Bumpy Slides and Astronauts!

Today I was doing the dishes and Morgan yells,

 "HEY MOM! COME RIDE MY BUMPY SLIDE!" 

This is what I found:

She then proceeded to explain the slide to me and said,

"This pillow is so you can land on yours head, like this"

Ian could tell how silly his sister was being:

Morgan insisted I give it a go, so this is a picture I took while I was takin' a ride, on the bumpy slide!

So then Morgan decided she had to take pictures from the top too!

So, I let her have a chance taking a picture of Ian's first trip down the bumpy slide. Looks riveted, doesn't he?

Earlier today Morgan asked me if she could be an astronaut. I told her that was a good idea, and she could pretend to be one if she wanted to. She replied with an emphatic

"Mom. I. CAN. NOT. BE. AN. ASTRONAUT. BECAUSE.

WE. HAVE. NO. STARS. OR. PLANETS!!!!!"

So I told her we could make some if she helped me clean the house.

 (yay for bribery!)

We made ourselves a cardboard rocket too...

Finally blogging TURKS AND CAICOS!

Well, I could give you the whole LONG story, but it's late and I'm bushed. So here's the condensed version:

We left our house Friday night at around 7 and didn't make it to Turks and Caicos till around noon the next day. Needless to say, we all felt like Morgan looked.

Judie found out all about the branch there and where they met before she brought us all to the island. Going to church there was such a good experience. I will never forget the lessons I learned from those humble people when they spoke on tithing and the word of wisdom. If they can honestly live in bushes, they seriously live in bushes, and still do their best to pay their tithes...so can I.

Ian totally got the good end of the deal, he got to wear his everyday clothes to church; plus a few accessories. :)

One afternoon while we were there we did family pictures and 

played some family olympics. It was fun!

There was a lot of time spent trying to get everybody on the same page, so here are some random pictures taken during all that mess :)

JD was just so excited to dump Alex out of that hammock.

                    

 Being a monkey...

There was so much good food and free drinks EVERYWHERE! (When we got to Disneyworld I was so used to the all inclusive thing that I almost snatched a banana right off a cart...that would have been bad. They may have decided to punish me Aladdin style)

(not nursing, he's just sleeping)

The menfolk went deep sea fishing and got themselves some barracuda.

Me, snorkeling. Oh come on, you wish you were this cool :)

Okay I took this picture while I was frantic because the masseuse is asking me through the door if I am ready for her to come in. I didn't want to sound dorky and say "Ummm no! I'm taking pictures cause I'll never get an opportunity like this again, so please just wait one more minute for me to de-robe!"

Hands down the best place on that whole island was the beach. We had so much fun...it almost doesn't even seem like it was real!

And then there were the pools...

Don't the girls look so worried while they are watching their Daddies try to surf?

And then, some more of the BEACH!

And, one last picture of the fam with Cookie Monster. It was so fun to see the Sesame Street characters walking around all day!