CRUISIN THE CARIBBEAN BABAY!

Last week we were lucky enough to have a little week long getaway to the Caribbean. Every year the company Kent works for takes some of their employees on a cruise and let me tell you, THIS is what gets me through the summer!!

We had 2 1/2 days until we got to JAMAICA MON so we tried to keep ourselves busy. We caught some rays by the pool...

We sang a little karaoke (ME: PIANO MAN...this is a MUST on karaoke night) which Kent PROMISED he'd sing ONE song before the cruise was over....yeah NEVER happened!

We starting a fun little Texas Hold'em game (yes, I will PROUDLY say I WON) which turned into us getting a little TOO confident and turned into us loosing just a little....well a little TOO much at the boat's casino! Yes, we learned our lesson and understand now why you shouldn't gamble. It was our 1st time and we went a little crazy. We came away with a total of $0.00 (yes the casino also decided to also take my winnings from our innocent TX Hold'em game...stupid casino) which taught us our lesson (sorry mom and dad...).

We ate......we ate ALOT! Guess that's what happens when you have UNLIMITED food and can order BLT's to your room at 3 am....

I was excited to see what towel friend we had waiting for us every night. This was our monkey although I think my fav was the stingray.

Our 1st stop was JAMAICA MON where we decided to climb Dunn's River Falls. It was BEAUTIFUL!

Like the necklace Kent was conned into buying?

We have decided that Jamaica was a one time thing. It was beautiful and a fun experience but DEFINATELY our LEAST favorite. Soooooooooo many of the locals try and TRY to get you to buy stuff (I mean they are TEN TIMES more persistant than the mexi's) and then try and make you feel ULTRA guilty if you don't buy. One guy said this to Kent:

Jamaica mon: "Buy a necklace for the lady!"

Kent: "Nah, that's alright"

Jamaica mon: "Common, mon, I know you got the money! Help a poor mon out!"

Kent: "No, we're fine. Thanks though."

Jamaica mon: "Mon, you rich Americans, I know you got like 6 cars at home with 6 wives!"

Kent laughed and walked away.

But SERIOUSLY it's SOOO annoying and SUCH a turnoff. Aside from that, its WAAAY dangerous. In fact, we saw a random fight on the street where two guys were yelling and one was holding a mishedy. Yep, just right there on the side of the road!!! Crazy stuff in Jamaica mon!

That night while waiting for dinner, we got down with the servers. It's sooo funny to watch them break out in dance every night especially to like ghetto music while you're having a nice formal dinner. AWE.SOME.!

Kent started with a beard then shaved it each day to something a little less everytime. He went to a goatie and then to this WONDERFUL handle bar mustache. YEP! That's my man!

Next stop, GRAND CAYMAN (MY FAV BY FAR!). It was ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL and VERRRRY different from Jamaica. No one was pushy, everyone was friendly and it felt VERY safe! I'm DYING to go back!

We were supposed to go swim with the stingrays but due to our late night partying, we ended up sleeping in and headed to the beach and just relaxed. I L.O.V.E.D. every minute of it!

Finally, our last stop was COZUMEL. We'd been here before but it was nice to go back and do something different than before.

We decided to hit up Mexico's deep sea fishing for the day. Was it at all what we expected? No! Not at all. Fishing off the Gulf is DEFINITELY much better (so I've heard) but you live and learn. Some one's gotta teach those mexi's how to FISH!!!

The waves were REALLY big the day we went! Luckily, I took medicine and didn't get sick. JB was throwing up over the edge the whole time. Kent took ZERO medicine and somehow managed not to get sick regardless....I was amazed at that!

I caught my 1st fish from the deep blue ocean....a BARRACUDA!

Kent reeled himself in a BARRACUDA!

In fact, we ALL caught BARRACUDAS! That Mexico fishing....

We were all VERRRY happy to be DONE!

It was a GREAT trip and it was nice to get away a relax and reboot. I will say 7 days was LONG enough to be away from our little man!!!!! We were definitely VERY ready to see his sweet face again!!!

SOME BIG NEWS!!!!!!

I just wanted to clear the air really quickly. I have had some people wondering and spreading word on if there's a little baby floating around in my tummy. The answer to that is.............

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to get things straight and get THAT thought out of people's minds.

