Mr. Star, Our Elf on the Shelf

Mr. Star has joined us yet again this Christmas season. This year he's being a little ornery.

Halloween 2011

Kai was excited to help Dad carve his pumpkin. He won a free, 85 lbs. pumpkin at the pumpkin patch this year.

Scary....

Trick-or-treat TIME!

Camden decided to be a Clone Trooper for the second year in a row. Bonus, I only had to buy one new costume. Kai loved his army costume he got for his birthday.

Fall Take Two

Candy corn cookies. Yummmm....

Smore's in a jar. These made nice gifts.

Fall Baking

I decided to try a cute recipe I found on Pinterest. It was very simple and Kai loved helping make our colorful cupcakes. Kai was in charge of mixing the batter and food coloring in ziploc bags.

He chose the colors for our cupcakes. Next I cut small holes in the bags and squeezed them into the muffin tins. So simple.

Yummm...

Flag Football

It's flag football time again. Kai decided that since he was old enough, he wanted to play football this year. He claims he likes to play, but sits out every chance he gets.

Camden is, as always, the aggressive one. He loves flag football and will probably love tackle in a few years. He's very quick and scores at least one touch down per game. The other teams are all onto the secret weapon.

Riviera Maya

Pat and Christa were married in Cancun August 9, 2011. We were honored to be their guests.

Looks like Pat's going over some serious stuff with Blaine and Shawn before the ceremony begins.

Moss, Neffs & Dochertys

Showing off their buff, or lack of, bodies...

Eustatia Island, BVI July 2011

It was a girls vacation of a lifetime. Everyone is in this photo except my mom, sorry mom. We went to Eustatia Island in the British Virgin Islands. Unfortunately these pictures do not capture the true beauty of the BVI. We had an amazing time during our stay on the island.
Amy Adams, Sheila, Me, Beth, Amy, Chris, Ann & Ann C. (My mom is behind the camera)

Casa de Playa aka The Beach House. Ann, Amy, Sheila and I stayed here. We had great ocean views from the house. We also didn't have to stumble very far at night since the parties usually took place on the beach.

Here is a view from the porch. It was a tough week, but someone had to do it...

A view of the beach from front porch. The little area straight ahead is an outside eating area. That is where we had dinner one evening compliments of chef Adam.

Amy A. stops for a quick pose during our visit to The Bitter End.

Again, life's tough.

We are hanging out on the beach watching kite sailors.

Great view from "Look out Peak".

Another amazing view from Look Out Peak. Look Out Peak is at the very top of the island. We tried to spy on Nick Lachey's wedding on the next island over, Necker Island, but we couldn't see very well. Next time I'll pack the binoculars.

Yikes!

Can you get a look at this?! It's a little piece of heaven for sure. Banana daiquiri, oh how I miss you.

Chris, Me and my mom at Fat Virgin. No, I did not make up that name. Adam and Natasha sailed us over on the Hobie Cats for lunch.

Ann & Amy enjoying Bushwackers at Saba Rock.

"The Moms" enjoying Bushwackers at Saba Rock.

BVI

Villa Far Niente is the main house on Eustatia Island. This is where the pool is located.

You can see the infinity pool from this fabulous view.

The second night on Eustatia Island the island manager Adam cooked dinner on the beach.

This is the remainder of our night of drinking. It was a fun night of talking, laughing, walking the beach and apparently a lot of drinking.
The alcohol selection was pretty extensive. We didn't have a difficult time searching for what we needed.

Chris and Sheila at The Baths, Virgin Gorda.

The famous Amy Adams hat rescue!

Amy Adams, Tina & Beth at The Baths.

Beth and I kayaked around the island two different days. The second time we had a friendly race with Sheila and Chris. This time around I knew exactly which kayak to use. There was a little bumping through the journey, but we made it. We even took drinks with us the second time around. As soon as we pulled ahead we stopped and had a refreshment. Beth and I came out victorious.