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! :)

Bon Voyage Chelsalita!

My bff is heading out for Europe on thursday. She'll be heading out to Prague TEFL. If you're reading this, Chels....I'm so excited for you, only 2 more days! :) I know that you're going to have a blast in Prague! Also, thanks for all the fun times!! It's times like these where I LOVE modern-day technology, too. Now that I have skype set up (thanks to you) :) we can chat thousands of miles away for crazy cheap! You will be missed..but I know that you are going to have an amazing time! Love you lots, chica!! Talk to you Thursday. :) Oh! And may the force be with you. :) Haha.
- Kimberly Bimberly Boo

Happy 2011 everyone!! :)

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Christmas rocks! It's such a fun time filled with excitement and joy, shared with the ones we love. This year, Jared and I had Christmas with his family. We had lots of fun, and FOOD! I decided that I am going on a "chocolate detox!" Even though it may only last for a day! Haha! Ok....getting back on track. This Christmas was also pretty special because it has been the first Christmas that Jared and I have had our own Christmas tree! Pretty crazy huh? Basically after three years of marriage and it was our first! We were pretty stoked and the tree was be-a-utiful! :) If I only knew how to download pics of it from my phone! Oh well...it had pretty lights and ornaments and stuff..with a pretty glittery light up star on the top! We even got my favorite decoration out......."The Nutcracker!" Jared was a little freaked out at first..but he warmed up to it eventually, after I told him it really wouldn't crack his nuts! Haha...that was a little innaproptiate..oopsie daisey...just a little holiday humor. :) So yeah...we enjoyed every bit of Christmas this year..not just because of the cool presents (aka my new baby blue kitchen aid mixer) yeah! But it was the time we spent with eachother and making our own Christmas traditions that was my favorite. Happy birthday Jesus! He is the whole purpose of this time of year and is the BEst gift I've ever received. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are going to have an amazing New Years! Party on! :)

Turkeys are muy delicioso!

I didn't post because it was kinda THANKSGIVING yesterday, and I was all about stuffing my face and chillaxin' with my amazing family. :) However, I hope all 'yall had an AWESOME turkey day!! There's tons of snow on the ground up here in Utah this weekend, and man oh man. I miss the snow! Lol...sounds kinda crazy for all those who have had about enough of it, but it's SO fun and reminds me that Santa Clause will be comin' to town soon. Woot woot! Haha...well "Bubba Claus," anyway! I've just LOVED spending time with my fam. I miss them a bunch! We'll be hiking up the mountains for a Christmas tree today, so that should be fun. It's a good thing I actually brought snow boots this time. Last year, I was "smart" and wore jogging shoes and the good old snow seeped in and froze my toes pretty good! I was scared I'd take my shoes off and would see a "Mr. Deed's" foot!! Ahh! Haha, but luckily that didn't happen and no freaky dude wanted to change my socks. ;) Anyways, that was kinda random! But yeah...I'm grateful for all that I have in my life. God. Family. Good Friends. Love that never ends. Food. Shelter. Happiness. Everything. Life is truly a blessing and I'm grateful for every moment. :) I hope you all had a fun Thanksgiving. :) I know I'm still trying to recover from that "turkey coma." It's a good feeling and I'm not feeling "guilty" because it only happens once a year! *raising the roof* Ok...that enough of this random post. ;)
Gobble Gobble

What would YOU do? WARNING: PG-13 information!

Ok, since we're all adults,I'm just gonna get right down to the nitty gritty. Well, when a husband and a wife love eachother they have "family time." Lol....and that's right folks, all sorts of fun things were going on at the Asendorf household! Except, the moment the doorbell rang" fun" was cutt short a little. Jared peaked out the window to see who it was and lo and behold, the elders from our ward were standing on our front porch. What to do? Anyone? This kind of occurance had never happened to us before! Jared freaked out, so he turned the lights off in our bedroom to make it look like no one was home. Eek! Haha...but I'm thinking that they saw the light on and just figured we were "up!" What does one do in a situation like this? All I could do was bust out laughing!! But now, with Sunday coming up, how do you explain why you couldn't answer the door? They obviously saw the light on when they first got here, and magically it" shut itself off?" Lol....We were thinkin that we would just tell them that we were" in the shower." But...uh...that doesn't sound right either! Bahaha! What to do? Has this ever happened to anyone else before? Suggestions would be appreciated. :)