Wednesday, June 8

Alaska Cruise 2011 Part Four


Day Seven


Victoria B.C., Canada


Oh we did go out of the Country Lol ;)

Yes, we finally saw Orca Whales






Strange to see a Urinal at an intersection, eh? ya hoser.







...also saw a t-shirt that said { why do Canadians say 'EH?'...because it's BETTER than saying 'HUH?' } Lol...



...and yes I am half French Canadian ;)


Gorgeous Evening Weather and Gorgeous City







The Podium Sports Pub yummy burgers and Yam Fries and we got to watch Game 2 of the NBA Finals! It was fun to cheer with a bunch of the local Canadians...;)




I say to April, referring to the picture Josh is about to take of me in front of this Canada Mall...'April, Get in!' and she sees a Taxi and was like 'What!?!' Lol...funny girl!




The Empress Hotel




Parliament Building...Looked like Disneyland ;)







...and a Totem Pole...in Canada!?















Later that night I 'dragged' Josh out dancing one more time on our last night of the cruise...:(
My packing consisted of shoving clothes into my suitcase which was one of the Cruise Directors tips for packing...;)


Seattle, WA



Before the Flight Home





We had hours to kill before our flight home so we booked one last excursion on the ship to see Seattle, WA a little more up close and personal...We learned a lot more than we wanted to about Seattle and it's history...It was pretty cool though. We learned




The Underground City - We took a tour of the old city that was built before they learned of the seasonal tide changes and flooding would occur and dirty toilet water would stink up their town every day...




The first Flush Toilet and pump system was in Seattle, WA




First Nordstrom was started here




Amazon.com started here



Bill Gates and Paul Allen both born in Seattle and were friends {cofounders of Microsoft}




First Movie Theater with Sound here







The Experience Music Project next to the Space Needle Building...Forbes named it one of the world's ugliest buildings Lol ;)







First Sound Movie Theater now home to a Banana Republic ;)





The First Nordstrom opened as a shoe retailer}








Here's the original Nordstrom ;)






Smith Tower - The oldest Skyscraper in Seattle {a family lives in the pyramid at the top} click to see their home




Us standing on a skylight above one of the old underground sidewalks...






Underground Tour {Original water System}






...and another Totem Pole and our Ship in the background :(






Pike Market where fish fly thru the air to the bagger when they are sold ;)





Starbucks Headquarters


Boeing Company working on some new jets or something...;)




That's All ;)


See Videos Below ;)

Alaska Cruise Videos









Wednesday, May 4

Lily @ 8 months

Here I am sitting pritty for mommy's photo shoot of some new Princess Prittys






I love watching the kids play outside...and now they even bring me outside with them ;)






Here I am sitting up and playing with whosever toys I can get my hands on ;)







Mommy just brought out all of my new Spring/Summer clothes she saved from Lexi...Boy do I have a lot of new cute things to wear! Here I was getting ready to spend a day with Auntie Tami while all the big kids went to Six Flags with Mommy and Daddy...





Here I am chillin in my car seat at the park one day watching the kids play...





Mommy was trying out some new picture taking app on her phone and since I was wearing another one of my new cute outfits she decided to practice some shots on me ;) whatever...





Here I am flying {low} on a swing for the first time...It was kinda fun for about 3 minutes but then I had had enough!










Tuesday, May 3

General Conference Weekend

Since Josh works most Saturdays we DVR all the GC sessions and try and watch what we can on Sunday and throughout the rest of the week...




This year I decided to print off some General Conference packets I found online at Sugardoodle.net for the kids to work on while we watched our Prophets and Leaders speak to us on TV...They worked on them in the morning after breakfast and then towards the end of one session they got ancy and so outside they went since it was great weather out... After lunch we decided to try the bingo cards I printed out and we were able to get through a whole entire session without any complaints or boredom! It was even a great way to listen since me and Josh didn't really care too much aout winning so sometimes we would forget we were lietening for certain words but the kids were quietly listening for certain words, phrases and names all during the talks...we used Reese's pieces for markers and they would win a funsize Reese's PB egg {new smaller ones} for anytime anyone got a BINGO!














even Lily was good during Conference ;)

{photo taken by Deveon}




Hope everyone enjoyed their Conference weekend!



To hear the words of our Prophets click here

Sunday, May 1

I like to look for Rainbows









Rainbows along the 5 FWY Northbound from our trip to So CAL...and the camera still does not do them justice...they were beautiful ;)

Still Smiling...


While we were in So California for the marathon my parents took Noah and Lexi to Disneyland...Noah picked out this hat and a Mickey coin bank and Lexi got a princess umbrella, and a princess diamond with stand {paper weight} and a new Minnie Mouse bag. They had a lot of fun...This photo was taken a few days after we got home from our trip...He had to have the hat with him all the time even when he went to sleep along with his mouse bank ;)

Wednesday, April 27

LA Marathon 2011


LA's Big 5K










{Josh chose our nicknames...Dalen was donut and Deveon was cheeto}







Josh and I ran with Dalen, Deveon and cousin Bella








These kids did so awesome...there were like 4 hills during the route and they finished strong ;) We were bummed that Maya and Auntie April missed out since Maya broke her little arm the day before but we were glad to have Bella still come with us...










Uncle Jesse ran the race with cousin Kenzie since they could run a little faster...












The next race we need to run for a cause, I think this one looks good...lol













LA Marathon




{Dodger Stadium to Santa Monica Pier}




In the POURING RAIN! Here's a 2 minute course video...











Josh 4:59








Eric 3:53





So proud of these guys!




Here's a video clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live...they were out there in the Marathon route tricking people with nailed down water bottles...how mean can you be seriously! It was pretty funny though, thought I'd share ;)