Nassau, Bahamas

How's This For An Anniversary Gift??

Yes, Ronnie and I spent 4 days, 3 nights on a Cruise to the Bahamas! It was fabulous! It was so fun to have Ronnie all to myself with nowhere to go, nothing I HAD to do and nobody that I had to take anywhere! We found ourselves wandering around not knowing what exactly to do first. There was alot of different activities and games on the ship. We did avoid the gambling and drinking that goes on on the cruise, though. :) So, we woke up at 4am on Friday morning to make our 6:30'ish flight to Miami. By the time we flew to Miami, took a shuttle to the Port, got on the boat around 3:00pm, we were exhausted. (okay, just me. Ronnie was just fine.) Once we got on the ship, we were so lost. You would think that some of those levels would go straight through. Oh no!! Not even! You have to figure out which elevator takes you to which level that will take you to wherever you're trying to go. Not an easy task!! We backtracked so much- going up and down stairs, and up and down elevators. So by the time we unloaded our bags in our room and made it back up to take a look at how beautiful everything was, I forgot my camera! I was way too tired to go get it, and too afraid I'd never find Ronnie again so I missed out on some very beautiful pictures. Anyway, here's a few...

Look at the beautiful blue water! We couldn't get over how gorgeous it was!

Getting off the ship in Nassau

This is the day that the ship did ALOT of rocking- I look ill. :)

This is the first night on the ship. I was sooo exhausted-I forgot to bring the camera up to take pictures in Miami.

Each night if you want to eat in the dining room, you have a dining time and table assignment. So each night you get to eat with the same people and have the same waiter and waitress. Ronnie and I were so lucky to get these three great gals from Tennessee. They were alot of fun to dine with! And it was a breath of fresh air to hear their southern accents!! :)

Our dining group. We had the cutest waiter and waitress. Fang and Hardenow. I can't remember how you spell his name, but they just told us to call him "I don't know" :) They also made it alot fun.

Everybody say... Y -M -C -A!!

Happy 15 years!!

Today is mine and Ronnie's Anniversary!! We have been married for a Very Happy 15 years!! We've got very special plans to celebrate. I'll post all that next week. For now, I'll keep you in suspense. :) Most of you that I talk to often know already... but for the rest, you'll have to wait and see!!
Happy Anniversary, HONEY. I LOVE YOU!!

(Not the best picture in the world... however it 's the only one I have right now!! )

Look What I Can Do!

So Ronnie and the girls picked me up from the airport and we go through the "What's everyone been doing?" questions. Well, Brooke told me that she could ride her bike!! Ronnie put her on the bike on Saturday with no training wheels and she just took off. No falling, no wobbling (too bad), and just away she went. So of course, the first thing she does when we pulled up was jump on her bike to show me what she can do!! She rode down the sidewalk, down the cul-de-sac, back to the house and around again and never fell down... not even once!! I'm so proud of her!! Too bad it's the end of summer and she won't have much time to keep up the practice. Before too long, we'll have snow and those bikes won't see the light of day for a very long time!! :)

I finally (after FOREVER) got Slide to work... My pictures are below~ Enjoy!!

Visit to SC

I had a great visit to South Carolina this past weekend to visit my family. The original plan was that we were having a birthday party for my grandma who turned 89 last Monday. So it ends up that the day before my grandma was admitted into the hospital with congestive heart failure. She is still there, but doing better. So even though grandma wasn't able to go to her own party, we still got together at Pine Island Country Club in Irmo. The weather was 80 degrees and sunny. It was such a gorgeous day!! (When I left Michigan at 59 degrees and freezing!!) Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins that I haven't seen mostly in 12 years were all there. It was so great to see everyone and get reaquainted with each other. I have a great family. I am so blessed to have so many people to love! :) Here are a few pictures from my trip. I tried to get the Slide program to show them, but it wouldn't work for some reason. So here are just a few.

This is my brother, Jeffrey and Jase.

My Sister Lisa, Ricky and Me.

My Sister In Law, Emily and new baby.

These are all my cousins on my dad's side except Gina and Jody.

My family... except Ronnie and the girls.