some new stuff

We moved to Utah

We bought a house (that needs a new front yard)

And we decided that we wanted to get one of these

Grand Cayman Island Part II

I have been wanting to finish posting some pictures from our trip and here they are! 

I'm having a lot of trouble with blogger tonight and have lost all patience, so the result is 

a post with a lot of pictures in no particular order.

Oh well.

This trip was so much fun.

It feels like it was forever ago and I wish we could go back!

Since we rented a car, we were able to spend a lot of our days driving around and exploring different beaches and snorkel spots. 

The snorkeling is so beautiful there, it really made us want to

get certified for scuba diving.

We also did a tour one day that took us to Star Fish Point and Sting Ray city.

The starfish were pretty cool to see just wandering around

 in the clear water and the stingrays were so fun.

It was really weird because there are so many of the stingrays just swimming around 

because they get fed. 

We were told that when they swim past you, you should never lift your feet up to prevent getting stung. So you basically just had to walk around and then try 

to stand still and not think about 

how they are swimming so close.

They were even swimming up onto us (as in swimming off the sand bottom and covering you up to your waist with their stomaches). It was so cool!

You could hold them and let them suck food out of your hand.

One of the tour guides made me kiss one for 7 years of good luck.

I will keep you posted as to whether or not that is true.

Grand Cayman Island Part I

A few weeks ago, Morgan and I were able to spend a week in the Cayman Islands. It also happened to be over our 3 year anniversary, which was really fun. We have been really lucky and have spent lots of our anniversaries on the beach. We went to Belize for our honeymoon, and then for our first anniversary we took a break from our stay in Singapore and went to an island in Malaysia. I think in terms of the beach itself, this one was the best.

We were upgraded to an ocean front room so we could just walk out to the beach and we had a great view of the sunset every night

We spent most of our first day relaxing on the beach and snorkeling around on Seven Mile Beach. 

This place was amazing, the water was beautiful, the sand was white, and the snorkeling was amazing.

On our second day we went fly fishing with a guide that Morgan found. Unfortunately, we didn't catch a single fish, but the views were still beautiful. 

IPhone Life

Top to bottom:

BCG boat day at Lake Lewisville

Morgan taking a selfie on my phone

Waking up to two hungry little ones that

A recruiting brunch where Morgan had to get french toast AND chicken&waffles

Visiting the world famous Hutto Hippos

My kids loving this lazy lion at the zoo

Me and Morg enjoying the summer sunshine at the lake

My sister came to visit me in Dallas and then we went to visit Costa Vida

the time we did everything

Last weekend we were able to make it back out to our friend's 

family lake house at Possum Kingdom Lake. 

The weather was perfect and they had finished building their brick 

oven so we were able to make some really good pizza. 

We spent Friday evening and Saturday playing lawn games, boating,

and enjoying eachother's company. 

Saturday night we all drove back to Dallas to go to a Ranger's game 

work event and afterwards we out to play laser tag and whirlyball. 

This was our first time playing whirlyball and it was so fun! 

We can't wait to go back.

 

beach time

For the 4th of July weekend we had a little family vacation in Port Aransas, it was so fun.
My parents divorced when I was 2 and my sister and I have been lucky enough to have the type of divorced parents that are really good friends and can spend holidays together.
And now vacation together. To be honest, this seemed like a stretch to me when we were trying to plan it.
But it was perfect.
My dad, stepmom, brother, mom, stepdad, sister, brother in law, 2 nephews, and morgan&i.
All in one house.
We spent our days at the pool and the beach, exactly how vacation should be.

PICKED

I've been picked by my sister-in-law Kerryjune to share 6 things about myself!

1. What is your favorite thing to do in your spare time? 

I like painting my nails and doing all things unproductive. Online shopping. Real shopping. Stalking bloggers. Looking at pinterest. Trying to find things on craigslist and ebay that I couldn't afford otherwise. I like to try to be crafty too.

2. Where is the furthest you have traveled?

I've got two that stand out and they are right around the same longitude, so they both can count. The first would be India. India was incredible. It is busy and unpredictable and mysterious. I would LOVE to go back and explore more of countryside. The second is just a bit above india in West China, the Xinjiang Province. I think this has been my favorite place that I've been to so far. It may be in China, but Islamic culture dominates there. It is a magical place and it feels completely different from China.

3. If you could see any Band/Singer who would it be?

I've been stuck on Best Coast lately, so in this moment, that is who I would pick.

4. What is one guilty pleasure?

Reality Tv. Really just any bad TV. I like lifetime movies, cheesy teen shows like Degrassi, things like The Vampire Diaries, any disney show or movie (Secret Life of the American Teenager, etc), and reality tv: The Kardashians, True Life, Real Housewives shows, basketball wives, MTV challenges, the little couple. Seriously, all reality TV.  It's embarrassing. 

5. What is your favorite clothing item?

This is kind of impossible for me to answer so I'm going to assume that accessories count and just say all accessories. I'm in the business of acquiring accessories right now because they makes even the most boring outfit or the days when you feel like you have nothing to wear all better. Bracelets, rings, necklaces, scarves, hair accessories, purses, can I include shoes? I'm basically listing everything BESIDES clothes. Actually, Kerryjune has made me want all colors of glasses to wear also. 

6. Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?

This is something that Morgan and I have been doing a lot of thinking about. His job is so unpredictable and we seem to always be in the process of interviewing for the next job. We don't even know where we will be a year from now. There are 3 possibilities. The first happens if he gets an awesome job offer and we move to some big city like NYC or San Francisco for it. The second happens if he can find a great job that interests him in Utah and we move back there. The last happens if neither of those things happens or if we just decide it's the right thing for us and that is going somewhere for him to go to grad school. It's all dependent on his jobs. But I do know that we will be happy and in love and on a new adventure. Maybe even with a little one.

my picks are:

tara
melanie
caitlyn

Your questions:

1. If you could have your dream job, what would it be?
2. Who is your style icon?
3. Any beauty secrets you're loving lately?
4. What goals you want to accomplish this year?
5. What is one of your guilty pleasures?
6.What is one of your most embarrassing moments?