Wreck it Ralph

I am so happy I got to see my dear sweet Allison and she fixed up my lashes nice and pretty. They were looking pretty beat up after the cruise. That girl works magic and performs miracles I swear! After my lashes I went and met up with Alan for lunch and got his phone looked at. Turns out all iPhones make a little noise when it shakes. 

We got to go on a family outing to Wreck it Ralph. It was such a great movie and so nice to hang out with the gang. After the movie it was back to business and I worked on my dance lesson all night. Poor Alan had to be my guinea pig but hopefully he had some fun and the 3rd and 4th graders will have a blast tomorrow. I should probably do a few more run throughs and call it a night.

So here's to today...to luscious lashes, to lunch dates with my studly man, to family outings, to Wreck it Raplh and to hopefully living through tomorrow. Thankful for today.

Back to school

It took every ounce of self discipline to drag my butt out of bed and to school. I got to watch some of my classmates do a couple of dance lessons at Suncrest Elementary. It made me a million times more nervous and is probably all I will think about till Thursday at 1:35 when it's over! 

I had a midterm in my second class and I luckily did pretty well and thankfully I got out early and was able to grab lunch since I hadn't had any time to eat. The rest of school dragged on as expected and I have a protest and midterm for math that is really stressing me out this week is going to be insane!!

Now it's time to try and relax since I have so much to get done and tomorrow will be busy.

So here's to today...to back to school, to the strength to survive this crazy week, to fun dance lessons, to overcoming nerves and to getting stuff done. Thankful for today.

Back to back Bach

Today I got to catch up on the episodes of Bachelor I missed while on the cruise. That means I got to watch 5 hours of Sean. I admit that before the season started I thought it was going to be really boring and that he was fun to look at but dull. I really like him though and he has provided hours of entertainment. 

This afternoon Alan and I went and had a little early dinner date and it was fun to just get out and do something fun now that the storm has passed. I am going to miss him so much when he leaves. :(

Outside of that I just caught up on some assignments I missed while I was gone and waited anxiously for the girls to get here and to watch the Bach. It was so nice to see the girls again and tonight Carter and Alan joined us for a bit. As always Kailee provided a lot of entertainment intermediately. Rick also stopped by for a little and it was nice to catch up with him. 

Its just so good to be home although I am dreading school tomorrow. I dont know if I am quite ready to get back into the swing of things. 

So heres to today...to back to back bachelor, to a early dinner date with my dude, to girls night and to getting motivated. Thankful for today.   

Sunday Funday

Last night was pretty miserable. We didn't get home still after midnight and when we did Bryson woke up. I read him a bed time story and got him and the dogs settled and we tried to go to bed. Unfortunately Bryson kept having bad nightmares and then he had an accident so we got him changed and back in bed. Shortly after Mayhem had an accident and we had to strip the entire bed and put the blankets in the laundry. We didn't get to sleep until 4 am and I had to be up at 8 to get ready and the dogs squared away before church. 

We managed to get out the door and made it on time for sacrament and I am so glad we did. I got to hear exactly what I needed. This week was the first week every single one of our kids in our class was there so we had 11 restless little ones and they were having a hard time today sitting still. I bribed them with a song and dance if they could be reverent and participate and they did such a good job. I really feel so blessed to have such an amazing calling and get to hang out with a bunch of darling 4 and 5 year-olds. 

After church we should have just taken a nap but instead I gave Bryson a bath and then we decided to take the dogs to the park to let them run off some of the weight they gained this last week with Lin watching him. Clearly they were spoiled...about 3 lbs of spoiling each. It was incredibly cold and windy so after an hour we were all ready to head back home. When we got back home and settled it was already time for us to head to Nana and Papas for dinner. 

It was really nice to see Alans family again after no seeing them for a few weeks but we were so tired I don't think we were really the life of the party. Bryson had a blast though. After we left he passed out before we were even a mile from their house. 

After dropping him off we stopped by my moms and Alan hung out with my brother for a little and I watched some cooking shows with my mom. I can see why she is so addicted to them. We didn't get home till midnight and then cuddled up and turned on a show. Now its time for bed. 

