Fun in the sun!!!

So, I'm finally posting pictures of our awesome trip to the Grand Cayman, Jamacia, and Florida! In February we spent two weeks tanning, well, more like burning (LOL) and seeing tons of new and amazing things! We spent five days on a huge cruise ship that was the nicest one I've ever been on. Inside it looked like a five star hotel, with three different pools, a rock climbing wall, and one of those trampoline things that you get harnessed to. It was pretty sweet!

We had two stops, one in the Grand Cayman and one in Jamacia. In the Grand Cayman we got to swing with sting rays!! I was soooooo freaked out the whole time, but in the end I ended up giving one a big kiss!! Unfortuneately I have no documentation of my kiss because those things are slippery buggers! We got a good one of Nate though!

We also got to go snorkeling and then we spent some time on a beautiful beach call Seven Mile Beach. Picture, white sands, crystal blue water, hot sun! It's was amazing! This is where got burnt to a crisp! Apparently, the sun is hotter in the Cayman's because it's closer to the earth when it's directly on top or something. I'm not really sure but even I got burnt which doesn't usually happen!!
Obviously Nathan got it the worst! OUCH!!! Sleeping was a beast!! And there was one night that Nathan couldn't stop scratching his back on anything with a rough edge! It was the most insane thing!! LOL O'well, maybe you had to be there! It still cracks me up!

In Jamacia we went tubing and cliff jumping! It was so much fun because in this river there were little patches of rapids! The cliff was about 8 or 10 feet and we had to jump right in one spot otherwise, SPLAT all over the rocks! Luckily, no one did that! We had two river guides, one was 18 years old and he kept asking me and the girl with me if we were dating the guys we were with. He took special care of us.

My most favorite thing we did was in Jamacia called Dunn River Falls. It's a cascading water fall that runs for about a mile down in the ocean. The reason it was so cool was because you are able to climb up it. This is totally something you could only do in another country, or maybe a third world country...I'm not sure, somewhere like the US and Canada, North America. Whatever, anyway, there were spots of the river that went up over my head and then there were some that were maybe a foot deep. The rocks though, were soooo slippery! One wrong step and you could have seriously hurt yourself. The tour guides were having people link arms and manuver the falls. We found one that would follow up the side with our cameras and just take pictures. He did an amazing job! Lots of good ones!!

Anyway, we had an awesome time on our trip! It really was amazing and I would recommend the Grand Cayman and Jamacia to anyone especially Dunn River Falls! We spent a week in FL as well but those pics aren't half as cool as the ones of our cruise! There are just too many of them for me to post them separately so, enjoy the slide show! By the way, if you didn't already know, the profile pic is us at Universal Studios! Good times!

~Kina

Happy Anniversary Love!

Three years...I can't believe it! Before I met you I never knew how full my life could be and when we got married I was awed by the happiness I felt. Now, I'm still in awe because that happiness and love has grown to more than I ever thought possible and everyday is just another dream come true! :) I love you!

Here are ten reason why I love you! You probably already know most of these but sometimes it's good to have a reminder.

1. You listen to all my long-winded narratives when I tell a story.
2. You let me have my crazy whimsical notions I get from reading so many fiction books.
3. You love for the Gospel and you have an amazing way of touching the spirit of others when you teach about it or bear your testimony.
4. You're willing to work a totally crappy job in the summer to support our family.
5. You spoil me! cloths, shoes, books, whatever!
6. You never let me win at games -- instead you push me to work as hard as I can in whatever I do
7. You know just when I need someone to listen
8. You have big dreams and you work so hard to achieve those dreams
9. You watch the t.v. shows I like and even get into them...sometimes :)
10. You let me kiss you as much as I want!
11. Bonus: You always let me know how much you love me and respect me despite my super strong-will and stubborness.

I LOVE YOU!! Thank you for three wonderful years with many more to come!!!

****HOUSE UPDATE****

Here's a quick update on the house, the City of Airdrie acutally put a stop work order on it because they were worried we ruined the structure of our house when we cut the doors. So, we had to have a structural engineer come and look at everything and okay it, which he did. Right now we are working on getting on the permits for the hole that we have in back were the doors are and the permits for the deck that's going over the hole. As of right now, we probably won't get the basement done until the fall because Nathan is doing one more year of summer sales (hopefully) down in Atlanta, GA again. It's not what we planned originally but it's what we have to do to keep his green card status current. I, however, will be staying in Canada working away doing whatever I can to finish our little basement.

In other news, we took a sweet vacation in February to FL and on a cruise where we visited The Grand Cayman Island and Jamacia. When I get a spare minute I will post those pics for you on the blog! We got a lot of good ones. As for now, take care.
~Kina