Alexis Newborn Pics

Baby Alexis was only a week old when I took these photos! She is adorable! But she did not like posing for the camera. The shoot took almost 3 hours, with lots of time outs (plus an hour of me being lost). I learned a lot about newborn photography. Thanks Michelle for such a great opportunity.

Enjoy!

Too cute for words!

More pics to come!

Dessert Photo Challenge

It's Dessert Week over at I Heart Faces!

I'll admit, I'm not the best food photographer...yet! It's on my to-master list :)

But this picture is pretty freaking awesome, in my humble opinion.


This was my birthday "cake" last year.
I forgot to buy candles....So we used sparklers instead.

Awesome!

I had to scrape the top layer of frosting off afterward, but it was totally worth it!

Addicted? Quite possibly....

Yes, I've been avoiding my blogs. I'm still running the office at work, still trying to be my husband's dream wife (ie, gamer girl/housekeeper/super hottie), still eating ridiculously healthy and restrictively, still got the same other responsibilities...nothing new. Then where have I been?







Ahem...







Distracted...







Addicted?







Yeah, I think so!

I finally gave in (been fighting the craze and my step-mom's urgings for years now), and picked up this book....and pretty much didn't put it down until I'd worked my way through it. I read the entire series in a week, managing to find the time to make an emergency library run for Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.

I thought that would be the end of it...then I could go back to my regular life, catch up on all my chores, and actually eat a REAL cooked meal again.

Boy was I wrong!!

I picked up Songmaster next. I told my husband that I felt like I was cheating on Orson Scott Card because I couldn't get through the book fast enough! I couldn't get Twilight off my mind. It was embarrassing. It took me back to my *N Sync-obsessed teenage years *cringe*

So I started again. I just finished tonight. I read the whole series, TWICE in 3 weeks (with a week break to struggle through another book).

Wow. I feel my ears turning pink just by typing this admission.

Well, I liked them (understatement), so I don't really care if you all judge me :) But, if you find yourself doing so....maybe you ought to hit up the bookstore....hehe

Just warn your husbands first!

Carnival Cruise 2010

At long last, here are the pictures from our trip! Enjoy :)

Our ship, the Conquest

Barely on the boat, and already hittin' up the bar
(for a Dr. Pepper, of course!!)

View from our balcony

I'm on a boat!!

Game's on

Dolphins following us out to sea

Found the food already?





Our first day at sea

Good morning cruise life!

Luke and Kim owning the ping pong tournament





Anyone surprised? Didn't think so ;)


Formal night #1

Aaron & Sarah, Todd & Brenda, Kim & Sandy, Luke & Stephanie

So cute!


The theater

Watching movies every night! Great fun!


Second day at sea...spent soaking up the sun


Luke's raptor impression (I think he was hungry...)


Another gorgeous day!


Eating ice cream...caught in the act!



Waking up in Jamaica

Ya mon!


Hiking Dunn's River


Lol! Future Walmart!


Fruit vendor on the side of the freeway


Yes, the water really was this blue!





So that's what Jamaican school kids look like :)

This guy was selling hot peanuts in the middle of the road...

Gotta love the reminders of home out here!

Angry pirate made an appearance here when Luke's sunglasses broke.


Montego Bay


Bring on the Cayman Islands! Arrrrr!

This picture rules!


Luke the fish


Getting sunburned at Seven Mile Beach

So beautiful!




Formal night #2

Bon Appetit

Viva Mexico!



Creepy pirate dude


Waitin' for our ride

Cruisin' in the dune buggy

Here lizard, lizard


Dancing fish



Hai!!


My new friends


Punta Sur

El Caracol (lighthouse/weather station)







Livin' the good life!


Shell hunting

Dirty feet. Good thing I was wearin' my flippy floppies!



Visiting the lighthouse




View from the top









Haha! Sorry we are open :)




Another amazing day!

Getting back on the ship





Lazy morning

Shootin' some hoops



Poker winnings!


Creepy striped French men tryin' to steal mah money!

My new victory hoodie!

In line, getting more food!!


Does he ever stop??

Us with SuSu, our awesome server

My best friend Slavica. She took good care of me, helping me enjoy eating gluten free!

Check mate. Time to go home.

That's going to be us in a couple days...

Galveston. Just not as pretty anymore.

Back to reality


The end!

What an amazing trip!!!!!!

Hopefully, I will soon have my cruise/GF dining reviews online. Eventually. I promise!