A year later (almost)

Hi Family!! And anyone else reading, but if you are reading this, then you are considered family! So we finally did it, we got our honeymoon pictures developed! Yes, it took us a little under a year. Sad, but true. So I figured, since I haven't really put any pictures on this blog since our wedding, I would regale you with pictures. I will do my best to explain them under each one (yeah we will see how well that works out). Just out of curiosity, have you already looked at the pictures, and now you are just starting to read this?





Well, here's Rob and I. This is on the ramp heading to the cruise ship. You see, we forgot to bring a camera. OOPS. So, right before we went to the pier, we hit a Wal-mart and bought two disposable cameras. So, that is why the first picture is of us on the ramp, not in the car or in Vegas, or even at Wicked. (though I do have some car pictures, I just thought you might want something a little more interesting...)

Here's Rob, I took most of the pictures. Again we are on the ramp. You can see the ship we sailed on right behind him. Sadly, I have forgotten the name of the vessel. Oh well. That wasn't what I was concentrating on remembering anyway.

Okay, so, on cruises they have to do a practice abandon ship thing, so this is me taking pictures of it. Rob was to my other side. Everyone on the ship had to grab their orange life perserver and head to the main stage area, there they (the crew) told us where each level and apartment had to go in case of a sinking ship or something. (they didn't want to repeat the Titanic).

Now, if it wasn't obvious before, I was the one taking the pictures. We do have a picture of me with the sun setting behind, like this beautiful one of Rob, but the wind was blowing fairly hard (we were on a moving ship) and my hair looks like Medusa was the stylist. So you get to see Rob with the ocean behind him. This picture was taken after many wanderings throughout the ship. I learned on that trip how much my husband is an explorer. He loves to wander and find out where things are and just be able to go everywhere. I am fairly certain we went everywhere you could on that ship, and maybe a few places you couldn't :)

This is what Carnival Cruises give you on the bed everyday. A towel dog. It was actually quite creative. So, I wanted to take a picture, and didn't take into account the flash, and it's washed out. Oh well. The ship was really fun, after I got over my sickness. They had all you can eat buffets, all the time (you can guess Rob's favorite place) They had shows every night, the best being the magician. They had miniture golf on the top deck, and a pool with a slide and hot tub just down the way. It was fun. But the best part was that I was with Rob...

The two places we docked were Catalina Island, just off the coast of California, and Ensenada (I think that is how you spell it) Mexico. This picture is Catalina Island. It was a beautiful place. Very sunny and fun. While we were there we were able to go to a museum that was built out of an OLD theater/movie theater, from the beginnings of the moving pictures type thing. This is me next to a palm tree just off the dock.

And here's Rob in the same place.

This is the city. It's very much a tourist town, but I thought it was fun. Just down the road there was a book store, yes we went in.

I don't actually know what the signficance of the buffalo is to this town, but they had this bronze stature, and we thought it was funny.

That round building in the distance is the museum/theater house we went to. It was really beautiful. Up the hill was a pretty gazebo and a bell that tolled the hour.

While on Catalina Island, we went on a boat ride. It was called the Glass Bottom Boat. It had these sections that were plexiglass that allowed you too see into the clear bule sea. It was fun. This nice couple next to us were kind enough to take a picture of both of us.

That's the 'glass'. And that is actually a good picture of what we saw. Unless the fish were really bright or really close, you pretty much just saw the silhouettes. There were a few 'nemo' fish, that's what the little kids next to us called them. They were bright orange.

The other activity we did was go for a paddle boat ride. Here's Rob, in deep concentration... :) It was sunny. It was a fun way to see the island and all the boats that people lived on.

There's me. I think I am smiling.

That's a picture of Catalina Island from the paddle boat.

Our next stop on the Cruise was Ensenada Mexico. I have to admit, I had more fun in Catalina. Mexico was for people who wanted to spend all their money on alcohol. We didn't. But we did get to go to this blow hole. It's a spot where the ocean meets the cliffs and the pressure of the water against the hard surface causes the water to blow up. Don't worry, we have pictures. The above is a picture of these random statues they have. The statues reminded me of the great and powerful oz, so I took a picture (from a bus).

This guy was a dancing Mexican. I always like these guys. They remind me of Nephites or Lamanites. It was kinda fun to watch him dance.

Here's the blow hole, apparently one of the largest in the world. You can see how the water is shooting up into the air. We were atleast a hundred feet up, if not more.

That's just the bow hole, without me. We wanted to see if we could catch it in progress with a disposable. We can. :)

Here's us. And now we come to the end of our pictures. Needless to say, we had a good time, all the more because we were together.

It's been an interesting year for the two of us. I would say mostly normal for a newlywed couple. I am very happy that I married Rob. And that is what truly matters.