Acker Family

White Christmas 2011

2012-01-25T17:58:00.001-08:00

This has been a really warm winter in Wichita, with no snow, so my kids were thrilled to see snow falling as we drove into Denver and it didn't stop for two days! They had a great time sledding and playing in the snow with cousins! Those pictures to come....

Minigolfing

Southglenn Mall Santa

Santa at Nanny's house

Acting out the Christmas story

Cousins and chocolate fountain

and....DANCING!!

Andy Grammer-is this love love love love love!?!

2011-11-18T08:52:00.000-08:00

So Andy Grammer came to SLC two nights ago and here is the pic Patti sent me from that concert.
Then last night, he came to visit us for FREE in Wichita!! It was ladies night out and Grace, Bella and I went with our friends Caroline and Kelsie. Here we are waiting at the stage for him to come!
SCREAM!!!
Here he is getting started! There were only about 20 people there and it was soooo much fun!!
This is us after the concert sitting around talking, signing autographs and taking pictures with him!

EMBARRASSING!!! This is Bella sitting in his chair after he left and Gracie drinking his drink!!
really???

here is his video for those of you that aren't sure who he is...

Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up

5th grade concert

2011-11-16T06:47:00.000-08:00

Gotta love the Earhart messages! This couple performs all over the country and it was a lot of fun to see Jaxson and his friends singing these fun "earthy" songs! Wish I would have recorded it...but here is a live version of another school. Today they go perform it at a state wide competition!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BysfKjaFxnM

Fall dance recital

2011-11-13T14:49:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn Conrady, Rachel Bull, Grace
Elli Bull, Tylie, Bells and Kelsie Rogers
Kate Rogers, Sara Bull, Brock

Halloween

2011-11-13T14:25:00.000-08:00

Carving pumkpins for FHE

Bella got mad and didn't want to be in picture :(
Our little fairy!
Batman and super girl-his little bestie Sara Bull
zombie bride and her friends at ward trunk or treat
pebbles and friends

preschool trip to the pumpkin patch

getting ready for halloween
Tylie discovered the stash! (no worries...none actually were open)
scooby doo and shaggy

Bridging over

2011-11-13T14:21:00.000-08:00

Jaxson and Seth both bridged tonight to 11 year old scouts! They were excited to walk over to Derek as he was just called as 11 year old scout master! They will have a great time this next year!

Chickens!!

2011-11-13T14:14:00.001-08:00

This was the only picture that got snapped! 8 weeks ago we went in on 25 chickens with the Rogers. They have all this property at their house in Benton and so we decided to raise chickens to slaughter. Derek was not easily convinced but in the end he did great at butchering them up. Bella and Brock didn't last too long but Jaxson, Grace and Luke were big helpers and assisted in every part from catching them live, holding them by their feet, to cutting them open, and plucking off feathers! We finished after 1am but really had a fun night with friends and now lots of chicken to eat! Glad to have such great friends! Jaxson took the foot to church the next day and would grab the tendons as the foot waved to everyone out the window ;)

Goodbye Fred!

2011-10-30T12:54:00.000-07:00

When Sophie was living with us, now over two years ago, we saved a tiny little snapping turtle from the street. Well, two years later we decided to set Fred free as he has grown pretty big and mean! Jaxson just picked him up and took him to the lake! Hope he survives!

Trip to Logan

2011-10-30T11:51:00.000-07:00

Derek let me take his place this year at Chem-Dry's Elite Retreat! Now that my sister Stacie lives there, it was soo much fun! Brock, Tylie and I flew to SLC where my parents picked us up and drove us up to Logan to help prego Stacie take care of Brock and Tylie while I was in my meetings. Last day of my conference we enjoyed a fun day at Bear Lake riding wave runners and shooting off potatoes and enjoying the beautiful weather.

During my meetings, they all drove to see Geneva and G-ma's house and took some pics of Brock playing at the school there...new playground equipment!
Brock on the famous doo run run merry-go round with G-pa pushing

Then Matt, Jenny, Maisy and Beckham came to spend a few days with us and Jibby and Patti came up for the night! Brock and Maisy became quick best buddies!

After my conference, we went into SLC and Patti got us all tickets to the Relief Society Broadcast at the Tabernacle and then we went to the Pie Pizzaria after.
(remember that strange thing I kept using to take pictures with?? Ya..it's called quality-there's a reason some of us STILL use cameras ;)..jk Stac..luv your pics too)

We were also able to go to James Eagle Court of honor! A very spiritual meeting, loved it! Way to go James! It was a great trip!

Piano Recital-Let's go to the movies!

2011-10-16T16:12:00.000-07:00

Jaxson playing Hakuna Matata from Lion King and Grace playing Firework from Soul Surfer

She crawls!! Ty and Bingo

2011-08-28T12:23:00.000-07:00

Back 2 Skool

2011-08-20T12:33:00.001-07:00

YEA! House gets cleaned and STAYS cleaned!!!
Kids were all so excited to go to school this year, I have all 4 at Earhart. Jaxson's kindergarten teacher moved to 5th grade so he is with Ms. McLaughlin again, Grace in 4th grade with Ms. Mog, Bella got Grace's old teacher Mrs. Freund and Brock goes to pre-k in the afternoons with Ms. Luna and Ms. Jessica and carpools with his bestie Sara Bull!

(In pjs, as we watch them load on the bus in the am)
sun was very bright, finally on the third attempt, I got him to open his eyes just in time for the picture!

BYU blue!

2011-08-19T20:41:00.000-07:00

Amyarie, Mindy and DA made the kids these darling BYU pj's! The kids LOVE them! Thanks Gills! We love and miss you!

Tylie first meal

2011-08-19T20:25:00.000-07:00

She has not been great with food so far, she gags a lot and after this first meal she threw up several times. I thought it was just coincidence but the next two times I fed her this oatmeal she has thrown it up again, we are thinking maybe an allergy?? Peas, carrots, brown rice and sweat potatoes...either gags or spits them out! Uh-0h, is this one gonna give me trouble? I hope so :)
(don't be fooled by the happy face, she is always smiling..she really hated it)

For some strange reason it had to be...he guided me to TENNESSEE

2011-08-12T21:14:00.000-07:00

But I am still thirsty.....

Fun last trip for the summer with our family! We accompanied Derek on a water summit training. Lots of driving...lots of hotels...lots of swimming...lots of sight seeing..lots of fun!

and then there was the drive...

