Are we there yet????!!!!

"Are we there yet???!!" was the most asked question yesterday. It got to the point where Jason and I just said no! LOL  We left Dallas around 1:00 and at 1:20 this is what we saw in the back --------------------->

Our first stop was about after 2 hours which was good. We stopped at this big travel lodge, lots of gifts and toys for the kids to touch, of course. Very nice bathrooms which is always my worries when you travel with the little ones. After 10 minutes we were back on the road.

Along the way we started to see lots of smoke, we could barely pass through...Someone started a grass fire and it spread about half a mile down the highway. I really hope they were able to get it out.






We continued on our way. About 2 hours later Connor really had to use the bathroom, so we pulled off and Stopped at a Shell Station that smelled like Death. It was the worse smell ever, People were just out and about like no problem while Camryn and I stayed in the car trying to keep from vomitting all over the place!!

7 hours on the road and we make it to Mississippi. It was so amazing coming up to the bridge to cross the mighty Mississippi river and to see the looks on the kids faces. It felt very patriotic as you see the big flag waving on top of the bridge and it's just so masive. We stop and take pictures and right when we are looking over the river we see a train coming across. Our kids love trains and it was our luck that they got to see this and experience something like this. Just AMAZING!!  The sun was going down and Jason took some great pictures, it was glorious!



Today we are heading to Pensicola, which is about 5 hours away.

First, we are stopping at the Coca Cola museum. Yes, I know there is so much history here and battlefields, but when it's hot and you have a 7 and 5 year old...we don't want to intentionaly drive ourselves crazy! lol

I'm reading the help which is crazy since it's based around Mississippi and I'm here. Great book by the way!! If you haven't read it you definatley should!

Till later, God Bless!

Crazy Busy

So, it's been quite some time since I've posted...over 4 months to be exact. I last posted on March 30th and 10 days later our house was hit with a massive storm. To this day we believe we were hit with the downwind of a tornado. Living in the country and 30 minutes from Oklahoma we are use to storms, but we never experienced anything like this before. Over $20,000 of damages, and all of the repairs were just complete.  Then about 10 days after the storm, I found out that I have skin cancer, well had skin cancer.....

To find out that I'm part of the "C" family was very emotional. My dermatologist said "Kristi, if you are going to get cancer, this is the best kind to have"...hmmmm ok?! I guess. I went in for surgery and that  was the result good and he got it all and had to take out over 4 inches wide and 1"deep.....All I can say is to please make sure you continue to apply sunscreen as you would your child. I'd much rather have this scar then the other, but it was very painful and took 8 weeks to heal. Thank goodness my doctor is a plastic surgeon too :)

That same week I started in a new area, a.n.a women's casual instead of Juniors. Such a great move! I love my new team, and I'm learning so much and being challenged every day :)

So now....time for vacation! We are leaving tomorrow for Destin Flordia. Taking our family trip before school starts. We will be blogging and will include a section of just pictures we have taken along the way ;)
We are taking our time, leaving tomorrow and driving to Vicksburg, Mississippi first and staying the night. Then driving Saturday to Pensicola and will arrive in Destin on Sunday...soooooo excited!!

Until tomorrow...Good night and God Bless!

