Grand Cayman

How sad is it that that 2+ months after going on our cruise, we are still posting about it! Oh well, it is a lot of fun going through the pictures and thinking about all of the fun times we had.

In Grand Cayman we went on a trip to Sting Ray city. It was amazing, we took a boat about an hour from shore to a sand bar that hundreds of Sting Rays live on. Wow, it was one of the best experiences ever!

We booked this little adventure through a group called Captain Marvin's. (We were referred to them by some friends from church) We would definitely HIGHLY recommend booking with these folks if you ever get the chance to go to Grand Cayman. Ok, enough of that...here's some pics. :)

You might be asking yourself - "Why would the Heines take a random picture of some really old guy in a Florida Marlins hat and sitting on a cooler?" Well this just happens to be Captain Marvin himself! We literally hopped on his boat right at his house and ventured off to see the rays.

All of the guys were definitely ready for a some stingrays!

No trip to any island would be complete without a trip to Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville! While Jess sipped on a refreshing margarita, Jason tried a Jimmy Buffet classic - the "Loaded Landshark." It's a Landshark beer (made by Margaritaville brewery) topped with a shot of tequila. Quite tasty indeed. One other small disclaimer...this stop was made AFTER the swimming/snorkeling. :)

Here's the cool part...we're in the middle of the water surrounded by stingrays! We even got to hold one and give it a kiss! We were told that it is supposed to bring good luck. :)

These things were huge! Apparently the females get to be about 4-5 feet wide, but the males are only 1-2 feet wide...interesting I thought.

A couple nice pics of me and Jess on the ship. The view from the very front of the ship was breathtaking. :)

Here is another of us lying be the pool, doesn't it look miserable? :)

Beautiful Labadee, Haiti

Our first stop on the trip was Labadee, Haiti. We were a little nervous about going to Haiti, because we have heard that it is not the safest area, but to our pleasant surprise Labadee is a portion of the island that Royal Caribbean owns, so we had the place to ourselves. It was absolutely gorgeous. We were all a little pink from the day before of being in the sun, so we used this time to stay in the shade on hammocks. It was perfect. very relaxing and nothing like it. We did spend a little time exploring and WOW, I could have spent 3 days there doing nothing, but relaxing.

Dog-N-Jog!

So since we love our dogs, and we enjoy a nice run from time to time (Jess enjoys them much more than I do...) we thought it would be a great idea to participate in this year's Dog-N-Jog event down on the Plaza. It was a quick, 2-mile run around the streets of Kansas City's most famous shopping area. The girls had a lot of fun seeing all of the other dogs out there, and of course they couldn't get enough of the running either! I ran with Bella and Jess ran with Ginger. Needless to say, all four of us were exhausted in the end. :) We couldn't get any pictures ourselves (they probably would've been a little blurry), so we left that to the professionals. There's a link below if you want to see us in action. When the website comes up you can type in one of our bib #'s. Jess and Ginger were 282, and Bella and I were 283. For some reason, every time someone snapped my picture I looked exhausted and my eyes are closed! Oh well, hope you like 'em anyway.

http://www.thomasphotographic.com/Event.asp?EventIndex=93

Jamaica- More cruise pictures

Well, it took a little bit of time, but here are more pictures from the cruise. We had a stop in Jamaica and it was a blast. The girls and guys seperated in the morning for an excursion. The guys went dune-bugging. As they were driving down the mountain, it started pouring rain which made their adventure even more thrilling. They were pretty muddy and gross afterward, but they had a good time.

The girls decided to go zip-lining on a canopy tour. It was SO much fun, quite the adrenaline rush. Here we are getting all suited up, don't we look the part?

Here I am getting hooked up for the long ride down...

... and here I am soaring. It was so much fun, I would love to do this again!

Fun Day with Dalton

My cousin Dalton and I spent a fun day together last week. Along with spending time at the pool and dog park, we also went to Deanna Rose Farmstead. WOW, I have not been there for a few years and it is amazing! Here are just a few pictures of the different things that we were able to do. Dalton and I's favorite activity was feeding the baby goats with a milk bottle, they were soo cute!

Just a quick FYI...

We just added a few more pictures from our vacation to the slideshow that we posted awhile back. Feel free to check 'em out! :)

Gardening

Sorry, no pictures this time. The weather was so nice this weekend that Jason and I spent a day outside doing a bunch of yardwork. In addition, my dad came over and we planted my garden. I have tomato plants, pepper plants, cucumber plants, and zucchini plants. Now, I just have to do everything I can to not kill them...thats always the hard part.