So heres to today...to making it to sacrament, to the most precious group of primary kids, to playing at the park, to dinner with the in laws and hanging with my mom. Thankful for today.     

Home Sweet Home

As much as we dreaded our vacation coming to an end we were excited to get home to our pumps but we weren't looking forward to the long day of traveling we had ahead of us. They started disembarking way early this morning at 6:30 so we stayed after our group was called to at least shower and eat a little something. We knew we had to wait for our bus until at least 9:30 so we weren't in any kind of rush. 

After breakfast we finally headed downstairs to get off the boat and we got through customs really quickly and managed to find some other people from our group to wait for the bus. During the bus ride I got back to my Vampire Diaries episodes and that continued as we got to the airport as we waited for just over 4 hours before our flight left. 

The flights were much more bearable due to my cold finally letting up but I was so ready to just be home. Our flight was really choppy because of all the storms and coming back to a bad snowstorm wasn't very fun. We barely made it home! 

Now its way past our bedtime and we need to be up early for church tomorrow. We HAVE to make it sacrament tomorrow its been too long with all these vacations and oversleeping. 

So heres to today...to reuniting with my vampires, to surviving the turbulance, to living through the drive home in a snowstorm and to our bed that I can't wait to climb in. Thankful for today. 

Sun and Slides

After sleeping in way later then we should have we decided to take advantage of our last day of vacation. Despite the crazy wind it was still sunny and pretty warm so we decided to brave the waterslides. We had a blast! We did get some weird looks from some of the kiddos but we didn't care it was so much fun. We got a free fruity drink and got to sip it by the pool while watching all the entertainment including ice sculpting, synchronized swimming and even a flash mob. We even played a game of ping pong. 

We only went inside when it was time for a dance performance put on by the kids on the boat and it was quite possibly the most adorable thing I have ever seen. After the show we decided to try our luck on watching the sunset and we got to see a pretty decent one. I have a picture but its on Alans phone so I will have to download that soon. 

After the sunset we got ready for our last dinner and it was so sad saying goodbye. After the show we went and watched Forest Gump on the big screen movie on the upper deck. We ended up getting service so I got to check on the dogs and the house and reassured that everything was ok back home. Then it hit us...our vacation is almost over. We decided to try and take advantage of every last minute we have tonight to have a good time before we go home tomorrow. We are not excited.

So heres to today...to being big kids and braving the water slides, to having too much fun at sea, to a darling dance performance, to an outdoor movie and to the end of an amazing vacation with my best friend. Thankful for today.   

Costa Maya

We didn't get lucky this morning with someone not showing up for the excursion probably because it was an incredibly beautiful day. It was extremely windy but it was gorgeous. Since we decided to try our luck with the mini boats we missed the opportunity to do any of the other excursions since most left at 7 or 8 and the mini boat was at 9:30. We took our time and ate some breakfast and then got off the boat to go and explore Costa Maya. 

It was gorgeous but there wasn't a lot to really see. We ended up going over to a pool that was touching the beach and right next to the dolphin excursion so we got to enjoy the sandy beach, the pool and watch the dolphins do some tricks. We stayed out by the pool soaking in the sun until it started to rain and it was almost time to leave anyway so we headed back to the boat. 

We had a party for being a gold member on Carnival and got to go and enjoy some really good appetizers and free drinks and since we were probably one of the only people in the room that didn't drink alcohol besides some of the kids that came we drank the punch they were giving them. I have no clue what the punch was but it was good. 

After the party we decided to try and watch the sunset and waited for a couple hours and it was extremely windy. The cloud cover ended up being too bad so by the time the sun was setting we couldn't see it but it was still fun to sip hot cocoa. We went back the room to get ready for dinner since it was our second formal night and dinner was excellent. We made friends with the table next to us and chatted away with them forever until it was time to go and watch the show. It didn't disappoint as always. Tomorrow is a day at sea so I just pray that I don't get sea sick. 

So heres to today...to a surprisingly fun time in town, to a delicious party, to a not so sunny sunset while nearly being blown away and to new friends. Thankful for today.