So silly

6-6

We have been blessed with such a happy silly girl. I can't begin to express how happy I am that God brought her into our lives. I am thankful for her every day, but especially when she's in her silly moods :)

6-5-10

We all went over to help Tristin celebrate his birthday. He was very excited about his Iron Man outfit.

He was also very happy with his Spiderman swim gear.

Of course Dani had to try on the Iron Man helmet.

And the Spiderman goggles, Iron Man boots, hardhat, and anything else she came across.

Even the grown ups got to try out Tristin's new gear.

And there was plenty of random happiness to go around.

Totally Random

I started putting this together back in Sept '09! When I would have one or two cute pics but not enough to make a full blog post I would throw them into the random draft. Now that I've run out of regular drafts that are ready to post I'm putting this one up. I don't want to ruin my streak and I'm sure I can use my day off tomorrow to put together a few more for the upcoming week. I want to continue putting up one post a day until I'm caught up to the current date :)

So...here it is, the random picture post.

Going to "The Hamas" on "the big boat"

5-27 we set sail!

We went on our first cruise and it was GREAT!!! First here are some pics of the "big boat" as Dani calls it. The top right is looking down at the Ledo deck, bottom right is looking down at the grand atrium.

DAY 1

Before we set sail we got a few pics of Dani in the casino (it wasn't open for gambling yet) she immediately loved the slot machines in case you couldn't tell by the huge smile. Grandma Vickie would be proud!

That night we had a casual dinner in the formal dining room, this was the view out our window.

Dani was in a great mood and already having fun. She had pizza for dinner so she was extra happy.

During dinner the waitstaff danced for us the first night they danced to "apple bottom jeans". It was a silly dance but as soon as it started one of the waiters scooped Dani up and got her to dance with them. I don't know who had more fun, Dani or the staff :) Especially once he realized he could let her go and she would just keep danicing! Our main waitress was Rungnapa (we called her Napa) from Thailand, her helper was Ekadinata (we called him Ekad) from the Phillipines, and our drink girl was Supunnee (I think she was from the Phillipines as well).

After dinner we caught a show. I think it was called "it's not over yet" (or something like that). It was an 80's music tribute and it was great!!! We were singing along and bouncing in our seats. Due to copywright laws we couldn't take any pictures during the show, but of course I took some before it started!

Day 2 (Friday)

This is the day we actually get to the Bahamas (or "The Hamas" as Dani says). Mommy and Daddy were all set to go snorkeling and Granma Zonnie was going to take Dani shopping in the straw market.

We started with breakfast. Daddy ordered the baked apple with his breakfast and it came out cold, which we weren't expecting. But it was delish! Even Dani wanted some...

Of course I took waaayyyyy too many pictures! And I took them all over the boat!

Dani is sitting on the windows that look out over the front of the boat. That walkway and those windows will always be high on my list of relaxing places with an incredible view.

And of course there are some with the Carnival trademark.

SNORKEL PICS!!! They're still in the underwater camera...someday they'll get developed and posted :)

That night was the formal dinner and Dani started hamming it up early.

That night they danced to "That's Amore"

After dinner we left the boat again to walk around Nassau.

On the walk back I couldn't get over how pretty our ship looks at night.

Every day they made our bed, every night they turned down the covers for us and left us with a new towel creation. The puppy was Dani's favorite.

Day 3

Saturday - our fun day at sea.

Daddy slept in while Dani, Grandma Zonnie and Mommy went to breakfast then went swimming. Dani didn't like the pool (on the ledo deck) because it was very salty and hurt her eyes. But the splash area a few decks higher was filtered and not salty so she had tons of fun there!

Getting ready for dinner that night she decided to wear Daddy's shoes and kept asking me to take her picture.

She danced her last dance with Napa to a song from Slumdog Millionaire. I love the bottom middle picture where she's got the guy in the chair dancing with her.

Our favorite photographer was Julia. Here's Dani with her new friends.

We watched a beautiful sunset that night.

Then we went back to the upper deck to let Dani run around and get rid of the last of her energy on the mini golf course.

John showed that he is "king of the world"

Day 4 - Sunday

Was a crazy day! We had to be off the boat fairly early, but not too early to take pictures of the movie star!

Return to Mad Beach

5-21-10 & 5-22-10

Mommy and Dani went down to the beach to watch the sun set while Daddy waited for dinner to be delivered. We got to play in the sand and surf while watching the beauty in the sky.

The reason we were there was the Madiera Beach mini-triathlon. Mommy, Aunt Kat, and Mommy's friend PJ were all in it, and all did great!

After crossing the finish line and going back to our hotel for a quick swim and shower, we all went to John's Pass for our traditional celebration meal at The Friendly Fisherman.

Yes, it's a tourist trap! But it makes for some great pictures and the food is sooooo worth it!

And here are some of my favorite pictures from our sunset on the beach time.