Ben and I went to the North Shore the other day and I took some fun pictures of our adventures.




We also saw our first gecko ourside our hotel room! How fun and nasty all at the same time!

I saw these two little kids on the beach and it reminded me of something that Cody and I would have done to each other!

We finally made it to Hawaii and life is good. Our first day in Hawaii we rented a convertible and drove half way around the island. It was BEAUTIFUL. We reached the Hawaii temple just as the sun was about to set so we took a few daytime and nighttime pictures. On our drive there Ben saw a sign that said BYU Hawaii, he looked at me and said, "There is a BYU Hawaii." I just about died. How can you not know there is a BYU Hawaii. We had a good laugh.

This last picture is one of my favorites because it is the view you see when you are standing right in front of the temple. The palmtrees are all in perfect rows and the grounds are amazing. Can someone please remind me why I didn't get married here? Cody...can you please marry someone who would be okay with getting married here.

This past week I decided it was time to get a tan! Nalani, Maile, Quinn, Cannon, and I all headed to Seven Peaks for a fun filled day in the water! Maile soaked Quinn and Cannon in sunscreen and I decided it would be great fun to not put any one at all! Bad mistake!!! As you can tell I got burnt to a crisp! The best part of my burn is that you can tell I picked up Quinn towards the beginning of the day. He left a killer hand and arm print on me where the sunscreen rubbed off as I carried him across the hot cement from one pool to the next!



This is definitely the first and last time you will see me in a swimsuit on my blog! Oh wait...Hawaii is coming...nevermind! Just so you all know...my burn really is worse than it looks in these pictures! I am now covered in major blisters that are just waiting to pop!
Bye the way...we fly out Saturday to move to Hawaii!!! Life is great!

Ben and I had one last "Hoorah" in California before he had to ship out.

We went to SeaWorld in San Diego and it rocked!

The Shamu show was my favorite! I was ticked that it was so short!

Here's Shamu gearing up for a big splash to the audience!

Awww...cute little sealions!

She seriously stood on top of the whale and rode around the tank on it's head!
No one is allowed to leave Disneyland or Sea World without eating at least one churro!

WE ARE MOVING TO HAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's right...Ben received his first Army assignment! We are moving to Hawaii for 3 years! Everyone better start planning their vacations now! We want to see each and everyone one of you visit us within these next 3 years! Who can pass up a free place to stay in Hawaii?

Friday was cowboy day at work for Ben so we went to the good ole Walmart Thursday night and hooked him up with his very own cowboy shirt! Shocking that they would have a cowboy shirt at Walmart huh! When I took this picture Friday morning I felt like he was on his way out the door to his first day of school or something! He's just too cute!!!

Okay...okay! I guess it's time to update our blog since everyone is sending me hate mail! Here are the last few pictures from our honeymoon. These are the pictures from our Mini Jeep adventure in Ensenada. We are so hard core!!! Ha ha ha! Ya right!

I took these last few picture just for Uncle Carl because the minute I saw these building I thought of him! I knew he would think they are so cool! The first one was made of all wine bottles and the second one was made of a whole bunch of wood pieces nailed together all crazy and funky!

Catalina Island


Our first port was Catalina Island. The ship can't dock right up next to the island so we had to take little shuttle boats from the ship to the dock. These are the fun little "shore boats" that we took to get to Catalina.



This is Catalina Island from the dock. It was a pretty cloudy day when we first got there but it was still beautiful!

You can see our ship way off in the background. I had to wear Ben's jacket because I didn't bring a jacket or sweatshirt with me. I was convinced that it was going to be at least 90 degrees the whole crusie! It is that "power of positive thinking" that I inherited from my mom!


We went on a glass bottom boat tour and it was still just a tad bit chilly! Ben is just so cute in this picture I could resist posting it!

This is the glass we looked through on the bottom of the boat as we fed the fish!


Catalina Island is BEAUTIFUL!

Another purdy picture!

I took this from the top of a building and I just thought the boats looked so cool!

This is the famous Casino on Catalina Island! Back in the day people use to travel in from all over to attend the big dances that were held here. The building is huge and beautiful! They have a big ballroom on the top floor and the woodwork is amazing! If you ever go to Catalina you have to do the tour of the Casino.

Ben...looking oh so cute again! The sun finally came out and Ben ended up getting a little sun-burned! That's a red head for ya!

OUR HONEYMOON

For our honeymoon we went on a crusie to Catalina Island and Ensedana. When we arrived at our room I discovered that Ben had arranged for a bouquet of roses to be sent to our room for. There were also rose petal spread out all over the bed. Awww...precious!
Every night we were greeted by a new towel animal! This is our friendly pet dinasour!
Don't worry...this snake doesn't bite!
Awww...precious...a heart!
My personal favorite...the elephant!

I was so excited about the towel animals that I bought a book to teach me how to make them all. I bet you all can't wait to be a guest at our apartment so you can find a towel animal waiting for you on your bed! Ha ha ha!

Don't worry...there are more pictures to come...

Reception Time!

Here is a picture of the yummy candy buffet! No comments about the chocolate! Sharon is still bitter!
Yummmm...the food rocked!
My best friend from school...Kelmy!

The fearsome foursome! Rachel, Teresa, Kami, and Becky!

My friend Kelmy took my camera around with her all day so here are some of my favorite pictures that she took at the temple right after the wedding!

Awwwww....the happy couple! Quinn and Taylor are precious!
Awwwww...the happy couple...wait....what???
I think Quinn was stealing the show looking so cute in that little tux!
What is it with my Elivis face? Someone really should have told me how stupid I looked making that face all day long!

Wow! Someone is excited to eat chocolate cake!

I know everyone is going to be hounding me for a good blog update so I will start with one of my favorite pictures of the week! You can tell I was really excited to sink my teeth into that cake! I promise I will update again with more pictures but my apartment is really scary looking right now so that wins on the priority list!

I just wanted to say a quick thanks to everyone who helped at the wedding and reception! I know there were a ton of you who helped set-up, clean-up, and helped with all kinds of fun tasks! It was the best day ever and I owe it all to my family and friends. Thanks for all the love and support that you have given to Ben and I over the past few months! We had such a fun day and we were happy you were all able to come!