Oaklee's 2 year old Birthday!

Oaklee turned 2 years old on May 24th! Since we had just gotten home from Cancun and to cut costs, we decided to do a little family party in Centerville! Oaklee's little neighbor friend Elle Bloomfield came and we had lots of fun! Since Oaklee loved the Monkey's in Cancun so much I just had to make her a monkey cake..it just fits her!


Blowing out her Candles!


Oaklee and Elle ready to start the party!

Presents!! Elle gave Oaklee this chair and she loves it! She now carries it all over the apartment.



Oh, Sunglasses and a new swimming suit!




She was so excited to get Woody and Bulls-eye! She just loves Toy Story!


Dora!! Yay..she got her two favorite things!



She also got some cute clothes but she wouldn't hold them up for us to get a good picture. Oaklee had a great birthday and I think this pictures tells it all!!

Cancun!

May 10 to the 17th we had the opportunity to go to Cancún, México with my family! Here we are in the airport waiting to get on the plane!
My sister Abbie and her husband Spencer. Little sisters Sadie and Sydnee with Oaklee!

Brothers Casey, Josh and Korbin. Mom and Dad


Porter and I with Spencer's face in the background. hehe I love it..thanks Spence!
Oaklee loved this stroller/wheelchair thing and didn't want to get off!




The first day that we were there we met up with our cousins Landon and Alise Essig, and went to Talum! Landon served his mission there and they just happened to be there at the same time. The Talum ruins were awesome! It was so cool to think about who lived there and what was happening at that time. When we got home Porter started doing some research about all the different ruins in México and found this really cool website. After reading this I don't think you could possibly deny that the Book of Mormon is true! http://www.ancientamerica.org/library/me

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As we were leaving there was a bunch of birds being really loud over by a tree, so we went to check it out. Low and behold there was a snake hanging from the tree eating a bird! It was crazy, the snake blends into the leaves but if you look closely you can see the bird hanging out of it's mouth! It took a while but sure enough it got the whole bird in it's mouth!




After Talum everybody was so hot and ready to be cooled off so on the drive back we found a Cenote. Which is basically a fresh water cave that has collapsed in some places. It was lots of fun and the water was so nice and cool!





The next day we just played on the beach at the resort.





Thursday we went to Cozumel! One the ferry ride over everyone was feeling there new sunburned bodies and pretty nauseous from the waves...at least I was!






Once we got there we felt much better and Sadie, Sydnee and I decided to get our hair braided!


After shopping for a couple hours we decided to rent some Vespa's and a little car and drive around the Island! I wish we had gotten more pictures of us all on them but oh well here is Casey and Sydnee, Sadie and Josh and Abbie and Spencer!

Oaklee loved just chillin' in the car!

On our way around the Island we found a great beach where the waves where a little bigger than at the resort so we stopped and rented some boogie boards!

After a couple hours we had to get the car and Vespa's back and get to the ferry before it left so we all rushed the rest of the way around the Island. While my parents and the boys took the cars back the rest of us ran to catch the ferry. We tried to stall but after all our efforts they didn't make it and the ferry left without them. Luckily they were able to catch one about an hour later and made it back to the resort.


Friday we just hung around the resort again. The boys got up and played tennis and the girls went to the pool.




Oaklee loved being in the water and she made friends wherever she went!

Game Night!

Oaklee's pants where too big so as she ran around they kept falling to her ankles. While we were playing games there was a little girl named Elie out with her mom. Oaklee heard her mom say her name and so she started chasing her around saying "eellie ellie come ellie". Oaklee loved making new friends this is Ellie and her brother Jared. Their mom could only speak Spanish so it was a little difficult to communicate but we got by.


Saturday we rented Jet ski's. It was awesome on the Ocean but I think I do prefer a glassy lake.


Oaklee loved playing on the beach but it definitely wiped her out!



After Oaklee fell asleep Porter, Sydnee, Casey, Josh and I decided to go para-sailing. It was fun but I think one time in your life is enough. It's not a huge thrill and it mostly just made me sick.



Casey hurled while he was up there and I almost did just sitting on the boat.


On Sunday we caught a taxi and went to the nearest church. I thought we got a picture of all of us in front of it but I can't find it. Oaklee was so funny! She went right into nursery and about 5 minutes later she realized she couldn't understand what anyone was saying and they had to come find me. Then in sacrament meeting she kept saying "Hola" to everyone. There was a little girl that they kept saying it back and forth over and over again!

When we got home there were monkey's in the tree's at the resort. Oaklee thought it was so fun and Sydnee was trying to feed them bananas.



Overall it was a great trip and we had so much fun! Thanks mom and dad we love you!