Knoxville was a actually a pretty city, we walked around the downtown area by our hotel and...
climbed up the sun sphere and played in the water fountains,
went to the art museum

and rode on the city trolley.
Funny story, the trolley seemed like a great place to ride around for awhile while Derek was in his class and get out of the hot sun. The bus driver warned us when we got on, to sit down the whole time Well, Grace decided to change seats at a stop and Brock followed after her when the bus was moving...he stopped in the middle of the road and turned around with EVERY ONE watching and warned us that if we got up out of our seats one more time...he would let us off at the next stop..now we are at least 15 miles from our hotel...The kids, INCLUDING BROCK, sat sooo still, at one point, someone came to sit in the back by us and Jaxson was so scared to move (between the bus driver and my glares of whichever one got us kicked off this trolley in the middle of no where would pay!) that he slid his body under the bar to make room next to him!! Ha Ha!! I told the kids this worked so well to keep them quiet and still that I was going to ask the Bishop to make this same announcement in the chapel!

New Wheels!

2011-07-30T14:45:00.000-07:00

Derek showing off his new wheels...and I don't mean the bike!
This has been a fun bike riding summer, it started out with Jaxson smooth talking his way into an early birthday present and then everyone decided they had outgrown their old bikes so we were on a mission. We found a great purple mountain bike for Grace on craigslist-$20 and then Bella moved up into Grace's bigger bike and after a year of Brock riding around on his toot scoot, we brought down Jaxson's old two wheeler, pumped up the tires and bent over holding onto his seat. Brock does great, but due to a little fear, he keeps slamming on the breaks once he realizes we have let go. We also attached the tandem bike to Derek's bike so Brock can join us on the family rides. Now...if only mom could get her cruiser bike....:)

Brock turns 4

2011-07-30T14:23:00.000-07:00

Although we have the summer off, Derek doesn't so we had to wake Brock up really early and he was not happy with our singing, this first picture is him hiding back under the covers. Then after a little wake up time, he was all excited! His big present was a DSI and his siblings gave him a few things they bought with their own money, mostly candy...

Then the next day was his party at the fire station, after a tour of where they sleep and eat, the kids all got to go in the fire truck and then they got out their hoses and sprayed them all down. We finished with a pinata! Fun time for his friends and their siblings! Happy Birthday Brockie!!

The 7 year old gymnast

2011-07-30T14:14:00.000-07:00

Bella often follows Grace in her interests, but lately she has been expressing the desire to do gymnastics. Luckily a cute couple on our ward teaches at a place close by and we enrolled Bella for the summer. This was parents day and we were amazed at her skills, strength and talent! What a gymnast!!

Zucchini Races for scouts

2011-07-30T13:56:00.000-07:00

"to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law."...or just have some fun carving and racing zucchinis!

4th of July

2011-07-30T13:12:00.001-07:00

(Bella and Kelsie sitting on the mailboxes playing with rolly pollies)
We had the Rogers and Howards over for the 4th of July! The boys had a great time lighting off the fireworks (many paid for with their own hard earned money) and it gave us a great show to watch. We enjoyed root beer floats and Derek made a cobbler in the dutch oven! Great memories, great friends!

Tylie slept through the whole loud show going on outside, we found her with her head tucked into the side of the bed and her hand holding on for support.

First lemonade stand of the summer

2011-07-30T13:03:00.000-07:00

My kids have made a tradition out of this. At the start of every summer, the neighborhood kids get together a have a lemonade stand and have a party with the earnings! This year they decided to add homemade cookies to the sell and they quadrupled their earnings! Making over $40 in one day!! Lot's of generous neighbors (and persistent kids)! In addition to the pizza/movie party we also had enough to go out to see Soul Surfer at the theater too!

63 hrs 1 min / 4031.06 miles

2011-06-19T14:13:00.000-07:00

We picked up the kids from their last day of school and headed west.
First stop and 8 hours in the car, we stop in Denver and met some of Derek's family for dinner.
Next stop and 3 more hours in the car, we stayed at our timeshare in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Slept for the night, got up and did a little swimming, a little laundry and burnt some toast, enough to set off the fire alarm!

Next stop and 6 more hours in the car and we arrived in SLC. We got some fun mani's and pedi's and started off with some Cafe Rio and Ice Berg. Spent the night at Jibby's and woke up before the sun the next day!
This leg of the trip G-ma and G-pa Hayes, Jibby, Amy, Emma and Elli joined us.
Next stop Windsor, California and 12 more hours in the car with a little stop in Reno for breakfast.
Finally we took out all the luggage and stayed for 3 nights at our timeshare. It is beautiful wine country with vineyards or cows covering the landscape! Beautiful!

We spent the first day in San Francisco where we met Matt's family and Patti's family. We took the ferry in which was a highlight for the kids with all the wind.

Once in SF, we walked for several blocks to get to Pier 39 and had wonderful bread bowls with clam chowder, did a little shopping, saws a beached sea lion, went to Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory for some delicious ice cream delights and rode the Trolley cars.

Day two in California was Clark and Marissa's wedding at a darling bed and breakfast in Bodega Bay, where Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" was filmed. My girls along with some of the other girl cousins were the flower girls and held her dress as she walked down the aisle. It was a beautiful wedding and we look forward to the temple sealing in January. Even the cows came down from the hills to watch the wedding through the fence.

After the wedding we headed down to the beach, although very cold and windy, we enjoyed watching the whales flip and spout from up on the cliffs. Then we went down to the beach to let the kids run from the waves. Two seals came right up close to check them out!

We spent our free time swimming, and hanging out in the game room, eating, talking and letting the kids get re-aquianted!

After our 3 days in California, we headed to South Lake Tahoe where is was cooooold! It had just snowed the day before and lots of snow was still around. It was gorgeous to look at, but I'm glad I don't live there! (snow in June..no thank you!)

We spent 2 nights in Tahoe and swam a lot, went on the tram up the mountain and did shopping and site seeing! We had a beautiful view right off our balcony and lots of beware of the bears signs! Elli got to stay with us an extra night when everyone else went back to SLC...fun for Jaxson to have an older sister/cousin to hang out with!

Then 11 more hours back to SLC for Kensie's graduation! Congratulations Kensie...can't wait to come watch you play volleyball for Casper, Wyoming. Mindy, Nate and Josh also threw a party at DA's house for the little kids. They had a great time with mac-n-cheese, Justin Bieber movie, ice cream and sardines 'til 2 in the morning.

