Sienna & Santa

Well, it's a rite of passage, so we trekked to the mall this morning for the obligatory photo with Santa. I was actually able to sneak a bow into Sienna's hair (a minor feat in itself) and we got 3 semi-smiling pics before she decided Santa was scary and started boo-hooing! Also no line to wait in since we were so early! I deem it a success!!

Home for the Holidays...

It's almost ready!!! This is when it starts to get exciting! They have finished the brick and stone and have sheetrocked the inside, so texturing the walls is next. We can't wait to move in- projected close date is mid to end of December! If I can't be in a week before Christmas I'd rather just wait until after though! Too crazy otherwise!

Cruisin' Couple

I have been told you either love to cruise or hate it....well, I think we fall into the former category! We went on our first cruise a few weeks ago. We flew to Puerto Rico and spent one night, then boarded a Royal Carribean ship (The Adventure of the Seas) the next day. We had a balcony room and absolutely enjoyed being able to sit out there and enjoy the views as we sailed in and out of ports and also watch sunsets. We went to Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Maarten and St. Croix. St. Lucia and St. Maarten were our favorites- St. Lucia for its Hawaii-like beauty and St. Maarten for its culture and more modern amenities. We thought the food on the cruise was fantastic- and I am pretty picky- for instance I do not like All Inclusive resorts. But the food on the cruise never got old and the service was fantastic. We did the "my time" dining so we could eat whenever we wanted and didn't have to wait for a particular seating time. I also loved being able to go to a show in the evening after dinner or even just go to the casino for a little while- it was so much more entertaining than just staying in a hotel. We are already eyeing the new Oasis of the Seas that will soon be sailing out of Florida- looks amazing and HUGE! I have posted some of our pics below...


Cane Bay in St. Croix...I did some fabulous snorkeling here and saw a barracuda...yikes!

Us with the ship...

On Airport Beach in St. Maarten. You can watch the planes coming in VERY close overhead. It's a huge attraction and they pipe in air traffic control to the bar on the beach so you know when a plane is coming. You can even watch YouTube videos of this.

Kurt is in the red shorts...

Sailing into St. Maarten

About to go ziplining in the Antiguan rainforest

Kurt ziplining...

Me ziplining...

Sailing into Antigua

View from the balcony leaving St. Lucia

The harbor with our ship in St. Lucia

Little oasis beach between the Pitons on St. Lucia

Kurt and I on a water taxi riding to the beach between the Pitons

Us with the Pitons

Harbor in St. Lucia

At a banana plantation

Sunset from our balcony

Pool deck on our ship- where we spent most of our time on our one day at sea

Sailing into Barbados...we went scuba diving here on shipwrecks!

Us on one of the formal nights on the ship

Puerto Rico from the ship

First Howloween!

Kurt and I were away on our cruise during Sienna's first Halloween :( But, we did manage to make it to one pumpkin patch before we left (despite all the rain)! We had Sienna's 9 month pics taken by a new photographer while we were there. Here are some of our favs! I am also posting a few of her in her Halloween costume- she was a 50's girl- it was one of the few costumes I figured she would actually keep on and be happy wearing! Cruise pics coming soon!! :)