MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Well I am trying to catch up my blog before Christmas and the new year come. There are about three new posts so just read down until you get to the last one you read (or until you get bored) The pictures from Jamaica are up so you can see those if you scroll down far enough!!)

Here are some pictures from this holiday season for you to enjoy.

Frosting cookies.... Braden really just put frosting on the same cookie then licked it off.... but Amalyssa did a great job!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Don't think me terrible please..... I just had to post a picture of this tag! Amalyssa wrote this tag on her present to dad. Some how she forgot she was writing dad and put an M on the end.... then when she was writing her name she ran out of room and finished the last three letters of her name in reverse order above where she started. She was asking me why I was laughing the whole time she was writing it and putting it on the package.... I just told her she was cute :)


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!

Amalyssa lost her first tooth

Amalyssa noticed her tooth was loose on Dec 2nd. She played with in non stop! She finally asked dad to pull it the next day before bed because she was so excited for the tooth fairy. Dad was more afraid of pulling it than she was. (like I am one to talk... I probably would have said "no I can't pull it)

Moving day and Jamaica!

Well I guess the best place to start playing catch up would be a month ago... when we moved and then left the country.

The move went very well. Thank you so much to all that came out to help us!!! This is the ONLY picture I took on moving day! lol. I was a bit busy! My mom took a bunch for me though! THANKS MOM! Someday I may even have time to get those from her.


We moved on Saturday and then on Sunday we left for Jamaica! The flight left at midnight on Sunday so we had the whole day to recuperate. The kids were good on the flights but Braden didn't go to sleep until our second flight which left at 8am from Georgia.

I could blog for hours about Jamaica. But instead I will settle for a short overview and my thoughts on Jamaica, and then I will let the pictures tell the rest of the story.

The people of Jamaica were so fun! They are totally friendly. That song "Don't worry, be happy." is like their national anthem... ok not really, but that is seriously their moto for life I think. They are all relaxed and happy and about every other comment they make is "Yah man, no problem" or "sure" or "Respect" said in true Jamaican drawl. I loved it! The are not however the fastest people in the world. Since they have such a lid back "It's all good" outlook on life, they also take their time in everything they do. We would ask for a drink and hope to see it 15 min later! haha!

The other thing that struck me about Jamaica were the colors! I really think the colors are more intense in Jamaica! You see all the beautiful pictures and think... (or at least I do) wow that is a gorgeouse picture... it must have been set up and then had the colors enhanced. Nope (well I am sure some of them are) seriously the colors there are just bright, bold, and intense! None of the pictures in my slide show are enhanced in anyway, just the pure color of Jamaica.

Hope you enjoy the pictures! Please forgive the spelling errors... the program won't let me see what I have written easily, so I just have to type and hope it is readable.