We stayed in Provo for 2 days then 5 hours down to St. George for 4 nights. We feel so blessed that G-ma volunteers so many hours so we can go to Tuacahn every summer. This year was The Little Mermaid and it was amazing! We also went on walks, spent lots of time at the pool and discovered the new Arctic Circle's Moose Tracks shake!! Always a great time in St. George!

Our last stop heading back east was Littleton, Colorado. Derek's entire family was gathered at Nanny's house for a party! The night went so well, we ended up staying another 4 days. We slept at the Gannon's and had many late night chats. We spent time visiting with each other, eating out, swimming, playing at the park and ended with a bang on our last night! Brendan got all the girls a suite at the Rockies game filled with food, dessert and drinks and we ate to our hearts content. Lots of girls talk, laughing and even a little baseball watching! Time for a girls trip! The boys went to see a Lacrosse game at Invesco Field and the little ones stayed back with Nanny playing and having fun!

We had a great time spending 3 fun weeks with our family out west. We drove the last 8 hours home to Wichita a little sad. We really are missing living by family and are hoping for some opportunities that may bring us back closer...you never know....
Thanks for everyone's hospitality, we really appreciate it! Love and miss you all!

Tylie Jane's baby blessing

2011-05-21T10:52:00.000-07:00

It was a wonderful weekend as Derek blessed our little Tylie Jane and made her name official on the church records. We were so glad to have the Gannons come and be there with us for this special time. The three older girls, who are all off in college now, stayed back, so it is like a new family with those three little boys and Taylor! We had a great time as we always do when they come to visit! We especially miss little Harry Potter (Logan-that was even how he introduced himself in primary..too cute!)

BYU gear!

2011-05-21T10:35:00.000-07:00

The kids love when I come home from Woman's Conference because of the fun BYU gifts! They have 6 cousins that are currently attending one of the BYU's and lots of family alumni and future plans to attend themselves, so they love to sport the gear! This year was especially fun because of Jimmer #32

Thanks to Maisy, Tylie is sportin a new Bronco dress!

Women's Conference

2011-05-21T10:25:00.000-07:00

As always, it was another great year at BYU Woman's conference! Thanks to all the babysitters, it's so nice to have such great help and support!

Easter with DA

2011-05-21T09:42:00.000-07:00

We were so happy to have Dawnanne visiting with us, as it was my surgery weekend. She was a huge help! This year the Easter color was baby blue, but Tylie was the only one that got her picture taken on Easter day. (dress compliments to Aunt Stacie)
Grace organized a couple of Easter egg hunts for the neighborhood and our kids, but mostly we had fun hanging out with DA! Thanks again for all your help!

Amyarie comes to visit

2011-05-20T18:32:00.000-07:00

We feel so lucky that Amyarie decided to spend her spring break with us this year. She was such a big help! Fabulous dinners, lots of kid playing time, reading..to herself and the kidos, shopping and ended with Freddy's!!
Sunday night we had cupcake wars...see video below!
Thanks so much Amyarie...we miss you a ton! You are always welcome back!

Spring has sprung

2011-05-20T15:35:00.000-07:00

There's a little bird with a scarlet breast. Outside my home, she builds her nest. And all day long and through the night, she sings her song cheap cheap! (discovery and pictures by the kids)

Spring Dance Recital

2011-04-05T13:07:00.001-07:00

After a fun day of April fooling...(telling kids it's a snow day until they look out the window, cream cheese replacing Derek's deodorant, ketchup and toothpaste put in donut holes....) the girls had their dance recital at the Bel Aire Rec Center. As I got my camera out to record, my batteries were missing, so a friend recorded it and will email me a copy soon that I can put on! The girls did fabulous and it was a lot of fun to watch!

After the recital, we took all the kids to a "boring" church meeting and ended up at the Drive-In, "april fools"!! We saw Hop which was darling and Rango which was torture to have to stay up and watch! We met Rogers and Bulls there and it was a fun, although very late night, for adults and kids!!

The 5th Pregnancy!

2011-03-30T16:45:00.000-07:00

Stacie came and left, G-ma and G-pa came and left, spring break came and left, flu came to mom(almost leaving..I hope), so now I have some time to write about the 5th and final birth of Tylie Jane Acker!

Here I am the night before I go to the hospital!
For Stacie's b-day, we went and got spray tans and mani's/pedi's! Perfect pampering day before the big event! (one of us didn't get the spray tan...can you guess who?? lol)
before tanning
before tanning
after tanning!

Stacie, Derek and I went into Wesley Hospital at 7am on 3/11/2011 while G-ma and G-pa got the kids off to school. After a fun RS dinner party and a homeopathic shooter to get this labor started..I was still only dilated to a 2! So they started the pitocin and the progress was SLOW! After a few hours, contractions got a little more painful and I started to get really bad back pain so I had them bring on the epidural! I went with a really low dose which proved to be just perfect! Then we waited....Derek and Stacie went to lunch at Chipolte and nibbled on food while I sat and watched them as I starved the day away(ok, mostly Derek)! We had lots of fun talks, tried to figure out baby names and took little rests! Our nurse was quite chatty and piped in when she got a chance! The kids called very disappointed that their sister didn't arrive and they were already done with school and begged me to ask the doctor how much longer! Around 6, I started getting really sick and I was still only a 5 (which hadn't changed in a few hours). They kept telling me the sickness was good, that was a sign of transitioning, but I didn't feel so good! My nurse had finished her 12 hours with me and at 7pm, introduced me to my new nurse, a male! I was sick, tired, hungry and the last thing I wanted was a new nurse and a male at that. Well, before my nurse left, they checked me one more time and I had quickly progressed to a 10!! Within minutes they had everything ready and my original nurse waited for the big delivery! Dr. Kauffman showed up, during half-time of the KU game, and at 7:45 pm a beautiful, healthy baby girl was born weighing 6lbs 15oz and 19.5 inches long (my smallest baby), still without a name!
Dr. Kauffman told me this was the same room where his wife delivered their last child, Tyler. It was room 11, she was born on 3/11/11, our Tyler loved the band 311...and maybe it was Stacie's sweet presence in the room, but this was one of my most spiritual births! It was peaceful, calm, I felt very alert and as Stacie said, you could feel her spirit as she joined us in this world and I know there were others there too, the air was very thick and warm! I'm sure Ty was there and other loved ones! It was clear to me that from that point she would be called Tylie Jane Acker (Kennedi and Olivia coming in close seconds). It is such a different name, yet similar to other loved ones in our life but I had a hard time committing to the name, yet I knew that was it..so did Derek! We officially named her the next day with the approval of all 4 kids!

