Fall Overview

I have been out again of the blogging world and am just going to do a quick replay of our Fall adventures this past October and November!

My favorite picture of me with my boys.

Me and My Boys again We headed to the Pumpkin patch with Cory's Family and really enjoyed it. we just picked pumpkins and walked the corn mazes. The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed being with Family.

Macade and his cousin Sammy

Braxton tried to lift all the pumpkins.

Braxton and Macade with their cousin Sammy.

Picking the Perfect pumpkin

Going through the corn maze. Macade thought the mazes were very cool. He loved finding the checkpoints.

Us with Cory's Family

We did our annual Pumkin carving again for Family night. This year was Braxton's first year to do it and he loved it. Each night they made sure that i lit the pumpkins.

My Cuties all dressed up. Macade was Luigi and Braxton was a Pirate.

Frozen Grand Central

This was hilarious to me. sometimes i wish i could do things like this!!! Just to see people's reactions!

Cruisin' Vacation

After 8 months of Donating my plasma, we finally got to enjoy our Vacation. Two weeks ago Cory and I were able to go on a Cruise to the Mexican Riviera. It was so much fun. 7 days of adventure, laughter, romance, bliss, relaxation, and no kids. We met some amazing people and made some great friends. It was well worth it and so wonderful!

On saturday my wonderful mother came up from California to watch the kids. She had quite an adventure of her own. On sunday we headed out of Washington on our vacation!

Mariner of the Seas We are pulling out of Los Angeles PortDay 2 (at sea):

Monday was a very relaxing day. We just roamed the ship and chilled. In the evening it was the first of two formal nights. We got dressed in our best and headed off to an delicious dinner. After which we were entertained with an amazing show by REVOLUTION: A Beatles Tribute. They were fantastic. A blast back to the 60's.

Our first Formal Night REVOLUTION: A Beatles Tribute
Day 3 (Cabo San Lucas):

On Tuesday we came to the Cabo port. This day was full of shopping, and roaming around the town. It is so fascinating to see how others live and how truely fortunate we are.

Cabo San Lucas

A pirate ship we saw. We thought it was kind of cool.

Here is one of the Taxi boats that we had to ride to get off the ship to the pier. In Cabo, they do not have a dock, so the ship has to anchor out in the sea and we have to ride in on these little guys.

These Pelicans were everywhere. They were Huge

Day 4 (Mazatlan):

On wednesday we were ported at Mazatlan. What a beautiful City. We were able to tour the city and learn some history about it. Then we headed to an old theater where we saw an authentic Mexican show with the Flying Indians. It was wonderful and very entertaining. After being fed we headed off for some more shopping and some beach time!

In the evening there was the midnight Buffet. What more can you ask for, a very late night full of eating and dancing. It was a blast!

Mazatlan

It has been a long time since I have been to mexico. I had forgotten how not fun the beach is. The minute you step on the sand, these little guys are on your tail trying to sell you something.

Here we are! A cliff diver we saw
The beautiful Cathedral
Cory and I with the Dancers Flying Indians Day 5 (Puerto Vallarta):

Thursday was the highlight of the week by far. We woke up early to catch our Canopy adventure tour. We rode on some huge trucks to get to the jungle. These trucks were like the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland...seriously, HOLD ON! When we arrived in the jungle, we got all geared up and headed for the Zip lines. 9 zip lines, 2 repelles, 4 wobbly bridges and one crazy rope ladder later, we finished. It was Awesome. There was one point in the day where you could take a hike to the next zip line or climb and insanely high, insanely wobbly latter way up to the top of a huge tree. 10 of our campanions opted for the hike...not Cory and I. We headed up the ladder (freaky) and across a wobbly bridge at least 20-30 feet in the air to get to the zip line. Scary? yes! Worth it? Yes. We paid for an adventure and we got it. So much fun.

Later that night we hit the evening show and then crashed early. We were exausted!

