Lake Powell

Last weekend we went to Lake Powell and took the bubby on his very first vacation. He did awesome! It was a short trip with my family that we decided to go on last minute. Fortunately for us, the week before we left the houseboat broke down leaving us to stay in hotels instead. We figured that a hotel would be a better place for a little 2 1/2 month old to hang out instead of a hot houseboat.

We had such a great time! We drove a  total of 12 hours over a 4 day span, and we are pretty sure Calvin is beginning to think his car seat is his home...but he did extremely well and didn't have a single meltdown the entire trip. 

 First boat ride!!

This trip to Powell was different than many of our others since we didn't get as much time wake boarding, tubing, and sun bathing, but it was still fun to introduce Calvin to one of our favorite places (and where his mommy and daddy got engaged 4 years ago!!)...crazy how fast time flies...

babymoon

Jake and I decided that we needed one last trip before our bundle of joy makes his appearance in March. My two qualifications for the trip was that it would not be a long flight (bad ears+no meds=no bueno)  and it needed to be a place where I could relax...so for our "babymoon" Jake and I decided to vacation in beautiful San Diego. The weather was perfect! We hung out at the beach, relaxed at the resort, and even went to a NFL game.

 

For the game, Jake bought himself a San Diego Chargers shirt and an Oakland Raiders shirt for me. "Raider nation" turned out to be quite a rowdy crowd but we had a lot of fun cheering for both teams until the game was over and we walked back to our rental car which had been towed....

When we first found out we were prego, I decided that we would not find out the sex of the baby until birth and make it a surprise! Sounds fun right?!? Jake was not too fond of this idea however...so after months of debating/compromising the date of our ultrasound came. We had our doctor put our big news in an envelope and we decided to open it on christmas. Well, having that envelope laying around for weeks was very tempting for the man of the house so being the nice wife, I brought the envelope with us on our trip where we opened it at coronado beach!

back in bermuda

Just over a year ago we had the chance to go to Bermuda, and absolutely fell in love with the island.  Since returning home, we have bragged about the beauty of Bermuda to many people we know.  It was our favorite place and we only hoped that someday we would have the opportunity to go back.  We figured that opportunity would come when we were MUCH older, but this past week the stars somehow aligned and we returned to our beloved place!  We rented scooters and rode the entire island on the wrong side of the rode. We visited our favorite beaches we found last time, and discovered a few new favorites.  Bermuda is OUR place.  We hope we make it back again someday.

15 seconds of fame

We weren't planning on a trip into manhattan when we bought our new york airfare,

but 15 stops later on the subway we found ourselves in times square,

After shopping and walking we glanced up and what did we see?

some very familiar faces on a rather large big screen tv!

(even if it was a short trip to new york, we had to make time for the metropolitan museum of art)

not so scary goblins...

This weekend we took off on Thursday and went to Goblin Valley with our good friends Trevor and Melissa.  They are some of our best friends and are moving to the windy state later this month, so we decided we needed to go camping as one last hoorah!

We had such a great time! Some of the highlights from our trip include:

an incredible camping spot, 9 mile hike through the saweet slot canyons of little wild horse,

mountain man breakfast, tinfoil dinners, smores & bannana boats, shooting competitions,

and lots and lots of not so scary goblins.