Cleaning the Leaves with Grandpa

The kids helped Grandpa Murray rake up all his leaves and earned a little Chrismas money.
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had wonderful food, had a great time visiting with family, and played lots of fun games. We all decided to go to the movie "Old Dogs" on Saturday afternoon. We got a call from Jeff and Haley before the movie and they were headed to the hospital to have Jack. Jack Murray Murdoch was born on the 28th around 7pm. He is soooo cute, and I was able to look at him through the nursery window. Congratulations!!!

Since Jeff and Haley were a little busy (to say the least). Grandma Glenda came to the movie with us, it was fun seeing and visiting with Grandma. We were also able to stop in Farmington on the way home and had a good visit with Grandma Nelson. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Vacation.

Thanksgiving 2009

The boys making the stuffing. Cute Macy and I taking it easy

Family Picture time!

Day 8 - Monday (November 2, 2009)

One last ice cream cone before we go catch our flight!
What a wonderful, fun, amazing time we had in Mexico!!! It was really hard to leave, the kids want to start saving their money for next time. I loved being away from everything and just enjoying my family.

Day 7 - Sunday (November 1, 2009)

Enjoying a view more drinks.
Playing some games.

Building the pyramid.

Look at our sand pyramid!

Happy 8th Birthday Kenzie!!!!! What a fun way to spend Kenzie's 8th Birthday! We played in the pools and on the beach all day, and then went to a nice dinner at a nice Western restaurant. Justin had the resort make a special Birthday cake for her, the staff came out and surprised her and sang Happy Birthday to her--so much fun. I can't believe our little princess is 8! We love you Kenzie!!!

After dinner we decided we better go take one last stroll on the beach. It was bitter sweet for us, we had an amazing time and did not want to leave-thank goodness for memories!

While walking back to our room we stopped and watched this amazing kid paint pictures. He used spray paint cans and some paper, and very few supplies, his pictures were amazing! We purchased one-I love it!

What a way to end your 8th Birthday! Kenzie lost a tooth! The toothfairy brought pesos to her. Lucky girl!

Day 6 - Saturday (October 31, 2009)

We spent the day in Tulum-the pictures do not do this place justice. It was so incredible exploring ancient Mayan ruins-it honestly was breathtaking. We couldn't of picked a better day to go-it was raining and it cooled us off allowing us to explore longer. The mosquitos were pretty bad when we first arrived, once it started to rain they didn't bother us. I am so glad we decided to go, it was my favorite place we went.

After we explored Tulum we went to a Lagoon called-Akumal and went snorkeling! The snorkeling was awesome! All three of my kids are good at it-making it so much fun! Max could even snorkel. I went out with Max and he would giggle just like Kenzie, then he would tap my goggles and point to all the amazing fish. We had so much fun!!! Brayden's dreams came true while snorkeling Justin and Brayden ran across a sea turtle and followed it around for awhile. Brayden was beyond excited!

I wish I would of got a better picture of this creature. We saw one or two every day while walking around the resort. Kinda looks like a monkey/weasel, something you would find on the cartoon Diego.

Day 5 - Friday (October 30, 2009)

Every time we saw an Iguana it was exciting! We saw a couple of iguanas every day, and the kids were thrilled to see them everytime.
Here are the kids in front of some Mayan reunions on the resort.

The resort had a halloween party, it was more like a costume fashion show, we still had fun dressing up and celebrating Halloween.

We walked along the beach after spending some time on the resort looking at everyone's costumes. We had a nice dinner at a Chinese restaurant that evening. Happy Halloween or Day of the Dead.