Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Our Cruise 2009!

Faren and I went on our first cruise last weekend to Catlina Island and Ensenada, Mexico! We had a lot of fun being gone for a whole week (away from the kids-thanks Lataun and Myrna!) My brother Cody and his wife Brittany took us on the trip, and hopefully they didn't get totally sick of us after spending an entire week with us.

We departed from San Diego and went to Catalina Island the next day- it is so beautiful there. The next day we went to Ensenada and got attacked by salesmen trying to sell Faren some Viagra for super cheap. And the last day was spent at sea with overcast skies and ten foot waves rocking the boat all day long. I pretty much spent that whole day seasick in bed. In between all the travel we went to some good shows, played mini golf, gambled (Hey, it's ok if we're out at sea, right?), and we all ate about 8 ice cream cones everyday. Thanks Cody and Brittany for the great trip! Here are some highlights:



Top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas, the city I hope I never have to live in.
Aparently this guy did something important in Mexico, or they wouldn't have a ginormous statue of his head.

Every night when we came to bed, or room steward had cleaned everything up and turned down our bed and left us a cute towel animal and some mints. Ahhh... it's better than having your mom take care of you!


Probably the only time we sat and did nothing.




Two sexy babes cruisin for a rich Catalina man who can afford to live there!



I wish I had a video of all of us trying to squeeze into our wetsuits to go snorkeling. And I won't even put on here my picture of me in my full body one either. That thing still gives me nightmares. Code Bode and Baby B







10 comments:

Nikki said...

So glad you got time away!! Sounds like a great trip! I feel your pain with the motion sickness!!

Rachel B said...

Avery! You lucky lady! Can you make Faren rub some of his "generous husband juice" onto my husband?
Also, it looks like the "towel bunny" is trying to seduce you. Or it looks like it's praying.
Either way I am glad you got an awesome vacation!

Cody & Brittany Hawkes said...

haha Ave- you are so cute! this pics are great...i might just have to post the one of you in the full wetsuit tho. it's pretty cute/funny of you! well thanks for the stripper name you gave me...i love it! we had a blast with you guys xoxox miss you already!

<3 Baby B :)

Cody & Brittany Hawkes said...

ps. when i was downloading our pictures onto my computer at home, something weird happened to our power and my computer shut off! it deleted about 10-12 pictures of us towards the end of our trip...ahhh! i was so mad- i'd greatly appreciate if I could get all the pics you have of us. maybe e-mailed to cody or something. thanks! see ya soon! also- we have your other camera disk if your wondering where it went :)

Liz said...

so jealous! It looks like you had a great time.
Hey, I made my blog private and would love to invite you. Will you send me your email? liz@approachingzion.com Thanks!

aswigfromthesiggs said...

Fun Fun Avery! I love crusin'. That is awesome that you got to go without kids, I dream of that someday :)

sportyrls said...

Avery! I just found your blog and am excited to see what you've been up to- what a fun cruise! Have you been doing any new creative projects lately? I always love the things you come up with- you should post some : )!
Rebecca Stephens

Mat, Chenae & Jackson said...

Avery,i made my blog private a while ago and not sure if you got an invite. email me chenae.duerden at gmail dot com.

Steph said...

First off, I just read your comment on Mandy's page and you do NOT need to drop twenty pounds...you look gorgeous to me! Secondly, I thought one of your pet peeves was un-updated blogs, third, I totally just noticed that you tagged me like six months ago(sorry about that, but I loved reading about you), and last, I miss you and love you and hope to see you soon (I think I'll be in Idaho soon and would love to see you. Our ranch is in Driggs so I'll give you a call!)

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