Happy 1st Birthday Bryce Jacob!!

One year ago God blessed us with the most beautiful and precious baby boy!

Our baby is ONE!!

Bryce Jacob,

We can't believe a whole year has gone by since the day we met you. You have blessed our lives and our family more than you will ever know. We are so lucky that God chose us to be your parents. We love you so so much sweet boy!

Happy 1st Birthday

The day we met you...April 24, 2010 6:50pm

So proud and in love
1 year later
You keep getting cuter and cuter,sweeter and sweeter,
and we keep falling more and more in love!

Big bday bash this weekend! We can't wait to celebrate :)

Last Day

The last day of our cruise was spent at sea traveling back to Puerto Rico. The weather was nice so we were able to spend one more day at the pool getting some sun. We had a such a good time and made some great memories, but we were ready to get home and love on our Brycey. Thanks to Uncle Luke, Aunt Shanni, Camden, Papa D, & Memaw for a great week!!

Last time in the pool

Before our last dinner
This is what we came home to! He was so happy to see us and of course we were so excited too! We loved on him and kissed him so much before he had to go to bed. It felt so good to have him in my arms again

Grenada

Our last stop was in Grenada. We didn't do much off the ship that day because it was raining and it rained pretty much all day. We did a little bit of shopping and then went back to the ship to hang out while the kids swam.

pretty princess

Have I mentioned how much these two love each other?

Goof balls
Cousins and best friends
Guys before dinner
and the girls

My Dad and I...we took the cruise to celebrate our birthdays

St. Lucia

St. Lucia was just as beautiful as all the other islands we visited. Since the kids didn't have as much fun as we did on our tours we decided to do something that they would enjoy. We had a taxi take us to one of the beaches so the kids could play in the sand and ocean. Brielle absolutely loves the beach. She could play there all day! We spent enough time there that day that we all got burnt from head to toe and when we got back on the ship I gave Brielle a shower and washed sand from every part of her body!!! This is the point in our trip that I started taking my camera to dinner in the evening so I have a lot more pictures to share.

Total beach girl

This boat was selling pineapples and coconuts right up close to the beach
the kiddos
Memaw, Papa, and the kids took a walk on the beach
all dressed up for dinner
Our family...minus little Brycey :(

Aunt Shanni and Beebs

Aunt Shanni and Uncle Luke at dinner

Papa and Memaw

My love and I :)

The wait staff did a little dance this night at dinner...this was our waitress Aysun

and her assistant waiter, Freddie (the kids just loved him)

Antigua

On our third day we visited the island of Antigua. After our wonderful tour the day before, we decided to find a taxi driver, Joseph, that would do the same and give us a tour of the beautiful Antigua. We saw many neat sites and got to get out and visit one of their 365 beaches and also a rock bridge made from the waves. Uncle Luke was the brave one and crossed the "bridge". Right when we got off the ship we were stopped by a lady that wanted to braid Brielle's hair. We had talked about doing it so we were excited to finally get it done. Instead of the normal full head of braids we just got the front part of her hair done in one braid. She sat perfectly still and loved it. I was finally able to take it out one week later, after we got home.

Getting her braid

So pretty A donkey on the side of the road

Papa, Memaw, and the kids on the beach

"The Bridge"

the water was very rough in this area....notice a sailboat in the distance

Papa, Memaw and our driver Joseph

A harbor

The bananas there grow upside down

St. Croix, U.S.V.I

Our second stop was in St. Croix, USVI. This was one of our favorite islands. After walking around checking out the shops for a bit the guys found a taxi driver that was willing to give us a tour (and not a 3-4 hour one like most want to do) of some neat spots that way we could see more of the island than just what is right off the ship. We learned a lot more this way too! One of our stops was at the Cruzan Rum Distillery. Our taxi driver, James, was a great tour guide!

The view of St. Croix from our stateroom balcony

The kids got to pet the most adorable dog...so cute! The distillery

Sisters

Bros

Papa and Memaw

These two love each other so much...can you tell?!?!

They talked Aunt Shanni into joining them in the hammock

The guys with our driver James

Charlotte Amalie - St. Thomas

We got on the ship early afternoon on Sat. and spent the rest of the day exploring and checking it out. We went to our first dinner that evening and it was delicious. We met our stateroom attendant, Erlinda, our waitress, Aysun, and her assistant Freddie. We got so lucky to have such nice people taking care of us all week. On Sunday morning we woke up in St. Thomas. What a beautiful place. We got off the ship after breakfast and spent a couple of hours walking around and checking out the shops. It was very hot and the kids were sick of walking so we went back to the ship to swim :) We didn't get any pictures of St. Thomas except from the ship.

Royal Caribbean, Serenade of the Seas...our ship

One-on-one with Daddy St. Thomas

There were a handful of REALLY NICE yachts