Mexico!!!!!

This is on our way out of the Long Beach Port
This is on our way to our Zip-lining Canopy Adventure in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. One of the scariest and thrilling adventures of my entire life. I was not going but you don't say no to Dad and Chad..............so I went!!!

This is McKell's Latin Lover Adrian.....cute LDS boy that worked at the zip-lining....we tried really hard to get them married............he was so cute!!

This is Tracy and I right before the zip-lining started.....I was ready to throw up. I was really nervous about this but I decided to do it. It was zip-lining from tree top to tree top (no ground was involved just little platforms on really tall trees......with really cute Latin boys....oh la la).

This is after zip-lining (a.k.a. almost careening to my death) p.s. zip-lining pictures are coming. We could not take our cameras (no where to put them) but a photographer went with us and we have great photos I will post them later!!

This is following the truck ride of death. Because of all the flirting with the boy above we were a little late getting on the truck and the driver was NOT HAPPY!!!! So.....we went down little mountain canyons at mach speed.....it was scarier then zip-lining.....no joke!!!!!

This is beautiful Mazatlan Mexico where I had to open up a can on a little Mexican man who was harrassing my mother........I could have squashed him like a bug........Tracy thinks I need help.

This is the Taxi ride that was a TOTAL rip off..........Yes $40 for two taxi's to go about 3 miles.....which we found out later should have cost us $6.00 per vechicle.....we were NOT HAPPY!!! The cars were cute and open air and we could reach out and touch each other riding down the little streets.
This picture needs no explanation......3 sexy men on the ocean!!!! (Dad, Trace, Chad...for those who may not recognize their backsides)

This is in Mazatlan on our ATV excursion. We all rode our own ATV's through the Mexican outback for lack of a better word (Tracy said if you ever need to dump a body take it to Mazatlan Mexico no one will ever find it).......... then we drove them on these beautiful secluded beaches with HUGE dead Sea Lions......I know it doesn't sound pretty but it really was!!!!!

Seriously-----so HOT!!!!!

This is our last night aboard-- don't we all look happy--especially Daddy!!! (a.k.a. the pineapple)
We also went to Cabo San Lucas but we only went and hung out on the beach and tried to avoid the beach combers selling their crap.....seriously how many times can one say "no thank you" before you need to hurt someone.....(maybe I do need rage therapy).

This is post one of the cruise.....when I have more time next week after my show closes I will do more!!! We really did have such a great time......the pictures below show how much fun we had!!!

These were taken really late at night in the all night diner after we watched our ship crew rescue a man off the ocean whose sailboat was taking on water......it was so dramatic and obviously we were very tired!!!!

New Year's Eve 2009

We have this fabulous new tradition of spending New Year's Eve at my family's cabin at Bear Lake with my siblings and their families. It is SO much fun. There is snow, sleding, Rhino rides in the snow, dancing, singing, musical chairs, lot's of noise, 2 "Midnights" (one at 9:30 for the kids and the real one for the adults)........it is so much fun and I hope we continue to do it for many years.

Tracy and Hayden sledding. Tracy, Chad and Kyle made a great sled run down the mountain for the kids, with a jump at the end. (Tracy landed wrong and cracked his tailbone, it's a good thing he stands for living and doesn't have to sit because he hurts).

Anna sledding!!!!! This is a huge shocker!!! She is kind of a princess and doesn't so much enjoy being cold and wet and is a little bit of a chicken. But she went sledding. It took her watching for a while to make sure everyone else was ok but she did it. I was very proud of her. I don't push her very often to do things she is scared of but I was so excited she wanted to do this. She had so much fun.

This is our first round of Musical Chairs. Please notice who is still in the game. The two big Dad's who were cheating and making kids cry (nice parenting skills)........they were butting kids off of chairs and walking with their backsides practically on the chairs (please notice Tracy in the above picture.....the music hadn't stopped yet.....he is still walking). I guess boys will be boys and always love to win. After this game, we forbade them from playing so the kids could have a chance. (By the way--- I am pretty sure Chad won.....but it was close).

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!

Christmas Morning 2008--















This is Anna's reaction
to....















This present. She loves Fancy Nancy books and this is Fancy Nancy's Posh Puppy. She more then loved it. Hayden bought it for her and it was just as fun to watch his reaction to her loving it and it was to watch her love it.















I love his face in this picture--classic Hayden!!















All she wanted was make-up.....yes santa brought loads of lip gloss and glitter (she has already used most of it and it is Jan. 6th). She doesn't understand that less is more!!!
















Santa Brought a Wii and WE love it!!! We play as a family and it is so much fun. Anna kicks our Trash at Bowling and Boxing (go figure) and Hayden and I rock at Mario Kart. Dad is well kind of gaming slow but we love him anyway and he plays with us and that's why Santa bought it.

He's "9" and I can't deal......

I love him so much I can barely stand it. He is sweet, kind, loving and such a good worker. He loves to help and he is really the best kid ever. He was sent to this earth to be my son. I know that sound really selfish and it is but I truly know that he is here on earth to teach me lessons I could learn from no one else. He has taught me how to love.....really love......I didn't know what this was until I had him. I love you bud. You are my hero because you have to do really hard things and you try so hard and persevere when I would probably give up. Thank you for being my Hady B.
He helped me make his cake.....we made it look like a firecracker......he loved and I loved his help.