We're Alive! Alive!

Hi there!  This is going to be one of the most random posts ever...but hey, ya gotta do what you gotta do.  Here's what's been happening in the lives of Jeremy, Sara and Diesel over the past few months.

Diesel stole my pajama shorts and ran upstairs with them.

I co-hosted a baby shower and it featured a dessert bar with many pink accents.  Would you expect anything less from me?

We bought Diesel a pool!  It's a lot of fun to play in it with him.

Our friends, Jayla, had a baby!!  Meet our God daughter, Emma.  She's cute, huh?

I saw a bat at work!  Seriously!  Like a real, live (but sleeping) bat!  Ewww.

Our friend, Noel, is in town for the weekend!  Jeremy and him are playing video games, as we speak...and I have a feeling they'll be doing that all weekend.

That, among other stuff, has been occuring in the exciting lives of the Bofferdings.  More too come soon!  I have watermelons, a trash compactor and a vaccum to tell you about. :)

Jayla and Saremy's Vacation 2010 - Caribbean Cruise

Hi friends!  Are you ready for an exciting post that will make you want to go someplace tropical, kick your shoes off and lay in the sand?  Alright then!  Here we go...

 

As you fine readers know, we hang out with our friends Jake and Kayla (lovingly referred to as "Jayla") a lot.  We usually have dinner with them a few times a month, we have video game and movie nights, and we go on vacation with them.  If you refer back to our prior vacation posts, you'll see that we have plans to go on an annual vacation with them.  Last year (that sounds so long again, but really it was in December, and I'm just now catching up on blogging about it), we decided to go on a cruise through the Western Carribean!  So, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, I present you with: Jayla and Saremy's Vacation 2010!

 

 

We departed for our cruise, aboard the Celebrity Eclipse, out of the port of Miami on December 11th and set sail for 7 glorious days of vacation.  Our ports of call were: Grand Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Mexico, Costa Maya, Mexico and Roatan, Honduras; along with 2 full days at sea.  At each port, we did excursions such as: going to Hell and the turtle farm in Grand Cayman, doing zip lines in Cozumel, power snorkeling in Costa Maya, and visiting the preservation park in Honduras.  Plus, while aboard our ship we ate delicious food, took in nightly shows, ate delicious food, laid out by the pool, ate delicious food, shopped, ate delicious food, gambled in the casino, ate delicious food, dressed up for 2 formal nights, and did I mention, we ate A LOT of delicious food?? :)  For those of you who have never cruised before...eating is a big part of the activity on board, and the food is amazing and always available.  It's somewhat ridiculous, actually. 

 

Yep, that’s our ship.

 

Neighbors.

 

Our room.

 

Complimentary rob, slipper and iced tea.

 

Our first night aboard.

 

We’ve been to Hell and back.

 

The waves were huge in Grand Cayman.

 

We got to hold turtles!

 

About to go zip lining.

 

On the shuttle boat back to the ship.

 

Jayla’s “pretend” anniversary.

 

Costa Maya.

 

Honduras was gorgeous!

 

At the preservation park…

 

Where we made new friends.

 

Formal night.

 

What a great vacation!

We had an awesome time on this cruise and there have already been talks of cruising the Eastern Caribbean in the future.  Jake and Kayla, thanks for another great vacation!  We had a blast!

 

My favorite group shot!

Phoenix Suns Pre-Season Game

Continuing on with the exciting trips of Jeremy and Sara… after I came back from Hawaii, I was in southern California working for a week and then I met Jeremy in Palm Springs.  Why Palm Springs?  Because the Phoenix Suns were having their outdoor pre-season game there!  Woo hoo!

This is the 3rd year that the Phoenix Suns have done this outdoor game, and I must say, it was really cool.  The game was held at a tennis garden in Palm Springs, the weather was perfect and it was neat to be watching a NBA basketball game while feeling the outdoor breeze around you.  Of course, Jayla came to Palm Springs with us and we all enjoyed a few days of shopping at the outlet stores (how come I’m always the only person to end up getting something?), eating out and enjoying the game.  It was definitely a fun little weekend trip and best of all…the Suns won!

