Sunny and I just returned from our Caribbean Cruise, we had an incredible time! We cruised on Holland America from Fort Lauderdale to St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Barbados, Martinique, Tortola, and the Bahamas. From Tortola we took a excursion to Virgin Gorda, which was my favorite island. We visited eight islands! The ship is an engineering marvel, it is huge! I got lost a few times.

St. Lucia was a really interesting island. Two tall volcanos tower over a small bay. Some of my favorite photos were taken here. In Barbados Sunny and I were able to sneak onto a private beach. But of all the islands, Virgin Gorda was my favorite. Huge rocks are scattered around the beach forming secluded pools.

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We stopped into a costume store to try on Halloween Costumes. I look great as a blond.

A few of the costumes my coworkers wore…

Carving pumpkins at my parent’s house has become a tradition with our family. We love carving a small army of pumpkins and arranging them on the back porch. They look terrific with all the candles lit. The time we spend together as a family is very important to me.

Thankoween has become a wonderful tradition in my family. Celebrated somewhere between Halloween and Thanksgiving, Thankoween is an excuse to eat two Thanksgiving dinners! And I love to eat! Steven’s mustache was terrific!

At work we had the pleasure of dunking our bosses for charity. We really had a great time! In the photo you can see Jim and Scott. I bought a few balls and dunked Jim on my first throw! The photos aren’t the best, and the weather was poor, but the event successfully raised over $2,000 for charity.

Tonight we celebrated Erik’s birthday party at Ian and Dria’s house. We had a great time! Unfortunately the photos didn’t turn out the best, but we have nice memories. The sparkler on the cake was fun. I can’t believe Erik is almost old enough to drive!

This sounds strange but I’ve never driven my car through a carwash – so this was a first for my car! Up until today I’ve always hand washed my car, so this made me nervous. This was at the Brown Bear carwash in Ballard.

Sunny found this hat at Grandma Minty’s. Why did she have this hat and where did it come from? It looks great on Sunny!

Sunny and I visited the Woodland Park zoo with Charlie and Sadie. I loved the new penguin exhibit and Charlie liked the dark reptile rooms. We even had birds eating out of our hands. The weather was good, but cold.

Sunny and I watched one of Alexander’s football games in Marysville. They lost, but the game was fun to watch. Alexander is going pro!