31.5.10

Relatives, Roller-coasters, and Riverwalks

What an exciting week it has been! First, Trent and I went to the temple. Though smaller, it was absolutely beautiful. I promise next time we go we will take pictures! I quit my retail job and applied for a nanny position the next day. Prayers certainly were answered because I got the job! I will now be working about 20 minutes away from home for a family with 2 children. We couldn't be happier!


Thursday Trent and I met up with his Aunt Jean and Uncle Bill. They travel often in their RV and just happened to be visiting the area. They treated us to our favorite BBQ restaurant (so far) called Rudy's. It's very close to our house and absolutely delicious complete with creamed corn, smoked brisket and pulled pork. I just finished lunch and yet my mouth still waters thinking about it. It was great to meet Uncle Bud and Aunt Jean. They are friendly vibrant characters and we hope to see them again soon!




This weekend we made last minute plans to road trip to San Antonio, the heart of Texas. It was such a fantastic trip (minus the heat, the humidity and the bug bites). Friday we drove and set up camp. That night we watched South Pacific on my laptop in the tent, a musical I have been craving this summer season. I almost forgot how beautiful the music and characters were. It was Trent's first time watching the movie and we laughed at the adult jokes I had never picked up before.


Saturday we got a quick bite of breakfast, bought an air mattress to save us from another sleepless night, and headed to Fiesta Texas Six Flags! It was so. much. fun.


Six flags brings out the six-year-old in Trent. Look at his smile!


Scream is one of my all-time favorite rides. It was Trent's first time one one and he loved it!

Rock City High!


Superman was an amazing and HUGE ride.


Goliath is a great ride. It's an inverted roller-coaster meaning the seats attach to the track at the top. It's pretty neat having your feet dangle! Six flags has quite a few water rides as well. We put our camera away right after this picture so we could head over and cool off!

The following day we packed up and drove to downtown San Antonio visiting popular tourist sites around the area. Most of these places we located while walking through the 1968 world fair creation, the Riverwalk. The Riverwalk are a series of canals built around and through the city. It reminded me of Venice and Trent and I agreed that if we lived in San Antonio we would visit the Riverwalk every weekend.



We walked around La Villita, an old Spanish village that evolved into a Mexican market...

St. Antonio himself. We found this at a beautiful cathedral.

And of course, the Alamo. This site, was packed with people and it wasn't even noon yet! It reminded me of the Louvre in Paris. Shortly after this we walked back to our car and headed home. When we got back, it started to down poor! Trent ran out to move his motorcycle undercover. He got soaked.


Altogether, an amazing weekend. One of the best ways to spend quality time together before Trent's business trip. He left at noon for Bradford, PA for training. Now I am alone for three days without any friends and no work until Thursday. This'll be fun...

PS: I heard, or I guess didn't hear, the 2nd vacation video. Apparently I had a song on it that had copyright protection. I exchanged the music online so there would at least be some back up sound. Sorry about that! It is a neat video though, so make sure you still take a look!

28.5.10

Honeymoon Video!

Hello All!

Just wanted to give a quick update that amidst all my spare time I've been working on creating a video montage of Trent and my vacation to the Western Caribbean. I FINISHED!!! I just uploaded the videos (2 videos because YouTube only allows 10min each) and they are ready to view. The video includes our adventures on board the ship but mostly features highlighted footage of our snorkel and SCUBA experiences where we saw stingrays, lobsters, seahorses, and a giant sea turtle! Enjoy!





Monday I will give a more detailed blog update with our adventures over the past week and weekend!

16.5.10

At Last!


At long last...we have arrived! Houston, Texas: Hot place, cool city. We drove in late last Saturday and are settling in nicely. It is humid no matter what the forecast but we have had ranges from blue skis storm weather. Seattle has nothing on their downpours and thundershowers! We live in the northwest area by Jersey City, are one mile from church, drug and grocery, and are 10 minutes from two different malls. The people have been so friendly and diverse! Most importantly, the food is UNBELIEVABLE. Trent and my taste buds are in heaven. So far we have eaten at Fajita Willies, Rudy's Barbecue, Thai Pepper, and the Chocolate Bar.

It is exciting, new, and beautiful going on this adventure together.

Here are some pictures of our new apartment.






Yesterday, Trent and I met up with some great friends from Provo, Dane and Bridget for a trip to Clear Lake to visit the NASA museum. As we left, we had a T-bone collision with a girl on her cellphone who ran a red light. Her car was a wreck. Fortunately everyone walked out of it just fine. But it certainly was an interesting way to experience downtown for the first time.
Her car


The car we were in. It looked worse from the front. Trent is just fine. I have a stiff neck and a bruised shin.

After the incident, we went to the NASA space museum. It was so neat and interesting! They had many many artifacts from previous missions including the Saturn space rocket! I took multiple pictures and tried to connect them as best I could. It was just too huge to take in one picture! The third picture down was our personal tour guide Phillip (he hired himself to carry us through the museum). I fondly nicknamed him the Texan Astronaut.

So far so good in Texas! We will have more postings soon!





My smart Trent

Trent's first time eating dip 'n dots. He loved it!

That's one big engine!

the top of the gas tank; rockets need 500,000 gallons of gas to get into space!



Attempting to get a picture of the whole thing.

silly picture of our pregnant husbands.


The exhaust pipes.

10.5.10

Finally Our Honeymoon

From April 25th to May 2nd Trent and I FINALLY went on our cruise. We had only been waiting for four months! We went on the Liberty of the Seas, a two year old cruise boat. We went to Labadee Haiti, Ocho Rios Jamaica, Grand Cayman Cayman Islands, and Cozumel Mexico. It was the best trip ever! Here are some bragging pictures.

Right before we left on the airplane!
Trent and I loved the florider

The first formal night

Almost every night I ordered 2 meals. There were just too many options!

Karaoke night was hilarious!!! I took a whack at it too!

The iceskating show was on the the best I've seen...The dancer's were really talented. To our surprise, Del, my sisters Father-in-Law, crashed our honeymoon on the ice stage. He certainly had his skill.

I can't keep from being on stage!


On the beautiful Labadee Haiti, just about to go Kayaking



All aboard the Cockatoo catamaran!

We loved it!

There's something in the water!

Steve Erwin has got nothin' on us...


There's a stingray behind us give a massage. It was surprisingly slimy! I didn't know what to think.

Look what we found in Ocho Rios, Jamaica!

Our guide took us to a beautiful waterfall and let us walk through it.

Right before SCUBA in Cozumel, Mexico

Trent equalizing under the water

can you spot the barracuda?

it's A O K!

Second formal night

our whole table

I asked if I could have two chocolate cakes and this is what I get. Man I love cruises!