   

I entertained myself by taking pictures before Jayla got there.

 

The view from our seats.

    

Steve Nash!!

 

The Gorilla.

Hmmm, these pictures look kinda familiar.

Happy 2010!

Say hey all!  I hope 2010 is treating you all very well, so far.  Has it flown by for anyone else?  I feel like I was just on Christmas break and now it’s already January 16th.  I haven’t posted since Christmas time.  Maybe I should have made a resolution to blog more often!  :)

Did you all have a good Christmas and New Years?  We did!  For Christmas, we were in So. Cal. with Jeremy’s family and we got to see all his cousins who we haven’t seen in years, plus some friends.  The following week we went down to Scottsdale to have Christmas with my family, which was wonderful because 1) I love Scottsdale and 2) it was warm.  Jeremy and are spoiled.  Let’s just get that out there in the open.  We walked away from Christmas with a ton of great stuff including: a panini maker, video games for our Wii and Xbox, pajamas, calendars, DVDs (woo, Harry Potter and James Bond!), money and gift cards.  Even Diesel got some new toys, which he already destroyed, but it was a great Christmas.

For New Years, we were back in Prescott Valley because Jayla was coming over to ring in the new year with us!  Kayla had to work until about 9pm and Jake was going to an ice hockey game, so they came over at about 9:30pm.  We ate cookies (check out Sara’s Sweets for the recipe) and brownies, drank sparkling cider, watched the ball drop and played video games until about 1:30am! 

Jayla has a Wii too, so they brought over a new game that they got, Toy Story Mania, and it was SO much fun.  If you remember “Jayla and Saremy’s Vacation 2009” and this recap post, you’ll see that we were obsessed with the Toy Story Mania ride at Disneyland California Adventure.  The Wii video game did not disappoint.  I felt like we were right back on the ride!  We also played Super Mario Bros, which is was crazy fun because all four of us could play at once.  I think I giggled the entire time we played because it was so funny to have all four characters trying to complete a level!

   

Action shots of playing Toy Story Mania.

  

Toasting to the New Year!

Diesel’s first picture of 2010.

I hope everyone has a great 2010!  Stay tuned for details on a cool GIVEAWAY that I’ll be having soon.

Our Son's New Friends

Alright, sorry for the delay in posting everyone!  I've been...well, busy...ok, so I've really just been lazy.  Sue me!

Last week, we went over to Jayla's house for dinner, dessert and puppy play time.  Jayla made a delicious dinner of chicken kabobs, kielbasa and fresh fruit.  Dessert was provided by yours truly, but you'll have to visit my cooking blog, Sara's Sweets, to see what I brought. :)

We were really excited to go over to their house because we wanted Diesel to meet Jayla's two dogs: Nico and Alfie.  Nico is a mellow, 115+lbs Neapolitan Mastiff and Alfie is a fun loving, 90lb St. Bernard mix.  Jerm and I were curious to see how Diesel would interact with two dogs that large and wouldn't you know it...it didn't really phase him.  He was a bit intimidated by both of them at first, but soon enough, Alfie was playing with Diesel and a fun evening was had by all. 

The dogs played rough for awhile, Diesel went potty outside in the yard (and in the house...sorry guys!), the big dogs chased him and he'd seek refuge under the patio table, they all rolled around in the dirt and Diesel decided to lay down in a dirty puddle.  Awesome!

Meeting Alfie.

Playing in the yard.

Diesel thinking about laying in the puddle.  Alfie waiting for food to drop.  Jake grilling.

 

Good boy, Diesel.  You lay down in that dirty puddle.  NOT!

Nico, Alfie, Kayla, and Diesel.

Nico and Alfie playing.

Diesel nibbling on Alfie's ear.

Of course, we had a great time hanging with Jayla (we always do) but Diesel had an AWESOME time!!  He was exhausted and absolutely filthy when we got him home.  He went straight into the bathtub (because when you'd pat his back, a puff of dirt would come up) and then to bed. 

Thanks for a fun night, Jayla!  Diesel has already asked when he can go back and play with the boys. :)