Aruba, Jamaica, Oooh, I wanna take ya!

On September 9th I had he wonderful opportunity to take a trip with my Mom to Aruba for 8 nights! We had the time of our lives! It is quite the trek to get there, but it was well worth it!!

I knew it was going to be a great trip when it started out with "Linus" sitting next to me on our flight from SLC to ATL. He literally had that blanket over his head the whole time!!

 We enjoyed beautiful sunsets every night!

Views from our room up and down the beach.

A night out to dinner, Our tan's are starting to really show

View from our Palapa

Bathing Beauties, you will notice there were no waves! You could float in the ocean for hours, and believe me, we did!

View from the Elevator

On our last day my mom convinced me that we needed to ride Great Big Mable, so a boat took us out and pulled/whipped/basically threw us all around. It was a blast!

Room number 770 was second to last floor and the second window in from the left.

Last day photos, we may be smiling but we are crying on the inside because we are about to get on the plane!

Oh and we can't forget about all the friendly iguanas!

Trip to visit my Sister and her cute Fam

On August 31 I got to fly to Illinois to visit my Sister and her cute family (Cole and Breanne Taylor and their boys Chase (6), Bryce (3 1/2), and Avery (5 months). Here are some pictures from our adventures.

Labor Day-Picking Apples

A night out at Chuck E Cheese! Where a kid can be a kid! And adults can be kids too!

I just love the look on Avery's face. Hilarious! She is so into it!

This is what happens when two sisters, a six year old, a three year old and a five month old try to take a picture at Chuck E Cheese!! Breanne and I were peeing our pants!

Bear Photo Shoot

So when Hen and I were at the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory we saw this guy, and well you know Hen had to buy him for me and the rest is history….. But as you can see he is quite enormous! 

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Special thanks to Alyssa Howes Hobson for nominating me and Hen, and Christian Becker for taking the videos. I think hen may have enjoyed dumping that bucket on my head a little too much!! Meanwhile Grandpa is less excited as he reads the newspaper in the background. Henry and I have donated money to the cause and I challenge Val N Maveu Heimuli and our neighbors the entire Wyatt family including but not limited to, J Britton Wyatt, Kaylee Wyatt,Dani Turner. And yes that includes you Mike and Sharon!!!

Here are the links to our videos:

Kara ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Henry ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Family Photos at the Lake