The Girls on Formal Night

The Boys on Formal Night

Here we all are looking dapper in our formal attire.  It was fun getting all dressed up for our fancy evening.

The Cutest Costume on the Ship!

Kelsey Anne won the trophy for the cutest costume for the whole cruise! She did look stinkin' cute!

A Frightfully Fun Halloween!

We had so much fun celebrating Halloween on the cruise. It required some extra packing, but it was worth it! The only sad thing was that security tried to confiscate Henry's proton pack. We had time so we asked if we could return it to the van rather than having them throw it away. (We were annoyed later on when we saw a grown-up whose proton pack made it thruogh security while our's had not!) Henry was of course pretty bummed but got over it pretty quickly as we boarded the ship. The children got to go trick or treating all over the ship after which we attended a Halloween Party with a costume contest and dancing.

Our Family Cruise!

I have so many photos to post- it's crazy!

We took our first family cruise earlier this month and had an absolutely fabulous time! We sailed out of New Orleans on Halloween and sailed to Progreso, Mexico and then on to Cozumel, Mexico. We had so much fun. The kids keep saying they wished they had a time machine so that we could go back and do it all again! I was a little nervous about taking all the children, but I shouldn't have been. I can't wait to do it again!

Getting Ready for the Trunk or Treat!

Henry as a Transformer!

Jeff as a Ninja!

Jenna as a Pirate!

Kelsey as a bumblebee!

Kelsey's First Haircut!

Back on October 27th Kelsey enjoyed her very first haircut! Melissa Boles, Jenna's Primary teacher, came over to do the honors. I was a little nervous about how Kelsey would behave, but she was perfect. We cut her bangs and trimmed off some of the back to avoid her sporting a lovely mullet. This was our best choice since the little stinker hates to have her hair done. Only recently has she even let me put a bow in it to keep the hair out of her eyes. This way she can finally see again! I'll keep working on getting pony tails in to stay. She looks so cute when they are in, but she pulls them out as soon as I let go. Maybe someday she'll leave them in. Only time will tell!