Our trip to Jamaica!

Blake and I just returned from Jamaica after spending a fun week there! Jamaica was so much fun! We were a little worried looking at the weather before we went.... but it ended up being great! Every day, late afternoon, it would cloud up... but that's about it. We had such a nice and relaxing time while we were there. Every day we hung out at the beach and swam in the gorgeous water. The ocean looked like a swimming pool... super blue and SO clear! It was like we were snorkeling without the gear. You could just look down and you were able to see the bottom of the ocean.... as well as fish swimming around you (too close for comfort for me... so gross!). While we were there, we went to Dunn's Falls which was way cool! It was a 900 foot waterfall that we hiked up. We started at the beach and hiked up... in the waterfall... to the top. So pretty! We also took the '9 Mile Tour'. This was a tour that took us through all of St. Anne's, Jamaica, and took us to the top where we were able to see Bob Marley's home where he grew up and where he is buried. It was a neat experience to see the culture and to see how people live in Jamaica. But when we first go to the Bob Marley Mausoleum, they closed the gates and were selling weed like it was candy (in joints, special cake and special tea). Blake and I were the only was not partaking in this....everyone else was getting high. It was insane!

While we were in Jamaica, we celebrated our first anniversary!! It's crazy that it's already been a year! It's been a great year and I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate our anniversary then laying on the beach, enjoying the sunshine and getting to spend the day with the love of my life. :)

Blake at the Jerk Hut. Every day we had Jerk Chicken for lunch. SO YUMMY! But ohhh so spicy!

Bob Marley Tour

I love the two Rastas behind me!

These guys were playing Bob Marley songs. It was pretty bad.... but super entertaining. :)

Bob Marley's house.

This was the secret window that was selling the weed.

Blake playing the steel drums.

Blake really enjoyed is iPad while we were there. Gotta love books on the iPad.

These fish were freaking me out. They kept swimming towards us.... I made Blake take the pic cuz I didn't like being that close to them. Sick.

They called this dude King Solomon. He would come by every day.

Dunn's Falls!! Gorgeous!

Kenny Chesney Concert

On Saturday Blake and I went to the Kenny Chesney concert. I make poor Blake go to all these country things (rodeos, concerts, the Westerner)… and he doesn’t even like country. He's a sweetheart! The concert was a lot of fun! First Uncle Kracker came out and sang, then Billy Currington and finally Kenny. Kenny puts on a great show! Blake didn’t seem tortured, so I’m sure I’ll get him to go with me again. ;)

Strawberry Days Rodeo

I LOVE rodeos! Poor Blake had to marry a girl who loves cowboys and rodeos… which Blake is so not the ‘rodeo type’. Luckily he’s a great sport and goes with me! I love the Strawberry Days rodeo…. I try to go every year. Although the rodeo is great… the best part of going is the yummy strawberries and cream. YUM!

I don't even know who these kids are.... but they looked SO cute! When we have kids.... they will have cowboy boots! ;)

Trip to Ohio

A couple weeks ago we went to Ohio for Chase’s graduation from dental school. Blake’s entire family was able to come, which made the trip a lot of fun! The weather was pretty hot and humid…. But it was nice to have it finally feel like Summer.

At the graduation!
Twinners! We had no idea that we even owned the same shirt thingy. And of course we wear it on the same day.... and of all days, the graduation. Too funny!

We took a drive to Berlin which is where Amish country is. It was pretty cool to see.

I felt kinda dumb taking pictures, but o'well. I still did it. ;)

Cedar Point! It was such a blast and pretty much every ride we went on scared the crap out of me! It is totally worth a trip to Ohio just to go to Cedar Point!

This was probably the scariest ride of them all. It's the Dragster which it goes straight up 420 feet at 120 mph. I was shaking so bad when I got off, but totally fun!

We also hit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It was pretty fun to see.

We visited the Kirtland temple and the church historical site.

Scott & LuAnn

At the Kirtland Temple

California

Blake had to go to Dana Point, California for work and I decided to tag along with him (knowing that I would be hanging out by myself). I was hoping for good weather to lay by the pool or hang out at the beach…. But it wasn’t that great. We flew in early Monday…. So rather than hitting the beach, we decided to go to Disneyland/California Adventure. It has been YEARS since either one of us have been. It was a lot of fun and the weather actually turned out to be pretty decent. Tuesday and Wednesday Blake had to go to meetings, so after he did his thing, we just hung out and did a little sightseeing. It was a gorgeous area! Hope he gets to go next year (and… bring me along)!

Laguna Beach

6 Months!

I was at work and I got a call from the front desk. She said I had a delivery…. So I went down to pick it up. To my surprise… it was this huge, GORGEOUS flower arrangement. When I saw them.... I got a little teary-eyed. Blake remembered it was 6 months ago today that we got married! He is so sweet and so thoughtful…. I love him more than anything! It’s crazy that 6 months has already gone by! I absolutely love being married to Blake. I couldn’t be any happier. He is always putting a smile on my face. :)

Mexico!

I hate the cold! I have been bugging Blake to go on a trip somewhere warm…. So we finally booked a trip to Puerto Vallarta. We have both been there on cruise stops before, but neither one of us spent more than a few hours there. It was SO nice to get out of the cold and crappy weather. The weather there was perfect. Couldn’t ask for better. It was mid 70’s-80’s during the day and got in the mid 60’s at night. We spent pretty much every day at the beach and pool. So relaxing and so nice. We stayed at an All-Inclusive resort. It was nice but it felt like all we did was eat. Our regularly routine everyday was go lay out our towels on the beach chairs, eat breakfast, gym, beach, lunch, beach, dinner, beach or just hang out.

Every night there was a beautiful sunset. The view from our resort was perfect.

Right behind us is the resort we stayed at.

Blake.... enjoying his view. ;)

We had such a pretty view from our balcony!

I mentioned to Blake that I wanted to zip-line. I HATE heights. However… I still wanted to do it. We went on one called the Canopy Tour which was about 11 zip lines all together. You went from canyon to canyon on the zip line. One of them was 600 ft above the ground!!! I about died on that one. Ok… not really…. But it scared me so bad. I was shaking pretty bad on the first couple zip-lines, but after a few, I was fine. Once we finished all the zip-lines, we had to ride mules to get back to the top of the mountain. It was a blast.

Looking real cute in our gear. :)

These were the mules we rode to the top of the mountain. The canyon behind them is the one we zip-lined through.

This trip was so fun! It just makes me wish summer was closer!