morgan and jackson loved painting with the water color paints!

4th of July-- we went to fireworks that night and got these glow in the dark rings from a guy who had tons of them he was just handing out. The kids LOVED them!

Jackson's 2nd Birthday. I got the balloons for the kids earlier that day at Macey's, and they were glued to their arms the entire day! Finally Daddy mysteriously popped Jackson's, and we told Morgan that hers needed to fly away. The only way she would give hers up was knowing that we were sending it to Jesus. I hope thats okay. ;) We had a pizza and movie party that night. I can't believe he's 2!
I didn't realize that when Morgan turned 3, the messes & curiosity would begin. I was taking a shower, and came out and saw that Jackson had white stuff all over him. Right then, Morgan walked into the room, and dropped another handful on him, and on the floor right after I asked her what she had. I then walked into the kitchen, and this is what I found. My mexican corn flour all over the floor. She took some pictures, and then had time out while I cleaned it up.

This is in our new bedroom where the tv goes. The kids thought it was so much fun hiding from mommy in here. ;)

More of Cancun

Here we are on the boat headed over to the island Cozumel. The boat ride was about 30 minutes long, and we sat next to some people from Canada. The woman we were talking to told us that we both had accents and that I had a stronger accent then Brian- interesting huh?
I love this picture of being a true tourist. Brian thought I was crazy, but it was still fun, and he still agreed to take the picture, even though people looked at him and were kind of smiling- crazy tourists ;) I loved cozumel though because it was just the 2 of us. It started to rain and and we decided to go and eat lunch at a little mexican restaurant. It was really nice. I ordered water, because I figured it was free, and would be cheeper than a regular drink, but when they brought the water to us, they came in bottles, and were $3.00 a bottle. Just down the street we had seen bottles of beer for $1.00 each. I am so grateful for free and clean water! ;) lunch was so good. While we were eating a mariachi (?) band came and sang a love song to us- it was perfect.
Here is our cute family with grandpa and grandma smith. I am so grateful for them, and that they made it possible for us to go to Mexico with everyone.
Here we are on the last night. We had gone snorkeling with the family during the day, and ate at an extremely nice restaurant (Mexican Grill) that night. It was perfect, and the sunset was gorgeous. Brian had a lobster dinner for father's day, and said it was the best one he had ever had. ;) Well, adios mis amigas... until next time.

Here I am in the market with monkeys on me. I decided the last day, that I would take a picture with the monkeys on me to show the kids. The one on my right shoulder is taking my glasses, and the one on my left shoulder did his little monkey business down my back-dumb little monkey. I had already packed all of my clothes and we had checked out, so I couldn't change too. It was still a fun experience.
Here is our family- minus our little kids who were with their other grandparents. It was sooo hot in this area, but so much fun!
Here we are on the beach. Isn't it gorgeous! I loved the beach!
This is at Tulum. These are the ruins of the Mayan people, or it is also believed by the members down in Mexico, that this is the place where the people of Ammon lived. It was really neat hearing about everything, but it was so incredibly hot, with no shade, and no where to sit. It was still incredible being there though, and thinking about who had actually lived here.

Our Trip to Cancun

Here we are in Cancun! This is on the 3rd day we were there, and we were at the market place shopping. My dad noticed this sign that said my name. Cool huh!
OOOPPPS-- yes, I had my first drink. Not on purpose of course ;) at the resort that we stayed at, we were able to order any kind of drink. I would usually order a strawberry daquiri without alcohol. By the 4th day, I just figured that they knew I didn't drink. Well, I ordered a strawberry daquiri and pineapple juice, and the guy brought them to me. I drank some of the pineapple juice, but it tasted kind of weird, so I just kept drinking the strawberry daquiri not realizing there was alcohol in it. I thought it tasted a little different, but at the resort there were 5 places you could order drinks from, and they had all been made a little different, so I just figured that this was just made a little different like the rest of them. It wasn't until my dad came and sat down, and I looked over at his drink which was a strawberry daquiri, and I noticed that his was a nice juicy cherry red color, mine was more on the pink side. Then I realized, that I hadn't said no alcohol. I told Brian, and he took a sip, and told me he thought it was alcohol, we told my dad and he also took a sip and couldn't believe that I had sipped half of the glass. My aunt came and took a sip, and told us there was definatly alcohol in it. ooops. luckily there were no side effects ;) and I don't plan on ever drinking again. ;)
Here is my cute honey and I in the center of the market place. we had so much fun shopping and bardering for items.
Brian was hungry and really wanted a tamale. He ordered a corn tamale from this street vendor at the market. It tasted like sweet corn smashed all together-pretty good.

Random Pictures of our Family

I found this little bed for Jackson at a garage sale last
Saturday for only $10.00. The kids love it!

Brian works so hard on our addition! Here he is
laying down our new floor. It looks awesome!

Happy 25th Birthday Melissa! The other little
girl is my niece Jayden-aren't they all cute!

Even though they get into trouble, they are
the best of friends, and loved matching today.

Desitin Kids

CAUGHT in the act of being naughty & curious at the same time! Since Brian and I are out of our room because of the addition, we have moved into Jackson's room, and Jackson has moved into Morgan's room. Jackson is still in the crib, and Morgan is in her toddler bed, and as you can see is able to get both of them in trouble. I had a tube of Desitin diaper cream in the drawer of the changing table. Morgan climbed up on the night stand, then the changing table, and then found the creamy treasure in the drawer, and decided that it was lotion, and that she wanted to share some with Jackson. I was watching TV and I heard it really quiet, so I figured they had fallen asleep, then I heard giggling, and then quiet again. I thought... they must be up to something, and sure enough when I walked in this is what I saw. Poor Jackson- I think he had fun, but he kind of looked like a little albino baby, and even had a huge clump of desitin in his hair. Well, Brian and I tried not to laugh, took pictures, & cleaned up the kids. While Brian was cleaning up Jackson, I said to Morgan, was that a good choice? She said "No, it was a naughty choice!" With that response she had her little time out, and then they finally fell asleep. Wow- every since she turned 3, she has been very curious, especially if it involves making messes. ;)