un Beliezeable

It is hard to believe that 2 weeks ago today we were in a warm place enjoying the sun. We were in Belieze and as our guide said it was un-Beliezable. I had a great time. We left the ship and boarded a bus and traveled about an hour. Our tour guides were very knowlegable and lectured about the people of Belieze it was very educational.

After the Bus ride we had a Belizean lunch. It was very good just as good as the food on the ship.
Then we boarded spead boats and traveled down the river about 35 minutes to the ruins.

WE arived in Lamanai a spot that John Lund believes to be a great candadate for a place where some of book of morman stories took place.
If you look you can see John Lund Reading the speech of King Benjamen. He only had to talk and we were all able to hear him in the clearing that we were in. This was called the temple of the Jaguar.

This is the High temple. We were able to climb it and see out all over the valley it was an interesting view of the jungle.
I love this Photo. If I blow it up I can find most of the family in it. David is taking the photo Debby is in the clearing. Kelli and Richard are climbing down. Dan, Deryl, Isabel and I are just below the top at the end of the stairs. I still need to find Lori and David.

This is the temple of the Mask

That is Dan and I at the top of the High temple. Neither of our spouses made an effort to climb the temple. I think it was the best excursion that we could have gone on. We had a group of 250 people that went. The guides were not LDS but they gave us great insite to the people of Belize and the culture. John Lund and the Cruise lady leaders were able to give us LDS insite to these ruins. It was well worth it. I hope to return to Belize and spend some more time in the country.

Gandma sledding

Grandma came over to visit today and we were all in the backyard playing in the snow. The kids talked her in to ridding the slide that they had made in the back yard. She is a good sport. Enjoy!(we sure did)

Jumping Jack flash

We went and watched Karaoke several times one night some of us even participated. I left the singing up to those that can carry a tune. Dan walked in the room and knew what he wanted to sing right away. The Lori and Kelli took a lot longer. It was fun to See Dan sing. Lori took this video with her camera.

food (this is for you Jill)

We sat with Dan and Debby at most dinners. Debby wouldn't let us eat unless she was able to take a picture of the food. She blamed it on her sister Jill. She said Jill would love to see the photos. We soon found that if we took the pictures of the food our self we could get to eat faster. It is kind of nice to look back and see what we ate. I enjoyed the food so much I even bought their cookbook.

dinner

We spent a good deal of our time eating. Our favorite place to eat was in the dinning room at dinner. The formal nights had the best food. We were all on our best behavor.

David and Jill

David and Lori

Deryl and Isabel

Dale and Margene

Dan and Debby

Magic

Every night we would go to dinner and when we got back these animals would appear. It sure was fun coming home to find out what would be waiting for us on our bed. It was so much fun I bought the book that shows how to make 30 different towel animals. The kids had fun with it.

Depression

Monday on the news it said it was the most depressing day of the year. People were back to work and had not had a day off sense the "holidays" They were starting to get their bills from overspending at Christmas and the weather was usually really cold.

I am depressed. Because I just got back from a great vacation. This is where we were just a few short days ago, it seems like years now that we are back in the cold.

We spent 7 days being spoiled on the Carnival Glory. We sailed the western Caribbean with David's parents and siblings. I have never enjoyed a week more.

We Danced

We swam and went on the water slide.

We never made a bed and our room was always clean

We saw amazing sites and climbed temples

We ate from the minute we got on the boat to the minute we got off. We would order everything at dinner and sometimes they would bring us even more than we ordered. It was fun.

new years eve

Everyone with new MP3 players were showing off their music choices.

Brecklyn was the best Curses player she was so good that she got annoying.
we hosted the Shumway New Years Eve party. We had food and played games. Curses and 7's were two of our favorite games for the night. We had 29 people and only 1 didn't stay awake until midnight. Poor little Natalie fell asleep just 15 minutes before midnight. Now we can rest until next year.

Derek's Christmas

Derek had a Buzzlightyear Christmas. His Photo did not fit on the last post so he gets his own. He loved Christmas I think this year he finally got it. HE loved opening gifts. He did not want to be rushed. He took his time and played with most of his gifts as he opened them. He Loves the movie Toy Story. HE got many of the action figures from the movie. He was very excited.