Beautiful Puerto Vallarta The Trucks we drove in to get to the zip lines. It was about a 45 minute drive to the jungle.

Just Driving

This is what we saw

Here we are Zip Lining
Day 6 & 7 (at sea)

Just some more relaxing and us time. Laying by the pool, eating, watching shows and listening to music. We also had our 2nd formal night. So we dressed up on Friday and enjoyed the evening!

Second Formal Night

Sunday night we got home! We were happy to be back!

All in all it was a fabulous vacation. Every night there was a show from dancing, singing, juggling, comedians, game shows, parades, live music, and much, much more. We had a lot of on board credit, so we were able to enjoy our drinks with the rest of them...virgin of course. All my favorites: Pina Coladas, Strawberry Daiquiris, Margaritas, Shirley Temples, etc. It was great. We had so much fun. By the end we missed our boys terribly and were ready to come home to them. But it was a much needed vacation and we enjoyed every minute of it. We look forward to our next one!!!

These were our Waiters for the week. R-L: Angel - Waiter; Pomada - Assistant Waiter.

They were so much fun!

Catch up

Wow it has been forever. I am a huge bloggin slacker. I don't kown why, there is no real exuse. But i am back in the game. I have just skipped most of July and August and just started with the last couple of weeks. I have been getting some SERIOUS complaints about this issue so here you go. If you are interested go ahead and read the next few posts! Now you folks can continue obessing over the amazing Ross family again!!! :-)

Puyallup Fair

We headed out to the annual Puyallup fair again this year with our great friends the Pearson's and the Poyfiers. We had so much fun with them just watching out kids be wowed!!! And spending our money of course:-)

The Family!

Macade going down the big slide

Waiting for their snowcones!

Making music~

Cole and Braxton in the Canoes!

Macade and Bryce in the canoes!

Mt. Saint Helens

For one last family camping trip of the summer, we headed up to Mt. Saint Helens with Cory's family. One night of camping and a day of exploring the volcano was so much fun. It has always been on my to-do list for Washington and i really enjoyed it. Too bad the top of the volcano was covered in clouds so we could not see the big crater. But we are planning on a trip next summer to the backside of the mountain and actually hiking to top and looking down. Now that i am WAY excited for!!!!

The Whole Gang

Macade and Grandpa

The family. (you can see that is Mt. St. Helens behind us with clouds:( )

Here is a before and After picture of the Volcano. It was fascinating to learn all about it!

Cookin with Dad

The boys love to make No-Bake cookies. And not with mom, the request to make them with Dad! So at least once a month my 3 boys head into the kitchen to make a mess and have a blast. You have to love the memories!!!

First Day of School

Macade's first day of school was on September 14th. He is attending Little Church on the Prairie. He loves it. It is so fun to get him all ready in the morning and drop him off at school. A new experience for me and I love it. he is growing so fast it is bittersweet!!

First Words

Braxton has said his first word. "PEEZ" (Please). When he wants something we just say "what do you say Brax" and he follows with a PEEZ. He will also say it on his own at times when asking for something. It is so exciting and so adorable!

Date Night

We love to get together with our great friends the Pearson's and have our date nights together. sometimes we opt to bring our kidos along since they are all buddies, but this time we bagged the kids with some sitters and headed out for some Mini Golf. It was fun just to relax and enjoy the beautiful day which is few to none here in Washington this summer thus far. Although with Bryan there was not much relaxing...he had to show off his mad golfing skills!!

Cory trying to hit it up the hill. This one was a tricky one.

Celeste showing us how it is done while looking good!

Bryan showing us all up...of course!

Me and Celeste

The whole gang!

Bryan took first with me following in Second place. we even got ribbons (no picture on my camera). Celeste and Cory tied for last place and Bryan made sure to get two last place ribbons instead of a third and a fourth. I think he liked to Rub it in that they struggled:-)

After the great game we headed off to Cold Stone and enjoyed some delicious ice cream. All in All it was a fabulous night and are excited to the next one!