Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Wow

where to start? We were able to go on an incredible trip down to South America with John's parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles. So many laughs and great memories were created. We are so grateful for the opportunity to go on this great trip. Aside from the GI sickness that broke out, the trip was awesome! Hope you enjoy the pics.

View from the Corcovado in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The Copacabana shoreline is behind us.

Here is John with his cute grandma at this crazy restaurant in Brazil. They had random items all over the walls.

Afterwards, Lance and Diane took us to where the Brazilians were all practicing Carnival. There was a mile of stands filled with 100,000 people at like 11:00 and they were just getting started! Definitely a cultural experience!

John scaring Diane at Iguazu falls.


About to embark underneath the massive falls of Iguazu. Don't worry we got soaked!

This was one of my favorite nights. John found us this delicious authentic restaurant in Argentina with live music and this outdoor BBQ. Afterwards we walked up and down the streets in the pouring rain and got ice cream.


Buenos Aires, Argentina

Monte Video, Uruguay

The Falkland Islands

It's their summertime in the Falkland islands and we were dressed like this! Can't even imagine their winters!

First Penguins we saw in Falkland Islands.

Ushuaia, Argentina: Ushuaia is the southern most city in the world! We rode this chair lift up to see a glacier and the view was beautiful!




John turned the big 24 on our trip! He made friends with this guy below that would walk around the ship pointing at every guy saying "Your the man!" and "I've got a smokin' hot wife! She's going to melt all the ice! She's the cause of global warming!". On John's birthday he graced us with his presence and kept calling John "Your the birthday man!".



View of our cruise ship at Valparaiso and Vina del Mar, Chile. Look at how crowded each house is!

I love this picture, I think it's so cute of John's Aunts and Uncles in Santiago, Chile.

Antarctica Pics to come!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Christmas and Cancun

We had so much fun this Christmas, but it flew by!



My little brother got a new puppy for Christmas - so dang cute. He hasn't decided on a name as of now, but we just call her Lil' Mamma.


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Note: they are supposed to be doing the same dance...

My grandparents took 60 of us to Cancun for a week. It was such a great resort with so much to do. We loved snorkeling, kayaking, playing tennis and soccer, swimming, laying out, and being with everyone. We went scuba diving one day in Cozumel and it was incredible. We saw all kinds and colors of fish, sea turtles, eels, and these incredible Eagle Rays.

Hope you enjoy the pics!

Brother-in-law DJ sporting the suit European style.



T-Wun's tatt....

The snorkeling was awesome right out from our hotel.





A couple pics at Chichen Itza