Happy 21st Anniversary

April 23rd is our anniversary. This year we tagged along with Kevin's boss' family and their friends as they finished their scuba certification out at Blue Lake near Wendover. Not the greatest week-end weather wise to be diving, but as I told our friend Nathan, crappy diving is better than no diving and I totally mean that. I only have a shorty wet suit and the weather was very windy, rainy and cold with a little snowy slush thrown in for good measure, but once you hiked the third of a mile (with all your scuba gear on) and jumped in the lake....AHHHHH! Life was good.

Kevin and RaeAnn paying the chilly price to go scuba diving.

David (Kevin's boss) and his wife Linda gearing up.

The visibility was really bad. About 2-3 feet. If you didn't have a rope to follow you wouldn't have been able to find anything to look at. By following ropes that run along the different platforms and artifacts that have been sunk, you could find stuff to look at if you got real close.

Divers say if you go on a clear day you can see lots of fish and things that have been sunk in the lake. All we saw were a couple of fish, a sunk ski boat, the realty sign and stuff I couldn't identify.

RaeAnn loving to scuba.

Kevin loving to scuba.

David and his family love to go splunking (caving). They invited us to tag along as they explored a new cave about 1 1/2 hours from Blue Lake called Goshute Cave. It was quite a hike to get to it, but once we did it was really worth it.

Matthew, David, Linda and Jonathan Arnold kindly let us join their caving adventure.

Here we are at a formation called the Liberty Bell. When you can see the whole thing it really does look like a bell.

We decided that lots of the formations looked like coral so we figured we were just extending our diving experience.

I guess that doesn't explain the bats we saw sleeping on the ceiling.

These cool formations were made from bubbles that were calcified.

This is a growing formation. There were quite a few that were being formed as we hiked through the different caves.

Kevin and RaeAnn posing in the cave.

Hey we finally got a good pose from Kevin. Thanks so much to the Arnold family that let us tag along with them this week-end. We really enjoyed the diving, caving and the company. Kevin and I think we will try and dive somewhere every year for our anniversary. We both love it and hope to dive together for many years to come.

Spring Break

What an amazing Spring Break we had. We have wanted to go on one more BIG family trip with just the six of us before Amberly graduates next year because we figure our family will change rapidly after that. We decided 3 years ago to do a cruise and this is the year it worked out best. Kevin made all the arrangements with his favorite travel agent and we had an amazing time on the Mariner of the Sea with the Royal Carribean cruise line.

Saturday we quickly loaded our packed luggage, had a quick bite to eat and headed to my Aunt's house in Orange, CA at about 6:00am. We made good time and only took 11 hours. That's with 4 stops too. My uncle Darrin and his wife Jill and my cousins Renee and Brent were also there that week-end. We had a nice relaxing time in the hot tub and then visited with everyone until bedtime. Thanks Auntie for being so generous. We really appreciate you letting us stay with you for the night. We love you and your family very much.

After going to Church Easter Sunday, we headed to San Pedro and got on the beautiful ship we would call home for the week. We had a bit of trouble with the staterooms, but ended up getting a nicer one for Kevin and myself for the trouble so it was worth it.

The entertainment and shows were incredible. It was like having broadway shows every night.

The food was beautiful land delicious.

Sadly, Amberly and Cammie got REALLY BURNED on Monday and spent the trip walking like old ladies. They tried to have fun despite their discomfort and I really appreciate that.

More Yummy food!

Guess what Jeffrey did whenever I wasn't making him go to a show or meet us for dinner! Yep! Basketball.

Our Snorkeling Tour in Cabo San Lucas was lots of fun.

Mazatlan was pretty laid back because we didn't have an offical tour, but went to a Resort to enjoy the pool and beach and do a little shopping. Here is Cammie doing a little bargaining.

Janna and Amberly enjoying the ocean and sand.

By far, our favorite excursion was the Canopy Tour in Puerta Vallarta. It had 14 ziplines and it was SOOOOO fun. We all loved it.

The ship is very elegant and clean and BIG. Here is a picture of Kevin looking at the promenade. The art work was fabulous and I spent Saturday taking pictures of the art and hope to make some scrap pages to put on as time goes on. I have so many pictures it might take awhile.

Here we are all dressed up for the night we went formal. There were two formal nights, but we only went to one of them. Our dining room was called Rhapsody in Blue. Here we are posing in front of the sign.

There is much more to tell about, but it will have to come a little at a time. I'm really glad we could have such a wonderful family experience and hope we will remember it forever.