Honeymooners!

 We had the most amazing honeymoon, we went on a carnival cruise to Mexico!  We had never been on cruise before so we had no idea what to expect.  I was super nervous that I was going to get sick and ruin our entire honeymoon, but no one got sick yay!  

After we got married we stayed in Salt Lake for two days and drove all the way to Long Beach, California.  I usually hate road trips, but this time it was so much fun just driving, listening to music, and gushing about how amazing our wedding was.  To split up the drive we decided to stop in Vegas and play around there. 

   

Driving all day long

Pulling into Vegas!

We only stayed a few hours in Vegas...not really our kind of place.  We definitely want to go back and see some shows- hello Cirque du Soleil and Celine!! I doubt I can convince Joe to go see Celine, so who wants to go with me?! 

I hated this building...We couldn't find our way out!

Tourists 

Dancing for dollars

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We thought we could make the drive from Salt Lake all the way to Long Beach in one day, but we later learned that we were way too tired and so sick of driving.  We figured that there had to be a town outside of Las Vegas that we could stay in, but honestly after you get past Vegas and into to California there is NOTHING.  We stopped in one town called Baker (if you're familiar with this area you're probably laughing right now) It was the smallest, most podunk town ever! It looked like Radiator Springs if you've seen the movie Cars! There were two motels and they looked like something out of a horror movie.  We kept driving and driving (thank goodness for our GPS)  and finally found a hotel to stay in...I don't even remember where it was, but we were so glad to stay in a normal hotel! 

We woke up bright and early and drove a couple more hours to Long Beach to board the ship! 

We waited in the biggest line to board the ship.  I seriously checked and re-checked every document we needed; I was so paranoid that I had forgotten something important and we wouldn't be able to get on the ship. 

Small and cozy room :)

Long Beach Port

One of my favorites on the cruise, towel animals! 

 I would find myself having these creepy Titanic-esque thoughts our first few days on the ship.  I was convinced if anything happened we would die at sea.  In reality we were only like 10-15 miles off the coast of California so if anything did happen we would be fine, but still those lifeboats did not look big enough to fit everyone!  

The most terrifying thing was hearing the anchor being dropped. Not only was it loud and scary, but it happened bright and early at 6 am! Not fun. The first morning we were on the ship I thought this was going to be turned into an E! News special: Honeymoons from Hell- The Cruise Edition. Dum, dum, dummmmmm!  The noise sounded as if the entire bow of the ship was breaking off into the ocean...Joe would say I am being dramatic, but the first time I heard the anchor being dropped I jumped out of bed looked out our little porthole and front door to make sure everything was alright. No worries, the boat was still intact

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I have about a million palm tree pictures- Joe loves them!

So in love

Catalina Island 

I really wish he would've gotten that shirt! :)

Formal Night :)

More towel animals

Joe surprised me with a delicious cake! He knows me too well

"Hoppy Honeymoon" :) 

The view of Mexico from our porthole haha

Mexico was pretty dirty and scary. I definitely remembered none of my high school Spanish. Senior Wrobel would be so disappointed. 

We decided it was best to head back to the ship when we went into a mini mart to get a soda and there was a man with a huge shot gun standing in the back of the store...

Handsome husband (:

We stayed long enough to buy cheap sunglasses 

Our favorite pastime: eating

Chocolate Melting Cake...this was sinful and ridiculously delicious

The Tiramisu was divine. Not as good as the Chocolate Melting Cake...

Cute Sting Ray!

It's a cruise...food baby's come included in the price

Everyone had them...we fit in great! 

These narrow hallways were the hardest to walk down! You could feel the boat rocking a ridiculous amount. I don't know how the drunk people made it back to their rooms at night?

And this is where the food babies came from. At least there's some fruit on the table...

Fun day at sea!

Finally married!

The best part of the day

Delish 

Our dinner waiter, Donald, was so awesome 

Joe got pulled up on stage during one of the shows. He has some mad dance skills.

The last towel animal :( even though this isn't an animal...

We had such an amazing honeymoon together I couldn't have asked for anything more relaxing or perfect.  It was so nice to spend an entire week with each other; finally married, in love, and so incredibly happy. Everyday since we talk about the cruise and how badly we want to be back on the "Lido Deck" or laying poolside. We are definitely planning another one for our one year anniversary! Woot woot! 

More to come on updates...the excitement didn't end after the honeymoon!