Look what we got!

So I am really behind on blogging. I have been so busy with the overtime (that was extended). That I have missed posting such things as the aquarium trip, Easter, Bon Jovi, and more karate updates for Anthony.

But about 4 weeks ago we decided it was time to get another car. Shane has never had his own car that this car would be his primary use and a new family car at the same time. I really wanted something with more trunk space and roomy for the family. Personally I would have chosen some kind of crossover.. However that was completely out of our budget.

So this is what we came up with....

2010 Chevrolet HHR.

We rented one last year on vacation and enjoyed it. So this was are compromise of a car and a crossover.
Shane has already added his touch to the car.

Mothers Day

Best part of Mothers day is the handmade cards. Anthony came home with this card for me. On the front is a picture of him and our yellow house.

Inside it says You Rock Mom.
Awwwww... Tender.
Joanie also sent me these beautiful flowers.

I had a wonderful Mothers day weekend. Friday night went to dinner and a movie with the girls and spent some time Saturday night scrapbooking.

Overworked

Since the middle of February we have had mandatory overtime (6 hours a week) at work. This will continue until for another 2 weeks (hopefully). Yes. The money is nice but I must say I am exshauted! My house is in need of some much needed love. And I miss my family.

May 15th can not get here soon enough!

I spend way to much money on....

Toys!

We had this box just lying around the house.

Look who I happen to find in that box. This box kept him entertained for hours. His toys don't even do that. He would pretend to fall asleep in the box. Play peek a boo with us. I think I need to invest in more boxes instead of toys.

Here is a video of Jackson in the box. Listen carefully for the snoring.

Digital Scrapbooking

If you know me you know I enjoy scrapbooking.

Here are a few pages from our most recent trip with the kids. However it takes some much time and I have so many pictures I need to catch up on. I know there is no way I will ever get everything done that I want.

I decided I wanted to try my hand at digital scrapbooking. I don't know anyone who does it so I didn't know a good program. Until a few weeks ago. I met someone who told me about a company called Creative Memories.

The following weekend at the scrapbook expo I looked at a few of the companies there for digital and finally gave and bought the program from Creative Memories.

And I LOVE it!

Look at all the pages I accpolished last week.

This was my very first one.

Theses two so far have been my favorite.

Best part is I have all kinds of different pages and can change the colors, use different fonts, and embellishments.

I just ordered the 4 above sheets to be printed. I can't wait to see the finished product.

One final day...Day 5 and our Journay home..

Our last and final day in Cancun we again just hung out at the resort and enjoyed.

I took the opportunity to try parasailing. Not as exciting as I had hoped. I can check that off my bucket list.

Shane took up some beach volleyball.

He played pretty well. I have never even seen him play the game before.

That night they had a tribute to Michael Jackson for the show.

We even spotted him in the lobby.

Men!

The lovely resort we stayed at.

We found these our last night.

One last shot before heading to bed.

What a great trip.

Cheers!

We defiantly made some great memories in Cancun.

I had really hoped that we could have a uneventful return home (unlike Europe). But that didn't happen. We were about 10 minutes aways from the resort when I realized I had left my wedding ring in the room. Luckily we had a great driver that turned around for us. However by the time we got back to the room the ring was gone. Housekeeping was in the room and the ring was no where to be found. I was devastated.

We thankful made it home with no delays.

Update on the ring: After about 2 weeks of no ring and my finger feeling completly naked. I found that the jewelry company still made my orginal ring. We ended buying the same ring. I couldn't imange not having the orginal ring I had when I got married. Bad news we have to pay for it all over again.

Hidden Worlds...Day 4

Day 4 we had a day of adventure planned.

Crystal found this place called Hidden Worlds.

Our day started with a "Mayan Massage". It was a very bumpy ride to were we were going.
Ready for the adventures.

First up..Skycycling.

We took these bike things across the top of the Jungle. It was scary knowing there were real jungle animals below us.

We had a break in the Church.
Before biking back to the start.

Up next was ziplining.

What a rush!

Up next.. Zipline into a Cenote (the cave with water).
Backwards.

and forward.

We than had a chance to do Avatar.
It's a mixture of a zipline and a roller coaster.
I was never afraid to scream like a girl.

Time to rappel into the cave.

Shane got a bit nervous on this one.

Happy to have two feet on the ground.

We finished our day snorkeling in the cenote.

I am not a fan of snorkeling so I just swam while everyone else enjoyed the fish underwater.