Kasey and I decided to be crazy and go on a vacation without the kids.  We were able to get my parents to take the kids for 10 DAYS! while we headed south to Belize.  It was awesome.  We spent a day and a half in Guatemala and the rest of the time in Belize.  We visited 6 Mayan ruin sites, Xunantunich, Cahal Pech, Caracol, Altun Ha, Lamanai and Tikal.  We also went to the Rio Frio Cave and the Actun Tunich Muknal Cave.  We spent a day on San Pedro Island and another day on Caye Caulker snorkeling.  The trip was incredible.  While we would not recommend anyone visit Belize City, we would recommend visiting the rest of Belize.  Our favorite area was the Cayo District with all the ruins and caves.  One of the caves had old Mayan pots and even skeletons!  When we were at the ancient ruin sites they let us climb pyramids and even go into some of the tombs.  Having traveled in Mexico and Guatemala before I was surprised at how different Belize seemed.  I suppose that having everyone speak english(Belize's official language) was part of that.  We ate fresh tropical fruit(dragonfruit, pineapple, papaya, banana, watermelons), watched monkeys climb around in the trees, and layed in a hammock loving the warm weather.  Since the trip was too awesome to give every detail there are too many pictures I created a video on youtube.  Check it out!

Hair and Quilt

After all summer of growing our hair out, and telling everyone that we are going to give it to a girl who doesn't have any, we finally cut off our hair.  I asked Ady if she wanted to grow her hair long again.  She said no.  I admit that I am not minding having short hair either. I think she is enjoying not having to go through the brushing of her long hair a lot!  It has been really great to teach Ady about giving of ourselves when we can.  She is really excited about giving Christmas presents too.  Now if only Brock would catch on.  We went to the store yesterday to buy a couple presents for their cousins, and all Brock would say is "No! I want a present for me." 

I actually finished this quilt for our bed quite a bit earlier this year, but I just finally got around to taking a picture of it....So here is my project.  I like it.  It has also cured any thought of being domestic for quite a while, maybe longer.  I did use my Mom's quilter and I thought it was harder than it looks. Most of the reason to make this was so I could try her machine(and to have a quilt that actually fits my bed). I ended up free handing it and just making small squiggles and loops as you can see in the close up below.   I need to also thank Adam's Aunt Joy and Uncle Karey, my Mom and Aunt Cindy for helping me get this done!  They are all way more talented at this than I am.  Thank you for sharing your talents.  

December already!

The kids were pretty happy to see Santa at the grocery store, especially cause he had candy.  This was too cute not to share.  Can't believe it is the holiday season already.  We are getting pretty excited about it.