Weekend Blur

This weekend is almost over. They always go by so fast. And they're my favorite part of the week! It was pretty non-stop. Here's what we did:

Yogurt with Deni and Sean

Happy Hour with coworkers from work to celebrate promotions

World Market to buy the syrup for Italian Sodas

Target to buy a large crock pot

Oil change

BBB to buy Renee's wedding gift

Dodged a car turning left unsafely

Fry's for food

Laundry

Balanced checkbook

Lowe's for plants

Laser hair removal appointment

Renee's Wedding and Reception (pictures below)

Cleaning

Cleaning

Violin Practice (me)

Planting new vegetables and flowers (Joseph)

More cleaning

Food in crockpot (Joseph)

Made Scotcheroos (me)

Family over for Sunday night dinner

You don't even want to know what I did Monday through Friday.

I was checking out a Groupon (so addicted) for a silver jewelry-making class and told Joseph I would totally sign up if it weren't in Gilbert. Joseph looked at me and said, "Would you have time for that between your Zumba, violin, and Rosetta Stone?" I gave him a squinty-eyed look to say that this girl would MAKE time.

Caribbean Cruise

Joseph and I went on our first cruise with two of our favorite people: Brian and Katelyn. It was a seven-day cruise to the Caribbean, and we loved it! There were a couple days "at sea" and there were four stops. The ship had awesome food, great entertainment, and no one got seasick or sunburned.

We flew into Miami on Saturday, and had some time to check out the local beach.

Sunday we boarded the ship.

First Stop: Cozumel

Waiting for our water taxi.

We are on the water taxi going over to see the Mayan ruins.

The beach near the Mayan ruins was clear and warm.

Second Stop: Belize

Here we are on the water taxi getting off the boat. It was pretty packed. One of the workers said, "Make some friends, close your legs."

We went cave tubing in Belize. Our guide was very knowledgeable. He would pick up a leaf or a nut, and have us taste it. He showed us different trees and how the native people used them. Our pictures are on the water camera, and we haven't gotten that developed yet. I'll have to do an update later.

Third Stop: Roatan

There was a free beach in Roatan, but we found a "taxi" to take us to a different beach. It was quite possibly one of the most frightening rides I have ever been on. The roads were very windy, and you couldn't see very far ahead. That didn't stop our driver from passing four cars in a row, driving on the wrong side of the road, and speeding like a madman.

The beach was very beautiful, but I was not in a very good mood for this specific trip. Having survived the death taxi one way, I wasn't sure what was going to happen on the way home.

This was right before we got back on the ship. I was relieved to have lived through the taxi ride.

This is a shipwreck that was sitting off the coast. They asked death-cab-driver what it was, and he told them that it washed up after a hurricane. I didn't talk to the driver, I wanted him to concentrate on not crashing.

Fourth Stop: Grand Cayman

We went snorkeling here. We found a reef that was full of fish. We actually have underwater pictures for this stop because Brian and Katelyn bought a really sweet underwater digital camera.

Katelyn cracks me up. The two above pictures are two of my favorites.

It's a good thing I have a healthy self esteem level.

Standing next to Gorgeous Katelyn can really make a girl feel plain.

Joseph is happiest when someone is burying him.

I'm not even going to say what Brian is sculpting.

Other Activities

Formal dinner

Brian was hypnotized

Relaxing with our non-alcoholic beverages

This was my first time singing Karaoke. We did Dancing Queen by ABBA.

Joseph and Brian sang Billy Idol's White Wedding. Later, at a comic show, we ended up sitting next to a couple that recognized us from karaoke. They said we all did a good job, but the girls beat the boys.

Some shots from dinner

It was a really fun vacation. Thanks to Brian and Katelyn for inviting us along.