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I decided to make a little photo montage, showing more of our photos from the cruise. Enjoy!

This is what happens when you're an only child - you have WAY too much time on your hands to come up with "fun" things to show mom and dad *LOL*.

For our 10th anniversary, Brandon and I took a weeklong cruise to the Caribbean. It was an AMAZING vacation - I don't know where to begin to describe it! Our room was nice, but our balcony better! The food was good, and never ending! The shows were nightly and entertaining - we saw a magician, acrobats, comedians, broadway style shows, and an ice-show. Let's not forget the Love & Marriage game show *LOL* and the belly flop competition! My favorite part though had to be all of the ports of call - getting to step off the ship to visit these countries and partake in some exciting activities was AWESOME! Our Ship, Freedom of the Seas. This is officially the BIGGEST boat in the world! Felt like it too - I still couldn't get my bearings, even after a whole week onboard! Our first port of call was Labadee, Haiti. This is Royal Caribbean's own private spot in Haiti - and we did lots of fun activities here! One of those activities was jet-skiing around the coast of Haiti. Fo...

Yes....it's that time of year again.... my birthday :) This year it was very low key - a surprise dinner a few days beforehand with our friends April & Burke (& Matt, Ryan & Adam) and Kate & DJ (& Carson) at Claim Jumper (one of my favorite restaurants!). On the actual day I had to work.... but I did get a beautiful round of "happy birthday Ms Cathyyyyyy" from the kiddos at preschool :) When I got home I had a couple of hours to myself before my boys got here.... so I just sat back and relaxed in a nice, quiet house! The highlight of my birthday though was when Jem got home - and presented me with two gifts he'd gathered and wrapped all by himself! Look how cute they were! Then we went to Subway, got some food, and drove to Lundeen Park for a picnic by the lake. What a nice way to spend my birthday, with the people who mean the most to me :) It was a good day :) Happy Birthday indeed!!!!!!!!!!!

7 years ago today, in a hospital not very far away.... a little baby boy was born. This little baby grew and grew..... into this handsome young man we see before us today! It's my boy's birthday today! His 7th Birthday! Whew! Since his Birthday Party isn't for 2 more weeks, we kinda took it easy today. Woke up, opened presents, went to church, got a donut :). Went to IHOP for brunch, came home, played some Wii, played with buddy Carson. Got some birthday phonecalls, had some dinner, read some stories, cuddled up with LoveHeart.... then BEDTIME!!! Happy Birthday Jem! I love you, and hope you had a great day :)

I was looking through some old photos...from the summer of 2005 to be exact....and came across a couple of pictures that just made me smile :) I can't believe how little Jem and Carson are in these pictures....it's INSANE! And the fact that they are both sitting in the Jeep (I think this was Carson's?) at the same time with room to spare is funny as anything! I just don't remember them ever BEING that small.....though I guess they were, and here is the photographic proof!

What a gorgeous day it was today! I'm not sure how high the temperature reached, but it had to have been somewhere in the 60's dontcha think? A little sun, a little breeze....just a taste of spring in the air! And what better way to celebrate than with some outdoor play time? Jem and his buddy Carson were outside (reluctantly at first -- can you believe that?) riding bikes and scooters. It looked super fun, so I snapped a couple of shots to remember the day by.