Vacation time!

We had a great trip! Matt took all the boys on a 'roadtrip' and drove to California. Morgan was not able to be gone from school for that long, so he took the boys to Disneyland all by himself. Seriously- I kept telling him he was crazy, and to leave at least Camden- but he insisted on the boys trip. They had so much fun at the "Mickey Mouse Goon!" (We are not even allowed to call it Disneyland around here. Bossy little two year old!) They went to Disneyland one day, and then the next to the beach.

Then, on Friday night, Morgan and I met up with them. We were able to go to Disneyland on Saturday. The rides weren't too busy, and of course- they all had fun!
This one cracks me up, because we are on the *slowest* ride ever, and he is holding his hands up like we are on a fast roller coaster.

Then, on Sunday, we went to tour the temple grounds at the Newport temple, before our cruise.

We boarded the ship, and spent the next 7 days chasing Camden around. :) He liked the "hotel boat", but he made us crazy wondering if we would always catch up to him, before he fell over the edge of the boat. Yes he's a climber, and a runner. If you put him down- he runs full speed away from us. We lost him once. 5 seconds is all it took.

We were playing miniture golf on the top deck, and I went to take a picture of Dillon and Logan, and he ran off during that time. He ran down two flight of stairs and into an elevator before we caught up to him. It was one of the scariest few minutes of my life. We didn't see where he went, and of course, I assume the worst, and think he has climbed the rail again, and managed to go overboard. He spent a good deal of time buckled into the stroller after that little escapade. We realized he is seriously lucky to be alive. After getting lost that time, and then choking. I mean really choking. Then in Mexico he ran full speed away from me, and into a busy street. Seriously the kid must have a guardian angel, because there were cars zooming as fast as can be, and I was yelling STOP!! He wouldn't and ran into the street. Thank goodness a man saw my frantic yelling and running, and grabbed him right before a car hit him. He is soooo fast! Anyway... that was a little side note. The trip was fun, but not terribly relaxing for us. :)

We stopped at 3 ports. Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas. In Puerto Vallarta, we spent all of our time at a beach resort. A good deal of time was spent trying to get away from the waves. (But loving when they caught up to them!)

It was so much fun. Dillon and Morgan went para-sailing,

and we all enjoyed the sand and sun.

We enjoyed it a little too much, because even with our sunscreening, we all got burned.

Because of this, we couldn't go to the beach in Mazatlan. That is all I really wanted to do, but we all have too fair of skin. Darn it! We shopped around most of the time in Mazatlan. I was determined to goo to the beach again at Cabo San Lucas. It was beautiful there, but my least favorite day. I think I would like to go back and visit, but not go to the beach where we ended up. Matt took Dillon fishing, and I took a water taxi to a beach that was recommended to us. It was a major party beach. Drinking and craziness was going on- and I was completely stranded there, until our water taxi came back to pick us up. Morgan and Logan spent most the time in the water, so thankfully, didn't even notice the wildness on the beach. Camden was not in a good mood and cried almost the whole time.

I wanted to cry with him. :) Twice, guys that were about 20 or so came up to me and made comments about Morgan. Once, the guy was pretty nice, and said something about her being "nice to look at and a nice girl too." The other time the guy said, "Oooh- is that your daughter? She is very nice, very nice. Good job momma. I like her. Yes- she is very nice." In a creepy voice. Seriously- who says that to a mom about their daughter? I hate that she does not look 13!

Anyway- the kids had a great time in the kid programs on the boat. They stayed up late every night and loved the all you can eat ice cream. They loved swimming,

dancing, and all the crafty things they made.

We had a great time hanging out with them, and spending time together as a family.

One last thing before I end this novel....I have to add this picture, because it makes me laugh, every time I see it. The boys were bored, so I gave them a list of things they had to find on the boat, and they had to take a picture to show it to me. One of them was a guy with a hairy chest. They came back with this picture:

I can just picture them sneaking up and hiding to get this shot, of this guy. They thought they were so sneaky and funny. Well they made me laugh!

We had a great time, but were ready to get back to our regular schedules. Now...catch up with homework, assignments, and tests begin.