Viva Mexican Rivera Cruise!

We left from Los Angeles, California. It was a windy overcast day and we were ready to head south for warm weather! I've never been on a cruise before so Garrett was excited to see my reaction when I saw how big the boat was. It was HUGE! I thought for sure I would get lost on it. When we got on the boat, we went and checked out our living quarters for the next week and then it was off to explore the boat. There was an Ice Skating rink, Casino, rock climbing wall, mini golf, library, dance club, pool after pool, there was so much to see!
With a loud blow of the horn, we were ready to head out to the open sea. The Coast Guard escorted us out of the harbor and we were ready to set sail! Mexico here we come!













Day at sea. We explored the boat and once we had found where everything was, we found our favorite hang out spot! All you can eat soft serve ice cream. Ya baby! Then we went and played suffle board. We played in couples and once I got the hang of it, I did ok. Garrett is quite the competitor so after a few warm up rounds, the real competition was on. Luckily, we won! Go team! Then we went back to our rooms to freshen up and go to the first formal night.













Cabo San Lucas
When we got to Cabo, we went on a Glass Bottom boat to a place called "Lover's Beach." We rented snorkle gear and we were off to play in the ocean. The cool thing about this beach is you could walk to one side and there was the Pacific Ocean and then on the other side was the Sea of Cortez. We played in two different bodies of water so that was pretty neat. When it was time to eat, I was a little worried of how sanitary things were so we headed to the only American place we could find - Hooters.

Mazatlan
When we arrived in Mazatlan, it was crazy! We were surrounded by people asking us to do different adventures. Everything happened so quickly, next thing we knew the boys were off to go deep sea fishing, and me and Jess were on a Trolly Tour of the city. Let's just say it was an "Interesting" day and we will always be able to look back and laugh at it. When we got to the boat it was another golf adventure and I scored better then Garrett! Getting him to admit it is another thing...













Puerta Viarta
Last stop before we head back to U.S. Soil. It was a hot day in Mexico. We ate at yet another American food place -Hard Rock Cafe and then spent the day at the beach. Tried to soak up every last bit of sun before we head back to the cold. There were sand sculptures everywhere, it's amazing the things that people can build out of sand. Back on the boat the boys went to the rock climbing wall and then it was off to eat more food!














Two days at sea - We layed out, ate lots of soft serve ice cream, watched the belly flop competition, and went ice skating. Yes, ice skating. They had shows every night for entertainment like comedians, ice skating shows, impressionists, as well as game shows that involved the audience. I have never laughed so hard in my life. All in all we would call this an "interesting" vacation. We had lots of laughs and will always remember it.

Happy 24th Birthday Aubrey

Nothing says you're a grown up like having to work on your birthday. Luckily for me, this year my birthday was on a Friday so I got to drag it out all weekend long! Friday when I came home from work and Garrett had a present waiting on the counter for me. He got me a new camera (perfect timing to take it on the cruise!) We went and at lunch at the Olive Garden, he took me to see a super intense movie called Taken and then we hung out just the two of us. On Sunday, Grandma Kendall had a birthday party for me too. Grandma always makes us the dinner of our choice and then dessert too. It was a great birthday.

Taking a poll

To all my fellow home makers of the blogging world....

This year I am trying to be as organized as possible. And since I work - A LOT - I was trying to decide on which way of cleaning my house and doing house chores would be more effective. Since I work so much, when I am home, I want to spend my time with Garrett or doing other things. So, I'm trying to see which works best and thought I would ask my girls which you find to work best for you.

A. Create a chore list and do one thing a day i.e. Monday - Laundry day etc. (This way it's only a short time each day and I don't feel like it's a huge task ahead of me)

B. Only clean once a week (This way it's only one day and I could spend the morning doing it and get it out of the way)

What do ya think???? Does that even make sense????

Update

It's pretty sad that when life is so busy and you have to make a check list every day so that nothing gets missed and on that list it says" MAKE NEW POST ON BLOG." It's been a while and I've had ideas of posting my new years resolutions, which, by the way is one of mine - keep blog updated so I can print for scrapbook. haha. Oximoron isn't it? Anyway, here's the update on life for those who care what the Frei's have been up to.
We had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. We were able to spend lots of time with family, which is always great. We rocked out to rock band at my parents house for a lot of the time, I must say I am quite the drummer. We also started the New Year out right with a super clean house! We spend an entire day cleaning and de-junking. Awesome!
Anyone else watch Oprah's Best Life Week? I took a clip board and wrote down things I found helpful and from there I made my goal list for the year and my "new years resolutions." I'll have to post that one later because my time allowal for this post is up! haha.

Just one last thing, we just booked a cruise! I've never been on one before so I am SUPER EXCITED! Garrett's been on cruises before, so he's just excited to go on a vacation. Anyone have any suggestions or ideas for the cruise experience?

Christmas Spirit

It has become a tradition to go to the Forgotten Carols every year with Garrett's family. Every year the crowd that goes with us grows larger and larger. It started with Garrett's immediate family and now we have a group that takes up pretty much two entire rows.
Our Christmas spirit just isn't quite as strong until we go see the Forgotten Carols. We went on Thursday night and had a wonderful time. The spirit is so strong in there, and when you leave, you have a smile on your face and your heart is filled.
We hope to carry on this tradition for many years to come.
Some of our other Christmas traditions include, making gingerbread houses at Garrett's dad's house, the Christmas Eve Program in Santa Clara, Christmas Eve dinner at my parents house, and we always open one present on Christmas Eve (my dad usually talks us into opening a few!)

Tag....I'm It! (Twice)

When you only post like once a month, these tags kinda add up! I think I've been tagged a few times, but this is all my brain can remember right now. This one was from Lainee. It was go to the fourth folder in your pictures, select the fourth picture and post it. No cheating. Well my pics are by alphabet and "B" was the fourth folder, just so happened to be the BYU Game.

The next tag was from my cousin Erica. I've seen this one before, looks like lots of fun, so here goes.....

5 things I was doing 10 years ago...
*In the 8th grade
*Getting my braces removed
*Reading lots of Mary Higgins Clark books
*Writing notes to friends
*Having "crushes" on boys

5 things on my do list today...
*Bowling for Dr. Olsen's birthday
*Clean house
*Grocery shop
*Make Relief Society Program
*Work on my quilt

5 favorite snacks...
*Reece's Mini Peanut Butter Cups
*Pretzel's
*Doritoz
*String Cheese
*Nuts (Almonds,Cashews,Postashios)

5 things I would do if I was a millionaire...
*Take Garrett to Chuuk (gotta do that first) ;)
*Save $$$ for our future children
*Buy a house
*Give $$$ to our family
*Invest

5 places I've lived...
*Orem, Utah
*Mapleton, Utah
*Santa Clara, Utah
*St. George, Utah
*

5 Jobs I've had...
*Red Mountain Spa (summer job)
*The Buckle (summer job)
*Outback Steakhouse
*Red Cliffs Dental (4 years and counting!!!)
*American Eagle (clock in, work, clock out, SHOP)

TAG...YOU'RE IT!!!