Dominican Moments- LOVE it!

this is a little shirt from Grammy- she is getting so long!

huge waves!

Emmy and Jason enjoying the waves and their island lives :)

we were walking today and saw THIS! Hungry for fish anyone?

I just love this beautiful island!

How Emmy spends MUCH of her life...

The downside to our beautiful island is that it IS a third world country-

therefore we have a GHETTO gas stove- and we don't have a car-

so here is a glimpse into our lives- the best part is that we went to 3

stores to get a new can- WOW!

Jason is amazing!

yes folks, here he pole vaulting off of a rock using bamboo as his pole-
and playing with his friends Jesse- Bamboo swords and such- good times )

Bum Bum

the end!

Got a WHALE of a tale...

that's the tail splashing in the distance- it was amazing!

HUGE splashes and a vey neat experience-

(no idea what kind they were- there were 2)

Goodbye to the Moody girlies!

Gina and my last Dominican moments together...
yes- it was the hottest day in HISTORY and like 10 at night-
hence our beauty...

Emmy and Ella saying goodbye- WAAAAAAAA!

Aside from brightening up our lives considerably;

Ella and Gina have been amazing friends

and they made us laugh every day-

We will REALLY REALLY miss them-

but we are looking forward to MIAMI

when we will be gloriously reunited

and we will get to meet Sophia

(the reason they are going home now instead of later-

Gina doesn't feel like dying in childbirth on this island-

I can't say that I blame her!)

Fun times with Ems!

she is such a little sweet pea!

braid!

Emmy is quite the reader :)

She reads to herself and often sings the book outloud :)

I just love this little face- she makes thbbbt noises constantly :)

Picnik-

if you haven't tried it yet... www.picnik.com- LOVE it!

Once upon a time, there was a princess named Emmalina~

Princess Emmalina was a happy little thing...

Her daddy gave her a magical crown.

and then she turned to stone.

she turned back again because of LOVE

and got to play with her friends :)

thankfully, there are several princesses here on the island-

Avery loved all of Emmy's new dresses...

(we got them at the 5th semester sale *after a little mending they were

good as new and ready for some serious fun! for $15 EC you can't go wrong)

what a fun day!

this child! we love her so much :)

really? could she be cuter?

there was a rainbow ON the ocean today-

just when I thought Dominica couldn't out do itself :)

Guess who went to Nursery today?!!!!

If you guessed Emmy- you are right! For those of you doing the math-
she just turned 17 months~ but all of her little friends are in there and she
loves it! The teacher saw her playing at a ward activity and suggested we
give it a try- I don't know about next week- but this week was FUN! She
brought us a picture she had colored that said "I will love others" ;)

Liz is leaving us- waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Sadly, Liz and Ben are two of Emmy's (and Jason and Liz's) favorite friends
and they are leaving us- I can't even think about it- because it makes me cry-
but I have LOVED having them share the Dominican experience with us
and wish them luck as they head of to rotations! hooray for them :)

Friday FUNday!

yes these are the friends we saw on the way to dinner- LOVE IT!

Emmy with her baby.

the newest obsession...

Emmy and Daddy playing twisty toss- a new flare on an old game :)

the night ended at the playground- with slides and playing with babies-

how could life get better?!

Emmy LOVES the SLIDE and her Daddy too!

fun discovery tonight!

YES- this is an awesome shot- the end.

She had to slide into Daddy's arms.

Look at how happy she is!

She also got braver as the night went on.

Here is my handsome husband and Ems trying to get back to the slide.