Rygmyr/Buttle cruise 2015

  We decided to take a trip with our great friends the Buttles -no kids! It was a great idea. I was very anxious though to leave the kids. We had aunt Heather come out to stay with with Nathan, AJ & Tessa. With Heather briefed, we headed to the airport, ready for vacation! (Feb. 28)

 Arriving in Houston

After we arrived in Houston, we found that Spirit Airlines lost one of our suitcases (We had ONE flight). So Sunday morning we had to go shopping to try to replace some of the items we had packed in their. After After that, we found out that our cruise boarding time was delayed so we found a YSA branch to attend in the greater Houston area. Then we drove to the port of Houston. We got there and it was pretty foggy, but we didn't care, we were on vacation!

 This is going to be great!

 Because of the heavy fog, we were unable to leave port on Sunday, so we stayed the night- in port and on the ship.

 Playing croquet while waiting to set sail on Monday.

 My way awesome friend Katie!

 Playing trivia, we did a lot of that on the ship but never won.

 Monday morning fog

 Finally on our way!

 We ate tons of great food the whole trip!

 Great company!

 Costa Maya

A fake Mayan ruin they built in Costa Maya

Light house we walked to (3.1)

Our ship the Emerald Princess

 Getting ready to get back on the ship

 Tendering into Belize City

 We went zip lining and cave tubing in the jungles of Belize. It was SO much fun, my favorite part of the trip.

 After our first zip the "chicken run".

Yay!

We're in the jungle!

 On our way back to the dock, our driver stopped and picked up some oranges along the roadside. Then he told us to put some salt, pepper and spice seasoning on them. I think I prefer regular oranges.

Our cabin

 Cozumel, Mx.

 We found Ma & Pa's house while we were in Cozumel, before we went shopping.

Our ship

Doubling down on desserts

 Goodbye trip. I can't wait to do it again in two years. It was such a great time.

 The only good thing about vacation ending, was coming home and seeing my babies! Heather took great care of them and had a lot of fun too. Thank you so much Heather! We were able to have a great time and we knew that the kids were alright. (Mar. 08)

Costa Maya

Snowpocolypse 2.0

 After 2 snow days with no snow, we finally had a snow day with SNOW! It started falling slowly but then picked up pace and the snowflakes were snow clusters. They were like cotton balls falling from the sky. At first the kids weren't interested in it, because there wasn't much to play with and it was just cold. Once there was a good bit of accumulation on the ground they started to get excited! We bundled up and headed outside. The snow was still falling big and fast. The kids kept getting hit in the face with big snowflakes and complaining. After playing in our yard Nathan and I walked over to his friend Aniah's house in our neighborhood and built a snowman with her family. On our way back home we rolled a snowball, by the time we got back home, it was gigantic! 

Today we are on our fourth snow day this week, there is still some snow on the ground- not a whole lot though.