Western Caribbean Cruise

These ruins were beautiful. They were right on the beach. It was a hot day, but we loved seeing the ruins at Tulum.

One of the formal nights: It was fun getting dressed up. Almost every night we would go to dinner, then the comedy club, and finally, to the show.

One of my favorite days on our cruise was is Roatan. We went kayaking and to this place that had exotic birds and monkeys. The monkeys were so friendly. This monkey is just 6 months old and was so friendly. He came and jumped on my shoulder and cuddled right up to me. It was so cute!

Miami was a lot bigger than I thought it would be. It's pretty amazing how close the huge cruise ships are to the city.

Our cruise was a 7 day cruise with four stops. We started in Miami, then went to Grand Cayman, Belize, Roatan, and then Cozumel. It was so nice getting away just me and Wes. Thanks to our parents we were able to leave the kids at home. My favorite part of the trip was not having to cook, clean, or take care of anyone!

Lake Powell --(a month late in posting)

It rained really hard one day, and the waterfalls off the cliffs were beautiful. I loved the rainbow on this one. We are so grateful that my parents let us borrow their boat this trip. Thanks Mom and Dad! We love you guys.

Kylee is getting more adventureous. She loved going down the houseboat slide, waterskiing, knee boarding, and tubing this year. It was hard to get her out of the water.

It was a lot of work getting the twins in the water. By the time they had on all their sunscreen, swim diapers, swim shirts, life jackets, hats, etc. I was ready for their nap (and one for me too!)

We sure had a different experience at Lake Powell this year. With twins, everything is a new adventure. Braydon got 3 new teeth and pink eye(s) while we were there, and Brooklyn was getting over ear infections. Overall, they did pretty well, considering. We love going and spending a week with our family, but is sure does go by too fast every year.

4th of July at my parent's cabin.

The twins are so photogenic! 6 months old and growing fast.

Growing so fast

I think this was Mother's day weekend. I had a great mother's day!

Love this picture of Brooklyn smiling. She is so happy these days. It's so awesome! It really makes my day. It's hard to get them both to smile for the camera at the same time.

Kylee does pretty good on her bike now. We went for a long bike ride, and she kept up even with her asthma!

We took the twins out for their first bike ride. Braydon loved it, but Brooklyn cried every time we went over a bump in the road. She doesn't like loud noises either. Wes makes her cry all the time with his loud voice.

Happy Birthday to Wesley! The big 34
Braydon smiles a lot these days

This was taken on St. Patrick's Day. Notice the green

Kylee loves to rock the twins as she sings to them. It's amazing how they calm down so fast when she does this. They love their big sis!

Hiking with the Poulsens

I forgot to bring a hat for Brooklyn, so yes, she is wearing pants on her head--with a headband around it. It looked cute anyway.

Don't Keri and Dusty make a cute couple!


Kylee loves to pose for pictures. Can you tell?

We always have fun when Keri and Dusty come to visit. We went hiking above the "Dixie" in St.George. It was the twins first hike!

The hair and the toe

Conference weekend, Braydon had a potentially dangerous condition: He had one of my hairs wrapped around his little toe. Luckily Kylee noticed it, so we could get it removed. The hair had wound itself so tightly around his toe, that it was creating a turniquet around his toe. It was so swollen, that we couldn't get to the hair--it was too deep. We had to take Braydon to the ER. They said that they had seen this before, and babies had even lost toes, fingers, and other appendiges before. We were lucky that we noticed it in time. It was so weird! The pictures were taken about an hour after the doctor had removed the hair, and some of the swelling had gone down. Braydon's toe is back to normal now. This is just a work of caution to all you moms out there: check your kids toes for hairs--they can be dangerous!