Universal Studios, weird weather & gettin' stuck in the pass

Jared usually works on Saturdays, with Sundays off. Well, this last Saturday morning the alarm clock went off at 4:20 am...as it does everyday. This time though, he got up, packed some lunch and told me to get up and get ready. I was thinkin' he was crazy. I was still pretty out of it! But once I was ready to go wherever it was, he told me we were heading to Universal Studios! :) A play day! I was so stoked!
So we get to Universal Studios and the weather went from a little chilly to crazy!! It started hailing little dippin' dots! The cool thing about bad weather when your at an amuzment park though, is that there's hardly anyone there and there's hardly any wait in the lines! Caution: Never try to eat hail from the sky. It hurts. It may look like condensed snow. But, its not snow. Unlike snow, hail will hurt your face. Lol. Poor Jared! So instead of trying to eat hail from the sky, we played a game to catch as much hail in our hands as we could and then we'd throw it at eachother and have a "hail fight!" Haha...yeah. We probably looked rediculous....but when you're having fun, it doesn't matter.
We started getting tired of he hail, after a while so we went to the movies! We saw "I am number four" in IMAX. It was a pretty cool show! Since we both had never been to an IMAX before, we were blown away with how huge the screen was! We had a blast. After the movies, we went to Yogurtland for some amazing yogurt! The New York cheesecake and red velvate cake yogurt was the best! :) We were in yogurt heaven!
Unfortuantely when we were heading home to bakersfield, the pass closed due to "snow." I think its pretty silly because snow around here is nothing compared to snow up north. The only way that troopers will close the canyons up in Utah, is if the roads are covered in inches of snow, a blizzard...or something pretty "hard core." Yeah...I just said "hard core." Haha...Anyways, it is a good thing that they are cautious. Just to be safe. But when it's that "time of the month" and you didn't pack a change of clothes or any of the "over night" essentials, it doesn't make for a happy woman! I'll admit...I was a little pain in the butt. To top it off...all of the decent hotels were full...so we stayed at a place called :" Castaic Inn" close to Valencia California. It was alright...but they had plastic covers over the matress..so any time you tossed and turned in your sleep..you'd here a little sound effect to go with it. There was tape on the dresser "as a temporary fix it," a few little booger lookin things in the sheets! Yucky! Lol...but to top that off, "dun dun duuun"...there wasn't a remote for the t.v! Haha...we can laugh about it now because it's just funny and it's over! :) As the pass re-opened on Sunday morning..we drove straight home. Ahhh. It's just SO nice to be Home Sweet Home! :)

Viva La Mexico Riviera!

Last week was amazing! Jared was able to take off a week of work, so we decided to go on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera! I gained about 10 lbs. But we weren't counting then, because we were on vacation. :) Our first stop was in Puerto Vallarta. It was filled with a lot of fun Mexican culture. The only negative thing I can say about it is that there were WAY too many guys wearing speedos. Which fortunately is NOT the trend in the US. Haha. Ew! Anyways, the next day we traveled to Mazatlan. We took a bus tour through the city. It was adventurous and we had the chance of seeing a gorgeous cathedral. After we toured the cathedral, we walked across the street to the park and danced in a gorgeous gazeebo. :) The best part was when a group of kids that were on a field trip came running up on to the gazeebo. They looked at us as though we were aliens from another planet! Once Jared opened his mouth to speak spanish to them, they looked at him with pure shock! They spoke back to him. He was so happy to have the chance to work on his espanol again (since he served in mexico on his mission). :) The final port was in Cabo San Lucas. It wad my favorite! We snorkled and kayaked along the cabo coast. It was GORGEOUS!! :) We kayaked really close to some seals that were swimming around! They were so cute! :) I wanted to pet one because they were that close, but I chickened out for fear that they might think that were lunch or something! After the day in Cabo was through, we headed back to our port in San Diego. Although the ports were fun to visit, my favorite experience was traveling on the ship! There was so much to do and eat! It was amazing and we met some really fun people that we intend to stay in contact with, which happen to live in American Fork Utah. Not too far away from my parent's place! :) The entertainment was awesome! They had magicians, comedians and my favorite, the Elton John impersonator!! He sounded exactly like him and was crazy hillarious! :) I loved the cruising experience. The ultimate best part though, was being able to hang out with my hubby all week!! He works all the time it seems, so it was definitely needed. :) I would cruise with Holland America again...but next time we're going on a Disney cruise! :)