Sailin' Away

Dustin and I took a cruise two weeks ago with some great friends!!  We went on the Carnival Conquest out of New Orleans for 7 days and stopped in Key West, Nassau and Freeport! 

Here is our entire group about to get on the boat!

We purchased LOTS of Carnival pictures! Ha!!

A silly group picture on one of the formal nights.

Dustin and I in Freeport

On our Freeport day, we all got a taxi and went to a resort to swim for the day.  We swam, visited a local restaurant for lunch and found some cheap gifts in the straw market!  Kaleigh got a really cute straw Hello Kitty purse with her name on it and Alec got a "REAL" shark tooth necklace! 

Notice Dustin's "lobster" look in the picture above!  He stayed in the sun with me for about 45 minutes on our first day at sea and got the worst burn EVER!  Needless to say, a few days later, he turned into one big blister!  He was such a good sport about it and didn't complain nearly as much as I would have!

Adam, Chris and Dustin

Me, Mandi and Hope getting of the boat in Key West.  We visited the Mel Fisher Pirate museum and strolled up and down the main street while we were in Key West.

Dustin and I at Mallory Square in Key West

Here are all the couples playing in the water in Freeport

Jana, Me and Hope at one of the many not so funny comedy shows

Hope even had the Magician fooled!  No one could figure out where his foam balls went! It was so funny!

Here is the little boat coming to get the river captian off the boat on the first night after we got out of the Mississippi River.  It was pretty cool to watch them pull up next to the boat while it was still going and get him!

Fun on Formal night!

Dustin and I on Formal night

Adam and Mandi

Hope and Joey

Ed and Patti

Another group shot at another comedy night show

Here we are waiting in line for the scariest water ride EVER at Atlantis!  I can't believe these nuts talked me into it!!  You just literally fell straight down into a black tube and then it dropped you out into a dark cave!  I really thought I was going to have a heart attack before this was over! Notice this is the 5th day and Dustin's still lobster red from day one!

Beach, Boating and Boat Launch Swimming

We had a very busy but very fun weekend in Bay St. Louis for Memorial Day.  Mimi and Papa were there, of course, but the Parkers and all the Martins came down for some of the long weekend too!! 

Kaleigh loves the beach!

Alec, Kara and Kaleigh jumping the waves!

Miss Priss doesn't mind the sand in the least!

Kara's first jet ski ride!

Alec PLEASE don't dump me and sister!

Will got his first jet ski ride too!

Will relaxing on his tube!

Dustin has this figured out!!  Lay back and let Alec be in charge!

Mimi, Alec, me and Kaleigh off for a fun ride!

I know, I can't believe I let my kids swim in this nasty water either! ;)

Three Little Monkies!

Mimi's loves a lap full of babies first thing in the morning!

A tub full of cousins! 

Papa taking everyone for an evening boat ride!

After swim picnic snack!

EVERYONE did a little fishing!

Butterfly Birthday Party

Kaleigh turned two on June 2nd and we had a super cute Butterfly Birthday Party the Saturday before memorial day at the Park in Sumrall.

Playing with the neighbors cat before we left for her party.

Kaleigh and Ava Reid playing on the bumble bee!

Kaleigh got a pink baseball glove so she can play ball with Alec!

The boys went STRAIGHT for the splash pad on their bikes and were SOAKED for the entire party!!

She got some play doh from Kara and had to open it and play with it before she would open anything else!

Slapping Alec's hand away, poor brother, he was just trying to help!

The Butterfly Ladies!

Kisses for her Great Grandmother!

She was really into blowing out the candles but with the wind, it was really tricky!

Thanks to Pinterest for some super cute snack and party ideas!

Pinterest Cake Stands with "K" cookies and pink cupcakes!  If anyone needs any super cute cake stands we have several now!! Ha!!!

Everyone LOVED the splash pad!

Kaleigh LOVES sweet Riley!

Mom was POOPED but we even had an afterparty for several hours at home! ha!  More friends and neighbors and the blow up pool made for tons of fun!

She LOVES all her gifts!!

Playing doctor with her barbies!

Finally about 6:30, she couldn't make it anymore and fell asleep sitting outside with Dad!

We love our sweet Kaleigh and are so blessed to have a little girl in the family!  She's such a fiesty little booger and knows how to get her way the majority of the time....  She's got long blond curls and is pretty small for her age.  She's super close to being potty trained, if only I could get her teacher to jump on board....  She wears panties alot at home but has to wear pulls ups to school until she moves up to the two year old room in August.  She loves to sing and starts shaking her booty everytime she hears music!  She can sing her ABCs and count to ten.  Alec loves to play hide and seek with her so she gets LOTS of counting practice!  It's almost always his turn to hide!  She loves Alec, as long as he's doing what she wants him to do.  ;)  Anything outside is her favorite activity!  Jetskiing, playing on the swingset, playing in sand and riding on the power wheels with Alec are just a few of her favorite things!  She is a wonderful eater and eats anything, anytime, anywhere!  She'll do just about anything for a piece of candy or gum (that's probably why shes doing so good on the potty, she knows it means a treat!).  She loves the dog, a little too much in his opinion!!