Vacation in the Bahamas

We just returned from a cruise to the Bahamas. We boarded a cruise ship in Miami, and headed first stop, Key West. I never realized how big cruise ships are...

This is the port of Miama just as we were leaving.

I really didn't get to take that many photos. The second stop was in Nassau, where we did some snorkeling. The snorkeling was probably the highlight of the trip, but I never did puchase an underwater housing for my camera, and the film camera we had that was water tight, died as I tried to load it with a new roll of film the morning we were leaving.

The trip was actually part of a Scentsy retreat for Anji that I was lucky enough to tag along. We met with some new and old Scentsy friends.

Nashville pt. 1

Recently (hours ago) we visited with my Sister-in-law Nikki and her totally rad husband Stoker. Nik, and Stok live in Nashville, I took a lot of photos, and honestly can say that for me our visit was one of my favorite vacations ever.

Here for your viewing pleasure is Nik and Stok:

Of course I gotta have a photo of the Sisters:

Nashville is the city of music (it was obvious when exited the airport where the guitar is an essential part of travel luggage).

Here is another of the gang (minus the photog):

Here is one more, a little preview of what is to come later. Some photos of music in action (and maybe an audio clip mixed by the main man Stoker).

Once again I am trying to be better at the blogging thing, so expect a bit more action (or maybe not)...

Arches National park

Arches is most known for its beautiful natural arches like the iconic delicate arch. With the kids in tow, it was difficult to make it to any of the arches that required more than a few minutes to hike to, but who says you can't get great photos on the beaten path? Just plop down in the middle of the road and you have it (just watch for cars)...



We did make it to some of the arches, though not at the time of day photographers hope for (harsh mid-day sun).



The kids had fun, but someone is missing...



Vivian was hanging with her mom!



Dani taking a pic of her family in that cool arch.



You thought you had bad bed hair when you wake up.



Couldn't resist the cute family picture of the with the twins.



A few more landscapes.

San Diego fun

The first part of the week was not sunny but the kids don't notice things like the absence of sun, or the fact that the weather is dark and wet. It is all the same to them.



We did a lot of fun things while in San Diego, but I think the kids had the most fun at the parks and beaches, doing free things. We arrived at a beach just West of La Jolla where the parks were filled with birds. Off the kids went chasing the birds around...





Look at Clayton move!



After chasing the birds the twins instincts kicked in and they had to clean themselves off (Girls)...



Down at the beach there was some cool caves, great little photo op. for family photos.







A couple of close-ups...







At one point the kids decided to climb the cliffs. Jack of course was the leader and way up ahead leaving the others to try to catch up.



It was all good as Jason had his Spidey sense going, and would be able to pull the kids to safety at a moments notice...

San Diego (day 1)

I haven't been active on the blog much lately but have been very active with the camera. Our little family is vacationing with the Colorado Sanders in the not so sunny (during our visit) San Diego.

The two familys together make a total of eight peps. The first adventure - getting from the air port to the beach house we are staying at. We piled 8 people (with three car seats) into a Tahoe. Now you may be thinking that shouldn't be a problem a Tahoe seats 8. The difficult part was what to do with the luggage, play-yards etc. Lets just say that it is a good thing Jason did a lot of Legos when he was younger...



We arrived at the house a bit travel weary. No beach, no fun that first day, just a little relaxation.







It only took a minute or two for the kids to get their energy. At least they had each other two play with.









Stay tuned for more San Diego fun...