Grand Cayman

In the Grand Cayman they took us out on a 30 minute boat ride where we were able to snorkel and play with the sting rays.. when I say play I mean Jon played while I mostly observed! Then we had a yummy lunch off the beaten path and now I keep craving Thai Chili wraps!

Jamaica

In Jamaica we basically had our own tour bus which was fantastic. We went to Dunn's river falls and hiked up a huge waterfall. They recommend getting guides, but we decided against it due to the fact that we didn't want to be with a ton of people and hold hands like chains, we just did our own thing. After that we traveled through Jamaica and went tubing down the river along with some cliff jumping.

Haiti

Haiti was our first stop on the cruise, there wasn't tons to do there so we just enjoyed having a beach day, lounging, swimming and reading.

Cruising in the Caribbean, Boat Life

Jon and I went cruising with some friends last month in the Caribbean! It was fantastic to get away, huge thanks to my Mom for watching the kiddo!!

Boat life primarily consisted of eating way to much food and then going back an hour later for way too much food again! When we were not stuffing our faces with food, we went rock climbing, played a rough game of dodge ball, Jon did the surf thing, went to shows, played games, and at night we hit the crypt for dancing.

Strap on your Shoes.. its 54 Degrees out!!

It may be premature to think we are headed for nice weather from here on out, but the past few days have given us high hopes and we are taking advantage! Jon was able to get off work early yesterday and we packed up Cookie and took off. This time we did a hike called Echo Canyon, it was great and only about 4 miles so just perfect for Cookie!

Your Mine Valentine

For Valentines Jon and I went to a little Bistro on downtown main street, followed by eating delicious treats and watching a movie on the couch, I love any excuse to celebrate!

December in a Nutshell

December came and went too quickly that I didn't have a chance to sit down and blog! So here we go with some highlights!

Jon and I went to this fun pizza place downtown, which was fantastic. We took Cookie and she got her very own Mac and Cheese.. apparently Mac and Cheese is the best food in the world.

I made these delicious Christmas treats with my sister.. big mistake, it took all day to make all these goodies however I think they were delicious!
My mom sent this super cute outfit for Cookie, her shirt says Daddy's little cookie. Let me tell you that is the truth she is a daddy's girl to the core, follows Jon all around the house when he is home.The week of Christmas Cookie and I got the flu.. not fun, but by Christmas morning she was back to her normal happy self. For Christmas Eve, we had yummy food, wrote nice notes, acted out the nativity of course, opened one present, and most fun of all played sardines. Oh and yes, Jon requested no pj's for Christmas this year, so we found him these lovely shorts instead, just call him Mr. Jingles!Santa also brought me this delicious cold coke for Christmas morning!A few days after Christmas we headed up to the Nelson cabin, which was lovely as always. Utah was stinking cold, and it snowed a ton. It took Jon and I over 1 1/2 hours to get the car up onto the driveway!! So needless to say we spent most of our time just hanging at the cabin. We did venture up to Salt Lake, saw the lights (for all of 10min. due to cold)!! Scott, Eric, Hillary and Adam all came to the cabin for dinner and a fun night of poker. Hillary and I won.. yeah were awesome. For New Years Jill and Drew and the boys came to the cabin late at night, we played games, ate more yummy food, and barely stayed up till midnight! We also went sledding on a hill right close to the cabin, it was a pretty great and cozy little get away!