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Guess i should probably update this seeing as that i havent gotten on here since december, huh? WELL. I have nothing to say. ill update this later, im tired. :) BUT before i go, i have to say something about the lovely caitlin boyce since she finds it so funny to tell embarrassing stories and facts about me on her blog. SO here it goes....

CAITLIN SUCKED HER THUMB TILL SHE WAS 8! AND SHE TALKS IN HER SLEEP! AND IM PRETTY SURE SHE PICKS HER NOSE AND EATS IT!

It is ON caitlin boyce.

Pool Time!

Hello again! Today has been such a fun day here on this beautiful island! I got to sleep in until 7:00! (as opposed to the the last few mornings where ive had to wake up at 4:50 for my dives! ah!) And i have just been chilling all morning and i am lovin it! I went to the beach for a couple hours this mornin and also made my rounds to all the pools! Ive only had like 3 strawberry daiquiris so far today though.. strange. Well my dad went diving at cozumel today and kenni and i decided to stay behind so we could go skyriding today woot woot! its a little windy though so weve just been waiting for the wind to die down and then we are gonna go!!! im so excited!!There is a big pirate ship in front of our hotel with water slides and pools and all sorts of piratey related fun and it is a blast! Its actually the kids club and its meant for kids like ten and under, but me- being obsessed with pirates and any/all pirate paraphernalia, i just LOVE it! madi and carter are down there playing right now and i must admit, i am a bit jealous. I could go down but earlier today at the beach i got a little bit toasted so i am in the room just chillin to avoid burning and damaging my skin anymore than ive already managed. :) WELL it is still a bit windy so i think im going to put off the skyriding until a little bit later today, which means that it is shopping time!!! never thought youd hear those words come out of my mouth, did ya?! normally, i HATE HATE HATE shopping with a bloody passion and i would rather drink drain-o then step foot into a store, BUT im in mexico silly and i absolutely LOVE going to the flee markets down here and just buying everything!!! I love everything about shopping in mexico! the funny mexicans who want you to buy everything , the dumb american tourists who think they got a good deal on a mexican dress for 40 pesos when in reality the store owner was willing to take it down to 20, and if the cards were played just right, maybe even 15. I love all the bracelets (i buy like 50 every time i come down here) I love the hand sewed dresses, I love the feather eirings, I love the food, I love the drinks, I love the smells, and i love the atmosphere! (though a bit frightening at times...) but I just LOVE this place! I would live here if i were fluent in my spanish :) no but seriously... when i was here a few months ago, i just really learned so much about their culture and their traditions and i have just learned to love this place so much! Especially after visiting all of the ruins and orphanages. I am so much more greatful for everything i have after coming down here and seeing what goes on here and personally witnessing all of the poverty and crime that takes place, and experiencing what it is like to live in the midst of all of it. I am going to the orphanage tomorrow and friday and i absolutely can not wait!!! i am so excited!!! I love it so much! Its gonna be hard especially knowing that my big brother was here just a few short months ago serving these kids and knowing that hes not here now, but i think that it will still be an amazing experience and im sure ty will be there with us in spirit. WELL i am off to the flee markets soon so cross your fingers that i will get you something good! I am quite the bargainer actually.... :) p.s. i am DYING for some fresh fruit! I hate going to places with loads and loads of fresh fruit and not being able to eat any of it... ugh! someone fed-ex me a lemon!!!!!!!!

WERE HERE!!!!

We are finally here in the beatiful cancun mexico and we are LOVIN it! We flew in on saturday and let me tell you, that was kinda the flight from Hell. haha well we had to wake up at 3:45 am to start with then when we got to the airport we had a 2 hour delay. ugh once we got on the plane and in the air it was ok... but have ya ever had to share a row of 3 seats with a 5 year old an 8 year old and three year old twins? it was kinda crazy... but fun cause i got to play with payden and bailey ( the three year old twins) and with their little sisters chloe and aleah (11 month old twins) they are SOOO stinkin cute!! they are all 4 girls and so much fun! can you imagine having two sets of twins under the age of 4?! and ALL girls?! CRAZY! it took a lot of books and treats but i think i kept them pretty entertained while we were delayed. Well once we got here, the fun took off! the second day (yesterday) we upgraded to a hotel suite and it has a beautiful deck over looking the ocean and it is equipped with a hot tub AND a steam room! SO nice! i love this hotel! it is all inclusive and i have had so many specialty drinks that im pretty sure i peed pina colada this morning... haha. This morning was our first scuba dive down here and it was amazing!! my dad, my mom, kenni and I all went and we all four got super sick on the boat cause there was some pretty rough waves out this morning and kenni up chucked her breakfast all over the boat! nasty! but when i went on my second dive today, i puked in my regulator 3 times while i was 60 feet under the water! it was scary cause i started choking on my own puke it was so gross!! then for the rest of that dive, all i could taste was puke. SICK! but it was well worth it. I saw 3 sharks, some baracuda, 2 eel, a HUGE sea turtle and millions of fish! i loved it!!!! well im feelin a strawberry daiquiri so im out like a trout but ill update as much as i can and post some pics soon!!! happy tropical holidays!

BEST FRIEND DAY!

So me and my BEST friend realized a couple years back that we just couldnt ever quite find the right presents for eachother on any given holiday. (birthdays included) SO we decided that we would just forget about presents and we wouldnt get eachother anything so basically it would just even out. WELL after a while we came to the conclusion that this plan SUCKED! So we have decided (for Christmas at least) that we would treat eachother to a full day of mani's/pedi's, food, sugar, and a crazy night out on the town. For you see- that is what we do best. (I officially dub this Christmas tradition as "best friend day".) We go absolutely CRAZY everytime we are around eachother and we are complete freaks but we have the freakin best time doing it! We get so hyper and do the funniest stuff when we hang out! Lately (over the past couple of years) my bestie and I have not been able to see eachother very much and rarely get to hang out due to both of our hectic and demanding lives. Our freshman year we were seperated after going to school together for 5 years, and we have spent our whole high school lives at different schools from eachother. So Sad. I always miss her :( But lucky for us, we have one of those relationships where we can go without talking or seeing eachother for a month, then the second we get back together its like we havent skipped a beat! We pick up right where we left off the month before! Well, since i will be in Mexico for Christmas, we have decided that tomorrow would be our ''best friend day'' for the year. So we are going to pamper ourselves then have a lovely meal at Olive Garden and i couldnt be more exited!! This is a rare treat and i honestly cant wait! I highly recommend best friend day for everyone with a best friend :) after all, what would this world be without your bff's? I freakin love my best friend and we will be friends till the day we die!!!! (yes, we will die on the same day) We have been through Hell and back with eachother and it has strengthened our friendship so much to where it will be impossible to ever seperate us. I love you SO much Miss Karine!! CANT WAIT 'TILL TOMORROW!!!