Family Time

This morning my mom called and asked if Caleb and I wanted to go to the park and eat KFC and play around. This is Cort's last Sunday with us since he leaves Wednesday. We started off playing Bocce ball which Cort and I won. It is all thanks to him. I only earned one of our five points. We then played volleyball which we were able to get everyone to play. I love it when everyone plays. (I love it most when my husband plays.) We had a great time at the park as a family. We were able to get a few pictures. I am only going to post a couple out of the 100 that we took of us goofing around.

Bud, Laura and Cort

It was intense out there...even Bud went for a dive.

Ready for anything...

Bud's action shot (picture taken by my dad)

My action shot (also taken by my dad)

Cort catch

Dad's throw

Bud's catch

Just think this was only a couple of the pictures from today. Overall we had a great day. There was one exception. When my mom, dad, Bud and Cort got home they found Chance (the family dog) had hung himself in a bush while we were at the park. I thought that we were all taking Cort leaving a little hard but Chance took it to another extreme. I love my family and I am sorry about Chance's passing.

Happy Father's Day, Birthday and Farewell.

Today was a great day for my family. Today was Father's day. I have a great dad and father-n-law. They mean the world to Caleb and me. I hope that they both had a great day today.

Today was also my grandfather's 89th birthday. He was in great spirits today and enjoyed the day.

Today was also Cortney's farewell. I cried my guts out. He did so well with his talk. I know that he is going to do great things on his mission. He is very insperational. I made him a little scrapbook to take with him. This way if he gets home sick or needs us there we will be there supporting him. He is ready to get out into the field. Here is a picture from today. It represents all three celebrations we had today.

Since we have been back from our vacation we have been really busy. The last two weeks have flown by. We have both been working and going to school. As of yesterday my youngest brother Cortney only has 13 days until he leaves for his mission. Since we have been home I tend to just start crying at random points throughout the day. He is making the right choice for himself and our family. He quit work just over a week ago so that he can start getting everything in order before he leaves. This Sunday he is giving a talk in church and having people over to my parents house after. I know that he will do well. He went through the Salt Lake Temple yesterday. I took a few pictures so that we can all remember this day.

Dad and Cortney

Dad, Me, Cort, Mom and Bud

Me, Cort and Bud
(We took this one as a height reference for when he comes back.)

Our Trip to Grand Cayman
Caleb and I just got back from our vacation to the Grand Cayman Island. We had a week long vacation on a tropical island, it does not get better than that. We took over 500 pictures on our trip. I am only going to post a few otherwise this blog would be overloaded. We stayed at a beautiful resort on the East side of the island. Here is a view from our condo. This is what we woke up to every morning.

One of the days we decided to do the Cayman in a Nutshell tour. It was worth every dollar spent. We went swimming with sting ray's. Here is one of the pictures from that part. I was terrified to stay in the water with them just ask Caleb and my family members. The water was only waist deep and warm like a bathtub. It took a boat ride out to the middle of the ocean. It might not look very big in this picture but they were huge, believe me.


Our tour guide on this trip stopped the boat and dove into the water. He brought up two star fish. I have no idea how he even saw them. The water was crystal clear and I guess he knows what he is looking for. Here is one of them he let us hold.


The next stop on this tour was a trip to Hell. There is a town on this island called Hell and the man who greets the visitors and checks them out at the cash register is dressed up like the Devil. I bought a post card and a sicker that says "I've been to hell and back". I had to buy them both. Here is a picture of the visitors center in Hell.
We also went to the Turtle Farm. We each got the chance to hold a turtle. Caleb handled this like a pro just like the Sting rays. I held one even though I was a little hesitant. The guide chose me to hold the first one. I had to be brave as there were two little girls standing in front of me looking at me with disgust that I was so scared. Here is a picture of Caleb and the turtle.

After this tour was over we stopped and ate lunch out on the dock of a little restaurant. I took one look at the water and I ran down to get in. At first no one wanted to come out with me. One by one Laura (Bud's girlfriend), Caleb and Bud all came out to join me. I do not know why they had to even think twice about coming in, especially after looking at the picture below.We also went on a night submarine dive. We forgot our camera but both Bud and Laura had theirs. So As I get pictures of them I will update the blog and post them. We did a little bit of shopping in George Town. We spent most of our time snorkeling, playing on the beach or swimming in the pool. Here are a few other pictures from our trip that I wanted to post.

Moonlight on the beach at our resort.

Us on the beach at night.
Me (nickname for the trip "Poser")
Same spot as the picture above just the other direction.
Us on our last day of vacation.

I want to thank Caleb for the much needed vacation and
for sharing such a great experience with me.