Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Rest of Jamaica


We are still smiling from the amazing trip...and still catching up on some sleep! The girls were loving it so much-they decided to wake up between 5 and 6 each morning. The beach is quiet that early in the morning! But as they say in Jamaica, "No problem!" We just took good naps!


We did a lot of dancing with Zoe. She was the girls' favorite. They got so excited to see her!



Big Daddy danced with her, too



And Philip Hollie and I haven't stopped laughing at this picture. Look closely-Macy is in it too. Oh, silly Philip!Waiting for the parade Cookie Monster was Harper's least favorite! Macy also loved Abby Cadabby.











Hollie and I took a ride on the Hobie. She was a little scared when the guy realized that the sail was broken once we were far out and we started drifting toward the rocks...no problem! We made it back eventually.
We also rode on the banana boat. Macy and Riley were cute together. They really enjoyed each other.

Philip went with my parents and brother to climb Dunns River Falls, a local waterfall. They had a lot of fun!




They wore some cool shoes.


Our resort had some wonderful water slides for all ages. Macy and Harper loved them and did them over and over. Macy even did some of the bigger ones. But no one loved them as much as Philip. He was there every day when they opened, and he dragged Taylor, my dad, and Justin on them over and over. There was one green slide that was pretty much straight down. They perfected it. My dad made the biggest splash and got a round of applause from the wet bystanders nearly every time.


My mom and Hollie went, and actually kept their swimsuits on.


Philip, Taylor and Justin learned how to come out and skid across the water. Very neat. Needless to say, every muscle in Philip's body was sore the last day. I think Justin even had to take a pain killer! Ha! It was all worth it.



The kids were great with all the traveling. It was a long trip home (2 hour bus ride, 3 hour plane ride, 2 hour layover, 2 hour plane ride, finding our car...) but we made it and they were happy the majority of the time!
And a VERY BIG thank you to Honey and Big Daddy for being so generous and taking us all to Jamaica! We had so much fun. We loved spending time with everyone. Memories we will never forget! We can't thank you enough! Love ya'll!!!



7 comments:

Hollie Reese said...

I think I am going to put the Picture of Philip and Zoe on my screen saver. It cracks me up! Thanks for not posting the picture of our backsides while waiting for the banana boat..

Carl, Brent, and Joseph said...

ok, we are all adequately jealous now! except for the dancing with zoe, and the water slide wedgies.

Shane, Natalie, Madelyn & Murphy said...

OMG! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your pictures! Madelyn also enjoyed looking at them.(She pointed out Zoe and Elmo, or as she says(Mel Mo!) I wonder if I could talk Joe and Malinda into a beach trip like that!!Too much fun!

Anonymous said...

Trey just asked if he could go. It looks like you all had a blast. The picture of Philp and Zoe...and Macy is hilarious.

allyo said...

WOW! What resort did yall stay at? I love all the characters for the kids. We love and miss you!

Alison said...

Precious family! What a FUN trip! Loved all the pictures! Those girls are too cute!

Shane, Natalie, Madelyn & Murphy said...

Yep..Shane took the pic on the top of our blog! Let us know if you ever wants some pictures taken of your girls. We'd be happy to do it!