Carribean Cruise

We had been wanting to go on a cruise for a long time so last year we got the Southwest credit card and saved up our points all year so that we could go on a cruise. Our points paid for our flights to Florida and our hotel stay, so all we actually paid for was the cruise! My mom came down and watched Cambree for a week and it was the perfect getaway!

Our cruise ship was the Carnival Freedom and we sailed out of Fort Lauderdale. Our first day we just relaxed and explored around the ship. We both had never been on a cruise before and we were amazed at how big the ship was!! There was so much to do, to see and to eat!

One of our favourite things to do was go up to the Serenity deck where it was adults only. It was always calm and quiet up there and it was easy to find a chair!

We loved that every night we had a little towel animal waiting for us, two chocolates, our bed turned down and the Fun Times which was a newspaper of all the activities for the next day.

Our first port was Cozumel, Mexico and we went to an all inclusive beach for the day. They had a beautiful beach, snorkelling, kayaking, a pool, massage and also a ton of food!

When we got back to the ship there was a Cinco de Mayo party on the Lido deck. We were all about the parties and dances on deck so we loved this one!

Our next port was Belize and we had to take little tender boats from the cruise ship to the beach. Here was the view of our ship and we left on the boat.

In Belize we went cave tubing and zip lining in the jungle!

Our third port was Roatan, Honduras. We took this cute little chair lift over to the beach. We did a little snorkelling and suntanning.

Our last port of call was the Caymen Islands and our favourite! We went swimming with dolphins and the swimming out at sea with stings rays! 

On our last day of the cruise we hung out on the boat and enjoyed all of it's amenities!

We loved every minute of our cruise but we were excited to get back to our little Cambree bug! She had a blast hanging out with her Nana for the week but loved when we came home and she especially loved that we brought presents!

Goodbye to the Allreds

Probably the worst thing about living in a college town is all the goodbyes. Nobody stays in a college town and in a college neighbourhood forever and it is so sad when friends move away. This week we said goodbye to the Allreds and it was so hard. I cried for a few days because it is seriously SO hard meeting great friends and then having them move. It has happened a lot with us and this was no different. They have become some of our best friends and it was so nice having them living only a houses away. Ryan met Austin on his mission and then when we moved into our apartment last year we found out they were in our ward! Camille has been my best stay at home mom friend this year and we spent many of days with our kids out shopping, working out or having fun! We had a ton of great times with them and it looks like we will be making lots of trips to Royal City, WA since both them AND the Hebdons now live there!

Cambree and her boyfriend Porter having a moment at the park

Camille & I shopping a few days before they left!

The boys one night out for dinner at the Riverwoods!

Goodbye Allreds! We love you guys!

Easter

Happy Easter from our little Easter Bunny!

Vegas for the Weekend

 We did a quick last minute trip to Vegas with a few friends to get out of town and get some sun! The boys all went to a BYU basketball game and the girls did some shopping and laying out by the pool! It was nice to get away from the cold winter and feel some heat!

The first night we were there we all went down to The Strip and walked around. Cambree was seemed a little confused as to why she was out at midnight wandering around but she was a trooper!

The next day we got up early and took Cambree to Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. I think Ryan was a little disappointed that the sharks weren't as big as the ones you see in the movies but it was still really cool to see all the fish and sharks!

After Shark Reef Ryan went to the BYU game and we headed to the pool! 

On our last night we went to Maggiano's for Italian food. It was delicious and the perfect end to our trip!

2014 Sochi Olympics

We love the Olympics around our house! When they are on we watch them 24/7 and get into all of the stories of all the athletes! We rep'd our home country by wearing our Canada mittens from Christal everywhere we went! It was so fun watching hockey and have a bit of rivalry with our friends the Flakes who were cheering for the US.

Ryan and Ryan Flake were arguing over a call in the Canada-US game... It got pretty heated.

Sorry guys.. Better luck next time? :)

My First Half

I have been wanting to run a half marathon for as long as I can remember but never thought I would be able to! I hate running and get bored (and tired!) really easily. But one night in October at about 2 in the morning I decided I just needed to commit! So I signed up for a half marathon in January and then ran to tell Ryan about it. I woke up up and told him that I signed up for a race on January 18th and that we needed to start planning our trip to St. George for my run. He went on to tell me that he had a conference that weekend and wouldn't be able to come with me. I was so bummed, I had always pictured my first half with my husband there cheering me on at the finish line. There was no way I was going to go by myself or even worse, just Cambree and I, to St. George for the weekend. (It's a four hour drive and what was I going to do with Cambree!) I was disappointed but decided I would just run a half another time.

Fast forward to the start of December I was telling some friends about the St. George half and they said that if I wanted they would come and we could make it into a fun weekend! Us, the Henries, the Donakeys, and Julie Tate (her hubby was gone at an interview for Pharmacy school!) ended up going down (even Ryan was able to sneak away early from his conference) and we made a mini vacation out of it. I didn't train a ton so my time wasn't great but it was such a cool experience and I loved it! I am definitely going to be doing more in the future!

I'm grateful to have such a great husband and friends who cheered me on the whole way. Julie even ran the last 3 miles with me and kept me going!

Working Girl

It's official!

I'm back to being a working girl! I got a job at Lone Peak Hospital in Draper and I couldn't be more excited!