*moving*

We are officially on the move! I am so excited about our new townhouse in Jupiter. Not only is it totally cute with lots of space, but it's down the street and around the corner from my best friend!!!!! Could it get any better??? So, as we prepare for our move to Jupiter, FL... we are in box city! I have taken on the chore of packing all of the odds and ends around the house - not a fun job! I am almost done and once we close on Monday, we can start moving these boxes over to the new place! We won't officially be moved in until the middle of July though.



















One of the things I am most excited about is the fact that I will have my very own scrapspace! No longer will I be sharing my scrapspace with the guest room/office... I will have a room all to my own!!! (well, at least until a few kiddos come along)... but for now... it's all my own!!! That is the first room I plan on decorating. I've had fun looking at paint chips, and organization, etc. I love this Behr Website because allows you to play with different color combinations and it shows you them on the walls, etc. Right now I am thinking a periwinkle blueish/purpleish color for the walls - not too dark though, with white trim. It will be a change for me, but I think it will work! I also am thinking about these yummy crown-molding ledges from Pottery Barn in white! I think they would look cute in there!

So anyway, I'm off for more packing!! :)

Charlie!

Yay! We've adopted another kitty! Here is our new fur baby Charlie! He is super sweet, very playful and he LOVES to be around people!!! Emma and Connor are not super fond of him yet, but I have a feeling they will warm up to him eventually!

-Cruise Review-

Well, we had an amazing time our our trip! We got to see some of the Carribbean’s finest islands in all of their natural beauty! I am so glad we chose this itinerary because I absolutely LOVED all of the ports we visited!!! Here are a few highlights of our trip:

San Juan – We went to the fort – El Morro – before we boarded our ship. We walked around and admired the amazing views from the very top of the fort! We also walked around the old cobblestone streets of Old San Juan.



St. Thomas/St. John – We took a ferry over to St. John Island to go to Trunk Bay National Park. What a gorgeous, unspoiled paradise! We went snorkeling and hung out on the white sandy beaches! Later on that afternoon we took a cable car ride to the top of a peak in St. Thomas called “Paradise Point”. We saw a stunning view of the harbor below and enjoyed some tasty drinks in the bar at Paradise Point!



Dominica – They call this the Nature Island and it is!!! We hiked through the rainforests of Dominica to the Emerald Pool and Trafalgar Falls. This is such a lush, tropical environment filled with all kinds of interesting plants and gorgeous waterfalls! Pat jumped into the Emerald Pool and swam in the 60 degree water! This was a gorgeous island!!!



Barbados – Here we did an excursion that took us snorkeling with the sea turtles – how neat was that!!!!! We were swimming amongst these gorgeous, peaceful creatures. We were able to touch them and swim with them, it was incredible! I loved this!!!!



Aruba – This would have to be one of our favorite ports! Did you know that Aruba is a desert island??? It is! There are like cactus’ everywhere! We took a tour and saw almost all of this small island. Then we hung out at Carlos and Charlies in the afternoon before heading back to the ship!



All in all, we had a fabulous time!!!! I can’t wait to take another cruise!!!

We're baaacccckkkkk.....

After 7 days relaxing in the southern Carribbean, it's great to be home... we really enjoyed our trip and I will definitely post about it with lots of pics... but for now, here are two quick pics... one from the beach in Puerto Rico and one from a formal night on our cruise... be back later! Can't wait to catch up and read everyone's blogs to see what's going on with them! :)

Happy Day! :)

School's Out for Summer....

Woo-hoo... the school year is OVER!!!!!!!! The party has begun!!!!! I am sooo ecstatic that it is finally SUMMER!!!! And better yet, we leave for our CRUISE on Saturday!!!!! We fly to Puerto Rico then Bon Voyage on Sunday!!!!!!!!!! I am just in heaven!!!!! So, peace out friends... I'll be back with TONS of photos in a week or so!!!!













(this is a cake we had for our students on the last day of school)