Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 2011

14 of us headed down to Cabo San Lucas for a fun 4 days! The Irelands, Jacobs, Keranens, Wards, Woolsey/Mondos, Foxs, and us all took some time off from work and kids to enjoy a little relaxation. The Wards were celebrating one year of marriage and the Irelands were celebrating 6 years of marriage. It was a fun time and be sure to check out the Ireland's, Jacob's, and Keranen's blogs for more pictures on their cameras. Here are a few pictures I got.

Dinner at Capella's the first night
Curtis and Yvette at Capella's

That is some serious lobster!

Since there was a pirate ship at the hotel, Colby and Curtis decided to dress appropriately!

Yvette and me by the beach

Time for a little wave runner fun!

Colby and me waiting for our turn to be pushed down to the water

Brian and Rachel on the wave runner

Curtis and Yvette by the arches

Aaron and Sarah having some fun!

Can you believe the camera survived the wave runner experience?

Date night for Colby and me at Golondrina Restaurant

Mexican coffee after a fabulous dinner

It was a fun night for Colby and me

Breakfast at The Office

Curtis and Yvette on our walk after breakfast

Cabo has such beautiful beaches

Colby and Curtis dressed as pirates and even took two kids on a pirate treasure hunt. An experience those kids will never forget. They kept asking them if they were real pirates so they had to take them on a "real pirate treasure hunt."

A little fanciness to our hotel room

Sarah and Aaron on thier anniversary night

Dinner at Golondrina's

Colby and me

Curtis and Yvette

Curtis and Yvette's dinner for two, it was amazing

Banana dessert-fabulous!

Yvette at Cabo Wabo's-we think those are her underwear from 10 years ago...who knows?

Christmas with the Irelands, finally!

Each year we do a Christmas present exchange with the Irelands, and due to busy schedules, sicknesses, etc. we hadn't been able to do it until yesterday. A bit late, but still fun. We met up with the Irelands at Glory Days (Snazzy, I know) after Bailey's ballet class and exchanged our gifts. Paige wasn't in the mood for pictures, but here's a couple of Bailey Raif and Reagan.

Coordinating tiaras
Raif got in on the picture taking

Disney on Ice

Despite the abundance of merchandise, vendors salesman, etc. bombarding you with things for sale, Disney on Ice was fabulous. The skating and story line were so much fun and kept the kids entertained the whole time.

Waiting for the show.
One of my favorite segments, Valentine's Day.

Crab Cookout 2011

Yesterday we hosted our 3rd crab cookout. Colby was a busy man cooking yellow tail wontons, crab cakes, clams, lobster and crab claws for our 40 guests. I was in charge of making the house look pretty. It was a fabulous night of great friends and great food. Here is a little recap of the night in pictures.

Colby and I
The aftermath, the next morning

What we woke up to

More leftovers

It was cold so our blankets came in handy last nigh

Wow, that's a lot to clean up!

The are only 2 of the dozen or so pots Colby used.

Our neighbors Lynn and Roland

More neighbors Josie and Wayne

John, Nickie and Allison

Good friends Matt and Sarah

Kelly, Julie and Clay

Our San Diego friends Rob and Laura

Sarah cracking a crab, I think Matt is waiting for the cracker

Fire side dining

Chris, Debbie and Amy

Curtis sat for about an hour cracking crab, Yvette and my mom were waiting for some

My dad had his share of lobster, as well as Uncle Greg

Aaron and Sarah, I gave her the mallet since we were out of crab crackers

Our neighbor Sue

Aaron, Sarah and Matt were hording the lobster

Raif is a Big Boy!

Last night was a big night for our little boy. He's no longer confined to his crib, he's officially a big boy. Well, maybe not officially since he's still in diapers, but this is the first step! He was so excited to climb in and out of his bed. However, at bedtime he was not so excited to lay down in his new big boy bed. Raif and I ended up falling asleep on his floor, and then I put him in his bed. He slept soundly until 3:30 a.m. when he rolled out of bed. We then fell asleep again, together on his floor. And then I put him back in his bed. He then slept soundly until 8:30! Not bad for the first night.

Laying on his new pillow while Daddy put together his bed.
Bailey had to get in on the picture

Very happy about climbing into bed.

He had to have his blankies in there with him.

I'm a big boy!

Cute video of Raif in his bed.

Just Another Day

No special event happened yesterday. Colby came home from work at 6:30. The kids were in a great mood and greeted him at the garage door, including the dogs. The kids gave Colby a kiss hello, including the dogs! Colby came and gave me a kiss to say hello. Dinner was about 5 minutes from being ready. The table was set by Bailey, with assistance from Raif. Everyone was great during dinner. Bailey ate all of her meal and Raif ate his yogurt and a bar. There was no goofing around during dinner. We had a civil meal and then it ended. Everyone helped clear the dinner table and we did the dishes. Afterwards we then played a game of our new Nerf guns and were laughing hysterically as we played. It's days like yesterday that I love. Just the 4 of us, laughing and having a good time. There was no big event that happened. It was just another day. The days I love the most. And, to add to my day, the kids were in picture taking moods! Here are a few of the pictures.

Before Colby got home Bailey and Raif were sitting outside playing with the Nerf guns.

They look like they are up to something.
After dinner, say Cheese!

Just being silly.

Raif was done with picture taking, but Bailey wasn't. Yes they are sitting on the counters, I was a huge counter sitter growing up and never quite grew out of it.

Daddy Day of Fishing

Colby and our good friend Curtis decided to take the kids fishing yesterday to Santa Ana Lake. The lake there is full of fish and makes for an easy place to take small kids. It is not however, inexpensive. Despite the cost, the kids and Colby had a great time and it was a fun Daddy day!

I think she has one!

Reel it in Bailey!

Raif was not so sure about fishing