Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Caribbean Cruise

For our Christmas gift in 2016 my parents took us on a cruise to the Caribbean - all of my siblings too! It was AMAZING! We had the best time! I'm gonna post a million pictures and go into more detail there!

We went into our room and I started unpacking and Juliet immediately climbed into our closet and played. She loves any tiny space that she can fit into. She is the cutest, sweetest girl!

Juliet won an award for dancing in the middle of a party. She was the only one out there shakin' her stuff, but she had a great time and brought the house down! This little girl loves people, loves attention, and loves to have fun. She always brings the party with her!

This is the back of the t-shirts that my dad made for everyone on the cruise. Juliet was asleep in this picture and it was just too darn cute to pass up. 

Us on elegant night!

Juliet dancing with Grandpa on elegant night

They brought Juliet a little birthday cake to celebrate her first birthday. She wasn't quite sure what to do with herself! 

Diving in! She mostly played in the cake and didn't eat it.

On our way to the Sea Turtle Hatchery in the Cayman Islands

Posing in front of our ship! There were 3 or 4 other cruise ships out that day as well. I love seeing cruise ships, especially at night because they get all lit up!

This is the Mayan Ball Game. We visited this park in Cozumel. It was our favorite day. We learned so much about the Mayan culture and this ball game. The players could only hit the ball with their hips or their knees and try to make into a hoop connected to the side of the wall.

Juliet loved every second of it! We were all captivated. There was a man drumming and singing during the game and Juliet was dancing and clapping. It was fun to see her having such a great time.

With all the players

One of our beach views!

Juliet and I got to meet Thing 1 and Thing 2 at the Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast one morning. I thought Juliet was going to be scared of the characters, but she wasn't! She smiled at them.

Juliet in fact ordered Green Eggs and Ham and she ate it all up!

We stopped in the Florida Keys for lunch and we got to eat lunch on this beach. It was so beautiful and delicious! We stopped at a key lime shop on our way out of town and got frozen slices of key lime pie, dipped in chocolate, on a stick. They were fantastic! I would go back just for that! So if you are ever in the Keys, look up the Blonde Giraffe.

Holding the Sea Turtles in the Cayman Islands. We got to swim with them later on that day. It was very cool!


Mom and Dad got a surprise for their anniversary (My brother J put it all together for them!) It was really sweet! We all got together and shared the cake. Yum!

Our fun Mayan Ball Game group. Aunt T chose to come with us that day and we she was so glad that she did. As were we!

We had a really fun time on the cruise and can't wait to work off ALL the weight we gained so that we will be ready for our next cruise! Oooooh boy!!!

Christmas 2016

This Christmas was extremely fun because it was Juliet's first Christmas! We got Christmas jammies and everything! We were moving to Utah the 23rd of December so we got to drive through Las Vegas and spend a few hours with our Vegas family before continuing on to Utah to move into our new house and spend Christmas with our family there. Juliet loved opening presents and playing with her new toys. Santa brought her a Whinnie the Pooh train that she can ride and it plays music. Let's just say, it was a major hit!

Aunt T cam a few days before we moved to help us pack up the house. She saved the day! She came with me to take Juliet to meet Santa. 

Juliet's first Santa visit. I think it is a right of passage for every kid to meet Santa and cry.

Juliet's Christmas dress. She felt so pretty! At church she walked up and down the aisles waving at everyone. It was precious!

Hanging with Grandpa W

Our Christmas jammies! I knew that I couldn't pay Jake enough money to be matchy-matchy with Jules and I, so I just got him a basic set of jammies. He complied.

This is a toy that Great Grandma B brought Juliet back from her vacation to the Middle East. Super cool!

The favorite item of the day!

Playing with cousin E. These cute girls are 2 months apart. It will be so fun for Juliet to have so many cousins close to her age.