HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR MAN!!! 11/16

Taylor is 7 years old! We can't believe how fast he is growing. He is doing so well in school, he is a Tennis champion, he is loving with his siblings, we are so proud of him!! Mom made some cupcakes the night before so we could have some before school! And Dad took a bunch to tennis since Mom had to work. Happy Birthday Taylor Man, King of the Wild Frontier!!

Into trains-11/14

Grant is all into trains now, and can get the rails together all by himself. He loves Thomas The Train too.

Halloween 09

Trick or Treat!! How fun is it free candy?? We went to our neighbourhood party and did some trick or treating around Morning Side. The kids were so excited! This year Grant got totally into it!!

Seabourne job- 10/15 - 10/29

Some panoramic fun at

The Spice Market in Turkey, just amazing!! It smelled soooooooo good!

Sailing off from Istanbul, Turkey ... All SMILES!

Tapas!! Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!

We found our Bazaar! la Sirena... (they must thought I was crazy!...)

My kind of store... anything chocolate!!

We flu in to Istanbul and arrived late at night. The morning of the 16th we had the opportunity to visit a few places like the Spice Market, the Turkish Bazaar, and the Blue Mosque. It was very beautiful. We sailed off later that afternoon, to a beautiful sunset. The pictures are not in order, but we sailed in this order: 18th in Mytilini (Greek isle, we did not get out), 19th Volos, Greece (didn't get out), 20th Piraeus, Greece (no), 21st Aghios Nikolaos (Greek isle, no), 22nd Cruising the Mediterranean Sea, 23rd Valetta, Malta (no), 24th Trapani, Italy (no), 25th Cruising the Tyrhemiam Sea, 26th Monte Carlo (got out for 2 hrs), 27th Marseilles, France (yes, we shoot in a beautiful castle) and the 28th Barcelona, Spain. It was a once in a lifetime cruise! It was only possible with the help of Troy's parents that came from Arizona to stay with the kids for 10 days (and Kim Wait had them for the first 5). We missed them very much but had a wonderful time!

Goofing around

Taylor and Trista just goofing around with some glasses...

Pumpkin Patch on 10/14

AHHHH!! It's that time of the year that Miami is supposed to start cooling off and that season we barely know as "FALL". We went to the Pumpkin Patch by Miami Shores Presbyterian Church since we don't know how long the pumpkins will survive the low 90s that we were still having... We loved playing around and taking some fun shots with the pumpkins. This is the first time for Grant, since we missed it last year. Troy and I are going on a trip for work for 2 weeks and we'll miss the kids soooooooooo much!!

Van's First 5 Km

Ah, if only I could do 1/2 of a Triathlon! I decided to start small, running, and today was my very first 5Km in downtown Miami, for Breast Cancer Awareness. It was very cool, that so many people showed up to show their support, from survivors to volunteers, to people running like me or just walking, it was great to be there. It was harder than I thought! We'll see, I am putting up a challenge for myself to train for my first Triathlon, hopefully within next year!

Troy's TRIATHLON!! on Sunday, 9/27

After

We were all so very proud of Troy doing his very first Triathlon! And he did it at 1:29 min! Amazing!! We were all there to greet him right at the finish line, (I'm waiting for 20 min, camera ready to shoot) when I bend over to get some crackers for the kids (all 3) and Taylor goes: "there goes Daddy!"... Aaaargh!!! Definitely a "Family Circus" moment!! The kids were so proud of him, and had fun too grabbing as many Protein Shakes as they could. Congrats, Daddy!!!