Mexico from my perspective; Day 4

Day four...well this day was even better than the 3rd. As I said in my last blog, Jason and I booked an excursion to get off of the resort. We booked the excursion to an island called Las Caletas. Which was discovered by the director John Hudson and had said this was the most beautiful place on earth. We had to get up early and eat breakfast before taking a taxi to Vallerta Adventures by 8am. The boat was scheduled to take off at 8:30 for an hour ride. The Vallerta Adventures was really nice and the kids got to watch the dolphins, which they loved!  There was a baby and once the kids went to the window where the tanks were at the dolphins (probably 10 of them) came out of no where. It was great!  Camryn kept asking if she could go pet them :)  We took a double Decker boat to Puerta Vallerta to pick up more people which was about a 20minute ride. The boat ride was really nice, the kids love being on boats. Birds were following the boat the entire ride which was pretty cool. After picking up about 50 more people we were on our way to Las Calitas. Once we arrived on the island, we went to the bathrooms, found the lockers and went to the beach. The sand was lighter, not as dark as neuvo where our resort was and the water was more blue. Camryn instantly tried to find shells and rocks, lol and Connor jumped the waves. Connor really wanted to zip line so we headed to the Canopy which was the kids area and he got suited up. Camryn didn't want to do it so we just watched. Connor had such a great time, there was a smile on his face the entire time. He got to do 2 zip lines and a line that went across a suspended bridge. After Connor went Camryn decided she wanted to go, unfortunately there were only 2 times to go and Connor went on the second. However, there was another couple there that had 3 boys and they really wanted to go as well, so Camryn was in luck because the girls allowed them all to go and Connor to go again! The girls that worked there were amazing, so sweet and great with kids!When Camryn got up there she got a little scared so the main girl rode the zip line with her, it was so sweet! The second time Connor did the Monkey which is riding the zip line upside down, he is a pro now. After this we went to have lunch and the tables were set up on the beach, it was so nice. Of course, my stomach started to hurt again. I started to have pains on Friday which I had hoped was from the food I was eating, not because it was Mexico but because I haven't been eating the way I was in Mexico. Which I knew wasn't really the case because I know what Kidney stone pains feel like and this was them.
After lunch we went to visit the Monkeys and the Parrots. The kids wouldn't even get close to either but Jason and I held the Monkey. We not only had to take our glasses off we had to hide them when we held the monkey. The Monkey was so soft and just sat on our shoulders.
We finished the trip on the beach just jumping waves, burying our feet in the sand and collecting rocks and waves. Camryn picked up 2 big rocks which she ends up trying to sneak through customs, but we will get to that on the 6th day.
It was time to leave at 3 and we loaded back on the boat and Camryn instantly fell asleep in my lap. On the ride back the guys on the boat decide to have a kids dance off, which Connor was in. He LOVED it. There were about 15 kids, and he was among 3 other kids that were awesome and of course they were all 5-6 years old. He had so much fun and when they were done, everyone was a winner and got a  free drink from the bar which of course was Squirt with red soda, YUMMY! he was happy :) The rest of the ride was nice and relaxing in fact everyone on the boat was quite, lol.
We got back to the hotel and got ready for dinner, which tonight was at the Italian restaurant. The dinner was amazing, the best one so far. Jason and I had Chicken Marsalas with Risotto and the kids had Fettuccine Alfredo. Desert was delicious, they made the kids there own ice cream..see the pictures below.
After dinner we bought some more souvenirs and went back to the room and went directly to bed, it was a long and fun day!

The baby dolphin with her momma

The kids watching the dolphins

On a boat!

The bird that followed the boat for most of the ride

The island

so clear

Puerta Vallerta

This look is priceless, one of my favorite pictures from the trip.

Camryn getting ready, so cute

so pretty

Eating lunch on the beach

Little Monkey

Walking the beach with my baby boy

The sand was so soft..Camryn finding more shells

Pretty girl, on the ride back

Handsome boy relaxing

My view

Yummy desert, made just for him

and for her too :)

end of an awesome day

Mexico from my perspective; Day 3

While everyone sleeps, I'm watching Eat, Love, Pray and thought I would blog too.

Our third day I must say was the most beautiful day, I wanted to stay in the sun all day and that's exactly what we did. We woke up again very rested, there was something about that King bed and hearing the ocean while we slept. After breakfast, the kids checked out the kids club which opened at 9am and had a different activity every hour for the kids. They were starting the craft, which Camryn was hoping and we left them while we went to check on an excursion. We thought Saturday would be a good day to go do something as it would be our 4th day and nice to get off the resort. Before the trip I did lots of research, and I found this island called Las Calitas and I thought if we did anything it would be this. I didn't know if the kids would swim with the dolphins or want to go on a hike in the ocean. We met with our travel represenative and the only thing she said we should do was go to Las Calitas :)
We went back to pick up the kids after an hour and we found Camryn at the door, happy but even more when she saw us. The kids made bracelets, Connor is still wearing his and Camryn made flowers. We spent the entire day either at one of the pools or walking down the beach, absolutely wonderful. The kids were so relaxed and it was perfect. We played around of miniture golf before dinner.Connor our little tiger woods won of course!

For dinner we had our first reserved dinner and it was at the Mediterranean restaurant La Perogila. Unfortunately they don't have chicken nuggets for the kids, lol but they had tons of breadsticks! yummy. Camryn thoroughly enjoyed my Cream of Crab soup, yes that's right! I ordered tortellini for the kids, it was delicious and I had some kind of pasta with shrimp and Jason had chicken.  There was a beautiful sunset that Jason ran out to take pictures of, some are below. After dinner we stopped at some vendor tables, did some shopping. Camryn and Connor had a Garfield and we went home. Did I mention at the bars they had menus for the kids, so funny. I told you this resort was really kid friendly :)
We ended the night, playing Old Maid and watching Nemo...ahhhhh vacation. I love my family dearly.

Connor's bracelet he made at the Kids Club

My view most of the day

Jason teaching Connor and another boy how to play Marco Polo

The mountains surrounding our resort

The teenagers playing volleyball, this was the place to hangout for them. 

The beach at our resort

An alligator we found on our walk down the beach

Me and Connor before Dinner

Jason's pictures of the sunset

our resort at night, this is the pool by our room

After dinner

The kids drink menu :)