Family Cruise 2011 - part 1

Josh and Joe at dinner the first night on the ship.

Tony's mom and dad. First cruise ever!
(for all of us except my mom.)

There's my mom with Joseph and Makala.

Sweet Samantha and "Pa Pa"

I have such beautiful girls! (Yes, I'm proud.)

Another beautiful girl....

And two handsome (and totally crazy) boys

They just had to have a picture with the motorcycle.

This was formal night on the ship.

The girls looked so pretty that night!

The two waiters in the background were ours, and they all sang and danced for us every night. This table was right behind ours. They had some really cute kids!

One of the towel animals that we got in our room every night.

Kathleen wanted some pix of her in her prom dress.
It was fun to see everyone dressed up on formal night.

Smile, Tony!!

Family Cruise 2011 - part 2

Joseph and Joshua on deck waiting for the sunrise

Sam wasn't a morning person that day.

The sunrise was worth the wait. It was beautiful.

Which is more than we can say for Kathleen, who didn't want to wake up!

But here she is with some of the "natives" in Cozumel.

And mom and dad got in on the action.

Makala got to hold a beautiful parrot.

And Tony got some pretty shots of the ocean.

The two moms enjoying the beach while Tony and I and the kids tried snorkeling. (Read: tried not to kill ourselves swallowing seawater.)

The boys in front of the two Carnival Ships.
We had such a fantastic time. I highly recommend it. Only next time, it's just me and Tony and no kids or parents!
(Love you mom and dad, and mom!!)

Christmas Eve aka Marina's Birthday!

This is Marina. She and Kathleen are best friends, and we love her. Her birthday happens to be on Christmas Eve, and her mother was in Fort Worth with her sister who just had her first baby, so we had Marina to our house for a birthday party.

Kathleen baked the cake.

And fixed her up with lots of cool dinosaur stuff. She really likes dinosaurs.

We love you, Marina!

Christmas Eve 2010

Okay. These pictures are out of order, of course. But I'm not redoing them. So just pretend They're in the reverse order.

This is our Christmas Eve tradition of opening one gift, usually pajamas. Okay, Okay. Always pajamas.

During the day Christmas Eve, I put the kids to work making cute little Christmas crafts. These are the finished products.

Even Tony got in on it.

As they were doing this, I was doing prep work for Christmas dinner.
It was a great day.

Blue Angels

We live very close to an airport and to the Fort Worth Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, and each year, one or both will host an air show. We can sit on our roof and watch the finale, which has been the Blue Angels a few times. The kids and I all get up there, (except Sam, of course) and watch them flying around and over our neighborhood. It's so fun! I love the sound of those jets flying over.