update?

You think I should update my blog one of these days? Or is the once a year thing working out alright?

Vacation with Grandma

This past month I had the chance to go on a vacation with my grandmother. And we had quite a bit of fun!
We started off the trip by arriving in Florida. We were there for 3 days. One day we drove down through Miami on the A1A "beach front avenue" (did anyone get that?) Anyhow, and then we went on down the Florida Keys. We stopped off in Key Largo (the first of the keys)and had lunch at a cute little place right on the water.
We then continued on down the keys and went through Islamorada and then Marathon. That is where we turned around and headed back to our hotel cause it was getting late and couldn't see much in the dark.


I would go down there again and I would LOVE to do it on the motorcycles.

We were then able to find a ward to attend for sacrament on Easter Sunday! It's always so different going to church where you are not used to.

Then on Monday we boarded the Carnival Imagination for our 4 day cruise!

First stop....Key West!
Before we got off the ship Tuesday morning, Grandma took a moment to soak up a little bit of the suns rays.

In Key West we went on a little "train" tour of the town. A quick way to see the places you go.

The next day was a fun filled day in Cozumel. We spent our time and went to Talum for a tour of the Mayan Ruins.


The last day was a nice and relaxing day at sea. I have not been on a crises where I have had a day at sea. I spent it out on the deck getting a little bit of color. We had a great time on the cruise.


After getting off the ship we drove up to a Ranch that the Church owns and were able to take a tour there. The next day we were able to go to the Kennedy Space Center and see a small protion of it. It is a huge place and didn't have time to do much of it at all.
We had a great time and it was a lot of fun to be able to spend a week with Grandma! Thank you Grandma!

Drew and Kerri's Wedding

In December, my brother Drew (who is the one just younger than me, well 7 years younger) got married to Kerri. They were married in the New Port Beach, CA temple. Oh how nice it was to warm up for a few days. It was a quick trip for Aaron and I but we are so glad that we were able to be there.



The night before the wedding Drew and Kerri decided for the "Wedding Lunchon" to have a bonefire on the beach and eat In and Out Burgers. It was so not the traditional wedding lunchon but it was a lot of fun. By the end of the night, my neices and nephews were totally wet from playing in the ocean. It was just fun to be able to have a very relazing "get to know you" party.



Then the wedding, went off without any problems. Everything was so beautiful. From the bride down to the weather. The reception was at Kerri's sisters house and they did an amazing job with the decorations and all.
Congratulations Drew and Kerri!

DisneyWorld

That is right, back in November we were invited to join a few of Aaron's cousins and their families in Disney World for a week. We decided to join them and had so much fun. We were able to hit most the parks...Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom (our two favorite) MGM, and Epcot. Yes we really did enjoy the Animal Kingdom and everything in there. SOOO much to see.
We tried to watch the space shuttle launch off, we were told you could see it from all over, just how big it was would have been the thing. So we decided to stay at the house and watch it. But right before the launch, it got quite overcast and started raining soooo....We weren't able to see it. We could see a little light though the clouds but really, we didn't see it. Very sad! Not often are you in Florida to see a shuttle launch. Okay well I'm not there often.
But really we had a great time and had great company!
Thanks for the invite Judson's!

Trying....

Hey everyone, I am trying to update and get back on top of my blog.....
I have the day off tomorrow so MAYBE you will see an update.
Hey at least I have changed my background and added a little bit.
Really let me let the truth be known...in my free time, I have gotten addicted to doing puzzles, I know LAME. But I have enjoyed it.
Well watch for updates....Don't hold your breath!

Twilight

That is right, even thought I just finished New Moon, I did join a few of my friends for the midnight showing of Twilight!
I have to say, I really enjoyed the movie, even though I have only seen it once. I would love to see it again though.

















After staying up til 2:15am the youngers of the group including one adult (Leslie) were up for going to IHOP! It made for a late night, but a fun one! One I won't forget!


--I can see that one someone was not happy with me taking this picture--

Old Friends!

You know it is always great to get back in contact with old friends. Or see friends taht you talk to often but don't see often.
Last Sunday I had the chance to have two of my old roommates and their families over to my house for a small and quick get together. It was short but WONDERFUL to see them. I am excited to know that Saundra lives close-ish to me and we will just have to make a point of getting together more often.
Being able to see Amanda and Dan was great too. I talk about going to visit them and just never have. You know what, that is a sign of truley good friends. You can get together and pick up right where you left off. It's great to know that you don't have to always be in touch since we all have crazy lives but you can still be friends. Oh I wish I had a photo on my computer of us girls back in the day and then the one that we took last week. Well you will get the one from last week and we will get one from back in the day sometime.
Thank you Amanda and Saundra (and Dan and Wade) for making the trip out to my house to get together. It was a lot of fun!
You are all so WONDERFUL!
LOVE YOU GIRLS!