Halloween

Halloween this year was very low key.  I was very excited when my kids told me they wanted to do a sports theme.  Kylee was a basketball player and Cannon was a football player.  

Their school always does a "character book parade" instead of a Halloween parade, so basically you just find a book to go along with your costume.  :)  

I, of course, was a hockey player.  

These two make me so happy.
I am so blessed to be their mom.  

St. Lucia and St. Maarten

In St. Lucia we zip lined.  I didn't get any pictures that day at all.  It was very green and pretty.  It was a lot of fun.  

Our last stop was St. Maarten

It was another favorite for sure

We went to airport beach - where airplanes seriously take off and land right over the beach.  You can stand behind them when they take off and feel the power of the jets blast the crap out of you.  No one seems to care that this sign warns you of the dangers.  

It was another awesome day. 

It also happened to be this beauties birthday!!!

I was so happy she got to celebrate somewhere warm and fun. She does so much for so many, it was awesome to be able to celebrate her.  

The whole cruise was a ton of fun full of many won trivia trophies and lots of laughs and memories I will cherish for the rest of my life.  

St. Kitts

Our next stop was St. Kitts

Again it was beautiful and again we had an amazing day.

I can't remember what this was called, but one side is the Carribean ocean and the other side is the Atlantic Ocean.  Pretty awesome. 

We went to another beach, which I can't remember the name of it either.  We hung out again and just relaxed and played with this adorable monkey.  

Just another awesome day in paradise.  

Barbados

Our excursion in the Barbados was probably my all time favorite thing I have ever done.  We went caving in Harrison Cave.  We swam in the water fall and saw so many beautiful things!!!  We saw monkeys just hanging out in trees, lots of beautiful plants, stalagmite and stalactites, crawled around on our hands and knees, and went through a pitch black tunnel.  

We even got full on spa treatment with the mud

Our guide Pete was hilarious and made the whole thing so much fun!!!

Seriously such a great time.  I would highly recommend it!

AMAZING!!!

St. Thomas

Our first stop on the cruise was St. Thomas.  

I was super excited to visit the Virgin Islands.

I have heard the caribbean has the best water --- and it did not disappoint.

This was Coki Beach and it was SO much fun.  We snorkled and fed the fish and drank pina coladas and had an awesome day.  The beach is very small and very private and the people on it were a ton of fun.  It was a great first stop.  

Puerto Rico

Time for another Cruise!!!!

This time we decided to head to the Eastern Caribbean and check it out.  

The trip started a little rocky...with a red eye flight to JFK and then catching a flight to Puerto Rico.

After we got in the cab to head to our hotel I realized I had left my wallet in the seat back pocket on the plane.  Sadly it was too late and my wallet was gone forever.  After lots of tears and phone calls to cancel all my cards and attempts to try to get some form of ID to help me get on the cruise ship, we headed to the hotel and tried to enjoy the beauty of Puero Rico.

I can never say thanks enough to the Keller's for being so extremely understanding, helpful, kind, and awesome to us during this trip.  It could have been a disaster but they came to my rescue - once again - and made this trip so dang fun!!!

Our hotel was right on the beach and it was beautiful

Las Vegas

October started out VERY fun with a trip to Las Vegas to see Taylor and Drew.  

They were in a traveling Disney Live production called 3 Classic Fairy Tales and it was the perfect excuse to head to warmer weather and take a little family vacation.  

This dude was in the Rocky Mountain Chocolate factory which was conveniently located in our hotel lobby and which we took advantage of every night.  Caramel Apples and chocolate treats were the perfect end to our days.  

The kids LOVED the hotel and LOVED the pool.

I loved that Janina came with me.  She drove up with us and had to fly home early but I was so thankful for the time I had with her.  It's always nice to have another adult around.  

These Pina Coladas were AWESOME!!!

My kids didn't want to get sunburned even though they had sunscreen on. 

Silly kiddos

They also loved the frozen drinks. 

The show was fantastic and we loved the special meet and great with CINDERELLA!!!  

She has always been my favorite. 

Kylee is STILL scared of any type of mascot, so she was holding on to me tight. 

The next morning J flew home and we enjoyed the rest of our time

We enjoyed great food and treats

Love that messy face

Enjoyed the pool again and again

And headed out to the strip at night to see what little kid friendly things we could.

My kids LOVED the M&M store and loved all the lights.

We met up with Taylor and Drew for some delicious pizza

It was a very fun vacation!!!