Her first bath by nurse Ken :(
The nurse' assistant letting the kids listen to her heart, she was great with the kidos and even got them all popsicles!

And there was plenty of love to go around for Tylie Jane! Never a moment with arms not extended to hold her! Sooo much love!

(up close and personal..thanks for the photography Bells!)
New hair bow and jammies from G-ma! She can't fit into any regular sized clothes, just newborn!

Beautiful flowers sent to me from my sisters, brother and their families! Thank you!
Some photo opps once we got Tylie home!

red painted toenails, thanks to her fashionable Aunt Stacie!

This pregnancy, delivery and recovery has had it's challenges, but again, is worth every minute of it all! We feel complete to have our last little girl join us and everyone in the family has acclimated to her so well! They run home from school, wash their hands and jump in to help out or hold or change diapers and clothes! Brock takes little time outs during his playing to gently kiss her on the head and tell her he loves her..as he asks me to remind him of her name again! :)
What a lucky and blessed mom I am!
I am so grateful to our extended family as well, especially Stacie, mom and dad who were able to be out here to help and support and make this such a wonderful experience for us all! We miss you already!
We had an outpouring of thoughts, calls, gifts, meals etc. to welcome Tylie to this world! Such great friends and family! Here are some cookies that were sent to the kids with their names, and more flowers!
Of coarse, the biggest and greatest thanks goes to the best husband in the world! He has been incredibly busy at work but has gone over and above at home! I could never go through all of this without his support and love! He's so great to sit on the side, taking it easy when I need that and in a moments notice to jump in and cut the chord or "clean up quick..someone is coming over" or whatever else I need in a moments notice! I love you Derek Joseph Acker! You have made me a very happy girl!

Here is Tylie Jane, 2 weeks old

Pregnancy Journal

2011-02-22T19:12:00.000-08:00

I have been wanting to put together a post about my pregnancies before this is over for the fifth and final time(more for myself as a journal entry than necessarily anyone else's reading pleasure, so feel free to read along but it's very wordy!).
There are so many miserable things about pregnancy...stretch marks, weight gain, lack of control over emotions, throwing up, swelling up, pelvic pain, pinched nerves, acid reflux, lack of bladder control etc. etc. not even getting to labor and delivery and recovery from all that! (read over this Kris anytime you are tempted with another baby;))
However, I can't begin to express the joy that each child brings!
Jaxson Joseph started us out 10 years ago. I was due on Oct. 10th and after Derek had me running the stairs on Oct. 1 in Tornado Alley just by our house in downtown SLC, I woke up in the middle of the night to my water breaking! We had a doula helping both Derek and I with the first and attempting an all natural birth. After too many hours of pitocin, no epidural and no progression just pain and tears, we got the epidural. I was able to sleep for the night (24 hours later than I went in) and woke up dilated at a 7. They stopped the epidural and a few hours later, I was able to feel EVERYTHING as I pushed my 8 pound baby boy out on Oct. 3, 2000! That was the end of the all natural plan! I unfortunately gained over 50 lbs with this kid and had a hard time taking it off, I only lost 30 before I got pregnant again. Funny story-a family name that has been passed on for a few generations is Christian, however, the birth certificate came in while I was sleeping and Derek filled out the first name we decided together but used his own middle name, Joseph (still a very admiral and handsome name) instead of Christian (sorry dad)! His first name was decided because we thought it had a strong sportsy sound to it...try announcing it.... Here comes Jaxson Acker!! (no pregnancy pictures could be found???, but the one of me below in the hospital bed)

When Jaxson was 6 months old, I found out I was pregnant again. Grace Johanna was baby number two, I think I was due on February 5th, but Dr. Grover was going to induce me on 02/02/2002 with the persuasion of DA( how can you pass up a date like that? and she shares it with her great grandmother Johanna(Jenny) hence the middle name). We went in on the 1st and Grace was coming on her own, however, she was breach so we had two choices, wait and see if she turns but risk an emergency C-section or do a planned C-section on our chosen date and have a better chance for VBACs (vaginal birth after cesarean) later on. We went in for the C-section at midnight on Feb. 02 and out came a beautiful little 8 lb., 1 oz. girl. Two days later we had a scare with some blood testing and she was rushed to the NICU. After many prayers and a priesthood blessing was given, tests were retaken and everything came out normal and healthy! She was our little miracle child! She also came home very cranky from all those needles and was our colicky baby! Luckily she grew into a very sweet girl! I also gained 50 lbs with her and still had the 20 lbs. from previously, but I was able to take off all 50, still stuck with that ugly 20. Grace's name had always been a favorite of mine as a younger person and I once babysat a girl named Grace and asked her if she liked her name and she said, "Yes, I see it all the time on churches". Luckily Derek liked it as much as I did. (picture was taken the day I went in the hospital 02/01)

After buying our Chem-Dry and moving our family to Wichita, I was pregnant again and due with baby number three May 9th. While walking into a movie with some girlfriends on May 2nd, I started having some pretty painful contractions and found myself in the hospital that night. With not much progression, I was sent home with an Ambien, but I woke up during each contraction in a lot of pain and made Derek take me back! Sure enough, I had dilated to a 5 and they broke my water and gave me that epidural with the hopes of delivering this baby vbac. It was a pretty relaxing time after that, although I was so numb I couldn't feel anything all the way up to my neck. As baby was crowning, the nurse had me feel the baby's hair and Dr. Kauffman came in to check on me and asked if he could deliver my neighbor first, who was in a lot of pain. No problem...LOVE that epidural! So a little while later at 7:25am on May 3rd, 2004, Isabella Anne was born at 8 lbs. 7 oz.! I was working out pretty regularly and only gained about 35 lbs with her and although it took a little longer, I lost all that I had gained plus an extra 5! She shares her birthday with aunt Patti and middle name with Dawn Anne. She was a sweet baby that was sleeping through the night at 3 months old. She was very quiet too but when she started talking, she spoke in full sentences and hasn't stopped since! Her first name had special meaning too. When I was serving my mission in Spain, my companion and I were teaching a lady named Isabella (Eesabella in a singsong voice) and I sent a tape recording home to Derek and I was telling him about this lady and he loved the sound of her name. We even pronounced it spanish style in the beginning and the kids called her Isa (eesa)..sadly it's changing to Isa (iza) though. I throw out the beautiful spanish pronunciation every now and then! (this picture was taken days before delivery)

