Cancun

Okay so here are a few pics from my trip to Cancun. Thank you to my parents for taking me. It was a once in a lifetime experience.

This is looking out my airplane window, this is the coast of mexico.

This is our hotel, Barcelo, it was the concrete they use to build with a really cool painting technique on the outside, it is basically rubbed clay, okay but I wont bore you with that.

Mr. Iguana, meet my friends.. He was there everyday. :D

Me on the beach, what can I say it just fits.

Sunset on the first night, we got checked into the room around 3 and then went straight to the beach. This was our welcome.

Mom and Dad

Me and my man ;)

Mom and Dad and one of the Mayan Gods that guarded out section of the hotel.

Wedding.... someday, it was set up and would be taking place as the sun sets. I will be having a sunrise wedding FYI be prepared , haha.

Another sunset. This is me on the pier with the hotel and the beach behind me.

Stingray

Guess who this is...

My postcard picture :D No really I took this and think it should be a postcard.

This was our trip to TULUM, formerly known as Zama, meaning city of the Dawn. Mayan ruins in Quai Roo Mexico

In the back you can see the main temple in the middle. The building directly to the left of it is the teller of the end of the world.

This was our guide. He is of Mayan decent. He had doubled lids. He lifted up the first set you see and had another set like ours would be underneath. Weird but cool! The picture he is holding shows what the ruins were supposed to look like back in the day. The beach is up against a probably 200 feet cliff. This was used for safety and as a port. Tulum was believed to be the place that all mayans came to get blessed so they could procreate. At some point in a young mayan girls life she would make the journey here, stay in the building six pictures down the one of the man face, and be blessed.....




Standing behind the building that will fortell the end of the world looking down the beach







Little bit of info in spanish

Closer up picture of the main temple, just amazing!



Okay, if you know me at all you know that I fully appreciate the male and female figures, hence the reason I feel the need to share these with you.......


Ha ha sorry, I couldnt resist....

Okay but seriously, here is my dad learning how to sale, the yellow flag went up while he was in the water meaning they caution you if you are in the water. It was a rocky ride they made it back but we didnt get to go out. :( I so wanted to learn. Maybe one day he will teach me. My father did however feel the need to tell them all that I was single and as soon as they got back from the boat every guy that worked there knew, one of them even asked if I was his papasita. You will see him later..


I gave my mom body surfing lessons but she was terrified and called it quits on the big waves, here is me attempting

Half way through

and my parents being cute.


Where did they go???


Oh yeah, they QUIT! No worries, we went Kayaking instead. :D This is me and dad.

Riding the waves back in


Mom and Dad


Remember that guy I told you about. Yep this is him...

I am a nice person. :D

Then we went to our first 5 star restaraunt. I dont reccomend it. Not worth the money for the tiny amount of food you get and are TERRIFIED TO EAT! Thank god it was all inclusive or I would have felt extremely bad! The cranberry daquiries on the other hand were amazing. Werent they dad? Oh thats right he was drunk!


Another artistic moment


Me impersonating my father

The sombraroes , oh yeah baby we are styling!

The last full day we were there I wanted to get up and watch the sunrise. Can I just say all of God's wonder showed up and it amazes me. Thank you God for making it possible and for giving us such beauty!

Sun came up, we slept a few more hours then hit the beach again!

Well that is all I have for right now. When I get the pics from Xel-Ha I will put them up. Snorkeling, Dolphins, Massive Fish and CLIFF DIVING! Oh yeah, see ya then.

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Okay first I would like to say Happy Anniversary to Trey and Jason, Happy Birthday to Steph, Happy upcoming birthday to Rob, and Happy Earth Day (most of which were yesterday). I texted everyone I could but just in case you didnt get my message here ya go. Also here is a cool thing you can do on line that is a constant reminder to you of the difference you can make. If you need ideas on how to go green on things you can go to http://www.globalgreen.com/ or even http://www.fox.com/ they both are really great resources.

My tree at Carbon grove

Baby E update:





She is still as adorable as she ever has been. I get to babysit her tonight I am pretty stoked. She is talking up a storm now. She loves to talk to me on the cell phone. She says, hi, bye, love you, thank you, please, lunch, dinner, amen, dex, blue, grass, green, red, cat dog, hmmmmmmm. Okay I cant think of what else she says, she talks a lot! Those are just the words that I can understand most everything else she says she is all about but it is harder to understand.





She finally hit the 20 lb mark, wahoo!!!!!!!!!!! She is still tiny for her age though. She is now in 1 year stuff for the most part. Her legs are so long though that the pants always look like high waters. :D Oh the 80's. She is in a size 3 shoe. She is loving her ability to walk and she takes full advantage of it. You look away for a second a poof she is gone! Crazy!





She loves to sing. You should hear her. She is so totally in tune and everything. She must have gotten that from aunt dee. ;)





Here is the most recent pic I have of her. She is eating the crayon, yes yes, she learned that from me. :D

Okay well I better get to work or pretend to anyway.

Have a great day! Miss you lots.

Just an update.....

Okay so nothing has really been happening. Spring is poking its head in and out but hasnt really declared it is here. I SOOOOOOOOO wish it would hurry up!

Baby E is getting so big. She is running and talking and yes is still not 20 pounds yet. :D If you remember toni when she was young, she didnt grow either for a long time. Here is the latest pic I have of her. She came to visit me at work and just took over. I dont know what got into her.

