Yellowstone #1

We were able to go to Yellowstone with Steven's family this past week and had a really nice time. Lucky for us we are also going next month but with my family.. so you get to see two posts about Yellowstone this year. 

So we spent 4 days up in Yellowstone with Steven's bro and family, sister Leslee and Makayla, and Steven's parents. We got to do a lot of fun things like go see the bears at the discovery place, play on the playground, see pretty waterfalls, look at some hot pots, see elk and buffalo (and baby buffalo), look at the beautiful scenery, and of course swim in the pool. Korb had a fun time running free and playing with his cousins. I can tell he is going to love swimming pools because I could not get him out of there! Anyway, it was really nice.. here are some pictures of our trip.

On the way to Yellowstone eating brownies

 The Rexburg Temple.. very pretty

 The two troublemakers taking a bath together.

 Korbs shorts got wet so he walked around in his diaper..dont forget the sunglasses!

Korb and Daddy sleeping.. cute!

 All ready for a day in Yellowstone

 Elk

 Korb and Mom

 Family photo #1

Our two kiddos in the stroller

Family photo #2

 The siblings minus one.

 Like I said before.. the two troublemakers.. they had too much fun in the closet!

 Bottoms up! Leah, Korbin, and Makayla going into the bear cave.

 Steven's Dad wearing his coat on his head because he "lost" his hat.. later we found it in our hotel room sitting on the table. ha ha

Family photo #3

 Korb and Makayla watching TV

 Going swimming!

Cruise 2009

Well Steven and I have been soo spoiled the past few years! We are lucky enough to have been able to go on yet another cruise. This cruise was my forth cruise and Steven's third cruise. We usually try to go on one every year, we save every penny for a full year just to make it, but it is completely worth it. This year we got the pleasure to go with Steven's family. We usually go with my family so it was so fun to actually go on a real trip with his family. The cruise was awesome! We made so many awesome memories and had a blast spending time with each other. This cruise was out of Long Beach, CA and we went to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta. In Cabo we went parasailing, which was awesome! We were 600 ft above the water and it was probably the most relaxing thing I have done in years. Amazing. In Mazatlan we went into the town and visited the Cathedral and shopped a little. Mazatlan was extremely ghetto and I was pretty uncomfortable there. There was a market where there were bloody pig heads, clothing, popsicles,and raw meat all in the same hot area. GROSS! In Puerto Vallarta (which was my favorite by far!) we spent the day at Krystal Beach. It was absolutely beautiful and amazingly enough we had the whole beach to ourselves! Leslee (Sis in law), Rachel (sis in law) and I spent a good hour or so looking at necklaces on the beach. We prob paid the lady's rent for a year with the stuff we bought! ha ha..
The boat was very nice and we had a lot of time to do whatever we wanted. We spent a lot of time in the game room. We also spent a lot of time in the casino, unfortunately we didn't come back with any winnings. It was still fun.
It was a perfect break from school and now I think we can make it the rest of the semester. If you haven't been on a cruise I highly recommend going on one, even if you have to save your pennies for a year or two, do it! :)

On the way to get on the boat.

Leaving Long Beach Port.

Sylvia (mom in law), Leslee (sis in law), me, and Rachel (sis in law) doing our lifeboat drill. Yay.

Steven being silly.

Us getting ready to lose at BINGO

On the way to land in Cabo.

Cabo, Lovers Beach

Us on the dock getting ready to parasail.. it was HOT!

Steven Parasailing

You can't tell, but thats me parasailing.

Stevie and I

Steven and I in the golf cart in Mazatlan

Cathedral in Mazatlan

Steven and I outside the Cathedral

Beautiful Puerto Vallarta

Us in Puerto Vallerta

Steven and I in Puerto Vallarta.

Our boat's lido deck at night.

Steven and I by the pretty water.

Elevator fun!

Dinner time!

The game room.. Ryan, Rachel, and Steven

Dinner.. again

Us

Rachel and I

The group, minus a few

Steven and I

The Casino

Steven, Ryan, and the Blackstreet Boys

Sylvia and Rachel playing shuffleboard, one of our favorite past times on the boat.. Steven and I were the Champs!! #1

One of my bestest friends and sis in law Rachel..and I of course.

Catch up #2

This is my catch up number 2 from our vacation. If you haven't looked at our first one then you better just go look at it first and then come back to this post!
This post is pictures of visiting Iowa (where Megan went to school), and Nauvoo. We had an awesome time everywhere we went but Nauvoo was awesome. We did a lot of things and it was pretty spiritual. Steven and I were lucky enough to be able to go in the Nauvoo temple to do a session and I am so glad I could experience that. It was beautiful! We were there during the Nauvoo pageant and we thought that was way cool as well. We went down the Trail of Tears, or Trail of Hope and it was interesting because it was real accounts of pioneers and what they experienced. Over all this trip was great, fun, crazy, happy, spiritual, new, and exhausting. Nothing better then that! Hope you enjoy these pictures and maybe it will make you want to go to Nauvoo as well!
IOWA-

The hockey rink where my sister was a trainer.

Casey, Steven, Alyssa at the Mulligan's restaurant. It was delicious!

NAUVOO-

Steven and I

My Dad, Casey, and Steven at the Nauvoo Visitor Center.

Steven and I resting after going down the Trail of Hope.

Steven being silly.

Me being silly. It was a fence at the hotel.

The Shaw family.. it only took us 3 times to get this shot! lol

Megan, Joseph Smith, and I

Steven and I at the Nauvoo Pagent.

Steven and I in front of the Nauvoo Temple.

We tried to take a picture of us by the temple.

Nauvoo Temple taken by my sister. I think it looks awesome.

The Nauvoo Temple taken by my sister. I think it looks awesome.


Mark Twain Boat

Us by the Mississippi River

Meg and I on the plane ride home.