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.

Karate Man!

If you would have asked me if I would ever put my kids in karate, the answer would have been NO, but brock has found such a passion for it and is actually pretty good. One of the things that i love about Peru is the fact that activities like this are so cheap that your child can have the chance to try a variety of things to find what they like. Unfortunately, Brock wants to do everything, football(soccer), swimming, karate, tennis you name it he wants to do it. I think we will stick with swim and karate for now.

Brock and his teacher striking a pose. Brock takes his class very seriously, and always has such a look of determination.

Well, and the the occasional smile. His teacher is really fun, and makes the kids laugh which I love.

Dia de Abuelitos!

Every year the school the boys are in have a day to celebrate grandparents, and since we do not have any within 100's of miles Chris and I always go to represent. They always have some sort of show that just makes your heart melt and this year was no different.

Brock's class sang a song and recited a poem from memory. It is always fun for me to see Brock in this type of setting, he is such a performer.

Brock and poppy decorating their project for the grandparents. Man they look alike don't they?

Zander's class however did a dance to Elvis with guitars and the whole deal. It was so darling. This is Zander getting jiggy with Ximena.

They were all supposed to dress like rockstars for the day.

Mini Mundo

Since chris has been working and traveling insane amounts, i have decided not to wait for him to explore more of Peru with my kids. So usually every weekend we try to go someplace new and exciting, which being prego is not always the first thing that mom wants to do, but realizing that i only have a few more months with just two I go for it anyways!

So a few weeks ago, still trying to catch up, we went to a place called Mini Mundo. i had heard great things about this place and was excited to finally take the boyuus there. Well, within about five minutes of being there Brock asks me if it is time to go! I had no idea what it was going to be like, and had much higher expectations, bummer. It was neat to see and go once though. Basically it is a park that has all of Peru displayed, but miniturized with cars, people, airport with moving planes, a stadium etc. But nothing for the kids to touch just to look at. It was amazing to see the replicas but that was about it. Thank heavens for bounce houses though. We ended up staying for a while to let the boys play on the bounce house which they loved. So all in all a good day, but not ready to go back anytime soon.

I love this picture! He looks so devilish but cute at the same time. It truly captures who he is, that is for sure.

A picture of one of the mini models.

I just thought this was a cute shot of Brock. They sat in this tree house overlooking the mini airport watching the mini airplanes drive around.

The Puma!

Ok so it is Zander's turn! His class was in charge of making the Puma for the display, so in his theatre class they pretended to be Puma's. They were so cute!

Zander and his theatre teacher doing improv. I have noticed such a difference in my boys since having the opportunity to do these activities. Such is the life in Peru!

My little Puma, he still to this day pretends to be a Puma at home. In fact I have some sort of animal in my house every day between the two of them. They love to pretend to be animals, and more importantly love to play together.

The puma's attacking their teacher Miss Alyssia.

Catching Up!

So I have been so slow at updating my blog because I have been waiting for my husband who is eternally traveling to download the rest of our summer pictures, but i have now given up and will just have to back later. So here I go backtracking through the last few months!

Brock and Zander's school is awesome. They have a guy who comes every Thursday that goes around to all the classes and teaches them a theatre class, which I love. The teacher is fantastic and i love that my boys get to learn their imagination in different ways. Well, last month the school put together a tour of Peru. They built all the different regions of Peru with the animals that live there, and each class was an animal. So here is Brock being a bird from the Jungle. The teacher has them pretend to do all the things that the bird does in its natural enviornment, it is always so fun to watch my boys learn.

Here is a picture of part of the display they did in front of the school. Each class was in charge of an animal to create for the display. Zander was in charge of the puma, and Brock a bird from the selva, can't remember the name isn't that horrible!

We are just entering into spring here and it is still cold, but I decided to put Brock into swim class to get ready for summer. Well as soon as I did Zander wanted to do it as well, but they dont accept kids until they are 3. So I went in and told them that Brock has brother that is almost 3, not lying right he is closer to 3 than to 2, and if he could try a class to see how he would do. To my surprise they said yes. Well, did I mention that this class is in the big pool, with no shallow end! I was for sure that he would freak out and not eant to do it, but boy was i ever wrong. He is a fish with no fear!

