We went on a 6 day cruise with Kevin and Tonya at the beginning of the month, and it was muy fun! We had 2 days in Cabo, 2 days at sea, and 1 day in Ensenada. This was Kevin and Tonya's first cruise, so we hoped to show them the joys of cruising. We had tons of fun and basically talked for 6 days straight, had late nights playing cards, doing excursions, eating excessive amounts of soft serve, and learned that the Pacific Ocean is cold. I don't know why that was new information, but all the days at sea were pretty chilly!
We had an all-day tour in Ensenada. We drove out to La Bufadora, walked through the crazy market to get there, did a couple of stops at notable places in Ensensada, like an old prohibition era casino and a winery. We were on a bus a lot with a tour guide that literally talked the entire time. It was impressive. Ensenada is not that exciting, but the tour guide managed to talk about it non-stop. "There's a Costco- we love American franchises!" Same.
Pina Colada in the crazy market- Nils asked for a refill and was granted one.
Aw, the towel animals were so cute.
Our first day in Cabo, we did an excursion through the cruise. The things we did were fun, but the lady who was shuttling us around was a real pill. Her name was Bernice and she was clearly very stressed out and made us feel like cattle being herded. Bernice didn't get a tip from us, no sir.
On our second day, we did a walking taco tour that we found ourselves, and it was nice to not have Bernice there. We had so many tacos, we could hardly eat any bites by the end.
On our second day, we did a walking taco tour that we found ourselves, and it was nice to not have Bernice there. We had so many tacos, we could hardly eat any bites by the end.
El Arco boat ride
Chocolate melting cake, creme brulee! And they even had GF chocolate melting cake! Love them.
We showed up to Kevin and Tonya's house on the morning of our flight, and were greeted by their doggies, Brinx and Milo. It made us laugh.
First look at the ship! 
Got this amazing shirt from the taco tour.
Kevin and Tonya taught us how to play golf with cards.
IYKYK- this is my motto. Hookin' and cookin'. I don't know how they knew I would be in town to set this sign out for me!
We loved our waiters, Edwin and Lilir.
We got home from our cruise, and had a week in between to recover and then we all hit Bear Lake with the kids and their grandkiddies. We had all the fun. The weather was great, the lake was beautiful, we beached, we boated, we pickle balled, went on walks, had chill time, ate a lot of shakes, played Bunco, did a 500 piece puzzle and a 1000 piece puzzle, listened to little children talk and scream and be funny. 'Twas great.
Magnolia or "Maggie"
This kid- living his best life. Napping on a boat with a fry hanging out of his mouth. Mr. Hayes.
Anders and Baby Jane.
We were all a bunch of puzzle freaks!
I never saw a pizza this big!
Shakes for days!
Lennon or "Lenny"
Aani and Ava went to FSY in St. George while we were on our cruise. They had a great time and loved it. There were a few things that tried to make it difficult to get there, but they made it. I have a friend who lives there who was kind enough to make sure they could park the car at her house, and then dropped them off and picked them up when they were done. Without her, it wouldn't have happened, so we are all very thankful to her.
Ava had tennis camp the first week of the month, and then Aani and Ava had girls camp a couple of weeks later. It's been so busy.
Addie has been working tons and tons at the pool, and was thrilled to have a week off to spend at Bear Lake getting paid to not work. Anders has finished up contract work, just started a new sales job, is scrambling to make the mini truck business viable- it's a lot. Prayers are always appreciated.
And, last but not least, this milestone was achieved a couple of days ago:
We have a whole month where we're not traveling. Imagine that. We're hoping to get some projects done around the house and garage/shop, and regroup with strategies and workload. And then there's all the church stuff. It's fine!
