Bon Voyage!

Larry and I had the chance to take a cruise, just the two of us. A great deal came along and with our Anniversary in January and as larry's graduation present we decided to book it. We are so glad that we did. We left cayman at home with summer and the lunds took her one day as well Thank you all so much!! It was so relaxing to go and just to have myself to take care of. It was a breeze getting through security at the airport and I kept feeling like I was forgetting something because we didnt have cayman and all of her stuff.
We left out of Miami and the 1st night the waves her really bad, we didnt get sick but were a little worried that it would be like that the whole time (we didnt know it was really bad because it was our first cruise) Luckily the rest of the time the waves we much milder. Our cruise was Eastern Carribean and it went to Samana Dominican Republic, St Thomas USVI, Tortola BVI, and Nassau Bahamas(we were supposed to go to norwegian cruise lines private island but they couldnt take us on the tenders because the waves there were going to be too big, so we got a bonus port city which we were thrilled about.)
The food on the ship was great and some of the food we were ordering we had no idea what we were getting. It was fun to just order whatever knowing that if you didnt like it you could just get something else. Everything that we ordered was great. Especially the desserts!!

Larry wanted sushi on the trip and our 1st meal on the ship there it was! Plus he had steak and lobster, scallops, shrimp, mahi mahi, and lots of other seafood.

Formal night was the second night on the boat, it was fun to get all dressed up for a date and have a fancy restaraunt to eat at.

In Samana Dominican Republic, we took a whale watching tour, we are heading out to see the whales

We found the whales and got to follow them for over an hour. We followed a mom and her baby, the baby whale kept jumping up out of the water, it was amazing, it jumped 5 times in a row. They are so BIG. Seeing them in real life made us appreciate how amazing these animals are and how amazing our world is that god created.

After Whale watching they took us to an island called Cayo Levantado, to swim and relax on the beach. It was beautiful.

Our next stop was St Thomas we went to Coki Beach to snorkel. This is looking out from where we were laying on the beach.

After Coki Beach we took a taxi to Magen's Bay. It is one of the top 10 beaches in the world. It was so amazing, it was a perfect beach with mountains on both sides of us.

Another picture of us on Magens Bay

Coming back from Magens Bay right over the top of the mountain. This is looking out over the city and where the ships are. The roads there are scary, switchback turns and steep hills and the taxis drove crazy.

Our next stop was Tortola BVI. From here we took a ferry to another island called Virgin Gorda to go to a place called The Bathes. There are huge boulders that create caves, you get to climb through these caves and the water from the ocean is coming in. When you got through all the caves at the other side it opened up to a beautiful little beach called Devils Bay. It was so beautiful there, the water was crystal clear.

We climbed up on top of the boulders for an amazing view.

Before we left home I was afraid that I would be a wreck the whole trip because I would miss cayman so much. When I said goodbye that was so hard and I cried alot but the whole rest of the trip I didnt cry(which I was proud of) until... we walked out on deck in the Bahamas. I looked out and there was the Disney Cruise Line and instantly the tears started coming. I pulled it together after a minute or so but next time we cruise we want to go disney and take cayman with us

Just off the boat

Since our stop in the Bahamas wasnt a planned stop we didnt have anything planned to do on this island. When we got off the boat we went around seeing what there was to do. We saw a place to rent scooters and we decided to do that and give ourselves a self guided tour of the island. We felt so adventurous! Most of the roads were one way and they drive on the left, it was a blast. This was one of our funnest days becuase "we just flew by the seat of our pants" as larry said.

One of the places we went was to Fort Charlotte, It was a neat old fort and part of Pirates of the Carribean was filmed there.

We also went to Atlantis, this is a beautiful resort on paradise island with a huge aquarium with giant devil rays.

What an adventure that we had! It was so nice to have a full week of just time with larry, (even though we missed Cayman) but being able to be free to do whatever we wanted without worry was so nice. It is something that larry and I will cherish forever and will remember forever!

The New Years Letter???

Merry Christmas!!! oh wait that's already happened! Yes, christmas snuck up on us this year. I had good intentions of sending out christmas cards and then when I knew that wasn't going to happen then I had good intentions of sending out a christmas email BEFORE christmas and then that didnt happen either! So we will call this a Happy New Years email! This year has been a great year for our little family. Here's some of the things that we have done this year.

