October 2009

Yes I know this is 2 months late. I don't even have an excuse! But hey, better late than never. We got a lot of great pictures in the month of October so I thought I would share...

Madi and I went to the Pumpkin Walk here in Logan. Madi didn't really get excited about any of it but it kept her attention the whole time. They had a lot of cute set ups. Here are a few...






We had a pumpkin carving night with our friends the Barnetts. Neither of us finished our pumpkins until a couple of days later because we were taking turns entertaining Madi. As you can see she enjoyed herself. She thought it was pretty cool to be up on the table.



We have a little play ground in our complex and Madi loves it! Notice she has a highlighter in her hand in every picture. She was pretty attatched to it that day :)




We went to Idaho for Halloween and stayed with John's parents. We had a lot of fun. It is always nice to get away for a few days and be with family. We went to the Cottenwood Caves and had tin foil dinners on the mountain side on Halloween night. Madi loves the outdoors and was good most of the time. And when she wasn't being good Gradma Burch took her in the car and let her play with the steering wheel. That is one of her favorite things to do.
You can't really see but here we are with the cave behind us.


She loved to put the flashlight in her mouth ha ha

I couldn't get a good picture of her in her costume but here are a few. She was a bumblebee! She would not hold still for a picture. She just wanted to run around and stare at the little things on her feet. It was a nine month costume so that is why the hood is in her eyes. I had to stretch it over her head because she was a little too tall for it. Poor girl. She looked pretty darn cute! We didn't get back from the caves in time to take her trick or treating but she didn't mind :) I was only sad that I didn't get to eat all of her candy. It's probably for the best!



Here she is on Halloween day. John was really proud that Madi was waving a Brazilian flag.

Just chillin on the kitchen floor at Grandma's

Madi had her first 4 wheeler ride and as you can see she loved it!

Our new nephews!!!

Luke Kennen Wray
This little guy was 9 lbs. 4.5 oz. 21 inches long. He has a ton of hair and is such a handsome little boy!






Logan John Burch
This little guy was 8 lbs. 15 oz. 22 3/4 inches long! We have not had the chance to see him yet but he sure looks cute.





Congratulations to both of you! 2 beautiful babies! WHAT IS WITH ALL THESE 9 lb. BABIES anyway?!?!

Family Pics

Florida

Next stop was in Cape Coral to visit Greg and his family. We have been so lucky to see them at least once a year considering they live so far away. While we were there we went fishing, to the beach, and we were able to spend a lot of time with them! I only got one picture but it is way cute.

Thanks Greg and Ty for letting us come visit!

BAHAMAS CRUISE!!!!

We had a blast on our cruise. It was only 4 nights and we were supposed to have 3 stops but they canceled the last one because of "the weather" It was just sprinkling, nothing big but they still canceled the stop. John wanted to talk to the captain directly and tell him what he thought :) We were still able to see Freeport and Nassau and they were both beautiful places. Another thing we loved about the cruise was that we only felt the cruise ship move once and it was while we were turning. The water was so calm that it didn't even feel like we were on a boat. Here are some pics of our trip...

ON THE SHIP
The view of Miami from the ship at sunset.



Madi in her high chair at breakfast.

Madi and our cool little bunny made out of towels.


FREEPORT, BAHAMAS
In Freeport we relaxed on the beach! We went to Port Lucaya. It was nice to relax and just be on vacation. We tried to snorkel there but there was nothing to see. Our tour guide at the next stop told us that Freeport was one of the worst spots for shark attacks. They feed sharks just miles from Port Lucaya and it attracts them. He says the people that get attacked get paid not to report their attack to the media so that tourist will continue to vacate there. I am so glad we didn't know this until after! And so glad that we are safe. The guy said he had only seen two sharks in Nassau the whole time he lived there. He had lived there seven years and is always on the water. Freeport- lots of sharks, Nassua- not so many sharks. Good to know.

This picture doesn't do it justice but the water is so clear and turquise. It is such a pretty color.

Lunch break!





This goon said we could take a free picture with him and then after said he usually takes a $5 tip but that he would take what we had. We should've known better. And he insisted John hold his hand ha ha. As you can tell in the picture John was not very happy about it :)


NASSAU, BAHAMAS
Nassau was definitely our favorite stop. It was better than Freeport. We did so many fun things and saw a lot of the island because we had a local guy take us around on his boat. He had never taken tourists around the island before but he said he would do it for us. He knew a lot about the island and we learned a lot.

This was actually taken at the end of the day. She was exhausted!

This is the Atlantis Resort. We went and walked around a little bit and they have a really neat aquarium in the hotel. If you look close in this picture you can see the Michael Jackson suite. Right above the trees you can see an arch that connects the two buildings. That is it. They said it is $16,000 a night and it is booked out for years. That is just nuts.

John pointing out the huge Stingray to Madi.







This is Gilligan's Island behind us! We snorkeled around the island next to this one. It was too shallow and there were too many rocks for him to get his boat any closer but we thought it was pretty cool that we saw the actual Gilligan's Island!


This is our tour guide. He was really great. We paid him for the whole day . He said he would take us to the island and wait for us until we were ready to go back. John never worries but I am a worrier so I thought he was going to take us to the island and leave us. I didn't jump into the water until he did. He was cool though. He jumped in first and started snorkeling. He snorkeled with us and told us all the names of the fish. He even caught a fish to take home for dinner for his family. Madi was pretty intrigued but we kept our distance because if you ask me that fish looks freaky!


Madi loved the boat. She wanted to get as close to the edge as possible so she could look into the water.


This is Rose Island where we went snorkling. It was amazing. The water was so clear you could see the bottom of the ocean and a lot of the fish from the boat. We saw all kinds of colorful fish. Our tour guide told us to stay away from the fish that look like lions. He said they are so poisonous that if they get you then you only have 5 minutes to get to the hospital, and we were more than 5 min away from anything. Luckily we didn't see any.