We went CrUiSiN with the dance studio, and had a blast! While we were walking up to the terminal we passed a bunch of college kids, they looked at my girls and said "I guess there are gonna be kids on the boat." I had to laugh inside, they had no idea! HaHa! Nothing like a Carnival cruise ship being taken over by a bunch of noisy little girls! They had so much FuN! One of our best Family vacations ever! My mom came who had never been on a cruise, I think she had the most FUN! The boat stopped in Catalina Island and it was so beautiful! Ensenada was fun too, but we didn't spend too much time there. The girls got to dance on the boat! What a FuN experience! Here are a couple of our many photos:



Jake and the girls walking "the plank"

Here are a bunch of the girls at dinner on St. Patty's Day

Jakey and I at dinner!

My mom and I waiting for the much anticipated

show to start!

My girls and their friends on the back of the boat.

They looked so cute!

Ensenada on St. Patty's Day.

We caused a scene everywhere we went.

The girls dressed up for dinner

I thought this sign was so cute, it's from Catalina Island!

Love It :)

We had some FuN shopping!

The girls took some cute pics of us too!

Waiting for the ferry to Catalina Island

My mom and I at breakfast

The girls had a blast in the spa, they scared away any adult who

attempted to get in.

Grammie with her girls at the boat terminal

SO you know when you have those moments in life, where you know you are doing things right? We were at dinner tonight in downtown Phoenix and Brynklie noticed a homeless man on the street.....in the rain. This made her upset, and she wanted to go and give him money. We told her that we would give him some food when we left. She must have asked like 10 times what were we going to give him. At the end of dinner she asked the waiter for to-go boxes and plastic silverware. I noticed that there was a large portion of her meal that she hadn't even touched. She scooped it all up into the box, and found some other food that hadn't been eaten. She and my friend Michelle went outside and gave the man the food. Not even one minute after she came back in, had he tore into the box and started to devour the food. She felt so good, and had a beaming smile the rest of the night. It made all the adults at dinner appreciate her thoughtfulness. She is such a great kid!
Kenedy danced at a benefit for the Helping Hands Organization tonight. She had to spend almost her entire Sunday at the theater preparing for the show. In the car on the way home she said she was bummed that her Sunday was gone. But earlier she had heard about all of the wonderful things the organization does, and she was grateful to be apart of it:) It makes me feel so great when I hear my kids say and do things that aren't about themselves. As parents, our lives really do revolve around our children. Everything IS about them. I was so grateful to see that they really "get it." Maybe Jake and I aren't doing such a bad job??? :)

Well it was project week in the Brown house. We had to make

Nelson Mandela out of a 2 liter bottle! What do you think?

Brynklie's ELP project was on South Korea and speed skating.
Her inuksuk turned out cute! They are rocks glued together

in the shape of a man!

We discovered that Ruby is quite the soccer player!

She is a feisty little thing!

THE WINNER!!!




Neighborhood girls, playing "Fugitive"

Kenedy got caught!

Brynk and Bostyn before the benefit

at dinner.

Ken and her friends after the benefit,

the girls looked great! What a fantastic cause:)

Last week and then we're CrUiSiN!!!!!