Larry:
-continued going to school, however he has 2 weeks left and he is finished!!! Hoooorray!!!!
-Built a nice shed in the yard, with some help from the neighbor, thanks KP
-is still working at dentrix
-is happy that the Utes beat BYU and are in the Sugar bowl
-is a great dad to Cayman!

Andy:
-I got my hair cut short
-has loved watching Cayman learn and grow
-loves to do hair and cant wait until we get a salon built.
-loves her calling in activity days.
-and my very favorite thing this year is that I got to be with Cayman every day!


Cayman:
-went to disneyland 5 times this year, yes you read that right, we have a serious addiction! She loves Disneyland so much! Her favorites are the teacups (however it has to be a pink cup), Small World, Tiki Room, and Buzz Blasters
-She has finally hit 25lbs, and has just hit a heighth growth spurt.
-Can carry on a conversation with you (if you catch her in the right mood)
-loves to dance and sing songs
-turned 2 in October

We have had a wonderful year and are excited for the year to come, especially for larry to be done with school! (And hopefully we can get in a few more trips to disneyland!) We wish you the best for a great new year!
Love
Larry, Andy, and Cayman

A Disneyland Christmas

Last week we had the chance to go to Disneyland with my whole family. We all love Disneyland and we all love Christmas and so its the best combination. They decorate everything there! The castle was amazing during the day and even better at night. It was so beautiful! Cayman loves Disneyland so much and this trip was the best yet! Small world was finally opened (it has been closed this whole year) and she loved the ride. Anytime that we got anywhere near it, she knew that we were and she would point in the direction of it and yell "small world, small world!!!!" Needless to say we went on that ride alot! She also loves teacups, that is her other favorite, she would always request that we get a "pink cup please" My very favorite part of this trip was that they do a fireworks show at night which is nice but the best is that right after it they make it snow!! Thats right, on Main Street U.S.A. in disneyland it snows, they play the song "I'm dreaming of a white christmas" and it snows. It's like magic to me. The snow with all the christmas lights around and the song and my family, Larry and I just snuggle cayman to pieces while it happens. I could see that every night and not get tired of it. Disneyland at christmas is definately the most magical place on earth!

Christmas is coming!

We are so excited for christmas. We cant wait to see what Cayman will think after santa has come. We are also excited because Larry's parents and brother are going to be coming and spending Christmas with us. One of our Christmas traditions is we have to watch Christmas Vacation. We are excited to have all the projects done so that we can really stop and enjoy the holiday! "This is going to be the happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby danced with Danny Kaye!"

12-0! GO UTES!!!

Last night was a pretty good night for us. Utah beat BYU 48-24 to again have a perfect season! 12-0 for the second time in 5 years! We are pretty happy! It was a close game until the second half, when Utah's defense confused BYU's offense. Hopefully the Utes can keep the momentum win another BCS game! GO UTES!!! To all my BYU friends who keep bringing up 4th and 18...well Max Hall just threw another interception! May be BYU will let him play QB for us in the Bowl Game. He was pretty good throwing to the guys in red last night! ;)

Thankful

With Thanksgiving coming up, it’s always nice to stop and think about all the things that we are thankful for, and wow I have a big list. I think that both Larry and I would agree that Cayman is the most amazing blessing. Everyday we are thankful for her, she is such a sweet girl. We are so blessed that Heavenly Father has trusted us to raise her. She is always keeping us laughing, we can’t remember what it was like before we had her. I am also very grateful for Larry, he is a great dad to Cayman and a great hubby to me, even now when he is so busy with work and school. We are both grateful for the gospel and the true happiness that it brings us. We are grateful for our families, great neighbors, our wonderful home, and a million other things, this list could go on for a while so I will just stop it there. Also this picture of larry and I is up Payson Canyon, I took family pictures for some good friends of ours and the place was so great I handed the camera over(thanks crista) and had to have a picture of larry and I.

Trick or Treat

Since it has been a few weeks since halloween it's probably time to get these pictures on here. Cayman loved halloween this year. She loved her tinkerbell costume and especially getting the candy at every house.It was so fun to see cayman enjoying something that I loved and looked so forward to when I was a kid.