Cancun Sept 5-10, 2017

Steve had a work trip for Modere in Cancun. Modere said I could come as well, if I paid for my ticket and helped a little with the event. We were staying at an all-inclusive resort and I had never left the country before so we said yes. Steve had also never left the country before so we were excited for this new adventure.

 

View from our room.

Volleyball Tournament. We were a team short so Steve played on the "Executives Team". They got 2nd place.

This is what Steve did the majority of the time. He's not actually a camera guy, but that's what the company brought him along to do. He took pictures and video and then edited them all together for a video montage to show at the final dinner.

It was actually a lot of work and long hours, but we still found time to relax, eat good food, and laugh our guts out at a show where they called up one of Steve's bosses to help/embarrass himself.

We got to release some rescued baby sea turtles into the ocean. So adorable!

Checked off one of my bucket-list items. Eat Sushi. I loved it!

Steve had his birthday while he was there. His co-workers had talked to the resort and asked if they could order a birthday cake that said, "Happy Birthday Steve" on it so we could sing and wish him happy birthday. They were imagining a big cake that all of us could share. This is what they sent. We all got a good laugh out of that.

 Steve spent all day Saturday in the hotel room editing the video but needed a little more footage so, the loving wife I am, took the camera and went all over the resort taking pictures and videos of the Modere guests for him.

These were a lot of the people Steve works with for events like this. They were so nice and fun to hang out with. Left to Right: JQ (Justin Quinn), JQ's mom Sandy, DeeDee, Michelle.

Not quite the relaxing get-a-way one usually goes to Cancun for but all-in-all it was a great experience.

 The boys stayed with the Wastlund's while we were gone. I can always relax knowing Amber and Garrett will take amazing care of them. During the day, while Amber and Garrett were working, Grandpa and Grandma Woodstock took the boys out on adventures. Steve's co-workers kept asking me if the kids missed us. I always said, nope! They are having so much fun they won't want to come home. I was right. :)

Life's little joys

Dad and Amy were in the area for BYU education week. We met them and they treated us to dinner. Grandma came prepared with these amazing capes she made for the boys. They LOVED them. Every little boy and girl needs a cape.

 Tomatoes and Cucumbers from out Garden.

 Rod found an injured Dragonfly. He wanted me to take a picture before he put it in the garden. I don't know if it's the hair or the facial expression but it kind of creeped me out.

 This kid.

 Crazy toddlers always climbing up on things.

 He didn't really climb up there...Steve put him up there.

 Rod wanted a turn too.

 Rod is always such a good sport at my PTA meetings. Tries to keep little brother happy and keep himself entertained.

 Spencer finally lost his first teeth...kind of. His adult middle bottom teeth were growing behind his baby teeth. But his baby teeth would not budge. We finally had the dentist pull out his baby teeth.

School Starts

Back to school night for 2nd Grade. Spencer's teacher this year is Mrs. Burnside.

 First Day of School

 Second Day of school: Cowboy Day

 First Day of Preschool for Rod. We're coming for you Kindergarten!

Had to add this second picture because it's hilarious.  He made this face every time except once (the one above)

End of Summer Days

 I wouldn't let him pour milk in his ear.

 Rod got to have a movie party with his neighborhood friends.

 Another Weird Food Rodism. (That's a grapefruit)

 Finally took the boys to splash pad. Rod hated splash pads when he was little. Jeffrey loved it!

 I'm the PTA secretary this year at school. It's been a big time commitment but fun too.

 

 Left to Right: Emily Moffit (President), Allison Woidka (Treasurer), Randilynn Sperry (President Elect), Katie Oliver (Secretary)

What do you do when you spent all afternoon cleaning your kitchen till it's spotless and you want it to stay clean for more than 30 minutes? Breakfast for dinner- picnic style!

 Jeffrey and Rod were playing Superman-Jeffrey wouldn't cooperate for picture.

 Found boys watching the ipad together like this.

 $2 thrift store find= Spencer's favorite pjs.

 Daddy and boys put together and model dinosaur and painted it together.

 Jeffrey discovered he could make his legs float. Chilled in the pool like this for a while.

 Our city did a park scavenger hunt. They gave clues and you had to figure out which park it was and take a picture where they said to in the clue. Since we had made a goal to visit all the parks in Spanish Fork this summer we immediately  knew where each clue was.

 If we came into the City office and showed them all the picture the kids got a prize. They also entered us into the big prize drawing. I never win anything so I didn't think anything about it. But we ended up winning the grand prize! $50 to a sporting goods store so we went and bought and a tent. We're excited to use it next summer.

 Completed our summer goal and visited all the parks in Spanish Fork. This one was our last and had an amazing view!

 MTC open house. The Missionary Training Center is where LDS missionaries go for 3-12 weeks (depending on if they are learning a language) before they leave on their mission. The church renovated and added some new buildings so they opened it up to the public to do a walk through. This map is where a lot of missionaries take a picture when they come pointing to where they are going to serve. The boys pointed where they want to go. Spencer-England. Rod-Mexico. Robin-Australia :)

 Solar Eclipse. Where we live the moon wouldn't be 100% covered but it was about 90%. I was just planning on watching it on TV but Steve called and said he got a pair of glasses from his work so we drove over there to watch it with him. I'm not going to lie-it was pretty amazing. A fun way to spend our last day of summer.