Toni and Steve are well. Toni just got a new truck from the accident. A 2006 Trail Blazer. It is nice. It has a 6 CD disc changer and she is extremely excited about it. I drove it and it felt like driving a tank compared to my blazer.

Mom and Dad are both doing good. I think we are all finally clear of that evil upper respiratory infection junk and moving on. Now it is flu season. Lets hope we dont pass that one around.

I hope this finds all of you well. I hope you too will be enjoying the tid bits of spring. I know I am beyond ready. Miss you all and love you.

GREAT NEWS! okay good news, great would be a new job......

During my last semester here at central I put together a marketing plan/event cordination for Big Brothers Big Sisters and wrote up a grant request for the American Marketing Association to try to get money to aid with the cost. It was approved! WAHOO! And is under way. And to top it all off I was just sent this link http://www.marketingpower.com/content2835555.php, if you go to it and read it it mentions our school chapter (University of Central Missouri) and also says that we are providing an exceptional plan. AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was all me :D No one else in the chapter wanted to take the time to do it. I did and God is good and gave the Big Brothers Big Sisters money enough to do a year of outreach and two big events. AHA!
Okay sorry if you cant tell I am really excited. :D

Valentine's Day

So I did not know this till this year but the saint that this day is named after has an interesting story to him. I thought I would share my wealth of knowledge with you. Enjoy and Happy Valentine's Day. I love you all. MUAH!

St. Valentine
Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who, on finding all his promises to make him renounce his faith in effectual, commended him to be beaten with clubs, and afterwards, to be beheaded, which was executed on February 14, about the year 270.

Although it is a tragic story, his love was so great he was willing to die for his beliefs and his God. So on this day I remeber and show love to Saint Valentine, one of the millions of martyr's who love with all their heart.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE OF TONI"S ACCIDENT

Snow a factor in auto crashes for Warrensburg, surrounding areas
Feb 1, 2008, 11:29

WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- The blinding snow and icy roads resulted in numerous accidents in Johnson County Thursday afternoon and evening.The Missouri Highway Patrol closed 13 Highway between Warrensburg and Higginsville for about an hour, after accidents blocked the roadway.Three people were injured in a three-vehicle accident on 13, just north of NW 625 at 4 p.m. Martha S. Fiene, 49, of Blackburn, Mo., and Toni L. Runyon, 26, of Centerview, Mo., were transported to Western Missouri Medical Center for treatment of moderate injuries. The third driver, Mehrdad Haghighat-Jou, 44, of Braymer, Mo., refused medical treatment for minor injuries, the highway patrol reported.
Investigators said Haghighat-Jou lost control of his southbound vehicle, which crossed the centerline, and struck the driver’s side of Fiene’s northbound car, then ran head-on into the car driven by Runyon.Haghighat-Jou’s car sustained extensive damage and the other two vehicles were demolished. Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies assisted three highway patrolmen with the investigation, which is continuing.About the same time, another head-on collision on Route D, a mile south of U.S. 50 highway, injured five people.According to the highway patrol, a car driven by Susan J. Vongretzinger, 33, of Knob Noster, slid across the centerline and collided with a car driven by Kimberly A. Melching, 36, of Knob Noster.Vongretzinger and her passenger, Luke K. Vongretzinger, 3, of Knob Noster, were taken to Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg for treatment. The investigator said the child was not wearing a seat belt.Melching and two children, Jordan Melching, 10, and Bryce Melching, 6, were transported to Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia. All three sustained moderate injuries, the MSHP reported. Knob Noster police assisted with the investigation.Warrensburg police investigated 14 accidents, mostly fender-benders, during and after the snow storm.

Snow is EVIL!

So I know everyone is wondering about toni. She is doing fine. The medicine is definitely kicking in and the bruises have started showing up. She will be taking pics and I will post them when I get them.

The story is that the guy wsa in a dulley (s/p) Dodge. The police report said he had minor damage to his vehicle. Ha ha. He was coming into town on 13 HWY. North of town. Toni was headed out of town to pick up baby e from the baby sister. No she was not with her yet. THANK GOD! But anyway the guy lost control because of the snow, hit the lady in front of toni. Bounced off and tried dodging the ditch on the other side of teh highway swerving back into oncoming traffic and hitting toni. The other lady and toni's vehicles are both completely totalled. It is sad.

Anyway, I assure you toni is fine. No worries. Just say an extra prayer tonight that God was there for her and the other lady that they both were released from the hospital with minor bruising and no major injuries!

Here are pics of her truck, or whats lef tof it. It really looks bad in person.

Head on shot

drivers side where he hit her and then went down the side of the door. The Mo-Dot guy (bobby) that was putting salt and sand on the road stopped when he saw the accident pulled toni's door opened and got her out. She calls him her hercules because a normal man should not have been able to pull the door open that way.

Inside.

The hood was open and half way up the window. The tow truck guys had to pull it down and wire it shut so it wouldnt fly off when they were bringing the truck back in.

Okay well that is all I have for now on that.

For my friends, I am still looking for a job. No hopeful leads yet but still putting apps out everywhere. Hopefully God will bless me with a job soon. :D

Here is the latest pic of baby e I have. She is getting so big, so funny and has such a personality! I love her.