Vacation 2: Cruise and Disney!

Our final vacation of the summer was our delayed honeymoon cruise! We had been waiting so long, and it was lots of fun. We took a 5-day cruise to Mexico. We were supposed to spend 2 days in Cabo San Lucas, but this dumb hurricane was going on there at that time. So our ship made it about 2/3 of the way there, then turned around and we instead went to Catalina Island and then Ensenada, Mexico.

Our ship

The few days we spent at sea were fun, and there was tons of stuff to do. They had shows, a hypnotist, karaoke. . . all kinds of stuff at all times. The first day or two, we were both pretty seasick, so that wasn't so great. But once we got some medicine, it was a lot better. Although after taking the medicine, we ended up doing a lot of this:But. . . since we felt better, we also did a lot of this:

Sleeping and eating. . . isn't that what vacations are all about anyway?! Okay, so we weren't total lazies. We kept busy. They had a Family Feud game one day and Rob was chosen to participate. After 19 weeks of the Boys' team losing in Family Feud (according to the cruise director), Rob won it for them. Here he is with his 24 karat solid plastic medal.Rob was also chosen to go on stage and be hypnotized. . . but it didn't work and he came back and sat down after a while. Don't worry though, he did kind of fake it while he was up there. Later he said that he wasn't sure if he was really hypnotized, so he just went for it. . . but then when he knew for sure that he wasn't, he went back into the audience.

Here are a few more pics from the ship:

beautiful sunsets

Catalina Island: really cute. It was fun to walk around this little town and go in all the shops.
Ensenada: Rob's first time outside of the US/Canada. We walked around town and did a little bargaining. We decided that instead of buying random souvenirs, we would start a tradition of getting a Christmas ornament from each place we visit, so that was our mission. We also found a local grocery store and that was fun. . . we bought some treats I remember from Spain.

This is what we look like in Mexico.

When our ship arrived back in California, we were ready for 2 more days of fun in Disneyland with Scott and Diana! We hit up all the good rides with almost no waiting in lines. We spent one day in Disneyland and the other in California Adventure. We really enjoyed both, and thanks to Scott and Diana for being our tour guides/chauffeurs! :)

Happiest place on earth

Best vacation ever. . . so far.

Sidenote: Right before we left for vacation, Rob turned 24! I finished work early and we celebrated by going to see the new Harry Potter movie, having dinner in Idaho Falls, and shopping for a new video game (he had an early birthday present a few weeks before: we found a good deal on a Wii with Rockband). It was a good day of celebrating. Rob is the best husband.

We're so lucky to have had such a fun summer together!