Day 4 - Relaxing At Sea

While a storm was brewing on land, we had beautiful skies and perfect weather at sea!

Day 3 - Ensenada and La Bufadora

Ship at night!

Cool-y sky pic!

No Joke! We went to Costco and ended up buying not one, not two, but THREE (made in the USA) Mickey Mouse suitcases from none other than COSTCO :)

Bicentennial Celebration

Yoriko doing literal translation of "Blow hole"

Super hero to so many MEN!

Navigating our way to La Bufadora!

Day 2 - Elegant Night

"Quick! Take a pic of them so they don't have to buy it!"

(umm, pics don't turn out very well without proper lighting...aka FLASH!)

Day 2 - Catalina Island

Just for Kaitlyn :)

On the tender back to ship

On Pier

Wallaces

Me and my husband of 9 years!

While they segway-d their way on island, I was holed up in the awesome Avalon Library!

Yoriko was the 1st to get on...

Catalina for the day!

Mark's dream office!

Sail Away! Carnival Paradise

Off Duty Mommas :)

Our neighbors!

FINALLY! On board with Freddy :)

Yes, we are teasing the kids with this because we did not tell them beforehand where we were going, let alone with one of their favorite characters!

A little closer...

Almost there!

We were lucky enough (yet again!) to have Ong-y and Ba-y come back for Round 2 of "hanging out" with their grandkids... so Mark and I could escape on this BIG BOAT for a 5 day cruise down to Ensenada and back...

Autumnal Equinox

HAPPY FALL!!

I am not sure, once again, where the time has gone...but Yep, it's AUTUMN! It was sort of blustery with definite cooler temps in the morning. I LOVE fall :)

Of course, this also means that I somehow managed to be a month behind in my blog postings. It must mean that we've had so much fun and NOT because I've just been lazy and enjoying my few hours of peace and quiet while both kids are in school!

Back blogging now...

Kids and playdates

Model Maddie

Striking her pose for Bac and Chi!

Princess Maddie and Princess Sierra

Imaginary Boat with Aidan

Before Daddy left for another trip abroad...

Surprise! Kaitlyn's 13th Birthday!!

Happy 13th Kaitlyn!

My cool-y PacMan cake! Very proud of myself :)

Yes, the pizzas were THAT GIGANTIC!

With her BFF Sienna!

She's come a VERY long way from being the traumatized flower girl at our wedding 9 years before...

Pizza Delivery Boy!

Yes, he DRIVES now?!! Scary thought :P

We leave our kids at home for a getaway...only to go hang out with 20+ more TEENAGERS having an "80s themed" party!! EEK! don't know which is worse???

Cool-y Gerbera daisy from Kait's cousin.

The Candy Bar