Congrats Chris and Lauren!

To The Bride and Groom!

Chris is such a fun guy and Lauren is just the sweetest girl!

Thanks to Grandma Wendy for watching Rian while we enjoyed the wedding!

Day 1 of Cruise - San Diego

Our friends, Eric and Andrea and Zac and Britni invited us on a cruise to celebrate their graduation and have one more blast together before we moved away. I think we said good-bye (for now) with a bang!!!

Caution - These next few posts are long, but what do you expect? We went on a cruise!

We did a little shopping when we first arrived on the ship. I really liked these glasses even though some thought that I looked like a bug.

I know it's silly for us to go on a cruise that stops in the town that we are living in, but it was a lot of fun to play hosts for the day. Matt's mom let us borrow her SUV for the day, so we were able to see so much. We started the day at Balboa Park.

At Balboa Park we first headed to the botanical gardens.....

then to the Rubuen H Fleet Science Center to play a little. We were very proud of ourselves for building this arch without it breaking. Then we headed to Mt. Soledad. The second picture is the view from on top of the mountain. Can you find the temple???

Here we are at La Jolla Shores. I love this place :)

Day 2 of Cruise - Catalina Island

This was by far the best day of our cruise. Both Matt and I have never been to Catalina Island, so it was fun to experience it together. We started the day by renting a golf cart with Eric and Andrea so we could see all the beautiful views. Then we decided to go snorkling in the freezing cold water. But luckily they had wetsuits for us, so it wasn't too bad. In fact, it was tons of fun. Then we headed back to the ship to enjoy the beautiful weather poolside.

Day 2 of Cruise - Midnight Chocolate Buffet

We stayed up late the second night to enjoy the infamous Midnight Chocolate Buffet. The desserts weren't all that great, but the decor was AMAZING. Hopefully you can click on the pictures to make them bigger. There were tons of chocolate carvings and 'flower' arrangements made of only vegetables. Talk about talent!

Day 3 of Cruise - Ensenada

We did a little shopping on the morning of day three in Ensenada and found a really cute dress for Rian. (I'll post a picture of her in it the next time she wears it). But we didn't take any pictures while in Mexico. So the pictures of the day are from the time we spent back on the ship after shopping.

We wanted to try out the rockwall on the ship. As you can see in the first picture, I was way too excited to try this. And check out those calf muscles in the second pic :)

And there I am.....at the top!!!

Matt hopped on so dang fast, I couldn't get a picture until he was already up the wall a few feet. I swear he made it up there in under 13 seconds. I'm talking way fast!

Day 3 of Cruise - Dinner

During dinner on our last night, they had a little dance party. And am I sure glad I remembered my camera :) I got some pretty good shots of everyone dancing!!!

Eric had such great moves!

Zac and Britni getting into it!

Matt even flattered me and did the Macarena. And as some of you might know, Matt does NOT dance, so he might kill me for posting this, but I had to anyways!

Here we are with our waitress and waiter, Maria and Rusbel. They are from Peru. They served us every night, so we thought it was appropriate to get a picture with them.

I guess I should also add that later that night we headed over to "Finish That Lyric" Trivia and almost won first place. That is only after we already won the "Classic Rock - Name That Tune" Trivia the night before! We all received a Royal Caribbean photo album that we should mostly thank Zac for....man that boy knows his classic rock!!!

And we want to give a BIG thanks to Matt's mom and dad and sister, Lauren, for watching Rian all week while we were cruising. We missed her tons, but it was also nice to have some 'alone time'.....if you catch my drift :)

Padres Game

So even though the Padres are having an absolutely horrible season, we couldn't resist taking our friends up on their offer when they invited us to a game. Now that we have many babysitters, aka grandparents, around, we are thinking we might have many more 'date night' opportunities in the near future! Thanks Chris and Lauren for such a fun night!

Graduation 2008

I am so PROUD of Matt! On May 3rd he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Electrical Engineering! Those of you who may not know, Magna Cum Laude means he graduated with a GPA of 3.80 or higher. Considering the fact that this is an incredibly difficult degree and that he was also helping me raise a baby the last two years of school, this is a HUGE accomplishment! I cannot express the love and appreciation I have for this amazing man.

Many came to help celebrate this wonderful occasion. Both sets of parents flew in from San Diego, his Grandad flew in from Alabama, and his sister came all the way from Norway (well actually she has been out here visiting the states for a little while now, but hey, she is living in Norway, and did come, so that counts right!!!) Not to mention many of his extended family living in Utah or nearby. His cousin Whitney also graduated on Saturday, so unfortunately their extended family had to split between the two ceremonies. Thank you to everyone who joined us in this celebration!

PS Unfortunately we were unable to get a picture of Matt actually accepting his diploma being that this jerk stood up in front of us just as Matt was walking. We were very disappointed and this jerk could have cared less. How rude! But we didn't let that ruin our day and instead headed to old main for some beautiful shots :)

Monkey See, Monkey Do

While I was packing up our home in Logan, Rian kept herself busy by playing on the computer :)

It's Been Too Long....

I know I haven't blogged in forever. We have had so much going on....matt's graduation, our move, baseball games, mother's day, a cruise (just the two of us!), a wedding, swim lessons, matt's mom's birthday, and a trip to the wild animal park. Seeing that we have only been her for 3 weeks, add unpacking to the list and well, you can probably see why I haven't had the time to update the blog. So let me back track just a bit, and as I have a minute here and there, I will let you all see what has been going on with our fam :)