"Dream" Vacation

Wow...I have really been slacking on this blog lately.  Can it really be almost a month since my last post?!  Well, I promise it won't be that long again!  We have been enjoying our summer TOGETHER, and I just haven't made time to sit down at the computer :)  We've been busy to say the least.  Here's a little recap...of course, little man has been keeping us busy, I turned 30, we celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary, and we took a vacation!  July was definitely a fun month :)   

Aaron and I just got back from a week long cruise in the western Caribbean.  That's right, we left Ayson with Grammy, Pops & Papa.  They couldn't wait to spend some quality time with him, and we couldn't wait for a little getaway.  That is...until it was time to leave.  

Leaving him was a bit hard for this mama.  We took this picture on our way to drop him off.  Of course, he was looking cuter than ever, making it super hard to leave.  I'll admit, I shed a few tears, but that was nothing the ocean and a big boat couldn't cure :)

We had an amazing time, and took way too many pictures, so here are just a few of our favorites!!!

We sailed on the Carnival Dream with our besties, the Leigh's!  Here's Ang and I as we were getting ready to leave Port Canaveral.

So happy & ready to go to dinner on night one :)

All fancied up for our first formal night!

Sailing off into the sunset ;)

Off the boat and ready to hit the beach in our first port.  We spent our time in Cozumel swimming and soaking up the Mexican summer sun.

Next stop was Roatan, Honduras.  This was by far our favorite port.  The beach was beautiful, with white sand and crystal clear waters.

Ahhh, why can we not have this beautifulness a little bit closer to Oklahoma?!

We also went zip-lining through the jungle in Roatan, and had to take that cheesy picture with all of our gear on;)  It was super hot, but so worth it!  

Nothing like seeing the sights from high above the trees.  That's me way out there!!!

Next stop was Belize, where we went cave tubing.  We had a nice, long, hot, hike through the jungle (with our tubes), then floated through two freshwater limestone caves.

Our pictures from the cave didn't turn out that amazing because it was so dark.  But, Aaron's face says in all...we LOVED it!

Costa Maya was our final port.  Unfortunately, we were getting the remnants of a tropical storm while we were there, so we didn't explore too much.  It was very windy and rainy!  We still managed to get a few pics during a short break in the rain.  Look how rough the water was...still beautiful, nonetheless.       

And finally, our last formal night.  We enjoyed every single moment of our trip!!!  Again a big thanks to Grammy, Pops & Papa, for taking care of little man.  We were able to have such a good time because we knew he was in loving, caring hands...and getting spoiled rotten while we were gone ;)

We are now out of vacation mode and on to 2nd birthday party planning mode...that's right, Ayson's party is this weekend.  How can he be two already?  Geez!  Hope to see you all there.