Tommy and I have family all over the United States, but although my parents live here in Boise, his parents don't live so close. They recently moved from California to Florida, and back to California. During Christmas break we had the opportunity to visit them in Florida right before they moved back to California. I had never been on an airplane before and it was quite the experience! I met Tommy's parents for the first time and we had a blast. Tommy loves seeing his family. He has had the opportunity to see them a lot more than expected throughout the last year, and he wouldn't give those moments up for anything. Like Tommy's mom says, we're kind of in our own "isolated" city. Boise is so out of the way! It is nearly impossible to get a direct flight here. But we make do with what we have and try to stay in contact as much as possible, which hasn't shown to be a problem with all of this great technology that allows us to stay connected! Most of our family follows us on facebook, there is this awesome program called "Skype" that allows you to video chat with people all over the world, and of course the classic texting or talking on the phone is great too! Like I mentioned before, I created this blog so everyone could keep up with what we're doing. Anyway, here are some photos from our trip to Florida:
This is Tommy relaxing and watching tv.
I believe this was called the "Skyway", a huge bridge across the gulf that allowed cargo ships to go under it. Kind of scary!
SEACOWS! These were the Manatees that we stopped and looked at. They enjoy warm water.
This is a dark picture, but this is Tommy and I on the ferry going home from Disney World.
Here is my favorite picture. The castle at night, it changed colors but the purple is so pretty!
And if it isn't Tommy's favorite Disney characters, Woody and Jesse!
If you can't tell, we had a great time in Florida despite the fact that I didn't take many photos! I'm actually very surprised on the little number of photos that I have of that trip. I wonder where they went? Well..upon getting back from our Florida trip, I found out that I was pregnant. We felt like our lives had been turned upside down. Our main focus was to pass our classes that semester and work hard in order to prepare for a new family member! Our lives have changed completely.
In May we visited Tommy and his parents in California. We drove this trip, which was a very long drive and was split up into a two day trip. We stopped in Sacramento on the way there to see Ali, Tommy's sister, and to break up our trip a bit. She took us out to dinner and showed us around Sacramento a bit. We had a great time and I was so excited to finally meet her! On our way to Sacramento, we had to drive through Tahoe. Ever seen snow in the summer? Well, Tahoe had it! And Tommy's mustang was not happy, this set our trip back a couple of hours. *Sigh*
Although we got through it, this part of the trip wasn't easy! The rest of the trip was pretty simple. Just a lot of driving. In Southern California we celebrated Tommy's 21st birthday, he showed me where he grew up and his favorite places to hang out! I really enjoyed seeing everything finally and being able to paint a more realistic picture in my head of what he was talking about. I had never been to Southern California, and I enjoyed the beautiful, sunny beaches the most! Here are some photos of that:
This is Tommy and I sitting at a park near the beach in Laguna.
This is Laguna beach, it was quite empty that day!
Here is Tommy making his 21st birthday wish! His parents took us out to dinner at Miguel's (a mexican food place) it was very yummy! Tommy preferred coke over beer...who would have known? Hehe.
Tommy's sister, Lindsey, made these delicious cupcakes for Tommy! They were so pretty and yummy, I couldn't help but take a picture (or two..). She is very talented!
This is Huntington Beach. I promised Tommy when we're rich, we'll buy a house here! I absolutely loved this area soo much!
And here is me, sitting on the beach in Huntington. Can you tell I am having an amazing time? It was a blast.
That's not all we did while in California. Tommy's parents also took us to an Angel's game! I had never been to a professional sporting event before, and WOW the stadium was huge! I mean, Boise State games are awesome but I couldn't get over the number of people who came to watch the Angel's play that night! I must have seemed like a total dork. I have to admit, I people watched more than I watched the game, but it was just so cool to me! We ate some popcorn, hot dogs, and even got to watch a firework show after the game. How fun!
Since we didn't have time (and I wasn't willing to walk around Disneyland, pregnant) to go to Disneyland, we decided to spend the day at ESPN Zone and walk around Downtown Disney. It was a lot of fun! Tommy and his dad even built their own RC cars.
Well that's all the updates and photos I have from a few of our adventures! Stay tuned for more, hopefully we'll have some new photos and tid bits to share.
