January Randomness

January had it's ups and downs.  

The winter months took a toll on us all and Cannon got the worst pneumonia.  It sucks hard to see your kids hurt in any way.  

I had to go under the knife for a small surgery and was very thankful for the sweet flowers, treats, calls, and all the help I got from so many awesome people.  I am now missing more body parts but am excited to hopefully feel better than I ever have.  

Cannon has loved drawing comic strips lately and he makes up the best stories and has the best imagination.  He reminds me so much of my little brothers.  It makes me smile.  

One random school day I woke up to Kylee already up and ready for the day.  Dressed and everything.  This isn't really an uncommon thing, she is very responsible and is often up and ready before my alarm even goes off.  This particular day Cannon was in my bed because he had woke up in the night, got scared, and came and got in bed with me.  Kylee noticed he wasn't in his bed when she woke up so she decided to make his bed for him and leave him this sweet note.  

I love how thoughtful she is.  It was such a small but sweet gesture.  

Our friends from Kinetic Fitness were so good to us this holiday season that we wanted to make sure we said thank you to them.  

We made the biggest thank you note we could. 

I am so blessed with such great people in my life.  

We loved KFP 3.  

It made us laugh. 

I had to do a makeover of my room.  I love the transformation and am so thankful to J and Scott for their help.  Janina is SO talented and I'm thankful she will share some of that talent and help a lame-o like me out.  

Such a big difference.  More change is coming to the house as I have started painting the halls and am getting new carpet this spring.  It's amazing what a little makeover can do.  

New Year - New York

Me and my best buddies took a quick weekend trip to NYC just after the new year.  It was fun to see the ball dropped in time square and the HAPPY NEW YEAR! sign still up.  There is something about NYC that is super liberating and fun to me.  It will always be a favorite place to visit. 

The whole reason we took the trip was to see Alfie Boe in Les Mis.  He is by far the most amazing Jean Valjean there has ever been and we couldn't wait to see him perform.  

The weather wasn't the best while were were there, with it being cold and rainy, but we still had a fantastic time.  

Sadly, the cold, rainy weather must have made Alfie Boe sick...because he was unable to perform both nights we were there.  :(  

We made the best of the situation and really enjoyed seeing Chicago instead.  

Another great musical and the girl who played Roxie Hart was awesome.  I loved every second of it.  

We also enjoyed a night at the LOL Comedy club as well as awesome food and fun.  

It was a quick but awesome trip.  

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