A Little Bit of Hawaii

When the first flowers bloomed, Brian and Jackson decided that it would be great to make some Hawaiian Leis.  They both made them all by themselves and were so proud.   Jackson even did a hula dance.

 

 

 

Brian Turns Six

 

Our Christmas 2012

 We Had a Wonderful Christmas Season this past year!  And hope that all our Family and Friends did as well.   We would like to Thank Everyone that made our Christmas so Grand!  Here are a few of the fun memories we made.

 

Grandma Eiko came to celebrate with us the Week before Christmas.  We went to the Museum to see their Christmas Exhibit.   And also we went to Christmas at the Zoo.   It was 16 degrees that day and we were basically the only ones there.   But we had fun visiting Santa and the animals.

 

 

And of course we always must have a picture sitting on the Tiger!

 

Then we headed up North to have Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa Carey.

It had been Six years since we had Christmas in Bonners Ferry.

Here are the cousins ready for Church.

 

On Christmas Eve, we had the annual Carey Christmas party with the annual Pinata.

 

 

And of Course we had to Celebrate Todd's Birthday!

 

 

 

 

Here the boys are Christmas morning.  I don't think they ever saw so many Gifts, but with 15 people that is what happens.

 

 

 

Enjoying Finger Painting!

 

 

 

During our stay in Bonners,  Todd and I enjoyed putting together these Puzzles.  It was quite relaxing! 

 

Jackson's 4th Birthday

 

 

Here are a few pictures from Jackson's 4th Birthday.  We just had a small celebration, but he was super excited anyway!

 

 

Our 10th Anniversary

    For Our Tenth Anniversary, we decided to go on a cruise with some friends of ours, who were celebrating their Fifth Anniversary.   We Cruised from Tampa to Grand Cayman then to Cozumel Mexico.   We had a Wonderful time!   Thanks to Grandma Ruth, Grandpa Steve, and Aunt Kim; who watched our Boys!

 

Here we are all dressed up for Elegant Night. We don't get a chance to dress up much, so it was a fun night.

 

Playing a very windy game of miniature Golf.  Earlier that day I won a trophy for hitting a hole in one, in the mini golf contest. 

 

 

 

Here I am in Grand Cayman,  the Rest of our Group are certified scuba divers so while they all went diving (pictures below)  I walked around looking in shops and taking a lot of photos of my self with the sites.

 

 

 

 

 

On our Anniversary November 15, we docked in Cozumel, Mexico.  We went on a great excursion, where we were able to drive our on Beach Buggy to a beautiful beach.  At the Beach we went Snorkeling and had a nice Mexican Lunch.  

 

 

Oh, and we got to see a small Mayan Ruin. This little building use to serve as a light house and would warn people if a storm was coming. The top use to be covered with conchs, so if the wind blew it would make a loud noise.

 

 

 

 

 

We had an amazing Anniversary, one we will remember always!

 

 

And here we are our last night at Dinner with our fun Servers! They really make it a   fun dining Experience.    We can't wait to go again!

 



Halloween

 The Boys were so excited for Halloween this year.  They counted down the days for weeks.  Brian wanted to be a Pirate and Jackson a "Scary, Cowboy Ghost".

 Here they are ready to go out Trick or Treating with Dad.   They just couldn't wait.

 

 

 

The first thing Jackson said as he came through the door and was dumping out his bucket was "Mom, I got M&M's!" Now, they can't stop talking about what they are going to be next year for Halloween.

Brian's First Day of Kindergarten

He was so excited to start School.   I didn't think I would get emotional, but I did.