Day #5...April 7, 2010

Pool, beach, lunch, pool again...oh this is the LIFE:) They had a really good outdoor pizza kitchen by one of the pools. It was REALLY good!

Liam and Landan waiting for their pizzas...

Making a foot bath in the sand with Daddy...

My BEAUTIFUL Miss Lilyan enjoying the sand...

Liam and Cookie Monster...

Sisters enjoying a late night snack...cheese fries and a hot fudge sunday:) YUM!!!

Day #4...April 6, 2010

We saw lots of Sesame Street characters during our visit and got quite a few pictures. They also had a parade. It was a short one but cute:) Another lazy pool day and then a nice family dinner.

Lorelle and Bert...

Lilyan saying..."No more pictures Mom!"

Sisters lounging...

More after dinner pictures...

Live~Laugh~Love

Day #3...April 5, 2010

We did a little pool hopping today. I think the resort has at least 6 pools, maybe more and the kids (and Lance:) especially liked the ones with the swim up bars. The resort was all-inclusive and it was nice...but by the end of the week it began to feel a little gluttonous. I mean...my kids

(and I...LOL!) are detoxing today from a week full of all you can eat/drink pop, cotton candy, cookies, popsicles, pasties of all kinds, cheese fries, hot dogs, etc, etc.... It was CRAZY!!!

Gotta LOVE the swim up bar...the kids faves were Cherry Cokes, Shirley Temples and Daiquiris! My fave was called the Caribbean Breeze:)

Landan and Leytan at the Scratch DJ Academy...REALLY concentrating:)

Lorelle with one of her several, daily cotton candies...

Dinner at the Sesame Street themed restaurant. The lasagna was wonderful:)

Liam with Elmo...

Happy Easter!!! April 4, 2010...

It was a little weird to not be at church on Easter Sunday...but WOW were we surrounded by God's beauty! Not just in the scenery of this tropical island but our amazing children that God has given us. We are SO blessed! Thank you Lord for sending your one and only son so that our sins are forgiven. What an AMAZING love!!! I did pack a few small Easter goodies for the kids and they enjoyed them:)

Lilyan and Lorelle checking out their Easter stuff...

Waterpark fun!!!

Lorelle getting braids...

Before dinner picture...

We spent most of the day at the waterpark pool area and then went out for a nice dinner together. That is one of the best parts of vacations for me...3 meals a day sitting down as a family together. How AWESOME is that!?!

We made it! April 3, 2010...

We only had about a 15 minute van ride to the hotel and then the real fun began. When we arrived at the Beaches Resort, we were greeted with cold cloths, cocktails and cookies. All the kids thought that was cool...especially Lorelle;) She LOVED all the extra attention she got from everyone at the resort. After checking into our room, we enjoyed a nice lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon/early evening on the beach. The water was such a pretty, clear, blue and the sand was so soft. It was a long but FUN day!

Lorelle with her cocktail...

Then on the beach...

Leytan, Landan and Lance playing football on the beach:)

Lilyan and her Daddy...

Playing in the sand...

Life is GOOD!!!

Our Travels to Turks and Caicos Islands...April 3, 2010

On Good Friday, the 2nd...we picked up our gang from school early and headed to Chicago for the evening. We stayed at our usual park~n~fly hotel, went to dinner at our favorite pizza place and tried to get to bed early. This was not an easy task since the kids were SO excited:) We had a 3:30AM wake up call and were down in the lobby at 4AM for a shuttle to the airport. The kids are such GREAT travelers! The kids all woke ready to go and excited. They all enjoyed the city lights during take off. REALLY cool to see!

The sunrise from the plane...was AMAZING!

The kids had such a great time on the flights (We flew from Chicago to Atlanta then on to the Islands:), taking pictures of each other and silly pictures of Lance and I. Lilyan is still cracking up over a close up, funny picture of me that she took. She wants me to put it on Facebook:) LOL!

We are almost there...Isn't this water SO blue!?!

Lance trying to stuff Liam in the overhead bin after we landed:) LOL!!!

BEAUTIFUL Sunset!!!

I took this picture off my bedroom deck this evening. We have the best sunsets and I love the reflection on the pond...just amazing beautiful to me. How can you look at this and not think of God...how awesome his creations are!!!