BiRtHdAy TiMe!

27 years, seriously wow!

Life is a beautiful thing 

So grateful for another year of health,

adventures, and time with the hubby and family

Welcome to California

Wow, I have never seen so many cars, freeways, or people in all of my life! 

With that said, I was pleasantly surprised by the beauty of California. People gave us SO many ugly faces and gruff about California but now I can see that they have never been here and had no idea what they were talking about lol. We live in an area called the "Inland Empire", we are surrounded by gorgeous huge mountains (It honestly makes me feel like I am in Utah) and trees. We love it!

We found an adorable unfurnished apartment (wow, having to buy all your owe stuff put us in a price coma, furniture is EXPENSIVE) . We will upload before and after pictures once we finish getting everything and decorating.

Mike started optometry school and had his official "White Coat" ceremony, a.k.a "you are now a professional". It was super fun and I was SO proud of my hubby standing up there getting initiated into school.

(sorry for the crappy pictures, it was super low light and far away)

Our Trip Is Over
Bitter, bitter, bitter, and maybe a little sweet

Well were to begin, 6 months of traveling with the love of my life was amazing! 

A few things our trip gave us:
Unity, Mike and I have always worked well together, were kinda like "yin and yang" but spending 24 hours a day with someone for 6 months straight teaches you a whole new concept of unity. We know that no matter what life throws at us that "together" we can get through it and handle it.

Loosen Up, life is to short not to have fun, do what you want, achieve goals, laugh and be completely silly. Sometimes you get into the same old "routine" of life, my advice and something we learned was to break out of the "norm", be you, and do things that make you utterly happy!

Life is Good, no matter where you're at in your life (jobless, boy friendless, sick, no money, lonely, had a bad day, don't like your hair, got a few extra pounds around your mid section, etc........) life is good. I honestly believe that no one has reason to complain in North America we are so blessed. 
We have: Running water, a roof over our heads, a free government, gov. assistance if needed, education, roads, internet, technology, animals on leashes, jobs (no matter how bad we think our economy is, it is never as bad as the majority of economies in South and Central America), cars, educated doctors, I could seriously make this list go on forever.
Remember always how blessed we are!


To end our fabulous trip we booked ourselves into a week long get away at one of Cancun's finest ALL inclusive resorts. 

The Grand Oasis

Inside our resort

One of our favorite restaurants, the view over the ocean was gorgeous!

Walking to the pool and beach

One of our favorite spots

We finished our trip with a BANG and LOVED every second of it!

California here we come!

Pour me a Piña colada and let the Sun Bathing begin..........

Mike and I rented a bungalow on the beach in Tulum, Mexico for $20 a night! 

We were the only ones at the resort all week; we honestly had the whole place and beach to ourselves.

We spent our time:

1. Sun bathing
2. Riding the waves
3. Reading in the hammocks
4. Swinging in the swings
5. Going for walks down the beach
6. Eating 

There was only electricity from 7-11pm and the internet was crap so we spent the week just relaxing and staying out of the world

We enjoyed fresh coconut on a daily bases thanks to my bodacious husband and his coconut shucking skills

There is our little bungalow right behind us. 

It was so fun at night because we had one of those old school candle lantern things that we would use for light, lets just say it was pretty romantic :)

 

Oh, how I adore this man!

He brings so much laughter and joy into my life!

Pretty much he is a Warrior, watch out folks!

Anyone traveling to Tulum, Mexico I would recommend this place hands down!
Remember your in Mexico so BARGAIN for a low price :) 

The BLUE hole, Belize
Promise promise last post of Scuba :) 

The Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize 
Once a dry cave system, the Blue Hole was formed after the last ice age, when the Caribbean Sea engulfed the entire area and the cave's roof collapsed. The resulting sinkhole is more than 400 feet deep, 1,000 feet in diameter--and a mainstay on divers' wish lists.

Before we even get into the water we saw shark fins circling the boat, "Jaws" flash backs came catapulting through my head and fear immediately took over my body.

I let about 6 divers get into the water before I dared get off the boat. Once into the water and was able to see the sharks just chillen my nerves calmed down (not enough to leave Mikes side the whole dive but enough to get through it and enjoy it).

   
Once we started going down it got darker and darker at some moments it was hard to see your hand in front of your face.  
 

Under the cave shelf we go

Second dive, the Light House.



Some of the colors under water and so vibrant

If there was reincarnation, Mike and I would want to be mer - man/maids.  We are in love with the water!

Yum this guy looked delicious to eat, crab legs and butter :)

Third dive, Wall Dive.

Eagle Rays are one of the most magnificent animals in the water, full of grace, and stunningly beautiful!

My favorite little puffers :)

Half Moon Bay for lunch

We got to go explore the island where we found this gigantic iguanas

We also got to meed the Red footed Booby Bird (funny name lol), it was egg laying season while we were there and so there were thousands of these birds guarding their nests

On the boat ride home we got treated to an amazing display of dolphins doing there thing. 

I LOVE dolphins!!! 

This for me made the entire dive trip!

Beautiful sunset ride home :)