My lil men ready for class. Man how fast they grow!

Summer Continued!

The whole time we were in sacramento we were in the pool, and finally we got Brock to jump off the edge into the deep end wahooo!

The last day we were with my dad he went early in the morning and bought each of the boys a tree to plant in his backyard to come and visit each summer and see how big they are getting. It was such a sweet idea that threw me by surprise. He let the boys do all the work, dig the whole, put the tree in, and water it. They loved it. Here is Z with his tree, an orange tree.

Here is the proud dad of a mandarin orange tree! Look at how proud he is!

Me my sis, he son Jayden and of course the Z man, Brock had already crashed for the night too much fun.

Oh so sad we do not live closer to cousins, they had so much fun wrestling and rough housing.

Off to Sacramento!

So after SD we headed to Sacramento to visit my dad. My heavens was it hot up there, we spent most of our time in the pool in the backyard which the boys loved. They also loved hanging out with their cousin Jayden.

My dad and Z, we went to this really fun restaurant that had rides and games, I thought we would never get the kids out of there.

It was so nice that my grandma Partridge was able to meet us in Sacramento so we did not have to make the trip to Utah. Traveling with two boys and living out of a suitcase gets exhausting after a while. We loved spending time with her.

Another day in the pool, they loved playing with Grandpa Mark!

My sis and Z, they were lil swiming buddies. Thanks for being such a good sport Tara!

Summer Trip 2009!

What a crazy summer it has been, be ready for an overload of pictures as I try and get caught up on my poor blog that has gone unloved for quite some time. Well we tool of for Cali the end of July for a month of fun with family and fun in the sun (it is winter here). We first hit San Diego, which used to be home for us. My boys favorite thing to do beside chill with the fam is Sea World. I think we probably went 6 or 7 times. My kids love the water play area that they have at Sea World and of course Shamu!

Zander is not shy about the water he gets right in head first! He is my lil dare devil with no fear.

Thank heavens for good ole aunt meggie who won the hearts of the boys by sitting in the splash zone, I mean front row, of the Shamu show. It was quite funny though they did not get as wet as expected due to the fact that two of the whales were trying to mate and did not want to cooperate. It made for an interesting show though!

The two buds Z and Jaxie! He and his cousin love to tease each other relentlessly, but love each other just as much.

Aunt Em and Z the two brave soles to get in that cold water. Mom was too much of a pansie, but thanks to auntie Em!

Tagged!

Ya so forgot to keep the fun going and tag people so I tag: Katie Higbee, Emily, Anna, Ashley!!!! I look forward to reading yours!!!

Tagged!

♥What are your middle names? April/Ryan
♥ How long have you been together?6yrs
♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating? Good question! We met when we were 14 but we were just friends and then we went away to college and met back up in 2002.
♥Who asked who out? Chris
♥ How old were each of of you when you started dating? 23
♥ Whose siblings do/did you see the most? Chris's my family is all over the place!
♥ Do you have any children together? 2 boys
♥What about pets? Nope.
Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple? Me having to learn another language and him wanting to help me!
♥ Did you go to the same school? Nope rivals!
♥ Are you from the same home town? More or less we are both from SD
♥ Who is the smartest? Its a tie, but I am alays right!
♥ Who is the most sensitive? Chris
♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple? La carreta
♥ Who has the worst temper? Hmmmm, maybe me
♥ Who does the cooking? Both of us. Until we moved to Peru and now I have a cook!!
Who's more social? Me
♥ Who is the neat-freak? Me for sure, I love my hubby, but what a slob!
♥ Who is the more stubborn? a tie
♥ Who hogs the bed?Chris
♥ Who wakes up earlier? Me
♥ Where was your first date? Hmmm, we alays went with his best friend Steve so I guess it depends on what you consider a date!
♥ Who has the bigger family? Me, but depends on how you look at it.
♥ Do you get flowers often? Birthdays and anniversaries
♥ How do you spend Christmas? Celebrating the way what ever country we are living in does!
♥ Who is more jealous? Chris
♥ How long did it take to get serious? 4 months
♥ Who eats more? Depends on what it is!
♥ Who does/did the laundry? I do
♥ Who’s better with the computer? Chris
♥Who drives when you are together? Me