A much belated post of our December

Hello Readers!

Yes, this is a post on December;) I know it's so, so, late but I really loved these pictures so I just had to post them!
The first two weeks in Dec. we were traveling about up North and we went to Michigan to see my dear Grandmother, Nanny and dear Grandpa Charles! We had such a blast playing cards, our fav. past time with Nanny-O who is the Champion of cards! Right after we arrived it started snowing! Nanny had two sleds for us to play with and we were out there for hours! It was such a blast! We also got to go to two very interesting museum's; The Children's museum and Meijers Garden.


I small hole-in-the-wall town we stopped at! It consisted of two gas stations, right across from each other and a little donut shop! How cute!

Our Hand-n-foot tournament begins!!

Which one to lay down?

Yuchi and our Chorus of snowman!




Our King and Queen

Maud, you're so much fun! What would I do with you?!

At the Children's Museum

Daddy and the boys standing in front a of piece of the Berlin wall!

Daddy pointing out the piece in the picture


Learning about the different kinds of fish

When I took this photo I thought of my dear Sis. Adeline! She is the ultimate Hat-connoisseur and whenever I try on a hat or even look at a hat, I wonder what she would think of it! LOL! So here's to you Addie!

This man has such an interesting job. He uses the old printing press and makes flyer's and what not for the museum! It was so neat to get to watch him work!

At Meijers Garden

And here we all are (except me, of course) in the cactus halls of the lovely Meijers Garden, one the largest indoor botanical gardens in the States!


Nanny's very own Cactus





We had so much fun with y'all Nanny and Grandpa! Thank you so much for showing us around Michigan!
Bethany

Anniversary cruise

In July Daddy and Mama had their 29 anniversary!! To celebrate they went on a cruise to Mexico!!

Their ship The Holiday!

The harbor in Mobile, AL.

Leaving the harbor

Their first stop was Cozumel, where they took a Catamaran out and were lifted up in the air with a sail!! Not exactly para-sailing but we're not sure what to call it.

Daddy got to do some fishing too!

Their second (and last) stop was in Chichen Itza where they went to see the Mayan Ruins!!

There is a very interesting DVD by Doug Phillips about the Mayan people in the History of the World Conference!! They were an extremely smart but horribly wicked people. Their buildings are huge and very elaborate and filled with carvings and statues of snakes and skulls.

Inside the Sports Arena, which is about the size of a football field!!

People that have studied the Mayans (like Mr. Phillips) think that in this Arena you had to throw a ball through that hoop in the wall, kinda like basket ball!

One of the thousands of statues of snakes that are EVERYWHERE!

This is a stone wall with a carving of a warrior kneeling down and his head is cut off. I'd hate to have that carving on my walls

More snakes

On the way home they stopped at a little restaurant where Mexican ladies danced with platters of jars on their heads.

While they were at sea Daddy and Mama took a tour of the kitchen!! What fun!!

These are huge soup pots!! Think of how many people we could serve with that thing!! That's what we need!!

Daddy showing a beater to what must be a massive mixing bowl

Happy Anniversary Daddy and Mama!!