Randoms...

little curly ques.

wow- the teeth...

A new fruit I discovered- I didn't like it much-

but I was excited to find something new.

the misty mountains!

here is the inside of the fruit-

it had a banana after taste but a funny texture-

like a pear and an avocado got married and had this little beauty.

this is one of the many reasons why Dominica is great...
yes- here is the magazine pile- Oct 2004- heck yes!

Family pictures in April

so, today at church my friend Paige wanted me to snap some pics of her family
she sweetly returned the favor and WOW,
I don't know whether the lighting was good- the camera liked taking pictures in a church-
or Paige is just a great photographer- ( I think it was a little of all three) -
but she got 3 VERY cute pics of our whole family-
I love that we all look happy AND have our eyes open AND we are looking at the camera-
this is a feat- THANKS Paige!


these are 2 different pics- I know they look the same- but they were both cute so hooray!

the SPRING Festival!!!

fun times! the spouse organization had a very fun spring festival-
I brought cookies and then played like crazy!

Emmy didn't get most of the games- but she did have a few faves :)

she won the cake walk- TWICE!

beach ball bowled like a CRAZY women!

Jason joined us for a cakewalk win a bit of bowling and PIZZA! woot woot!

they made these fun Confetti Eggs- hopefully this can be a new tradition- we'll have to see :)

It's Barrel time!!!

yes folks, we have received our FIRST and Second barrels!
sadly these will be our only Dominican barrels- but FUN times
are an understatement!

Emmy only napped for 30 minutes today-
at least this is the face that I get to look at-
or I might have to die of exhaustion.

one barrel worth of stuff- yes my father is the most amazing packer on the earth. :)

2 barrels worth of stuff- we even got Emmy's stroller and baby in-

what a happy reunion THAT was!

Let me say again- I LOVE #1 Beach! I just do :)

Shane and Kelly, Liz P. , Emmy and I , Amber and Lily, Becky and Jazz, Jacki and Keira,
Jessie and Hawken, Kim and Matix- what a fun group and we had a GREAT time!

Matix and Emmy having a romantic interlude-

JK! they really just loved their sticks :)

the cutie kiddos! Keira, Shaners, Lily, Emmy and Matix...

kind of funny that Keira is the only one with the darker coloring-

NOT normally the case.

little 1/2 smirky girl :) thanks again Jessie for planning such a fun trip

and Kim for being so generous :)

Emmy the little #1 Beach Swimmer! THANKS Jessie for the FAB video :)

Emmy loves bling!

if I ever can't find Emmy- this is where she is-
looking at and playing with and trying on my bling!
she spent aabout 30 minutes explore my treasure
chest the other day- I know! crazy attention span...
this comes in very handy when I need to do a task.
Emmy is such a girlie girl and I am so happy to have her :)

a windy day!

fun playground times with Daddy!

trying to fix the evil Scooter with Daddy/...

I love these pics- upside down glasses and one shoe- so so cute-

she also has an obsession with any kind of lotion or cream-

she loves to rub it on herself and smell it and sometimes eat it-

fun fun times :)

what a fun day :)

we got to play with Shaner tonight- what fun times!

Emmy and I got to cook- we made pizza and she loudly requested

"cheese" and "cookie" yay!

we also went to the hot tubs with Matix and Hawken- pics to come!

some Dominican moments- things that I want to remember.

this was the water out of the faucet today- it has since cleared up.

skyping with Booky.

my maid Fredericka labelled our garbage can- how kind.

the rainbow over the flag at Ross+ the palm tree- yay!

large ground lizards- love it!

cousins!

aren't they cute? yet again- poor Jett didn't make the pic- next time!

the night before Easter!

gorgeous!

Date night= fun times :)

Subway friend- Emmy loves this guy- so cute

Easter was a fun day...

Emmy in her Easter dress with Edward Bear.

The Easter Bunny found us all the way in Dominica!

Booky gave him a map ;)

are you serious?

Easter Egg dying is a little different in Dominca...

crazy cups, and brown eggs~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE DAN!!!

Dan is 26 ~
Emmy wore her celebration outfit and played peek a boo in his honor!
we love you Dan- you are amazing and we don't know what we would
do without you-thanks for being such a stud :)

Emmy belly VS Ella belly

~VS~

my friend Gina just showed me a pic of her at 9 months prego with Ella-

I then found a pic of myself at 7 1/2 months prego with Emmy...

let the games begin!

EMMY WINS!

random~ Chuck E Cheese's and Easter egg hunt...

Emmy loves America... thanks to Uncle Josh- she got to actually ride the horse with token and everything!

there was an Easter Egg hunt at Publix and Emmy loved it! She was running around with and egg in each hand until she found the bananas- she promptly put down the eggs, grabbed a banana and was off and running again! *on an unrelated note~ I just got shocked from my rotten computer- the electricity isn't grounded here so I get shocked if I touch the border of the laptop... WOW.

Emmy + horses + Booky = LOVE!

Emmy takes her riding VERY seriously- nude or not!

Back to Dominica!

yes, besides getting his favorite girlies back- J got basically the best thing money can bring him from Puerto Rico... I wish I could credit the thoughtfullness to myself- but Jason has my mother to thank for his happiness- however-he can thank me for my cleverness- because I and I alone came up with wrapping it in clean diapers to keep it hot!

back to the pool we go-thankfully a local cow was getting a drink to remind us that Dominica is GREAT!

the triplets~! several people asked us if they were siblings- nope- just 3 beautiful children :)