San Diego

Here we are in San Diego.  We took the opportunity while in BC to take the boys and moms to San Diego for a few days.  The boys had a great time.  Jamie and the boys spent on full day exploring the Midway a retired aircraft carrier.  They got to go through the whole thing.

Here they are getting on board.  They went first thing in the morning before the rush.

So it gave them the opportunity to go in some of the planes.

Keagan pretending to be someone important.  LOL

Stefan listening to the tour.

Lunch time.  Or at least it is what it would have looked like.

Stefan on board the plane.

In the officers dining area.

Movie time.

Working hard.

Pressing the clothes.

I am pretty sure this is the Barber chair.

Keagan is looking too relaxed.

Don't touch that one Jamie.  LOL

They were trapped.

The dentist.  

Operation fix Rylans teeth is under way.  

In case you are wondering Darien was the official photographer in my absence.  LOL

So impressed.  LOL

On the top.

Let me out of here!!!

The view from the plane area.

The spent quit a few hours exploring the whole ship.

After the aircraft carrier we went to the Mormon Battalion museum that is run by the church.  It was really interesting to hear about the early Saints and all that they went through.  After the demonstration the boys went outside and did some gold mining.  

They all managed to find some.

But sadly is was fake and we couldn't use it towards paying for their future educations.  LOL

Stefan was working hard.

This was a great way to spend the day.

The boys out front of the museum.

Keagan even got to be part of the play.  Right up his alley with guns and drama.

We then drove over to the beach to enjoy the beautiful beaches.  We of course were the only ones there.

The boys still had a great time.

The fun in the surf/cold water.

The are either the best of friends or the worst of enemies.  LOL

The bath to the water.

For the life of me I can not remember the name of this hotel.  It is famous and really cool looking it.  LOL

My mom enjoying the view and sun.

We even managed to make it the the San Diego Temple. It was beautiful.  I have never been before.

It is a huge temple and stunning.

We have a much smaller temple in Edmonton so the boys were amazed by the size of it.

My boys.

Great location for pictures.

My family making memories.

Doing a little bit of exploring.

My eternal companion who I am so thankful for.  I fall more in love with the man every day.  He is truly my best friend.

This did not all happen in one day but the next day we made out way to the coast the other way.  There were some great places to do some hiking and exploring.

The boys has fun climbing up the cliffs.  I wasn't as daring as my flips flops would not let me.  lol

Stefan and Rylan playing peek a boo with me. 

My boys in ah of the ocean.  They are my children of course.  The ocean is my happy place. :)

Without the boys.

With the boys.  It was a little windy and the spray of the ocean was a little chilly.  LOL

My man and our oldest.  Where does the time go??

A hiking we will go.

The perfect posing tree.

The posers. 

Darien the goof.  LOL

Handsome Keagan.

Silly Darien.

Sweet Rylan

Silly Darien.

Jamie and his mini me.

Rylan our Mr. Personality

Keagan the jock.

Stefan the monkey.

My love

The boys thought it would be cool to slide down the water drain.  Mom is thinking not so cool

They kept getting farther away.

Exploring as much as they can.

The memorial statue by the aircraft carrier.  This is what mom and I did while the others where doing the tour.

I love spending time with my mom

One of the best people in the world.  I love you mom

IFlY

It is spring break!!!  So we are out of here and heading to BC then on to San Deigo.  On our way to San Diego we had to stop in Seattle so that the boys could each experience IFLY.  It is an in door sky diving facility.  Here they are all suited up.

Stefan our little adventure seeker.

Keagan the stud.

Look at those lookers.  He is so cute.

Squishy face.

He is ready to go.

Rylan taking flight

This was Darien's second time and he did great.

Rylan.

Waiting sometimes can be so hard.

Stefan had a great time.

Going all the way up.

Keeping is under control.

Up up and away.

Keagan did so well.

He went all the way up as well.  They all had a great time.  It is not a cheap hobby but it is fun to try once.  :)

Snowball Fight

That great time of  year when you can actually build a snow man and have a snow ball fight.  The rest of the season it is too cold and dry for you to do anything with it.  LOL

What is even better is that you can go outside without being completely bundled to the nine.  Bring on spring.

Happy Birthday Keagan

Our Keagan is 12!!!  Really where has the time gone.  I can't believe that we are that much closer to having two teenagers in the house.  Darien even got Keagan a gift.

The face of someone so thankful to his big brother.  LOL  The million faces of Keagan are something to be seen.  Love the personality of this boy.

Finally a smile.  LOL 

He loves anything to do with sports.  He is such an athlete.

In our house you have to light your own candles.  LOL  Darien the photo bomber.

Happy Birthday Keagan.  You are a great kid with some great ideas.  You are so determined and have a great drive to be the best you can be.  You are a wonderful son and brother with an amazing imagination.  People are drawn to you and love to be around you because you make them happy and feel good. 

We love you forever and always.  Stay true to who you are.

Happy Birthday to our now 12 year old.  Love you.

Cruising

Jamie and I were blessed with the opportunity to go on a cruise together with no children.  Thank you to our moms for stepping up to watch the boys and be the taxi's for a week while we were gone.  We went with two other couples from church and had a wonderful time.  We had three stops.  One was in Key West, Jamaica, and Grand Cayman.  It was so wonderful to be together and just enjoy one an others company.  This was us on our bike tour in Key West

Key West was pretty cool with lots of key lime things to taste and buy.

One of our favorite things to do is bike tours.  It is such a wonderful way to see the town.

We loved all the cute little houses.

This is the farthest point south you can go in the US.

Our ship.  Of course Carnival was our pick, we will never get tired of going on cruises.  It is such a great way to see so many different places.

Grand Cayman we spent the day a the beach.  It was so beautiful ad lovely just sitting and enjoying the view and the sound.

It doesn't get any better than this.

Our view from our balcony.

The sunsets were amazing.

We didn't really love Jamaica.  We loved what we did there which was a hike up some falls and with some cliff jumping off  the falls.  But we didn't like the feeling in Jamaica, or all the pressure to buy things there.  It is one place that we will probably never go back to.

These are the falls we did some jumping from.

This is the man of my dreams.  I can't imagine life without him.  I love him to the moon and back and what we have is so special. 

16 Years and counting up to so many more.  Love you.

Jamie in Nova Scotia

Jamie had the opportunity to have a quick visit with his second mom and dad.  It was a short but sweet visit.  Sherri has not been well but it on the mend.  Cancer strikes every family it seems. 

Jamie loves this lady like a mom.  So it was only natural for him to want to see her and make sure that she was ok.

They enjoyed going to their favorite place together.  Peggy's Cove.  I am so thankful that Jamie has had such wonderful people in his life. He really enjoyed is short but sweet visit.