one last hoo-rah!

the view from our room

after much convincing on my part, colin gave in and decided to use almost all of his frequent flyer miles from being an attorney and take the whole family to jamaica. it was so much fun...we had the best family vacation ever. we played with dolphins , snorkeled with stingrays, climbed a waterfall, went glass-bottom kayaking, ate wonderful food and played on the beach every day. i took over 300 pics, but here are some of my favs.





colin spends much of his time at the beach digging holes. he put jackson in this one.






i found this starfish when i went snorkeling. we also found sea biscuits, brain coral, puffer fish (and a million other kinds) and i got stung by a jellyfish and had to go to the nurse for treatment.




mackenzie having fun on the beach.





one of the most gorgeous sunsets i have ever seen. colin and i thought this picture looked almost fake it was so pretty.

quirks

i have been tagged by one of my old college roommates to list some quirky things about me. the only problem is that i am still fairly new to this blog thing and i don't know how to link to anyone. so i will just name names.


Here are the rules:
*Link the person who tagged you.
*Mention the rules in your blog.
*Tell about six unspectacular quirks of yours.
*Tag a new set of six bloggers by linking them.

i don't know if these are quirks or just weird things, but here goes...

1. i do not care for the opening ceremonies of the olympics, but i LOVE the sports!!! (sorry deneise)
2. i love gummi candy, but will only eat haribo brand
3. i do not like to mix any foods on my plate...i'm a purist
4. when i wear make-up, the first thing i have to put on is lipstick - but i think it is supposed to be the last thing applied
5. i often re-use my sonic cup because i like to drink out of styrofoam cups - they hold ice longer!
6. i am serious about slurpees. my slurpee has to be 2 parts cola, 1 part cherry - the cherry has to be in the middle
7. i am doing 7 because i don't like to follow rules

i am tagging:

leigh
holly
mariah
marcy
deneise

the greatest show on earth

a first for all of us! none of us had ever been to a circus so we decided that this was the year. we took a train into dallas and had a wonderful time!

if you know colin, he did a great job planning the event so we had plenty of time to walk around victory station, have some gelato and see the water features.

the cotton candy was expensive, but worth every bite.

i always knew i married a clown.

jackson had a great time! i'm not sure he knew what was going on, but he sure did not want to take his nap.

i love nanners

we just purchased jackson a netted feeder so he could have some table food. he loved it as you can see.