Back to Reality

We got back from our vacation on Sunday night late (thanks Garrett for being us up at the airport at midnight) after spending 12 hours in the Los Angeles airport. We were hoping to get back alot earlier than midnight, but alas it did not happen. Instead of telling you detailed information about our vacation i decided to break it down into highlight and lowlights-so here it goes!

Highlights

1. California- Loved Santa Monica beach and our amazing 2 story hotel room that we stayed out (Thanks mom and dad Hendrickson for getting that for us)
2. The sun- loved basking in the sun all week
3. Playing in the ocean
4. Relaxing- I got through 2 books-that is my idea of a vacation
5. The amazing food on the boat
6. Snorkeling in Cabo
7. Trolley tour in Mazatlan
8. Zip line in Puerto Viarta (sp?)- Amazing! 12 zip lines in the jungle, some 2,000 feet long! Then riding the donkey/horse up the moutain back to the resort.
9. Dancing-Yep i made Brandon go dancing with me and he enjoyed it (well for maybe 20 minutes)
10. Being with Brandon 24/7 all week
11. Not having to work
12. The amazing entertainment on the ship. We saw jugglers, magicians, comedians, all of which were appropriate and family friendly.
13. Ice skating on the cruise ship-Seriously who can say they have ice skated on the ocean.
14. Everyone asking us if we were on our honeymoon. Hopefully it was because they saw how in love we are still :)

Low lights

1. Driving in California-thank heavens for GPS
2. The sun- I don't think I have ever gotten so burned-Ever! Even with suncreen.
3. Losing the snorkeling gear in Cabo and having to replace it :(
4. Losing our camera case and all of our batteries
5. The humidity in Mexico- I could have died!
6. Having to come back to Utah and back to reality

So you might be asking yourself, so why don't you have any pictures. I do have pictures, I just don't seem to have the cord to the camera that hooks to the computer that downloads the pictures. So I will have to post them later once we finally get the box unpacked that has the camera cord in it. (Yes unfortunatley, we are still unpacking boxes).

4th of July

It was a crazy fourth of July 4th for us. We started out by Brandon running the 5k for the freedom festival. He did such a good job, it was fun to be able to watch him. The problem was finding him after the race. I think I walked as much as Brandon ran just trying to find him! Then Brandon and I went to watch the Grand Parade, we were joined by Matt and 2 of his friends and enjoyed the fun parade. Then I went home and slept before going to work at the Stadium of Fire. It was successfull, I got to meet the Jonas brothers a few times (and I think my hears are still ringing from all of the screaming girls!) The bad thing was I did not get out of there until 5am, which caused for a late morning the next day. I still think I am catching up on sleep. I am looking forward to having tommorrow off to get some important things done, like getting my hair colored, facial and eye brow waxing. We are now just preparing for your cruise, which is going to be so much fun! I think I have Brandon shopped out, but he was great and went with me to quite a few stores over the course of the week to find basic beach essentials like sandals, sunscreen, shorts and a sundress. Now of course, we only have to finish unpacking all of our boxes, but that is another post.....