Thursday, October 16, 2008

Update and Grand Cayman Video - October 2008

I know it has been since April since I've posted anything. We have been busy and these past couple of months have been full of roller coaster moments! We moved to a brand new house in September and less than a week later our new home was damaged by Hurricane Ike. A week after the hurricane, we went to Disney World (for the second time this year) for a week and had a BLAST! The day before we were to leave we got the sad news that my step-grandfather Charlie passed away. My dad decided not to go with us and he went to Tulsa to be with my grandma. My mom went with us to Disney and we couldn't have gone without her help. I am so thankful she was there to share those special memories with us and we missed my dad not being able to go this time. When we got home from our Disney trip we found out Greg's college roomate Jordan and his wife Kari lost their son Drew to a complicated illness. Our hearts are still full of sorrow for their loss, as we had just seen them in April on our other Disney vacation with them and their sweetest easy going baby boy Drew. If you read this....We love you Jordan, Kari and Peyton. I cannot imagine losing a child and we ask God to bring peace and comfort to your family.
After a week trying to get our home put back together again and unpacking suitcases, it was time to pack for another vacation a week later to Grand Cayman with Greg's parents! Grand Cayman is our FAVORITE beach. We've been several times, and this was Caden's third trip and the girl's got their first stamp in their passport. The girls and Caden LOVED the beach and loved the buckets and shovels I brought for them. Emery kept trying to eat the sand, but by the fourth day, I think she stopped. She showed no fear of the ocean and would walk right in and had no idea that it got deeper so we had to really keep close to her. Harper wanted me to hold her in the ocean or sit in my lap on the beach and was a momma's girl this week. Addison loved playing in the water on the floating ring hammocks with Daddy. She cried when she would have to get out. Caden went on his first snorkeling adventure and we went on the coolest spacey looking glass bottom boat. That was so amazing. Greg and I were treated like royalty at our couples massage and we went to the best atmosphere restaurant on the island, The Grand Old House, right over the water at sunset. We had a wonderful week there and look forward to going back as soon as possible.

Here is our most recent vacation photos in Grand Cayman I put together on One True Media.