Hayden's first year of soccer

Hayden enjoyed his first season of soccer.  It is funny to watch him.  He has a huge kick and seems to enjoy playing defense.  He doesn't care that he doesn't score.  If they lose the ball he just runs back towards the goal.  Of course he doesn't really try to steal the ball, just runs back or beside the person :)  But always with a smile on his face.

 

Before the game at kick off he growls at the other team and tells them they can't come over to his side of the field.  One time he told a kid that he put a huge force field around this side and they can't come over.  Such a super hero nerd!

 

This picture cracks me up.  He is on the sideline saying something inappropriate I am sure.  I see those annoyed lips all of the time at home.

 

He always wore his socks over his knees.  Not sure why.

 

One game he did a back heal kick to get it away from his goal.  He was so excited to do a "mommy trick". 

 

He scored one goal this year on a big kick that just kept rolling.  He was happy. 

 

 

It was fun to watch him play and not have to coach.  I never yelled at him.  I just wanted him to have fun.   If he chooses not to play soccer I am fine with it.  Maybe he can pick a sport I know nothing about and I can just sit back and relax and watch. 

 

If you check out this video you will see maybe he will play golf one day.  Not sure he will have the patience though...

 

 golf video

(click the words)

 

 

 

Costa Maya, Mexico

Our last island was costa maya, mexico. We had thought about doing mayan ruins on this stop but thought it would be too hot and long for the kids.  So we didn't book the tour.  Well the day was cool and overcast and it would have been a good choice.   Oh well.  We thought about going to the beach but never did go.  We hung out in the port area. 

We were up pretty early due to some hammering below us so we were off pretty early after breakfast.  We found a spot in the port where you could see the ocean, watch the dolphin shows, and play in the sand. 


Since we didn't do anything we had planned I took the money we would have used and did the dolphin encounter.  I got to do it by myself which was nice.  The dolphins were so friendly.  I can not get this picture to rotate.  Sorry.

After my dolphin swim we took the kids swimming in the pool.  It was cold!

On this day Hayden was an absolute miserable child.  He kept fighting with Bryton and us.  We ended up back on the boat pretty early and taking naps.  Oh well.

I did manage to get this super cute picture of Amelia.  I just love it!


She also got to buy some maracas and a flute.  She loves them.


I thought the nap would help but he was still miserable.  It was formal night and the kids wanted to eat with us.  I dressed them up in the formal clothes (well Amelia didn't wear her formal dress because it did not look good with the beaded hair:(  sigh)

See how happy Hayden is... one day I will use these pictures against him.  Ha ha.




Hayden was a beast.  I wanted to get a  picture and he refused.  He was so bad.  Look at him in these...  It took 20 minutes to drag him and get him to stay for the picture.  I was pissed. 


We got in line and told our friends to eat by themselves so we didn't subject them to haydens attitude. Once in the dining room he seemed to perk up.  Weird.


we got a window seat for dinner and that was nice.  The kids enjoyed it.


After dinner we did get some pictures but didn't buy any of them. 

Hayden actually wanted to get his picture taken then of course.  Even by himself.  He took tons.


I like this one of him at the bar.


We do have some cute ones we took on our own.


This was the best family shot we could get.

Amelia loved dancing to the live band.




The kids went to kids club after dinner.  We went to see the comedian and watch karaoke.  No time for singing.  Thankfully!

Got the kids and had pizza and ice cream of course.  And went to a small dance party to make Amelia happy.

Then off to bed. 

Well, that is it for our cruise pictures.  It already seems so long ago.  I want to go again so bad.  We just loved it. 

 

Roatan, Hondorus

Roatan is a small island off of Hondorus.  It is actually nothing like the main land and was very safe.

Unfortunately they are in the end of their rainy season.  It has rained every day there recently.

We hired a tour guide and went to Tabyanna beach.  It is ranked one of the best in the world.  We stayed at bananrama beach resort

We found the tour company and were greeted by a man with a steeler shirt and hat on.  Steeler fans are everywhere!

It was a long drive and Mike asked the poor driver a million odd questions. Poor Norma. 

We got there and immediately played in the sand and water for awhile and you could see a storm coming.  It was still so pretty.


Amelia was looking cute in her swim cap and a person from the resort took her picture for their site. 


After awhile the rain came and boy did it pour.  We got our stuff and took cover and had lunch. 


The kids played giant connect four. 


The storm stopped after about an hour and we were back in the water.

Mike wanted to get Amelia's hair braided.  I didn't want to but he did anyways. Sigh.

 She sat so well even though it took at least 40 minutes.


In the end it was cute but I still wasn't happy because now her hair looked like that for formal night.

She loved playing in the sand with her princesses having a tea party again.

hayden enjoyed playing volley ball.

We did see some monkeys at the beach.  THe kids didn't like them so no pictures with them.  I should have done it.  Our friend Meagan did.

There is a nice coral reef nearby and we were going to possibly snorkel it but it started to rain again so we just headed back to the port.

When we got back neither kid mentioned that they had to pee and they both just peed on the sidewalk.  Ugh!

While boarding we saw the old ship wreck that near the port

That night the kids went to kids club of course and had a blast. Hayden got his face painted.  Amelia didn't and was upset.  This was my only complaint of kids club.  I was told they ran out of time and couldn't paint everyones face.  I thought this was kind of mean to do to 2 to 5 year olds. 


we had dinner and a foosball tournament which I of course won. 

We took some pictures with the kids.

I got this cute picture of Amelia on the ship.


We got our usual pizza and and ice cream :)  This night the buffet had an aweome chocolate cake with cookies in it.  We had several pieces in our family.  I took one for breakfast the next day. 

That night was the Mexican fiesta and they had a dance party on deck.  Amelia loved dancing and made the big screen. 

Hayden did too.

THey got some blow up toys.  Amelia danced and rode her donkey all night.