Then after trying for several months, we were blessed to be pregnant again. I was due on July 15, 2007. However, I was measuring big and they changed my due date to the 12th. On July 5th I was already dilated to a 3 and had never dilated until delivery with the past three kids so I alerted the troops and told G-pa he better leave his birthday party and hurry out to Wichita! He brought G-ma, Amy and her kids out for the fun delivery and waited for another 2 weeks! That ended up being the longest part of the entire pregnancy. They had me running laps, drinking castor oil and any other method to rush this baby along! He was a stubborn one however and finally on the 18th of July, Dr. Kauffman sent me into the hospital to use a saline bulb to start the labor. Morning of the 19th he started me on a little pitocin and finally broke the water and with Grandma along for the excitement, several hours later, I delivered a whopping 9 lb. baby boy! I gained 35 with him also and was able to loose it all, but it took me over a year. G-pa and the Eastmonds had to head back right away but G-ma was able to stay for another two weeks and help me out! It was much needed as this was my hardest recovery since that boy tore his way out here! He was the lucky one to get the namesake and we named him Brock Christian! When I was pregnant with Grace I had a dream that she came out and told me her name was Brock, it has stuck with me ever since! Seems very fitting as Grace is always making sure everyone in the family is taken good care of and making sure their voices are heard. I'm sure she was making sure I would get his name right years in advance! (one of the few pregnancy pics with Brock..not too telling)
(the much awaited moment)

So here we are now, the end of Feb, 2011 and our due date is March 16. However, with the problems Brock caused me with his large size, Dr. Kauffman said we can continue with a Vbac and still induce, just carefully. Once my parents booked their flights I knew to avoid a repeat of the last child, I would have to pin the doc down to a date and time. Luckily we have the induction scheduled for 3/11/11! Another good date, Ty always liked the band 311! I'm not sure what the veil is like between the pre existence and the afterlife but Ty and Brock missed eachother by 2 weeks and I'd like to think Ty is up there preparing this little girl for the crazy family she is about to enter!:)

This has probably been the hardest pregnancy on me, I was terribly sick and irritable in the first couple of months and then in a lot of pain these last few months, but my family has been a great support! Derek has done much more cleaning and cooking than he feels comfortable with (which is none..lol)! I was thrilled when Stacie also agreed to come out for the delivery and be here with us! They all arrive on March 9, now I just hope I make it that far. Derek leaves town tomorrow for a week in California at a Chem-Dry convention and I am already dilated, but I'm sure we will survive, whatever happens! I have been the most diligent at working out atleast 5 days a week through the entire pregnancy and plan on it until the end, but I still gained over 30 lbs. I just hope the exercise will make an easier delivery and faster recovery and weight loss. The kids really wanted to find out the gender early and so for the first time I reluctantly agreed and we took the kids out of school, left Brock with a neighbor, and went out to Ihop and then to see the baby! After the annoucement of a girl, we were all excited but Jaxson, who did a little groan. Once we told him he didn't have to ever hold her, he quickly changed his mind and has joined us in the excitement of welcoming another girl to the family.

Although we always thought the magic number would be 6, I think we have all felt that this will and should be the last baby I carry! My family is growing older and there is so much to teach and enjoy with them. I feel like I am not myself for over a year everytime I have a baby! I am so grateful we have been blessed with the kids we have and I look forward to adding our tie breaker girl to the mix and I am ready to move forward to the next phase of life!

I remember when DA got a family of snowmen made up with each child and looking forward to that moment when my family would feel complete enough to create something that wouldn't need to be added to in the future! I think we really feel that complete! I know things can change and we are always open the Lord's guidance, but it feels good with what we now have!
(picture was taken at 37 weeks)

Dr. Jess saves the day!! (understatement)

2011-02-13T18:59:00.000-08:00

It's been 3 weeks now since Jaxson went for a lay up in the middle of his basketball game and came down on his knee and it twisted and gave out on him. He's been on crutches with a little wrap on it until Dr. Jess came through and after playing with it told us we should take it in for an MRI.
After the first day, Jaxson really didn't complain that it hurt and it seemed to be getting better, but I took Jax into a Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Pence, based on Jess' recommendation(Thanks again Jess or who knows how long it would have been ignored!). The X-ray (second picture) came back clear with nothing broken and then after the MRI (first picture, notice the black line connecting one bone to the other? That is the posterior ligament and there should be another crossing over, but it's nowhere to be found) they scheduled a follow up the next week but said if it was anything too bad they would call us earlier. Well we heard nothing and went in last Thursday for the follow up expecting good news and Dr. Pence started off by saying, "It's not good!"

(The third picture-MRI, shows the bone and all the black dots on the bone are bruising and should be very painful, luckily it's not. If I remember right, all the black stuff is the swelling fluid)
Sure enough he tore is Anterior Cruciate Ligament and normally they go in right away to surgically repair it, however, they make the repair through the growth plate and if they did that at this age, it would affect his growth. So, he will have a sports brace made up for him when the swelling goes all the way down and he will have to continually be fitted for a new one until they are able to do the surgery, atleast age 14, but maybe even later.
Jaxson hung his head pretty low and asked how it will affect him playing and his sports etc. The Dr. was very kind and understanding and said they would be doing physical therapy on and off for the next several years to help keep his mucles strong but that he can still play, but will have to keep the brace on and be careful and it may slow him down a bit.
It was a hard moment thinking of why it happened when this normally doesn't happen to kids and what we could have done, what could have been etc. Dr. said it was just bad luck! As we left, we saw a boy just younger than him with an amputated leg and it hit us both that we need to be thankful for the blessings we have and make the best of this situation.
Later, we heard that John Elway tore his ACL when younger and even played a superbowl with a torn ACL, so it gave Derek and Jax a little hope that Jaxson's future with sports isn't over.
We just have to trust in the process at this point and know the Lord is in control and what happens is for the best and meant to be...only the future will show the silver lining that seems a little dark at the time!

