Kids these days....

Karyna and I frequently email each other and when I got one today I replied promptly. Not too much later I got a response that said, "sorry can't reply right now get back to ya soon!" Well, I didn't know she was that busy. So I asked her about it (She was sitting next to me when I got the email, she didn't look that busy!). Come to find out, she has her email set up to reply with that message because apparently she is on vacation. That just cracked me up. I mean, I love technology, don't get me wrong, but is it too much when my 9 year old (1) needs an automated response when she can't do it herself promtly and (2) knows how to set that up? Actually, I love it!

Random comments from random kids!

I've tried to get these word for word, so don't think I can't spell or my grammer is wrong.

Tayden: He wanted to go to the bathroom by himself in a public bathroom today, so he went in the stall and made me stay out. After a couple seconds, this is what I heard: "Ummm, I fink I really don't know what to do."

Kaylee: She has been singing alot lately and I've been taping her. She is loving it. Today in the car she said: "I'm getting to be the best actress. When I grow up, probably I'm going to be a rock star!"

Tayden: Tonight he wanted milk and asked very nicely, then explained: "When I want a drink I have to say 'please', 'cause that's the askin' word."

Drum Roll Please....

So, I didn't post the trip because it was going to take a while. But, here are a few pics. We really had a great time. It was so relaxing, and we got to do so much stuff. I thought a week would be too long, but it really was about perfect. I missed the kids, though, so it was also great to get home! LaNae took alot more pictures than I did, so there will be more to come when I get them from her. I'm going to put together a DVD, so that should have a lot more as well, but here we go....


Kurt and Seth in our Limosine! When the Jensen's travel, they go all out. LaNae set us up with a limo to take us to the port because it would be easier and more comfortable than waiting for the shuttle. Not bad, I'd say!


This just gives you an idea about how big this ship is. This is the Royal Promanade on Deck 5. It was like walking down Main Street.


This was new to this ship. Since I didn't have my kids, I didn't actually use this, but it was still pretty cool.


This one is for Rachel


This is Labadee, Haiti. It's Royal Caribbean's private island. Check out that sky. Actually, it was a gorgeous day and we really enjoyed just hanging out and relaxing.


Here's my sexy husband playing beach volleyball!


And here's my sexy self. Probably one of very few of me, thank you very much!


And here's Jamaica. It had some pretty dumpy looking places. Excuse the picture, I took it from a moving bus.


And it also had some pretty nice places!


This also gives you an idea of how big our ship was. The yellow building on the right is the same distance away from us as the ship! This is Jamaica as well.


Here we have Grand Cayman. I really loved this place. It was so pretty.


And the water there was the prettiest blue I'd ever seen. This was taken near Sting Ray City. Unfortunately we had our water camera there, so the pictures haven't been developed yet, but those will come in time. We all loved Sting Ray City! Their wingspan was anywhere from 2 to 5 feet long and we got to hold and feed them. Some people kissed them, but they were pretty slimy so I opted out of that one!


This is Cozumel, Mexico. Once again, Seth and I went snorkeling here so most of our pictures are with the water camera. The snorkeling was cool, but with a windy day, the waves were almost more than we can handle. By the time we finished the hour boat ride to get there, an hour in the water and an hour boat ride back, we were grateful for solid ground! More pictures of that when I get the water camera developed.

Kurt and Seth playing water volleyball with the cruise director and crew. The crew took out each team one at a time! I guess when you play together every week for 6 months, you get pretty good. Plus, a little help from the crew member "official" goes a long way!


Some of my favorite things were the shows. Unfortunately they didn't want you filming them, so I don't have much, but this was taken the last night after they did an Austin Powers bit. That was done by our amazing cruise director. He was awesome! He did a dance the last night that LaNae was able to get on tape that was so cool. That will be coming soon!


This is a representation of the ships crew. There were actually over 1400 crew members and 4000 guests.


Our cruise director, Richard Spacey.


All week we kept saying we needed a picture on this couch like the one George Castanza did on Seinfeld. LaNae has more that I'm sure you'll get to see, but here's one that I got with my camera.


And here we have Seth on the last night at about 1:00 in the morning in front of the elevators. We were all pretty drained and ready for some sleep. He just couldn't wait until we got to the room!

And here we are back in the limo going back to the airport. Only this time, we weren't as awake.


Ahhh, the highlight of my trip. I learned that I don't know how to use the spray on sunscreen! I tried to rub it in, I really did. But I guess it didn't work so well. I think I'll stick to the lotion stuff.

FHE

For Family Home Evening tonight, I asked each of the kids what they learned this week while we were gone. Here are some of the answers:

Karyna - I learned not to scratch a cat's stomach!
Tyler - I learned how to tell time on a round clock.
Kaylee - I learned not to put water up my nose.
Tayden - I ate Dinosaurs.

So, Kaylee and I had a conversation about hers and this is how it went:

Mom: How did you learn not to put water up your nose?

Kaylee: I tried it.

Mom: How did you try it?

Kaylee: I put a straw up my nose and sucked.

Kaylee as "Pip"

Kaylee has been entertaining us all with her re-enactment of "Pip" from Enchanted. We just had to get it on tape, so here it is...