The "V" Word...

Oh you people are sick! VACATION people... VACATION!





Here is a recap of all of the vacations we have had since the beginning of 2009. Can you believe we are already 8 months into this year?? WHAT???



So first off... wayyyy back in March, many moons ago, we explored the frozen land of Minnesota. Our good friends, the Jacksons live outside of Minneapolis, and we went to see them. It had been almost 2 years since we last saw each other, as we all moved from our homes in NY at around the same time. Jeremy and Justin were stationed together in NY and became friends. They MADE Amanda become friends with me, and because she felt sorry for me having to go through my pregnancy with Gabby alone, she decided when I got pregnant with Mason that she might as well get pregnant too ;) So, Amanda and I delivered precious baby boys only weeks apart. It was sad that we were all able to share so much in NY, and then have to move our separate directions. So alas, before Mason turned two... and I mean we are talking the days before he turned two, we boarded a plain to the snowy land. We had so much fun!



Keeping the ritual alive... always read before bed!







Time to play in the snow!








Warming up with toys and books after a morning of cold fun!







Go Paisley!! (It looks like their dog Paisley is going to seriously kick the crap out of Justin...) Naww they were playing fetch with snowballs... such an AWESOME dog Paisley is!








sledding time









This picture is priceless!







crash landing...

not too happy after that crash landing

getting warm out... stripping down to the minimum!










awww what's wrong Grady boy!?

why thank you Grady

Gabby spent the majority of the trip like this...

The perfect pillow

she misses Paisley... still talks about her

Off to the Children's Museum...

Auntie Amanda makes a great mommy

At Mall of America... Gabby and I were on this ride!!

after the ride...

awwww

Gabby and Grady hard at work...

nothing like a game of "ring around the roseys"

more books to read!

Uncle Jeremy and Grady

one last goodbye to Paisley

Us getting ready to leave to head back to AZ

What a wonderful trip we had, and just the kind of R&R we needed. We mainly rested a lot, and enjoyed every minute in the comfort of the Jackson's home. Not to mention Amanda's fantastic cooking feeding our tummies every day. We really miss you guys and need you to come out and visit us... soooooooon!



We took the month of April off with travels of great length. Then in May we headed to San Diego for 10 days to spend the vacation with my parents. Unfortunately the weather didn't comply as we wished it had, and many of the days were quite cold, overcast and rainy. However, the first 3 days were beautifully sunny, and thankfully we managed to get some time at the beach. Oh and a BIG THANK YOU to the Jackson's for being our professional photographer on our vacay, so as we didn't have to lug the big camera along!


For Mother's Day, I had a photographer meet us in Coronado and take family pictures of my entire family. Here are the candids...

all of us children, spouses and grandchildren

children and our spouses

daddy and his kiddos

Mommy and her kiddos

the whole family

Just us

my beautiful blessings

my brother Jerod and his beautiful wife Ashley

my wonderful parents

just us

the love of my life

the whole family

the whole family

the whole family

The Scott family 5

kisses for Jerod

the siblings

Jerod and Ashley

just us...

my best friend

all of the family

Grammy and Papa with their grandbabies

they started it all...

And now for our vacation pictures!


somewhere over the rainbow

flying high with the airplane

taking in the beauty of it all

Gabby and Papa at Seaport Village

out to dinner with Uncle Bob at Fillipis

all of us in La Jolla

Coronado beach with Auntie Melanie and Papa, building sand castles

and the fight begins...

stuck in the hole they dug in the sand

Fun with Papa!

running on the beach

the daily nap with Papa...

So not a lot of pictures from the trip, as a lot of our time was held up in the hotel... but we sure had fun spending time with Grammy and Papa and making lasting memories!

And last but not least, we headed off to Montana at the end of June for a lovely trip of enjoying the "Big Sky" in the summer time!

baking Papa's red velvet birthday cake with Grammy

Gabby and Grammy

Mason with Great Grandma Marie!

Mason eating the batter with Papa Bucky!

Gabby taking a taste for herself

mmmmm that's some good icing!

singing happy birthday to Papa

having a little help blowing out the candles

my beautiful baby girl

Now off to Seeley Lake for some camping in the great outdoors

Justin and I on my mom's scooter

Papa and Mason on the scooter

it fits just right!

no... she didn't ride this way... LOL

gone fishing!

maybe they caught something!?!?!? NOPE!!!

Gabby on the waverunner with her Papa... she still won't stop talking about how much fun she had on this!

Justin liked it just as much!

my beautiful mother

my loving great grandmother and Gabby on the boat!

driving up to camp... Gabby and Sasha snuggling together!

After our trip camping, we jaunted over to Salmon, ID for the day to visit Justin's grandparents

Mason with Papa

Gabby and Nana

Friday, July 3rd, after a lovely visit with my friend Lisa and family (sadly no pictures... ugh why didn't we take any!?!?) we were off to Butte to watch the fireworks on the M.

Justin, my cousin Jessika and her little one, Lilyan

Papa Buckey and Lilyan!

almost a good picture... MOM look at the camera!

Great Grandma Marie and Mason

And now for the 4th of July....


lighting fireworks

run run run from the fireworks!

Mommy and her kiddos

Daddy and Mason

Happy 4th of July

Well... that wraps up the travels we have taken so far. I am sure there will be many more to come as we plan to take Kristina on a few trips to see America! Speaking of Kristina, she comes TOMORROW!! The countdown has begun... I have officially run out of time, and feel I have so much more to get done before she comes... oh well... all will be fine! So I will try to update this more frequently now as, A: Blogger has become a royal pain in the bum as far as loading pictures and B: I want to journal Kristina's stay with us as well as I can so as her parents can keep an eye on her back in Germany!

We love you all... stay tuned shortly for a blog with lovely pictures from Gabby's dance recital back in June! I am trying to play catch up... can't ya tell!?