Gracie turns 9

2011-02-09T18:55:00.000-08:00

Grace celebrated her 9th birthday with just a few of her closest friends. Derek worked out a trade deal with the Hilton hotel, one of our regular customers who hooked us up with the family suite.
It had a living room with kitchen, a master suite with bath and a kids room with 2 large bunk beds and another bathroom.
They swam, had pizza, ate donuts, watched movies and did a lot of giggling and not much sleeping!

I think Brock and Jaxson had the most fun, but they went home to sleep with dad (much to the girls dissapointment).

We had a great time and they ended in the morning with a great breakfast downstairs in jammies and a workout in the gym!

We had a great time and I'm glad Grace has chosen such good friends!
Hard to believe it's been 9 years since our scare with Grace in the hospital! So glad she is a part of our family! She's our little peacemaker! Love you Gracie girl!

SNOW DAY!!

2011-02-07T12:37:00.000-08:00

It's been an interested winter. Beautiful and warm all the way through Christmas, then we got hit and pretty hard!
We have had 5 snow days from school already and it's been COLD!! A few days we have been below zero..not my favorite weather, but being so pregnant, I'm content to stay inside anyway (so no outside pictures, wish I would have braved it a little for a picture)!

Here are some pictures of the kids from the first snow day (including some cold red hands and cheeks) and a video with Brock experiencing snow almost for the first time in his mobile life!

(video will be added shortly)

New Year's Eve Dance Party Video

2011-01-20T17:11:00.000-08:00

New Year's Eve 2010

2011-01-20T12:50:00.000-08:00

What a great way to spend our last night of 2010! Hanging out with Jewett's, playing games, jammin' to rockband, watching the Dick Clark countdown and eating yummy food! It was a fun week and the perfect ending to it!

(maybe not a great picture of us but I love Jax's excitement!)
Can there be a happier 3 year old?

Fun with the silly string!

A little basketball footage with Acker boys over Christmas!

2011-01-16T14:27:00.000-08:00

Some of our greatest memories are watching the Acker boys play basketball! Each year we laugh harder and harder! It's fun to see the next generation joining them now! Thanks for such a good time boys!

Christmas in Denver

2011-01-05T07:42:00.000-08:00

It was not a white Christmas this year as we usually look forward to in Denver, but it was a fun hanging out with the Acker gang all the same!
We spent a day at the Littleton farm with cousins, lots of hands on activities and a few farm animals that you can't forget! (sorry about the gross tongue but the poor cow had something wrong with her and she couldn't keep it in her mouth...not a sight you easily forget!)

Christmas Eve at Nanny's house is always a great time! Santa starts out the night with his fun visit! Then we open gifts with the cousin exchange and then all the presents under the tree get opened leaving a big fun mess and we always have lots of yummy food!

We also spent a fun day up in Evergreen in the mountains ice skating, taking pictures of elk and enoying the snowless view!
It was a fun week!

Thanksgiving in Kansas

2010-12-05T15:06:00.000-08:00

What a fun week we had, Robbin and her family came up from Texas and Brad and his family came out from Denver and with Tom already living here, we had a great time!

Girls in the kitchen...

Boys watching the game...
Kids outside playing...

Lisa..trying to stay warm!

After some black Friday shopping, we went to Prairie Pines and cut down our own Christmas tree! Here we are riding the tractor that took us out to the tree lot...

Jaxson sawing down the tree (lots of thorns on the ground...thanks for taking one for the team Derek!)
The tree!!
Photos of the tractor ride...

Photos in the gift shop

Thanksgiving run raising food to replenish the shelter!

Here are the 2-mile extremers, running through a muddy obstacle course!

Here are the 1 milers!

A bon fire with smores to top it off!

Great run, great weather, great day!

Knights Football Banquet

2010-12-04T08:20:00.000-08:00

Jaxson finished a great season as running back on offense, scoring 18 touchdowns, kicker, kick returner (yes, Ty...his name came true..Jackie the kicker!!), and line backer on defense! Tonight we celebrated the season with a banquet! Great job Knights!

San Diego

2010-12-04T07:37:00.000-08:00

Noelle shares her birthday with our anniversary and this being Noelle's 40th B-day, Jared decided to surprise her and have us meet them in San Diego for a few days. I decided to make it fun for us and surprise Derek too..ok, so not very much fun to surprise Derek..lesson learned! Sorry babe!

Still we had a great time and Leslie met us there from Kansas City too! Warm weather, great food, Navy Seals training off Coronado Island, lots of shopping and great conversations! Wish we lived closer! Miss you guys already!

I kept forgetting to take pictures, but the memories are ingrained! Here are two photos I shot and a few videos(walk on the pier, view of the pier from the street, dolphins jumping in waves)!

Sophie was here!!!

2010-11-09T06:58:00.000-08:00

What a great week we had! It started off with Sophie's arrival at the airport and a fun filled week of shopping, movies and hanging out! It ended with a two final football games and the girls' basketball game!

We already miss you Sophie, we're so glad you were able to come visit for the week!

Somehow I lost the best of Jaxson's 5 touchdowns from Saturday. I uploaded it to FB where he was dragging a Raiders player on the ground to reach the goal line and leaps forward and the ball barely goes over the line! If you want to see it you'll have to copy and paste the link below and go to the Facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150313898005368

Halloween Menu!

2010-10-28T14:16:00.000-07:00

We LOVE Halloween and this year we are trying to celebrate everyday since we will make Sunday a stay at home family day! One of the funnest ways to celebrate around here is with food! Here is what we have planned so far....

We all made our own mummy's and I wish I had taken our own pictures..kids got very creative!!

Tonight, we are serving up some eyeballs over worms drenched in blood!! At first Brock was not interested in this dinner, but soon he got into the Halloween spirit and had a great time helping roll the ground turkey breast into eyeballs and putting in the little olive pupils!!! (I'll post our pictures right before I serve it up!

This is our plan for Sunday dinner....I will make a yummy vegetable soup and serve it out of a pumpkin and then we will get these cute bread bowls from Great Harvest and eat the soup from here! Yum...can't wait!
Brock has also had fun dressing up with old costumes and was a Lion for story time at the public library!

Ward Trunk or Treat!!

Camp Rock Two comes to the Bel Aire Rec Center

2010-10-26T12:32:00.000-07:00

Starring Grace and Isabella Acker!!

Word has leaked..so here you go!!!

