i want to try this and this and this someday...

this one is for you shauna... what is a pirate receptionist scared of???

....getting cAAARRRRRpal tunnel... ahahahhah.... (courtesy of piratejokes.net)

we finally made it... we have been trying to go on the famous pirate ship that sails every weekend for the past few months... thanks to hollys persistence (thank you holly) we finally made it! well worth the wait... we set sail at 6pm for a two hour tour of the bay in guaymas, played games, danced and laughed...

although very cold... very fun...

so... the fun and games... brent won a dance contest that took place on the boat by dancing with a pirate ghost and almost getting his head chopped off...

just kidding... but holly really did... seriously she had to dance with that crazy pirate on the right... and almost got her head chopped right off... what a good sport...

this is what she won... her pirate booty...

if you really want some more awesome and very exciting pirate jokes go here...

wonderful...

we had so much fun with family and friends... here are just a few highlights of christmas and new year holiday...

christmas eve...

temple lights...



with aunt rachel...

jones now says "dad"... when we prompt him to try out "mom" or "mama" he will very firmly say "dad" over and over... haha.... we love this kid!!!

brunch with friends... we missed you amy and elisabeth!!!

we cant forget this... jones learned to crawl while he had the opportunity to use carpet under his knees instead of tile...

since the last grandkid picture... another was born... gwen is on the far left... there are now 14...

fooseball...

playing ball with grandma...

and of course... happy new year!!!

the annual tree burning at midnight...

it was freezing... for an arizona girl...

thanks for a great time... we love you family and friends!!!

something new to look at...

i swear we did not teach him how to make funny faces... he is just that talented!!!

family pictures... i know you are supposed to do them before christmas and then send them out in christmas cards... but we were a little busy... so better late than never... the famous emily nelson took our pictures and did an AWESOME job... she captures some of the sweetest and most beautiful pictures... thanks emily!!! we love the pictures!!!

you can find emily here...

merry christmas...

this is our christmas tree this year... we have no room inside...

since jones was born our extra room became his...

thus... christmas ficus tree... in our front yard...

jones had fun helping put up lights and ornaments...

we hope you all have a very merry christmas...

love... the martindales

oxymoron

this morning after i had arrived to the gym and was dancing my heart out i began to laugh at myself... because...

i was remembering what i had just eaten for breakfast on the way to the gym...

cookies...

yes... cookies for breakfast again...

happy friday!!!

i bet you have never seen your local police department do this...

OR THIS...

OR THIS...

OR THIS...

OR THIS...

OR THIS...

OR THIS...

only in mexico???

catching up... again...

a few saturdays ago... before thanksgiving... my parents were here...

...and we were lucky enough to get some vip crucero passes...

what does that mean?... we all got to enter the cruise terminal and watch the cruise ship come in to port... and all the festivities that go along with the return of the ship... it was so exciting!!!

jones... although waking up a 5am... was a very happy little boy...

this is a picture of the band that plays for the ship everytime it comes (this is its second time coming)... banda de la escuela bellas artes... and see the last girl in the row of clarinte players... she is one of my young women from church... (very center of the picture)... they did such a good job!!!

... then... we found out that there was a shrimp festival that day too...

so... while we were waiting for the festival to start... we checked out all the vendors that had set up booths on the main plaza downtown... they had some fun and interesting tourist souviers... one of my favorites was a belt made out of a snake... literally... the head was even still there... i should have taken a picture... because i dont even know how to explain it... creepy... i hate snakes...

...then we started taking random pictures...

in the municiple building downtown they still had a bunch of skeletons out from dia de los muertos... and one huge one painted on the street...

my mom...

brent and i with the mariachi band...

me... dancing with juan paco guillermo...

... and then later

... jones had his first ride on a merry-go-round... and loved it...





p.s.... this is the pirate ship that we want to go on some time soon... you go out for two hours and they sail around the bay... play games... sing songs... and do pirate stuff... mexican style... and then... fireworks for a perfect ending...

oh yeah... the shrimp was awesome... there were so many different things to try... all the best restuarants in town come to one location and offer their best shrimp dish... my mom and brent both had shrimp quesadillas with pico de gallo... my dad ate boston shrimp... bacon and cheese wrapped shrimp... and i had shrimp alfredo... with i forget what kind of sauce... but it was so good... can you tell i am hungry right now...

thanks for a crazy fun day...