Ryan and Gabe started school last Monday, August 15th. Ryan started 8th grade at Desert Hills Middle School and Gabe started 6th grade at Sunrise Ridge Intermediate School. I was more excited than they were. Gabe was pretty nervous but is doing well so far. I think keeping him focused and organized may be a challenge but we can do it! I'm so proud of what wonderful young men they are becoming!
It is OK to kiss your pilot when you are related!
I have an awesome brother in law, Brad, who is a helicopter pilot. For Jason's birthday I bought him an hour long trip with Brad. He loved it so much and was in awe of Brad's talents as a pilot. He said it was one of the greatest experiences of his life, aside from marrying me of course!
I ran my first and probably only marathon September 18, 2010, in Logan, Utah. Jason ran with me (his 3rd) and his brother Mike, and sister, Diane also ran. The training was hard because I work and we trained in the summer we often would get up at 4 am for the long runs to beat the heat and make it to work on time. It was quite an accomplishment for us all.
I haven't posted in over a year. I don't journal so I really should do this more. It has been a busy year. I've always thought things would get easier once my kids get older but it seems that every year presents new challenges. I am going to do several posts in no particular order...
For Father's Day we took our pop-up camper to Kolob. We found a perfect camping spot and roasted hot dogs and made s'mores. We fished but the only thing we caught was a crawdad. It got caught on Jason's fishing line. I am so grateful that my kids have a father like Jason. He is patient and kind, hardly ever raises his voice (we do have 3 boys, it's hard to always keep your cool), loves his children unconditionally and is a great example to us. He is fun and can always make us laugh. He loves someone elses child as his own and has never once acted as though he didn't belong to him. I couldn't have picked a better man to be the father of my children.
I have been a lousy blogger basically since I started. I am going to be posting several things not in any particular order. This statement is by no means me proclaiming to improve my blogging skills. I'm just giving Tonya something new to look at!
We have been to a lot of baseball games the past few months. Gabe made it to the majors so he and Ryan were able to play on the same team which was a blessing. I love, love, LOVE watching my boys play any sport. I am so proud of both of them. Gabe got to play in the outfield and Ryan was the catcher for the team and would pitch when they needed him. Ryan made it to the Allstar team. We had a tournament in Cedar City this last week. We lost all 3 games but we had fun.
Halloween. Gabe was a scary clown, Ryan was a granny, and Zane was Spiderman. It was shocking to me that Ryan dressed up as a woman. Last year he would rather have died a painful death then let me put make up on him. It was great! 
Jason had a work party last night and I didn't go because I hurt my back and I was stuck in bed. One of his employees took video of Jason singing karaoke and posted it on You Tube!
So...about a month or so ago I received a forwarded email from a friend with pictures of a jaguar covered in post it notes. I'm laughing as I scroll along looking at all the pictures. I come to one of the pictures and I had to pause and call all of my family in to look at it. Without hesitation they ALL asked me when I did this. 
This isn't me.
These are some of the pictures we purchased from the cruise ship. I scanned them in crooked. Forgive me. :)
We had 2 formal nights while on our cruise. Yes, Jason and I matched. Please don't make fun!
Also, Jason surprised me one night by having our room decorated for our anniversary. We had non-alcoholic champagne (yucky-I don't recommend it) and white and milk chocolate dipped strawberries. I also got a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
Our last port was Cozumel, Mexico. We rented a jeep and wandered around where ever we wanted. Our first stop was at some Mayan ruins. Some of the buildings (ruins) have been there since the 1200s. It was amazing. It was blazing hot there and I had to keep pausing everywhere that I could find something even resembling shade and attempt to cool off. 
As we were walking around I kept seeing little piles of droppings (aka poop.) I couldn't figure out what in the world was leaving them until we stumbled across several iguanas. I kept picturing the lizards that are in the movie "Holes" so I was a little disturbed by them.
After suffering from a heat stroke walking around the ruins and getting into our dark blue jeep without a/c we stopped at a restaurant at the side of the road that opened to a beautiful sandy beach. The sand was so fine and soft. I loved just burying my toes in it! We had a blast driving around and touring the island. We can't wait to go back so if anyone is interested let me know and we can plan a group trip!
I didn't want to post everthing about my cruise all at once so I'm spacing it out over a few days!!! Our 3rd port was Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. This one was my favorite because we chartered a catamaran out to a reef and snorkled.
After we snorkled we went to Stingray City and played with the stingrays which was against my nature because we have them in Mexico where our cabana is and the last thing you want to do is make any contact with them. We do everything we can to keep them as far away from us as possible. The stingrays in Stingray City were very large but very friendly. They are used to people and were a lot of fun to hold and smooch (see photo.)
In Ocho Rios, Jamaica we hiked Dunns River Falls. It got frustrating at times because there were, literally, hundreds of people climbing up these falls. You go with a guide and are forced to hold hands with complete strangers to prevent people from falling down. The waterfall is 600 feet long and empties into the ocean. It was beautiful!
The first port that we went to was Labadee, Haiti. We didn't do anything too exciting besides sit on the beach all day. It was so relaxing.
I don't plan to ever get remarried but if I did, it would be a blast to do something like this. I think that sometimes people get too wrapped up into the most perfect wedding and they forget that it is a celebration.
Here are some picture of where Jason and I are going to be for the next 7 days. We sail on Sunday the 5th of July and return Sunday the 12th. 
We are going to Cozumel, Mexico
George Town, Grand Cayman
Labadee, Haiti
and Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
It is a rough life!!!
