When Mom's away, the kids will play...

After the cruise, I flew back to Oklahoma to get back to work, Mike had a conference in Ohio, and the kids camped back to Oklahoma. Here's some pictures from their adventure back home.

the kids LOVED fishing!

A little pit-stop in Tennessee to see cousin Finn

Happy Birthday, Buddy!

"Pets" PJs :)

Cruise 2016

 To celebrate our 10 year anniversaries (ours coming up in December, Mark and Megan, July) we embarked on the Carnival Ecstasy Cruise! Ready for paradise!

Welcome aboard!

Pool time

Capturing the photogenic moment

We may have dabbled with a little Karaoke....

Nassau, Bahammas

Charleston, SC

After we got the kids settled in at Grandma and Grandpa Van's house, we were picked up early Friday morning by Mark and Megan to head to Charleston. We are all embarking on our first vacation kid free!! This is to celebrate 10 years of marriage! (Mark and Megan, July 15, 2006 and us December 29, 2006)

 Start at the beach!

 Did I mention that we are getting on a ship??

Battery Park

Ready to board the ship! Stay tuned for more from our cruise!!