Nature

These are just a few pictures I took.

Aren't they beautiful!

Getting crafty!

I've been super busy but in between appointments I found a little time to make a few crafts. I credit most of these to the weekly craft days with my friends from church, (Thanks ladies) but I did get o few of these done on my own.

Fabric wreath

Tissue paper trees

Block turkey

Stick and fabric teepee

Tissue paper jars

Book pumpkins

Bead spiders

Flower head bands

Hair clips

Hair clip holder

Bead bracelets

3 ring binder scrapbook

So much fun, can't wait to see what we / I make next.

Cancun / Hurricane Rina

For our anniversary trip we had planned to go to the Bahamas but they were hit by Hurricane Irene and our hotel was damaged so that trip was canceled. So we booked our trip to Cancun, little did we know that a hurricane would hit there too.

Thursday was our anniversary and also the day of the hurricane. It rain most of the day and the ocean was getting crazy. Damian got food poisoning so we just spent the day in our room watching tv. By the end of the day things really got crazy outside. The wind and rain were insane and the thunder and lighting were so loud and bright it seemed like it was in our room.

The next morning was still a bit cloudy but the ocean was calm and left lots of treasures and trash on the beach. We walked the beach and were able to find some amazing shells.

A little later we went swimming and finally got a little sun.

By the end of the day the sky was mostly clear.

Us bright and early (4am) Saturday morning waiting for our ride to the airport. Time to go home and see my babies!

Oh and just for fun I saw this sign and it made me laugh, thought I would share.

Cancun 2011

The day before the storm we went to Xcaret. It would have been super cool if we got to stay the whole day and if they had all the shows running, but they were getting ready for the storm so we were unable to see and do a lot if the activities.

We went to the Aquarium and saw all the different animals they had. We walked through an old mexico city that had a grave yard and rock fountain.

We did get to go swimming in the under ground rivers and snorkeling on the coast.

We also got a free all you can eat lunch. It was fun but wish we would have had more time and that the shows were going.

Cancun/ 10 year Anniversary

In October Damian and I celebrated out 10 year anniversary. Wow, 10 years! That time really flew, it is odd to think that just 10 years ago we were saying "I do" and now we have 3 beautiful children, a nice home and are living in Illinois.

So since this was such a huge achievement (try living with either of us for 10 years and see if you don't leave) we decided to treat ourselves to a relaxing trip in Cancun Mexico.

The trip didn't not turn out exactly the way we planned but it was nice to get away just the two of us. We were able to visit the Mayan ruins Chichen Itza. They were awesome, so much history.

This is the main temple it has a smaller one just like it inside. There was also the starts of another one to go over top of this one. It has many sign and symbols of the Mayan calender carved into it.

This is the Temple of the Warriors

Skull Platform where they would display the heads of those sacrificed

Damian next to some of the Thousand Columns

Next we went to Centro Artesanal were we saw a Cenote (sinkhole).

Fall & Halloween 2011

For a fun fall activity we spent the day at the pumpkin patch. They had so many fun things for the kids to do and each one was able to find some thing they love.

Areya's was the horses.

Aniela's was going through the maze and tunnels.

and like any true boy:

Taevin's was the tractors.

The corn box was a huge hit too.

Next we got ready for Halloween by painting and carving pumpkins. Which is always a fun tradition.

Mine and Matt's

? What am I suppose to do with this?

My red neck pumpkins.

The big day........

We got ready and went over to a friend's house for a little party and some tricker treating. The kids had so much fun running around with all their friends and of course loved all the candy they got while doing it.

Darth Vader

Fairy Princess

Witch

Aren't they so cute!!!! Happy Halloween!!!!