Cancun, Mexico

So our last adventure was in Cancun Mexico. We decide to take a short trip there and enjoy the sun and the beach for a few days. October is off season so we got at good deal, plus there was no one there. I fell in love with Cancun, the water is a deed turquoise blue and the sand is so fine. We loved just hanging out at the hotel pool and the beach, but my favorite part was going to see the Mexican ruins in Chichen Itza. We took a tour bus there. The trip was over 3 hours, but luckily my girls were pretty good for the most part. It always amazes me to see something so old that was a piece of history. People lived there hundreds of years ago and their life styles were very different from ours. Today there are many villages around the peninsula the Yucatan with direct descends of the Mayans. They still speak their original dialect but they also know Spanish. It was interesting to see how they live today and I also got to learn a few words in their language (Mayans), which I don't remember anymore. We also went to the "Isla de las mujeres", "island of the women". I don't know exactly why was call that but it was nice there. We took had to that a ferry to get there and we went to this special aquarium that rescues sea turtles that are endangered. Anyway Leah really loved plying with the baby turtles, it was awesome!

First day of school

So today is a sick day, not just for me but for the whole family. I decided that it is probably a good time to catch up with my blog. Now the whole order of my blog is not perfect, but at least you guys can take a glance of our last few months.

The first pictures are of the girls and my mother-in-law and my two sisters in-laws, Heidi and Caitlin. Brain my brother-in-law is also in one of the pictures. It was fun to have them here for a few days. The girls certainly loved all the attention.

The last picture is Leah in her first day of school. She is growing so fast! She loves her pre-school and her new teacher. She kept asking me when was she going back to school for about a month before school started. I hope she will say this when she is 12 and have to go to middle school.

San Antonio

Here we are at the river walk and the Alamo. It was a hot sticky day! While we were at San Antonio, my cousins, my aunt and I got to go to the San Antonio Temple. What a pretty temple! I'm so glad I was able to do that with my cousins and aunt that I love so much.

Sea World

While my family were here we decided that it would be fun to drive down to San Antonio and go to Sea World. The kids were all so excited and we had a really fun time. The Shammu show was excellent and the water rides were fun to cool off. That day was Leah's real birthday so what better way to spend your birthday then in Sea World? What a lucky girl. Plus her cousins, Kyle Kayla, Kyler and Grace were there with her too. Happy Birthday my sweet Leah, Love you!

Oregon Trip

Our Tip to Oregon was awesome! We visited one of Brad's best friend Aaron. Him and his family lives 45 minutes of Portland Oregon. They own a few acres of land, and they have cows, chickens, cats, dogs, etc. The view of their house is amazing, when you step outside in their huge backyard what you see is " Mount Hood" right in front of you. It is just gorgeous! The weather was perfect while we were there. We were able to flee the 100 degrees heat of Texas for a few days. Leah and Claire were in heaven, they had so much space to run around and play. Everyday they woke up and went straight outside to play with the cats and dogs. One of their cats had kitten just the day before we got there, so you can imagine how happy my girls were when they got to see those little kittens. I was afraid that Claire was going to squeeze one of the poor kittens, but luckily they survived. Leah also got to feed the chickens and cows with Sid (our friend). We also visited Portland one day and had great sandwiches. Our friends have 3 boys that were a few years older them my girls and a teenage girl. They were all so sweet and I'm glad we got to see them and spend some time with them.

Summer Trips ( New York)

During the summer we were able to go New York with Brad, while he was working there. We had a fun time! We went to the big Natural History Museum, to every major toy store, the Central park zoo and Leah and I got to see a Broadway show, which it was my favorite part of the trip. I loved being in such a big city, there is so much to do in New York, but after a few days there with two kids and no car I wondered how do people live and raise kids in New York. I pushed the stroller everywhere in a 85 degree heat that felt more like 90 since the humidity was high and was absolutely exhausted by the end of the day. The streets are packed with people so it was hard to maneuver a double stroller in the middle of everyone. It rained a lot while we were there, just big thunderstorms that only last about 20 minutes but it was enough to create major chaos in a city packed with tourists and cars. Anyway like I said before the best part of the trip besides being able to see my husband everyday was to go to the "Little Mermaid Broadway Show" with Leah. She was so excited and she acted like a little adult at the play. The show was great and I would recommend to anyone even adults. The little mermaid is one of Leah's favorite Disney characters and she sang along with her. How cute! I wish I could have taken pictures of the show. Claire is not the greatest traveler but she did well while I pushed her in the stroller. She slept most of the time while we were out, now the moment I went inside a store that had clothes for me she would immediately wake up and scream, get me out of here or at least she meant that.