Ezra Stays With Us

 

April 28th-May 5th, 2009 So FUN. We got to watch baby Ezra for a week while Jessica and Chris celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary. We had lots of fun and loved having a baby boy in the house.

 

It was warm enough to be outside but the water was NOT. Ezra did not care for the sub-zero water but loved being outside. As you can tell, the girls didn't care what temp the water was - they were going swimming.

Cancun 2009

 

March 19-24th Dave and I escaped to Cancun and stayed at The Royal resort (just like 2 years ago). It was a wonderful escape. The food is amazing, the beach and pools are gorgeous, and the people are friendly.

 

We met our friends the Schauers at the Royal two years ago and met up with them again (on purpose) this trip. This is the 4 of us at the pirate dinner cruise show. It was very entertaining.

 

This is the main pirate. He was fantastic at keeping everyone entertained, fed, and laughing.

 

Here's me and mom after Dave and I got back. Thank you mom for watching the girls!!! And thank you, Natalie and Brady for taking the first 3 days of kid duty. We love you guys!!!

The Austin Fair and Rodeo

 

March 16th, 2009 Well, we didnt' go to the rodeo, but we did make the fair part of it all. The girls loved the rides and feeding the animals is always a favorite. One of my favorite commercials of all time goes like this: Man's voice in Los Angeles: "Yes, it was amazing. I had this maize-encrusted, Louisiana sausage sort of thing that was to die for" Cue announcer: "It's a corndog, buddy. You obviously need to GET TO THE FAIR!"

 

These 2 pictures were taken on the HUGE ferris wheel. Can't beat the sunset view of downtown Austin from the top.

 

Devin's Baptism

Me and Mackenzie got to fly to Phoenix on Friday, February 20th, for the weekend for Devin's baptism. It was such a fun weekend. We got to visit with Wade, Stacy, Nicholas, Luke, Devin, Emory, Dad (Tim Jernigan), and Teddy - along with Stacy's family and their friends from church. I even got to speak at the baptism, which was an honor for me. We were sad to leave on Sunday afternoon. Mackenzie especially loved playing with her cousins and wants to 'come back soon.'

Mackenzie's 6th Birthday/Valentine's/Half Marathon

This was a crazy weekend for us all. Grandma Linda and Papa Steve drove down from Arkansas for the weekend, and Wendy flew out from Charleston. We had a fun housefull. Mackenzie had a great party at Inflatable Wonderland on Valentine's Day (let's add one more thing to the mix, why don't we?) and then that night, we got a sitter and me, Dave, Wendy, and Steve (mom got sick and stayed home) :( went to the comedy club and saw a hilarous Mrs. Morgan from Tennessee. We all laughed so hard - she had me as soon as she said, "All y'all cute, young girls in your low-rise britches..." Soooo funny. THEN, the next morning, I (Wanda) ran the Austin half-marathon. I didn't make a great time, but hey, I finished! Thanks for coming out you guys. We love you!!!

More Disney Cruise Pictures...

Our beach day at St. Croix. Pirates of the Carribean dinner and deck party complete with fireworks and pirate Mickey zip-lining from smokestack to stack. The character breakfast was a big hit. The only time we got to breakfast in one of the sit-down restaurants because Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, and Chip-n-Dale were there to entertain! Our beach day in Castaway Cay, the privately owned Disney beach. The island and beaches were fanstastic. The old relic ship is actually from the Pirates movie (the one Will's dad was on).

Disney Cruise

I got a crazy idea, very last minute, to see if I could find a vacation for our family for the week Mackenzie was out of school 3 days for teacher prep. I checked Vacations To Go and found this last minute deal on the Disney Magic. So, 10 days before departure I booked the trip. We even found great, cheap flights out to Orlando. It seemed like the stars aligned for us to go on the trip. So we took off Friday, Jan. 30th for Orlando and boarded the boat Sat. Jan. 31st. We cruised from Port Canaveral to St. Croix, then St. Thomas, and Castaway Cay in the Bahamas. We also had 3 days at sea. We flew back on Saturday, February 7th. It was a great trip. But truth be told, it was exhausting for me and Dave. Hopefully our next family vacation will be less tiring! We even got to fly with the Lannans and the Hares out to Orlando. They were going on the 4 day cruise and were going to the parks the other days. Here's Mackenzie with Brynn and Trisha.
Here's the girls with Minnie in the cruise terminal.
This was taken just outside the theater right before the Golden Mickeys.
Dinner at Lumiere's.
Our outing to the Oceanarium in St. Thomas. Check out those iguanas!