Ultimo!

In the resort where we were staying they have huge aquariums with sharks, sting rays, and all sorts of other fish and a model of what Atlantis looks like. Here are the boys in the underground aquarium.

Mommy and Brock standing on the balcony of our hotel room. Look at how beautiful the water is, oh how I miss the carribean.

Pirates were a huge thing in the carribean back in the day, so one day we ventured into town to go to the pirate museum thay they have in Nassau. Of course all we heard the rest of the day was arrrrrrrg!

Mom and the boys after dinner one night. They were so good the whole trip, it makes me want to stay on vacation even forever.

Z playing on the water jungle gym. I just love his smile.

More Bahamas!

The thing that excited my kids the most about our trip besides the pools was the opportunity they had to touch and swim with dolphins. They put on their wet suits and hoped right in the water and the dolphins swam right up to them, They got to hug, kiss, feed and dance with them. Talk about an experience. Z loved putting fish in their mouths, and Brock thought they were just the coolest things in the world.

Dad dancing with the dolphins!

Z giving his dolphin a big hug!

Now it is Brock's turn to give the lil guy a hug. He was a little timid at first, but after a few minutes you could not keep him away.

Bahamas

We are definately living up to our blog name crazy Tidwells, because we decided last minute that we needed to take a family vacation before baby boy #3 arrives so mom was on the hunt for something fun for the whole family. We wanted to take a cruise, but our hopes were soon crushed to find that you can not cruise after 24 weeks and at this point I was 29 so that was out. So back to the internet I went and we found a great deal to go to a resort in the Bahamas so 7 days later we were off.
After 3 flights, Lima-Panama, Panama-Florida, Florida-Bahamas we made it to paradise. At first sight I realized how much I miss living in the Carribean. The first day of the trip was awful, and I was praying that it was not a sign of how the week was going to unfold.
When we arrived at the resort I had packed all of our bathing suits in our carry on since I knew we would not be able to check in right away and we would want to hit the beach. Well to my surprise I pulled out everyone's suit to find that the bottom half of my suit never made it into my suitcase! Now where am I going to find a maternity store in a resort. So we were then on the hunt to try and find a bottom for my suit. While in one of the stores Zander tells me he has to go poopy, but before I get him out of the store he drops a load on the floor by the register. Chris and I are mortified, gotta love boardshorts, things just seem to fall right out if you know what I mean. Luckily the lady in the store was very cool about it and said not to worry about it, she has six kids herself. Still mortified I lean down to try and clean up the mess, while Chris is outside cleaning Zander with the 2 wipes that I have left. So all this in the first hour that we are supposed to be in paradise. Luckily after that we had the time of our lives for the rest of the week.

The boys were in paradise with all the 15 different pools that they had to choose from and the millions of kids to play with. They had one pool that had a giant playground with water slides and fountains that the boys spent most of their time on. Here is Brock going down one of the many slides. I have to say it was nice because chris and I coould sit and relax in a beach chair and the kids could just play with out the fear of someone drowning. We spent every moment we had in the water, and on the beach. i was in heaven.

Zander loved practicing his swim skills with his kickboard, or as he calls it his surf board. He is a great little swimmer.

The boys on one of the balconies of the resort. Gorgeous water, blue skies, and perfect weather.

The boys and I after dinner one night. I always feel so much better seeing that I don't look as gigantic at 30 weeks as I feel. My boys are so silly, always making faces. I have to say that the boys were on their best behavior the whole time, why can't they be this way at home?

Halloween!

Better late then never, I am finally gettong Halloween pictures up on my blog. It seems as though with each passing week there is something else that keeps me from keeping this blog updated, but I guess that is just life right?
Anyhow, here is my nemo and buzzlightyear! Unfortunately, they really do not celebrate Halloween here in Peru so my boys did not go trick-o-treating this year, but they did have a party at school and one at church. They loved getting dressed up, and I sure did not miss two boys hoped up on sugar.

Brock decided he did not want to wear the same costume twice, so he had to be batman for his party at school.

Posing for the photographer at their school. I just love Zander's smile.

Before school, the day before Halloween.

Blue and Gold!

This is Mila my wonderful cocinera, cook, that makes my life oh so much easier. She is a fantastic cook, and so when Chris decided to have a dinner party at our house before our stakes blue and gold dance she prepared everything. Easiest party we have ever thrown.

Here are some of our friends from our ward enjoying the meal Mila prepared before going to dance it all off at the stake center later.

Here is a picture of the starters she made, yummy huh! She also prepared a vegetable lasagna and a meat lasagna, with a tres leches for dessert. It was a fun night with friends, food, and dancing.

Bomberos!

Last week Zander's class took a field trip to the fire station which I was able to tag along to take some pics of the kiddos. It was a little crazy, but Zander loved climbing up into the truck and playing with the dog that they had. But all in all he just wanted to run around crazy with his lil buddy Santi.

Here is Z and his bud Santi. These two are the best buds, they play so well together it is so cute.

Zander and his class sitting listening to the fire chief talk about fire safety.