THANKSGIVING!

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you all have a blessed day with family and friends and also that you remember to be thankful, for all that God has blessed you with. I know I am so thankful, especially for you, my friends and family! Love you!

Cliff Diving at Rick's in Jamaica!

This is James diving into the ocean from a 50 foot cliff in Negril, Jamaica! It was pretty spectacular to watch, hard to capture on camera though. The locals will jump from about 100 feet if you pay them and boy do they put on a show. They climb out on the tree limbs and hang from one arm, sideways, and then do a crazy dive straight down into the sea. It really was fun!

Jamaica Mon!

Yeah mon! James and I got to spend a week in Jamaica to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary this year! We had a great time soaking up the sun and just being together. A great big thank you to my Mom and Stepdad, Jim, for coming down to watch the kids for us. It was a big job and you guys did so great, thank you from the bottom of our hearts! We stayed in Negril, Jamaica, which is on the western side of the island. We did get hit with a little of Hurricane Paloma, but nothing too scary. You can see some of the aftermath in the pictures below. Mostly lots of rain, wind, and rough surf which made for a messy beach. It only lasted two days and we had great weather the rest of the time. We went on a horseback ride one day where you ride for about an hour on a trail, up and down hills, through rivers and eventually into the ocean! Just the horses heads were above water, it was amazing! We also went to the famous Rick's Cafe, where they have cliff diving into the ocean. You can dive from up to 50 feet, which of course James did and I didn't, and you can pay the locals to dive from about 100 feet! It was awesome to watch, and it also made for a great sunset! We also did some kayaking, snorkeling and of course some laying out and relaxing! What a great vacation, we feel so blessed! Enjoy the pictures.

Most of these shots are from our balcony. Pretty impressive sunset! And yes, those are our feet, just chilln' on the beach, mon!

This is James jumping off the cliffs at Rick's Cafe! Pretty cool picture, huh!?
Below is us on our horseback ride, you can see how deep the horses are in the ocean. We had a great guide who told us about the plants and animals and also took our picture for us, which isn't easy when you are riding on a horse!

These last two pictures show the aftermath of the hurricane. Nothing major, although the waves did come up and wash out one of the beachfront grills! They had to scramble to move everything inside and start making food again!

Halloween!

We had a fun Halloween this year! We invited our good friend, Katie, and her two boys to join us for the trick-or-treating fun! Jackson went as Darth Vader, Ryan was the Red Power Ranger, and Hailey was Little Red Riding Hood! Katie's oldest boy, Tommy was Mickey Mouse, and the baby, Johnny was a pumpkin! They were all so cute and had so much fun. We enjoyed our first Halloween in our new neighborhood! Oh, and check out the pumpkin we carved, the one we got from the pumpkin patch! Pretty cool!

Pumpkin Patch!

Just a couple of days before Halloween we made a trip out to the Pumpkin Patch! It was such a fun day, too! We got to go on a train ride, a hay ride, pick out our very own pumpkin to carve, feed and pet the animals, and to top it off, have an ice cream cone and play on the giant slides! What a day! Hailey really enjoyed petting and feeding the animals, it was really fun to see her get all excited when they ate from her hand. They boys loved the train ride the most, although playing on the slide was pretty close! We will definitely be making this a family tradition!

This is the kids enjoying their ice cream cones! You can see the ice cream all over Hailey's face and how excited she is to get some! She wouldn't hold still to get her picture in the sign, like the boys!

PS. Jackson had crazy hair day at school that day, so both the boys spiked their hair for it. That's why they have crazy hair in these pic's!