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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Our latest adventures!

Warning!!!....... its gonna be a long one!

Double Warning!!!........ there's gonna be a lot of pictures!

View at your own risk of possibly sitting a lot longer than you originally planned! :)

So to start off with..... we just got back from our very first cruise....like ever!

We rode on the Emerald Princess Cruise line and cruised through the Southern Caribbean. We were at sea for two days, then we arrived in Aruba where we went on a submarine and got to be squished in between strangers! Haha...it was fun though! Our next stop was Bonaire which is where we did a little snorkeling, I will tell you more about my wonderful experience there when ya read down in the pictures.... then we arrived in Grenada where we took a little taxi tour, then we went to Dominica where we took another tour around the city, we then went to St. Thomas. We pretty much just looked around at the shops there. Our next stop was Princess Cays which is just a little island that the princess cruise line owns or rents not sure which. We had to ride on the life boats to get to that island. Then finally we ended our 10 day cruise back in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and shortly flew in to SLC after that. So here goes the pictures.....remember....I warned you!

Just leaving Ft. Lauderdale, Florida! All nice and sweaty from the plane ride lol!



This kid.......I love him!

We didn't wait to watch but they were going to poor wine and have it waterfall down. We were in a hurry and plus everybody and there dog.....ok maybe not the dogs.....were there watching it!


I mean everybody!


In the cruise theatre getting ready to watch the dancers. It was disco night!
Sorry they didn't allow pictures....they were great though!


Waiting to watch the hypnotist!

O my goodness this lady was hilarious (the one on the left, the one on the right is the hypnotist) She had to sign language all the things the hypnotist was saying....my mouth hurt a little after that one lol.

See that cute little man sitting to the left.....that is Josh's Grandpa! The guy standing next to him was told his butt would feel like its on fire and the only way to soothe it would be by going to the nearest person and rubbing there buttocks on them! Poor Grandpa!


 Arriving in Aruba



This wasn't the submarine we rode in, but ours looked pretty much just like it.


The boat that took us to the submarine.


See what I mean by squished!

One of the sunken ships



If you look really closely, that green thing is an eel.

Here it is again....just to the right



So I started this thing where I would take a picture with a manikin on each island. I am explaining this because I'm sure y'all saw this picture and was like mmmmk!

O and then I made Josh take one with it too! haha! Just this one though!

Ok yes this is a picture of a pigeon! I had to put it on here because when I was taking this picture, Josh looked at me and said, "Kels it's just a pigeon"....to which I replied, "Ya but it is an Aruba pigeon....it's different" haha!


Arriving in Bonaire...



Little FYI for ya.....if you are ever in Bonaire and go to this beach.....Beware of fire coral!!
Which brings me to my very first experience of snorkeling. Me, Josh, Josh's Aunt and Josh's two cousins got in the water to snorkel. Everything was going great and then after a little while I felt something sting my arm.....I looked around and saw nothing so I continued. When it was time to get out I had my fins on so I sat on a rock that was underwater to help me slide to shore, when I got out I felt like my butt was on fire! Man it burned! Then when I looked at my arm there were hives on it! I was a little concerned as to what the heck was happening. Josh's cousin felt the same on her butt but everyone else was fine. Josh's aunt went and asked the people who were working at the beach and apparently the "fire butt" was because of fire coral, and what happened to my arm were little blue jellyfish that I got stung by! Yikes....fun first experience! Thankfully though, it only lasted about 4 or 5 hours and I was back to myself. Scary though!

This is what stung me.....it's called a Portuguese man of war. It's really small and is hard to see.

Pretty beach though!

Just hangin out on the beach

This one was a long one

Creeper!

Got one!

They played drums as we left! Goodbye Bonaire!

Just before we went to dinner



Arriving in Grenada...



Sometimes I get bothered when people take full length pictures like this and then I'm like....heeeeyyy! Full length picture time! haha




Our tour guide

The fam






Many different spices



This one was in Jail lol



Arriving to Dominica




:) 2 in 1!

Our ship from high up


This tree fell on this bus a while back....nobody was hurt but the tree keeps growing and the bus keeps shrinking!

So because of the windy rodes mixed with the fact that I am pregnant, they had to pull over and Josh and the rest of the fam got a pic lol

The tour guide said that lemon grass helps with nausea so this is him picking some.



I feel like the caption to this should say  "Squirrel!" haha!
I don't know what I am distracted by...







So humid.....my hair was curled at one point



Arriving in St. Thomas





At the butterfly farm







hehe

Letting their wings dry

Talented birds!



Leaving St. Thomas



 Day at sea...

We got a couples massage! They didn't massage me as much as they would have had I not been pregnant but it was still enjoyable! Our very first one! We loved it!


Arriving at Princess Cays




So you go to the beach and you lay out in the sun in your swimsuit right?....Not these folks we were covered head to toe! We were not getting sunburned! No way!! haha



So that wraps it up for the cruise part! We had such a fun time and I look forward to doing it again!
Cruise #1.....success!


Kaizen's headstone was finally finished and we were able to be there when they set it.

They did an absolute beautiful job. 

I miss this little boy so much! I am so grateful for the power of prayer and how I can talk to him. I love him more than anything! It's still a little strange that I am not posting pictures of my little baby, it hurts my heart that there are no more pictures I can take to post of in my opinion the most beautiful, angelic, perfect little baby I have ever seen in my whole life! I am thankful for the pictures I do have and how I took so many of them. So many memories to reminisce on because of them.

He is ours......for eternity!



If you can't read the poem it says...

A heart of gold stopped beating,
Two shining eyes at rest.
God broke our hearts to prove,
He only takes the best.





And for the pregnancy.... I am 20 weeks! Half way there!
Still holding strong and not finding out the gender!




I can feel the baby move, a feeling I have missed. I swear I smile every time I feel a kick, punch, or shove. So just know if you see me and I smile strangely out of nowhere.....that is why. :)

I am planning on having the baby in SLC, Utah because the hospital in Montana does not allow a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean). The plan is to stay with my fam in Coalville from August until he/she decides to come into this world.

We are constantly praying for health for this baby. Heavenly Father knows what we can handle, even though we think there is no way we could go through what we do. But he gives us strength, courage, and everything we need to get through these trials. We pray that we will be able to keep this baby, raise it, and love it, just like we did Kaizen. I am thankful for all I have and I am ever so grateful to be able to feel Kaizen's love even when he is on the other side of the veil awaiting our reunion.

God Bless you all!! Annnddd......it's almost the weekend. Hang in there! :)

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