2010-10-11T12:48:00.000-07:00

After a fun breakfast at Ihop, all 5 of us(Brock stayed at a neighbors house!) headed to the ultrasound! It was soo much fun and with 2 votes-boy, 3 votes-girl! You can see below which won!!

YEA!! We are all so excited (Jaxson will be..give him time!)!!

It's a ........

2010-10-11T10:22:00.000-07:00

Make your guesses and I'll post the telling picture..tonight!!

Brock's nap

2010-10-07T14:20:00.000-07:00

This is what happens as I am busy trying to book my $10 vacation and forget about nap time! Poor Brock..Does it get any cuter than this??

Lift Camp day

2010-10-07T06:52:00.000-07:00

Grace had her fall camp and I got to attend this time. I didn't stay overnight, but up until they were in tents and then I returned in the morning.

They mulched the walking path in their yard and learned about poisonous weeds and plants and benefits of mulch etc.

This is her little bestie Randi who she shared her tent with.

This is her new student teacher who looks just like a blond Kensie! Grace is asked a lot if it is her mom!

Here are Randi and Grace with their bug nets ready to go discover the field creatures!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL???

2010-10-06T13:10:00.000-07:00

Hu Hot!

2010-10-06T07:05:00.001-07:00

A fun Mongolian BBQ restaurant was offering EAT FREE if you dress up like a Ghengis...after a little internet research..this is what we came up with! Lots of fun and free food!!

It's a princess party!

2010-09-28T11:34:00.000-07:00

This is a cute little princess party place that just opened up next to Derek's office! She let my girls invite friends and be the first princess' to get pampered! They did their nails, hair, gave them tutus and lots of fun food!

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2010-09-21T15:36:00.001-07:00

Jaxson's 2nd brain (some may call it a mole)....

Finally removed with a football(or elliptical) suture and 7 stitiches! (benign, thankfully!)

First Day of School

2010-09-21T11:12:00.000-07:00

Jaxson-4th Grade with Mrs. Brown (new teacher to Earhart)

Grace-3rd Grade with Mrs. Freund
Isabella-1st Grade with Mrs. Leeds
Brock-Mom's day out(preschool at the YMCA) with Ms. Mandy

Reunion in Bear Lake, Idaho

2010-09-07T08:51:00.001-07:00

What a great reunion in such a beautiful place! We celebrated our parents 50th wedding anniversary in their stopping grounds! (Mom-Geneva, Dad-Georgetown)

Here was the beautiful view of the lake as we drove in from Logan canyon!

A typical car ride from our hotel in Paris to get Famous Bear Lake Raspberry Shakes (about 20 min.)

Patti and my big heads are hiding 3 other kids and G-ma, yes 8(in a 5 passenger car)! DA told us the law says as long as there is a person in every seat belt, you can throw in as many other people as you want to! Ok, your the driver :)

yummy!!(and 5 pounds gained)

Many fun games of volleyball!

Fun hikes up the canyon!

Bike rides, walks and the petting zoo in Paris, Idaho!

Hiking down into the ice caves, some even ice skated!!

Golfing in Montpelier!

Visiting Geneva, a second home to us kids when we were growing up as we visited G-ma and G-pa Sleight!

The schoolhouse

Pig snoot mountain (see the pig???)

And, of coarse, the Lake! Beautiful Bear Lake!

So we celebrated the 50 years our parents have had, a mile at a time and ended with a fun 5k race, (since the kids all stayed up past 3 in the morning...most of them were still snoozing while the responsible ones ran!!) They all joined us for the water ballon fight at the end! Great reunion, lots of food, laughter and memories to last a lifetime!

Tarzan at Tuacahn!!

2010-09-03T07:12:00.000-07:00

This has become such a fun tradition for my kids to go to Tucahn every summer while visiting G-ma in St. George! This year was no exception! Glad Gentry could join us! Thanks for woking hard for those tickets GMA!!

Tarzan and Jane!

Kala, Tarzan's momKerchak, Tarzan's dad

Little Tarzan..too cute!
Ape friend!

We've been looking for this park for three years now!!!

2010-08-31T06:59:00.000-07:00

The Michels went to this park a few years back with their YW counselor and have been telling us about how great it was and we have driven through almost every neighborhood searching for it. Finally, we found it and it definitely was worth it! Very fun park! Thanks Michels!

St. George Farmers Market!

2010-08-30T07:18:00.001-07:00

This is the place where the girls got some darling hair bows and Brockie "got nofing!!"

Jumpin' Jacks!

2010-08-26T13:43:00.000-07:00

I'm not even sure if that is what it is called, but the kids had a blast whatever it was! We love Grandma's house for the pool, Tuachan and spending time with grandparents, but we also found some other fun places to go this summer!

I'm pretty sure she's pretending this is Jaxson ;)
Big helper!

Camera shy....

Exploration Place comes to St. George!

2010-08-24T14:00:00.000-07:00

Looking for things to do at G-ma's house, we ran across a children's exploration place. It was opening day and the kids loved the place!

Lin's Market:

This is the house that Jaxson built

Discovering dinosaur tracks

Pirate Ship...ARGGG!

And more exploring! Thanks Grandma!

He's 3!! Could it be??

2010-07-19T20:52:00.001-07:00

It's hard to believe it's only been three years this boy has been bringing laughter into our home, yet those three years went by so fast! So grateful he's a part of our family, what a great addition he's been!!

Woke him up with songs and presents (hard to do...he is not a morning person!)

Gracie made him her famous chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast!

We had fun swimming with the family and his favorite neighbors, Natalie and Isabelle! (made 110 degrees a little more enjoyable)

We had a fun BBQ, inviting over the Rogers (great friends, who just moved out of our neighborhood) and the missionaries and ended with cupcakes and ice cream cones and running in the sprinklers!

It was a perfect 3 year old kind of day!

Brock's blister

2010-07-13T09:28:00.000-07:00

Brock is definitely my hardest, most active child! We were in the middle of family fun night cooking some popcorn on the stove when Brock screams out! I knew immediately what happened and sure enough, he had touched the hot stove! 2nd degree burn and lots of time talking with the doctors (even finding out he also had hand, foot and mouth disease!), he is all healed up now!

Blistered-immediately

Bandaged with blister 5 days

Blister pops on it's own-day 5

What appeared to be raw hamburger meat under blister

Cutting away dead skin each day

Bandaged for several more days

LOTS of neosporin and gauze!

