Caribbean Cruise

This past week my mom, sisters, and I took a girl's trip to the Caribbean! We cruised on the Royal Caribbean and visited the southern islands of the Caribbean. We visited Puerto Rico, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Maarten, and St. Croix (Virgin Islands). We had a blast soaking up the sun on the beautiful beaches, snorkling, parasailing, jeep riding, and exploring on all of the amazing islands. The weather was gorgeous and we enjoyed hanging out with just the girls. It was a great trip and a wonderful way to celebrate my mom's birthday. What a trip!

Day One: Puerto Rico

Day Two: Barbados

Day Three: St. Lucia

Day Four: Antigua

Day Five: St. Maarten

Day Six: St. Croix (Virgin Islands)

You arn't a real boy until...

you get your first set of stitches. Connor had a rough accident today and got eight stitches right in between his eyes. He had two deep gashes that resulted in four stitches in each gash. We are just grateful that he is ok and that it was his skin and not his eye that got punctured. We were able to get into a plastic surgeon about an hour after the accident, and he stitched up Connor very carefully. Hopefully the scarring will be minimal if there is any scarring at all...but if not....chicks dig scars right?! It's times like these when you realize just how much you love your child and how precious life is. Connor was so brave during the whole ordeal and is recovering nicely, poor guy. What a day!

Christmas and New Years

Christmas this year was great! It was our first Christmas in our new home. We spent Christmas Eve first with the Smith family (Eric's grandparents), and then with the Hutchison family. At the Smith's we had dinner and read the Christmas story. At the Hutchison's we sang Christmas songs, played white elephant, and went on our annual hayride while Christmas caroling. The next day we opened presents in our home and then visited the Hutchison's and the Larkin's. It was a wonderful Christmas. We then spent New Years at our cabin in Brian Head and went snowmobiling. It was fabulous!
The Hayride!




Christmas Day at home



Christmas at the Hutchison's



The new four wheeler!




Christmas at the Larkin's!



Snowmobiling at the cabin

Sewing

Over the past few months I have been taking sewing classes and I absolutely love them! I have always loved sewing blankets, but now this class has taught me how to make lots of other fun stuff. I've made a purse, a pillow, pj pants, and now, an apron. This past weekend my sister and I took an "apron sewing camp" and we sewed these cute little aprons. I thought they were cute and really fun, and maybe I will get ambitious enough to make them as gifts one day!