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Bermuda is beautiful!!!! Tyson and I spent a week in Bermuda at the end of April. We left AZ at 10:30 on a Friday night and arrived in Bermuda at 12:50 on Saturday afternoon. It was a surprisingly long travel time. It is a long but narrow island, and the roads wind around and around, I was feeling pretty car sick by the time we arrived at our hotel. 
But, once we were there, it was pure paradise! The hotel had its own private beach and it was the prettiest beach I have ever been too, with the prettiest water I have ever seen. We strolled along shops in downtown Hamilton, ate at yummy overpriced restaurants, slept in, lounged on the beach, Tyson went scuba diving, met up with old friends that we only see once a year, went kayaking, relaxed at the spa, ate and ate and ate. We were ready to come home, we were stress free, relaxed, rested and FULL!
We had an unbelievably long layover (8 hrs) in NYC, so we decided to go into the city for a few hours. We hit our most favorite spots, Chinatown, Juniors, Patsy's, and Grand Central Station. We came home with our tummies full of New York Pizza, Juniors cake to eat on the plane, a few purses, some tiffany necklaces, and a new pair jeans. woohoo!!
A couple of weeks ago Tyson and I raced in a triathlon in Las Vegas. It was at Lake Mead just 30 min. outside of Las Vegas. We had a such a great time, it was the first triathlon either one of us had ever done and I loved it!!! The swimming portion was in Lake Mead and it was a 1/2 mile swim, a 13 mile bike ride and a 3.1 mile run. These are the only two pictures that I have, my friend took a bunch on her camera as we were doing the race but, I don't have them. And believe me, you will want to see them because we are soooo cute in our wetsuits, goggles and blue caps (we will try to post them later). It was quite an experience. There were three races that day, a sprint (which is the one we did) and olympic and a half iron man. They didn't split you up into heats so all the racers for each race started at the same time. The fun thing was, was that Tyson and I raced together. (now before you all get excited.... he beat me.... come on did you really think I could beat him....well thanx!) We actually ended up swimming right next to each other in the swim, which was really fun, but once the boys were on the bikes they smoked me. I finished the race in 1 hour and 53 minutes. I was totally happy with that time and so thrilled that it is over, so I no longer have to deal the nerves inside my tummy. YEA US!
While we were out of town our older three kids stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Cook. Grandma and Grandpa made sure they had a great time! Grandpa and Uncle Scott took the boys on their fathers and sons outing. The boys had so much fun, Grandpa took them out to the desert and was teaching them how to "tease the rattle snakes" fun activity huh? They all got cactus in their hands, it doesn't sound like a fun game to me. But, my boys loved it! Kelsey had her very own one on one time with Grandma. She got to take a bubble bath in Grandma's great big tub while she watched Princess Diaries 2 on tv. She loves being the center of attention and Grandma Cook is great to make sure Kelsey gets all the attention she needs. They had such a great time at Grandma's that I don't think they missed us even for a minute. Thank you for taking our kids and thanks to Colette for watching Macey and Gage!
Macey turned 4 on April 2, she shares her birthday with my Dad, lucky girl!!! She counted down the days until her birthday, but it was in a 4 year old count. It went "my birthday is not tomorrow, not the next day, not the next day......... you get the picture, this went on for weeks!! She woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed, early in the morning, all ready to open her presents. She had a wonderful birthday, she especially loved her bike, yippee, a big girl bike. We celebrated her party a few days later so you know how those days went (not the next day, not the next day...........). She has decided that she does not like cake with frosting. So, after I had made a cake for her and Grandpa on Sunday, I gave her a choice to have cake and ice cream at her party or popsicles, she chose popsicles!
We took our kids away for spring break to Rocky Point. What a wonderful place to retreat to. It is only 4 hours away and has beautiful beaches where the water is actually warm. The kids played non stop in the water, looking for shells, making sand people, burying each other (Tyson paid each kid a dollar for helping to bury Zac and Porter according to his specifications, when the kids got their dollar they each gave it to two Mexican children that were nearby~so sweet!). We rented a house in Cholla Bay and it was beautiful. We were fortunate enough to share it with the Buhrley family in our ward (you all remember the bikini cake, yep same guy!). We have kids the same ages and it was a delight to share the weekend with them. The house was so spacious that we never felt crowded even with 13 people staying there. We loved spending most of our time on Sandy Beach, what a relaxing way to spend spring break. My highlights were watching Tyson struggle with his beach chair all day (his chair had a mind of its own, every time he would move it would "klink"up and he would be almost bent over forward or it would undo all together and he would fall completely flat~so funny!), watching the kids play in the water and sand, having Gage very well entertained by giving him a bucket and a shovel, (he would play in the sand until he would see a beach chair evacuated and then he would move like mad to get in it. One time Tyson was gone for a good 45 min out of his chair and Gage sat in it the whole time. Pretty good for a 14 month old!), the best part though is all the Mexican vendors that walk up and down the beach selling things, we benefited from the mango man, the ice cream man, two jewelry men, the burrito lady, the dress men, the sling shot guys, and the ukulele kid~ohhh and how could I forget the hair braiding ladies! What a fabulous trip, Thanks Buhrley's for being our tour guides we had a GREAT time!!!
On Saturday was our Bishop's birthday. We thought we would help him celebrate by making him an "appropriate" birthday cake. We made him his very own bikini cake. We convinced all of their kids that it was a martian cake, their 3 year old daughter asked her mom is she could have a martian cake for her birthday too. He had a good laugh about it!
Kelsey (8) brought home a creative writing story that she worked on at school. It is so her personality that I have typed it up for the blog with all of her spelling and everything!Once upon a time there was a beautiful gril who lived in a small house in the woods. She didn't have that much friends because all the grils were jelles. Well one day she took a walk in the woods. She sang as she walked. All of a sudden she saw a prince she couldn't belive her eyes, she didn't know what to say, but the prince did. He said kiss me, then the beautiful gril said, get real. Then the prince said, you got sweet talk please kiss me only one kiss its only you. Then the prince pukerd up the beautiful gril smacked the prince and ran off to her home and never wanted to see the pince agin.
But, once we were there, it was pure paradise! The hotel had its own private beach and it was the prettiest beach I have ever been too, with the prettiest water I have ever seen. We strolled along shops in downtown Hamilton, ate at yummy overpriced restaurants, slept in, lounged on the beach, Tyson went scuba diving, met up with old friends that we only see once a year, went kayaking, relaxed at the spa, ate and ate and ate. We were ready to come home, we were stress free, relaxed, rested and FULL!
