. He didn't care if he had another shirt when he came home. He was content to wear the same faded, worn-out shirt. That is just one of the many great things that I love about this man. He's the best!

Cozumel

Our first port was in Cozumel, Mexico. We found a beach and just chilled all day. It was so great!

Very sexy, boys! Dane, Casey, Alex, Danny.

Throwing Dane in the water!
All the girls - Amelia, Eva, Amanda, Lisa, Me, Allie, Randi
Me & Lisa trying to get a picture of us jumping - not successful.
Us trying to be tough.
Us trying to be cute.

Memories...

I don't think I have laughed so hard in a long time. My family is so funny...it was laughs for a week straight. I have to document some of these things so I will be able to remember. Sorry...this post is going to be really lame and stupid to most people.

Some people and things that made me happy...

Den
Airplane Maintenance/Duck Tape Professional
Sweaty guy angry about duck tape
"Guy" in the shuttle
Smelly guy in the shuttle
Stripper Square
Yellow Shirt
Braided Mullet
Karen
Valincia, Venisha
Dave
"Vacation"
Cigar Man in Grand Cayman
Sexy Seniors
Allie's talkative friend on the bus
Lady "attacked" by a Stinger
Lllubley
Guys on the beach selling watches, sunglasses, sunglasses, watches, wool socks
Massaging "Naughty Shirt" lady
Eir Lick
Painting lady in Grand Cayman
What Am I?
Red Dragons
"We Are Family" lady
Live chickens walking around KFC
Wwwaaayyy too many posed pictures

If I missed some let me know. I was sitting here by myself laughing as I was putting these on. Thanks to the greatest family in the world for all the fun memories. I had the time of my life!!!

The "Sixth" Challenge

I got tagged by Stef to the "Sixth Challenge". I normally don't do tags, forwards, or anything like that...once in a while if I am in the right mood and have time, I will do them. So I guess I'm in a "tag" kind of mood today. I won't tag anyone, though. If you want to do it, go ahead!

Here are the instructions

1. Go to the photo folder in your computer
2. Go to the 6th folder of photos.
3. Go to the sixth picture.
4. Put the picture on your blog and description of it.
5. Invite six friends to join the challenge.



This was a great picture to happen to be the 6th picture in my folder. I didn't realize it had to be the 6th folder...so I just used the current folder. This was taken when we went to Pittsburgh during Christmas break. We just felt like going somewhere...so we did. We went to Ikea and the Pittsburgh Children's Museum. This room was an optical illusion. It made you feel like you were walking straight but it was completely slanted. Totally weird feeling.

I like this picture because it captures Dane's natural ability of being the best dad ever! I couldn't have asked for a better father for my children. He LOVES to play with them and have fun with them. They all adore him - and choose him over me most of the time. He is so loving and patient with them. They are lucky kids to have him as their dad.

Okay...so I thought I'd find the sixth folder out of curiosity and it goes exactly with this post so I thought I'd share. I think this is Christmas 2005. Dane has taught all of our kids the art of cookies and milk. None of them will eat cookies without milk now. Love you babe!

Formal Night

It is always fun to have an excuse to get dressed up other than church. We had a yummy dinner followed up by some seriously sweet dancing.
My sister, Randi. She has a talent for fashion (something I wish I had). The lace on this dress is from the 50s and she somehow put it together. It was beautiful!

The beautiful Amanda (my cuz from D.C.)
The cutest couple ever...Casey and Lisa. They can make us laugh like no one else!!! And they're dead sexy.

I think they going for the serious, smoldering look but it turned out looking angry and dorky.

Now that's sexy.

My cousin, Alex, and his wife, Eva. She was pregnant and sick...it made me grateful not to be pregnant on the cruise!

Monday, January 19 - Day at Sea

The first night we left at 4PM and sailed all night and all the next day and night. So Monday we just hung out around the ship and played.

Mom & Dad at dinner.
Randi & Allie at dinner. Why are they so dang cute and how am I so lucky to be related to them?
Mom & I were picked at random to be participants in a game show on the first day. Yea...I won!

The Cruise

We had the most incredible vacation ever!!! It was a much needed get away for us without our kids. We went with my parents, siblings, cousins, and second cousins - 28 people all together. It was such a fabulous reunion with family we haven't seen for a while. It was also adventurous and relaxing all at the same time...if that's possible. I will have to divide these posts up into days because I have so many pictures and we did so many different things.

My brother and his wife (Casey & Lisa), my sisters (Randi & Allie), and Dane & I all flew out to Tampa together. I almost didn't know what to do with myself because I am so used to having kids with me. It was kind of nice to be able to look at a real magazine with nothing that resembles a cartoon. I think I even got to take a nap. That usually doesn't happen for me on airplanes. We stayed at the Hilton and took a shuttle to the cruise doc the next day.
How many people can you fit into an elevator? All of us and our luggage...pretty impressive. Heaven forbid we use separate elevators and get there 30 seconds later.

We got to lay down on a hotel bed without kids jumping up and down on us.
Getting ready to board the ship!!!!
Dinner with no kids menu...heavenly!

We're Baaaacccckkk!!!

As some of you may have noticed, I have not been blogging for the past month. We have been out of town so here's a whole bunch of stuff comin' your way. Lots of vacation posts and some funny kids stories...it will probably take a few days to get it all up. Thanks for reading!!!