My cousin Ian's B-day

I went to my cousin Ian's 17th birthday party last Saturday...can you believe we didn't get a picture of him and I while we were there...go figure?!?!?! Anyway, I've loved this wooden bird that they have at their house since I was really little, but the best part was hanging out with their HUGE dog Jasper...he is so cool - and so big! My Aunt Renee has some reall cool decorations in her house. I loved this lamp because there was a butterfly in it (pretend of course). I spent a lot of time checking it out!Here I am with my Grandma Cripe...you can also see my Grandpa Cripe and my Aunt Renee in the background. I wished that I could have stayed longer, but I was really tired and had to go home to take a nap. I can't wait to go play with Jasper again!

ODDS -N- ENDS

I know its been awhile since my mommy has sat down to blog. So - here are some random pics of me and what I've been up to these days.

Check out my grumpy face and big feet :-) I love putting on my dads shoes, but I don't like stopping the fun for the camera!! I'm very into making forts these days. This one was made out of my table and living room blanket, but it was more fun to climb on top of it and just be silly!

My Aunt Joan had her knee replaced at Beaumont Hospital last week. When we went to see her the AFLAC people had this cool race car there. AFLAC really helped my mom and dad when my daddy was sick so we stopped to chat with them. They gave me an AFLAC duck dressed as a race car driver, a signed poster, and lots of time to look at the car.

This pic was taken several weeks ago of Hannah and I...we both look so guilty, but of course we are both angels :-)

A week in review

Wow...what a great week! Everything started on Friday, August 7th. It was my mom and dad's 10 year anniversary day, but the plan was that my friends Keisha and Daniel would come over to play with me all day and then come with me to my Grandma and Papa's house for an ice cream social. Well, they did come over, and we did go to the ice cream social...but it ended up being a 10 year anniversary celebration for my mommy and daddy. My mom had to get pics from my Grandma and she will post them soon.
Anyway, here I am enjoying my first cereal necklace...Keisha and Daniel made one too, but the pictures didn't turn out.

Here are Keisha and I swinging away on a lazy summer day!On Tuesday I went to Bell Creek Park with my mom and our friends from MOPS. Here I am with Hannah trying to find a rabbit. We never seen a rabbit, but we did see poison ivy so we decided to be safe and walk away.Tobin, Hannah, and me enjoying some time at the park.I love hanging out in the mulch!!!!Here are our friends Ezra, Tobin and their mommy Trenda. They are so nice and we can't wait to get to know them better as we plug into MOPS this fall.Here is my friend Hannah checking out the tire swing. Can you see her french braids? They were adorable!!!!Here I am running across the bridge!

The whole week was filled with loads of fun. I went to my Papa and Grandma's house Sunday - Wednesday to swim and on Thursday my Aunna came over to play with me. On Friday morning my mommy took me outside for a scavenger hunt. I had to try to find a flower, a stick, a rock, a leaf, grass, and mulch. I found some other things also.... :-) Here I am checking my scavenger hunt bag to see if I have a stick yet...I didn't.Voila! A stick...first I have to play with it. Then I can show it to my mom...I was so proud everytime I found something on the list.We were just about done when we seen this little caterpillar crawling on the grass. It was the most exciting thing to see.
My mom put it on a stick for me and we watched it for a long time. The caterpillar crawled up and down the stick and..... I finally touched it...it was very soft and wiggly...but so much fun!

We finally decided to let the caterpillar crawl around on the tree. It was a great experience!

I also found a whole pile of rocks to play in :-) Look at this face....
Here is my scavenger hunt poster. I am very proud of all of the things I found in my yard and so thankful for all of the things God made for me to enjoy in this great big wonderful world.I had to toss this one in...posing for a pic.

On Friday night my Uncle Rob and Grandpa Cripe came over to visit. Uncle Rob is visiting from California for the Woodward Dream Cruise. My Grandpa Cripe just finished restoring his 3rd vehicle...this one is a Studebaker truck.

All the Cripe Boys....

More pics to come from the Dream Cruise...we went on Saturday to see all of the cars.

Bye, Bye Grandpa and Uncle Rob....

It was a great week. I'm going swimming at my Papa and Grandma's house tomorrow...I'll ask my mom to take some pics and post those soon. Have a great week everyone!

Valentin Imperial Maya - Mexico 2009

Just a few pics from our 10 year anniversary celebration in Mexico. We stayed at a fantastic adults only all-inclusive resort for a glorious 6 days. It was hard to leave our little boy, but the time away was refreshing and rejuvenating. We are so thankful that we were able to getaway and enjoy a beautiful resort, awesome pool, delcious food and drinks, great entertainment, and a wonderful beach. God is so good!

This was one of the two walk up and swim up bars....this place was rather "heavenly."

Here is Randy enjoying an unlimited supply of Coke...a truly heavenly experience.More time sipping on beverages...this was taken right after we arrived and fell in love with this place.Our beautiful room...and Randy checking out the cable options :-)A view of our wonderful whirlpool tub with entry from the bedroom side and bathroom side. It was so luxurious!!!!Randy heading out of our hotel room.This was a bush just outside of our hotel room that was covered in hundreds of butterflies every morning. It was amazing!Our view at breakfast every morning.A view from one of the many bridges and ponds at the resort. Everything was open air with thatched roofing.This was our view from lunch each day...looking straight out to the ocean :-)One of the many lizards hanging out at the resort. This was our first walk out to the beach. We made our way to the ocean about 15 minutes after we arrived at the resort.Ahh....this is what we came for....God's artistic hand amazed us daily!The thatched cabanas were an awesome way to take in the sound of the ocean yet take a quick break from the super hot sun. It was also rather nice having drinks delivered right to your cabana. We loved taking afternoon snoozes on the beach. Here we are all dressed up and on our way to dinner and a show.This is a pic taken on the same evening right after we finished dinner. It was so peaceful and beautiful in everyway.Now for the pool. Pictures can't adequately show how gorgeous and huge this pool was. It was a lagoon style pool that went on forever. There were fountains, whirlpools, loungechairs in the water, 2 swim up bars ... and on, and on, and on. We spent hours in this pool.

Here is Randy getting his henna tattoo. He wants to make it permanent...um...we won't go there quite yet.

The pool at dusk.

Here we are on the beach at night.
Everything about this resort and this vacation was amazing. Randy came home feeling so much better. It was a wonderful way to celebrate our 10 year anniversary and Randy's recovery...now, when can we go back???