Thursday, July 14, 2011

Vacation Pics!!!!!!!

Hi Everyone!  Thank you for your patience in my absence!  I had a much needed break and feel like I got a lot accomplished! 

Venti and Mocha move back next Thursday!  Yeah!!!  Then Sunday he leaves for a week to go to Texas and then they will be here until September.  Then he leaves for San Diego, CA until December.  We are excited to spend the remaining of Summer with them!  We haven't seen them since March so its been awhile!

Work is going okay.  My friend that started the same day as me quit last Friday which I knew she was going to and I'm so bummed that she is gone.  We got along so good and I felt like I've known her all my life.  She invited Joe and I to her Dad's beach house next weekend so that should be a lot of fun!  No kids!  hehe....

The boys are doing good...enjoying their summer.  Grande just turned 21 (pics to follow) and we took him out which I thought was pretty cool that he'd want to hang with his "cool" parents the night he turns 21....yes his friends came too and yes he drank too much!  Grande and Tall are getting ready to go to College!  They are both going to the same College (how nice is that!)....and so only Short will be left at home!  Talk about going from a full house to just one!  Should be interesting!

As you know I went to the Riviera Maya, Mexico for a week with Joe and 3 of the 4 boys.  We had a really great time.  There was a tropical storm the last 2 days there and all it did was RAIN!  Non-stop!  Then when we got to the airport in New Jersey we found that our flight to PA was canceled and had to stay in a hotel....with no luggage...I didn't even have a comb!  Boy did I look pretty!  We had to wear the same clothes any everything.  We were supposed to get home on June 28th at 10:02pm and ended up not getting home until June 29th at 2:00pm!  I had to call off of work and had to take a day off without pay...boo.....but we finally got home and I had a weeks worth of 5 people's clothing to wash.  All is done and now to enjoy the rest of summer. 

That's what's been going on with me....well at least the quick version! 
Now on to the pics!!!

How cute are those Monkey's??  And yes...they were real!


Grande

Tall

Short

Enjoying the sun!






 Short playing in the beautiful blue water!






 Joe floating on his raft!


















32 comments:

  1. Wow!!! Looks like you had a wonderful vacation!!! Great pictures!!! That's awesome you got to hold monkeys!!!

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  2. The vacation looks like a blast!!
    Everybody got some color and the water looks absolutely perfect!!

    Great pictures!!

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  3. Great pictures. I love the blue of the ocean. Looks like you all had a great trip!

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  4. You are a beautiful family! And that's a beautiful vacation, and I am so jealous!
    Dianne

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  5. Fantastic family vacation pics!!! That trip looked amazing! Handsome boys you're raising, darlin'! Glad ya'll had a great time! I miss living 45 minutes from the beach...

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  6. Great photos! Looks like a fun vacation.

    Hugs,
    Kat

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  7. What a great place to relax together! Looks like you had a wonderful vacay!

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  8. Great pictures here look like you all had a great time thanks for sharing the photos with all of us, now I know you only did it to make us jelous and you have done just that I want to go on a holiday and get away from my family for a little bit......

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  9. So terrific to take a family vacation. Too bad for the rain but the rest of weather looked terrific!

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  10. Looks like fun was had by all! What great photos. You really have an eye for a good shot! Great tans too! What a beautiful place!

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  11. Looks like you had a wonderful vacation ... your photos are great! And it's great to have you back online! Deb @ RaisingFigureSkaters.com

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  12. Wow, thanks for sharing your vacation photos with us! It makes me even more anxious to reach my vacation time... ugh!!

    I love the black and white top you wore with the white capris! Very nice! :-)

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  13. Glad you are back and very glad you had a great vacation! Thanks for sharing your pics with us!!!

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  14. Beautiful pics Java... looks everybody had a great time!

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  15. So happy you are back! Love the photos my friend. What wonderful memory making ! Hugs!!!

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  16. leaving some ♥ from my other blog too!

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  17. Holy cow on the monkeys---that is so cool! The beach is absolutely beautiful...a slightly different shade that our trip to Cape Cod last week! Welcome Back!

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  18. Yay! I love vacation photos! These are great. Love the monkeys, the beach, the smiles. Sorry about 2 days of rain. Thanks for sharing.

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  19. Oh fantastic photos! I love the monkeys!!! welcome back.
    ~Naila Moon

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  20. PS>Posted a Follow Friday (a day late) if you want to come see. ;)
    http://yaknowstuff.blogspot.com/2011/07/is-it-harry-potter-weekend-for-you.html

    ~Naila Moon

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  21. Great pictures. Love the family ones. Looks like you all had a wonderful time.

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  22. Hi Java, I'm a new visitor to your blog.
    Beautiful pictures - amazing.
    You all seems to have a wonderful time there.
    Have a lovely Sunday!

    Greetings from Dublin, Ireland.

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  23. I love the dress that you have on in one of these pix with the brown netting peeking out from under the hem. How cute!

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  24. What fabulous photographs, blue skies, happy faces and gorgeous sea. You all look great. Your holiday looks loads more fun than my birthday trip....we're going to Russia, hardly renowned for fun, frolics and sun!
    So good to have you back though. Glad you had sucha lovely time.

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  25. wow it sure looks like you had a wonderful time. Looking forward to having you posting again.

    Blessings
    Rainbow

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  26. What a great family vacay you had!
    This past year was our first one with just 1 boy at home...it was weird & quiet!

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  27. Wonderful photos! Now that is true fun in the sun. Shame coming home from vacation always means a ton of work to catch up on. Take it easy and enjoy the remainder of your summer.

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  28. Just popped over and saw these great vaca pics! Love it!!

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  29. These are great photos! It looks like you had such a good time. I really love the dress you are wearing. You look beautiful!

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  30. It looks you guys are having a lot of fun and these pictures are superb.
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