I have more posting to come but since we've been out of town, my tivo and house upkeep have taken precedence over blogging! Sorry. More to come soon!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

So last weekend, we made a quick trip to Baton Rouge. My bff since high school , Jenn, was having her bridal shower so I was lucky enough to make it over for that. It was a VERY quick trip (like left Saturday evening came home Monday morning quick trip...) but it was fun to go and see all my old friends and also enjoy spending my 25th BIRTHDAY with my parents!

How gorgeous is the decor? Really, it was ALL BEAUTIFUL!

BFF's!

My bday was a pretty busy day, so Kent was DETERMINED to make it a special one. He honestly is the BEST and I'm so grateful to have him. Friday before my birthday he made arrangements to go to dinner with the Eastman's at PF Changs so I could enjoy "eating out" (which I LOVE to do)! Sunday he took FULL responsibility of Boston (including getting ready for church AND bed, changing ALL 5 poopie diapers he had, playing with him, and allowing me to relax from motherly duties). My dad made the Bluth family's FAMOUS ENCHILADAS (when I say famous, they really are...that's a story for another day) which is something we don't get very often, followed by cake and ice cream courtesy of my mother! Hillary, John and Melia were also able to come over to eat cake and ice cream as well which was fun to see Boston and Melia get to play! It was a fun quick trip and a memorable birthday!!!

For my birthday, Kent got me a FLIP camera (which I LOVE and have wanted) but the BEST part of this gift was that he recorded a bunch of people on the camera wishing me birthday wishes! Here's his video birthday wishes to me!

P.S. Do you LOVE his slick way of saying that he could use this camera for his work purposes as well?! Now we know why he REALLY bought that camera....

LATEST CRAVING?

This summer I've literally been ADDICTED to eating a WHOLE bag of THIS in one night all for myself on multiple occasions:

They are DELICIOUS...what can I say?!

Kent's actually out making another run for some now.....

DEEP SEA FISHIN' IT!

A few weeks ago, Kent was able to go with a few of the sales reps into the gulf to go deep sea fishing! I was and STILL am a little jealous that we were unable to find someone to watch Boston so I could go! Do I like fish? No. But I'd LOVE to do this!!! That's okay, my opportunity to go is about 2 weeks away! But here are a few pictures from their little adventure:

The guys all came home that night ready to grill and fry up some fish. I was daring and decided I'd TRY (I am NOT a fish eater...something about slimy, swimy creatures living in the ocean grosses me out). My reviews? I LOVED the shark....FRIED of course (because what DOESN'T taste better fried???). So now, I have fish sitting in my freezer waiting to be cooked. Will I be cooking it? NOPE! That's Kent's job or else I will puke and be unable to even TRY to eat it! I'm glad he got a day to relax finally. This summer has been a busy one for him so he deserved it!

HAPPY FOR FALL TV!

Yes, there are MANY shows I'm excited to have back on my Tivo now that fall is finally here (I told my sister just yesterday my list of shows and I must admit there are QUITE a few!) BUT there's one face I'm SOOO happy to see daily again:

I know my Republican family HATES this (and trust me this DOES NOT make me lean AT ALL to the left but I'll have you know when I disagree, I DO shoot Oprah an email! Involved too much, yes...) but I can't resist watching and you can't DENY that she has some GREAT shows. Oh Oprah, how I love that you're BACK!!!!

PERKS OF H-TOWN!

One benefit (you won't hear of many) of living in Houston is that we only live 4 hrs from Baton Rouge so we can see family often and have quick weekend visits. Well that's what happened last weekend when my parents decided to hang out with us Labor Day weekend. My dad had some SWEET seats to the BYU vs OU game so he came Friday to Houston, left Saturday and drove to Dallas then came back that night before leaving Sunday evening. Crazy man he is!! BYU is his team and seriously, if you only KNEW how big of fan my dad is....its quite hilarious sometimes but we love him for it regardless. Especially after THAT win last week, I wish I would've fought harder for that 2nd ticket he had! Anyway, since dad was off in Dallas, mom and I decided to make the most of the short visit we had. Saturday (BEFORE the games) we took Boston to Oil Ranch which I've been DYING to take him too FOREVER! It really was a fun little place and I must say, I'm pretty sure my son had a fabulous time as well! Thanks Mimi!