Today-happy, healed almost 3 year old!!

TA DA!!!!

Rock and Run

2010-06-20T14:13:00.000-07:00

YMCA Rock and Run * June 19, 2010

Last year the kids ran in the Rock and Run 1 mile, but I was still in the "I hate running club", so much to my amazement(and help and support of friend and neighbor Caroline), I've been running quite a bit lately and was very excited to run in the Rock and Run this year! It was an 8k(5 miles) and local bands were set up along the route playing music and keeping us going! It was a lot of fun and our goal was to finish under 50 min, which we did finish in 47:47! Out of 300 people, we placed 134 and 135..not great, but not bad!

Then the kids all ran in the 1 mile! They did great, it was a rough start with Grace and her friend, neighbor Isabelle getting trampled to the ground, but with bloodied knees and elbows, they kept going! This was Isabella's first race without her dad and she did great too! Jaxson the little road runner finished in 7:35 and took 2nd place in the 9-10 year old category and 6th out of 50! Grace finished in 10:33 and Bella in 11:22!

a little stretching...

take off...

We finished off with a swim in the outdoor pool opened to the runners! It was a great morning! We are also very blessed to have such great neighbors to be involved in this with us!!

See below for our race results!

http://runwichita.org/siteadmin/raceresults_file/396.txt

Jaxson and Derek go to school campout!

2010-05-25T20:29:00.000-07:00

One of the things I love about our elementary school is the campouts! As third graders, they go and spend 2 nights in tents and have centers set up all day long. Derek went along with Jaxson and other than a little rain, they had a great time! Here are a few pictures the teacher sent me! It really is a beautiful place with lots of cool outdoor things to do!

American Mother's Inc. Gala

2010-05-22T20:05:00.000-07:00

It was quite a surprise and an honor to find myself nominated this year for young mother of the year award by American Mothers Inc.

http://www.americanmothers.org/

Last weekend was the annual Gala. We left Brock with a babysitter and the rest of my family was there to support me as I gave my 2 min. speech. We started off with a really formal dinner. Upon seeing lettuce and what looked like grass, coming out of a tomato, Jaxson informed me this was maybe too formal for him. LOL

It was a really great night and we had a chance to hear from some amazing mothers who have earned this award in years past! Part of a family of 10 children, now grown were there to share their incredible musical talents. Daughters and grand daughter singing and playing violins with their mother(in her 80's) accompanying them. My family was asked to sing Teach me to Walk in the Light to end the night. Although we are not as talented as the first group, our message was received well by the people of many faiths in attendance that night!

This picture is the Mother of the Year who went on to compete in NYC and the 3 Young Mothers of the Year. None of us were able to compete this year, but invited to compete for next years award, so we were all equally nominated as honorary!

Here is a copy of my speech, mostly so I will have it to remember! Thanks to those of you that helped me with this!

I first want to say thank you for this opportunity to learn from all these other wonderful mothers here in Wichita and although humbling, what an honor it is to be able to participate in this great event!

What legacy will I leave behind?

I hope to be remembered not only by the things I say, but also by the way I live!

I strive to live a life that represents my ancestors well and continue the legacy they started. A moral life is what I strive to live, which was taught to me by my parents and my grandparents. I strive to teach my children the same principles to pass on to the generations.

Important values that have remained a part of my family’s legacy and are my hope to be passed on are:

Honesty, integrity, faith, good works and education!

I strive to live an open and honest life, not only honest to others, but most importantly, honest to myself. Honesty is not rationalizing the wrong as right, but it takes courage and commitment to actually do what is right!

Integrity is not only how you act but also what you watch, read and think! A wise woman, my mother, taught me that your true integrity is who you are when no one else is watching!

Faith is an important principle to have in my family, in my community, in my country and world! But most importantly, I must have faith in God! If God comes first in my life, all the rest seems to be supported by that most important relationship.

Doing good works starts in the home. Serving my husband is the best example my children can have. I hope this teaches them to serve one another and those around them. A great man once said, “No amount of success can compensate for failure in the home”. Service must continue to our neighbors, church members, and in the community, but, it doesn’t need to stop there, there are many opportunities to serve all over the world. With all the devastation happening around us, I find it is important to focus on the good that can happen when we come together! As we serve, our capacities increase and our lives and those around us will be blessed!

Education is not only what is learned the classroom, but expands beyond into skills you gain, hobbies and interests we nurture, and talents we discover. We need to educate our mind to improve and add to our abilities. Education helps us to be an influence for good in the world. We need to keep the enthusiasm for learning throughout our lives!

I truly believe that if these principles are taught and lived that a strong legacy will continue to be handed down for generations to come!

Thank you!

Cruisin' with our old Wichita gang!

2010-05-13T05:55:00.000-07:00

Not sure which was more fun, cruisin' through the eastern caribbean or reuniting with amazing friends that have all moved away from Wichita!?! It was such an incredible week to combine those two together!

First day of cruise with Miami behind us!

The Flow Rider, where we spent most of our time waiting in line and hoping to stay up for 10 seconds!

First Stop, St. Maarten(day 3)

catching the water taxi

Stacie's old stomping ground! Del Sol and the Belgian Chocolate Box

(delicious iced chocolate drink!)

Best beach in the world! Orient Beach!

This is what happens when you burn on the first day...will they ever learn??

2nd stop-San Juan, Puerto Rico(day 4)

Took a day trip to the Rain Forrest

our Royal Caribbean cruise ship
San Juan Fort built in the 1500's-has been used as protection, as a castle and as a prison

3rd stop-Labadee, Haiti(day 5)

Royal Caribbean owns their own island and employees over 500 Haitians. There was no earthquake damage on this part of Haiti (about 90 miles from Port Au Prince).

Jeep ride up to the top of the mountain for zip lining!!

View from the top...

View from the ship as we sail away. The tower on the left is where we zip lined from.

Rock climbing competition-I took 3rd place in female category! (day 6-at sea)

Derek goofing around during the dinner pictures!

Can't forget the pictures of the towels! So nice to have your room made up 3 times a day!

Thanks to Moses, the best room attendant ever!!

First formal night on the ship!

80's dance party..featuring...

Garrett as George Michael!!

Girls just wanna have fun!

(Karaoke)

Typical night, hanging out in pizza place talking or game room playing nertz!!