Cruisin fun

Is this not the picture of relaxation or what. Curt and I went on a fun southern Caribbean cruise last week and had a picture perfect time! We had to take this shot from pretty far away as this is a french island and well....topless is in fashion. Pretty scary!

In front of our boat after a great time out. We did a lot of snorkeling and two dives!

Curt and one of our friends Dave Pearson.

Don't you love the towel. Every night we came back to something like this. It was fun!

We were really glad that Curt put his shirt on since the first day his chest looked like a lobster.

One year

March 11th. It has been one year since my mom died. I miss her more in ways now than I did in the beginning and less in some. I find myself thinking about her at odd times. I think how much she would have enjoyed being with us as David went to the temple last night for the first time. Yet I know she was there. I felt her as I drove home. I felt her arms around me as she said the same thing she often said to us. "You are doing a great job with your kids" and I replied out loud...as I was driving alone in my car... "It's not me that is doing a great job. Its my kids that are doing a great job!" I am just honored to be part of their lives. I went today to the grave and left some gerber daisys. I so wish I could hand them to her personally. I know she would love them. I have a lot of regrets today of the things I didn't do when she was alive. It seems I understand her better now than I did then. She was an honorable women who always...at all cost...put her children first. I feel like an ungrateful child. I didn't realize how much she sacrificed for us until now and I am sure I don't even know that half of it. I think its better that way too. I don't think I could take the guilt. Sometimes my children do things or say things that remind me of her. I love that they have some of her qualities. So today I am taking the day to be sad and to mourn "my personal pitty party" Though I know that some of you are having your own as well. I am not quite sure how to get myself out of this except that I do have a great life with a wonderful husband and children. So if you are reading this think of someone you love and do something for them while you can...gerber daisys are nice...