He rode a horse for the FIRST time....L.O.V.E.D.!

We kept getting rammed by that ugly guy in the background so we didn't hang out in here for long.

Possibly one of Bubba's FAVORITE parts was the train ride. This boy LOVES trains! He was literally on cloud nine the WHOLE time!

We got to meet Betsy the cow and see her pump out some milk. We tried to explain that that's where Bubba's milk comes from but I'm pretty sure he didn't necessarily grasp that concept....

Boston got to play in the haystacks (in the back of my mind I kept thinking that at ANY moment mice were going to come running out EVERYWHERE).

Lastly, we went on a tractor ride to feed the cows. These cows were FAT (probably almost ready to hit the slaughter house) and wanting to get as much food from you as POSSIBLE!!

Their tongues were long and black and they had snot/drool stuff coming out everywhere. It was interesting none the less but FUN!

I look 12 in this picture...ANYWAY...

It was VERY fun and we'll definitely be going back (this time WITH our stroller) in the fall when they have their pumpkin patch.

We of course finished up the day with watching college football! Sunday, we headed to church and then later that evening my parents bailed and headed back to Louisiana. It was quick but it was fun and Boston absolutely loves, loves, LOVES having his Mimi and Papa come visit. It seriously cracks me up how excited he gets! COME BACK SOON!

OLDIES BUT GOODIES!

I was looking back at some pictures of Boston and found one of my favs!!! I just LOVE this little face and could just squeeze him to pieces!

Also, Kent has also officially booked his ticket AND the Penske truck to collect all our stuff from Utah! Only a month and a half and I can FINALLY have my things back!!!!!!! If you only KNEW how excited I am!!!!

WHERE WILL THE HOOPERS BE NEXT?!

So for those of you who care to even TRY to keep up with our constant whereabouts, it is finally official of where we'll be settling for the next little while. When I say LITTLE while, I'm really crossing my fingers it's only for a LITTLE while!

Yep! Houston is the place for now. Am I thrilled? No. Not even to say the least. But for us right now, it's where we need to be. One of these days I SWEAR my life will settle down and be "normal" although somehow I DO doubt that.

DID YOU HEAR?!?!

I'm not so sure how I feel about this face being new the American Idol judge.....

I mean really, I know she's funny and nice BUT what does she know about music???
Nothing.

My point exactly.

A LITTLE LATE

I've been meaning to try post this but haven't had access to any of our good pics from the wedding day so this is what you get....

8/27/09:

5 YEARS DOWN AND ETERNITY TO GO!

I love this man with all my heart and I'm glad he's the one I'm stuck with forever!

FOOTBALL BEGINS!!!!!!!

Okay, I must admit that I love fall for ONE reason....COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!!! If you only knew how much I love it....

Anyway, Saturday marked the kickoff of the season! Can I say I was BLOWN away by BYU's WIN over Oklahoma...I mean seriously? I think I about had a heart attack! We were blown away by surprise and COMPLETELY thrilled! Now I REALLY wish I would've gotten to go with my dad to the game! GOOOO COUGARS!!!!!!

FINAL SCORE:

BYU: 14

OKLAHOMA: 13

Next game...LSU!!!! Can I just say I was THRILLED to finally see the Tigers play but I TOTALLY felt like it was a B-O-R-I-N-G game! Maybe because I just saw an amazing game prior but I was really bored. Sorry Tigers. But good news...WE WON!!!!! Although I really hope they look better in games to come....

FINAL SCORE:

LSU: 31

WASHINGTON: 23

A NEW TOY?!

Since we were watching Haylie a few days last week, Boston was lucky enough to get to play with Haylie's stroller for a few days as well! Why he LOVES this stroller so much, I don't know. I would be looking for Boston and calling his name when I'd notice his legs hanging from the stroller. He'd just be relaxing in her stroller! Crazy boy!

He'd just be chill-axin...

Then he'd pretend to go to sleep...

Then he'd peek out the back and say, "HI MOMMA!"
(he thought this was the funniest part!)

And then he'd just push the stroller from his room, to the family room, to the kitchen!

Hey, it kept him busy! Who knew a stroller could be so fun!