ensenada

lincoln and i just got back from a little columbus day weekend getaway.

the journey started out very interesting... to say the least.

we arrived at the airport that morning... checked in...

walked to our gate and sat down.

after about a minute i looked up and noticed that the flight at the gate was definitely not our flight.

thinking they had changed our gate, we walked up to the counter...

the rep typed and gazed at her computer and seemed to be confused.

then she hands up back our ticket:

 

"your flight is for 10:02 PM not AM."

(shear panic sets in)


we needed to catch a cruise ship in LA by 5:00 PM.

long story short, we got put on the next flight out, but they told us they couldn't guarantee our bags would get on the same flight as us.

more shear panic.

neither of us had ANY clothes in our carry-on.


luckily in about a half hour we asked another rep to check and our bags indeed got on our flight.
whew.


p.s. this was on my birthday and i thought it might be the worst birthday ever before we figured everything out.




we boarded the ship and had a great three day cruise down to ensenada.

handsome husband:

birthday singing:

boat:

 
toes:

sand:

jumping:

if you ever go to rosarito, you must go to el nido.
yummy.

this nice woman made us the best soft tortillas i've ever tasted in her wood burning stove:

michael jordan wannabe:

stingray:

lots and lots of water:

coastal drive:

formal night:

and the towel animals, of course:

we decided to spend an extra day in california.
got of the ship, rented a car, and drove ourselves here:

it was my first time, and i'd have to say it was probably my most favorite thing we did the whole weekend.

most insane roller coasters i've ever been on.
i was so scared, but had the most fun ever.


then our trip got interesting again...

we drove back toward LAX and checked into our hotel.
big mistake...
we should've just never showed up.


our hotel was in inglewood... big mistake.
and it was SOOOOO sketchy.
like one of those hotels that people get murdered in.

super scary part of town and we felt so unsafe.
we went and got some dinner and met up with some friends of ours.

when they heard our predicament, they told us to come to their apartment and stay.
so nice of them!

we seriously love them forever for that.
here's a picture of tanner & brynne just because i have to show you how cute they are:

stolen shamelessly from brynne's facebook.


even though we lost $57, i'm glad we are still alive.

so basically the beginning and end of our vacation was super interesting...
but the rest was much needed and a super fun time with husband.


happy birthday to both of us in the last week!


sure do love our little family.

hello, august

sorry about the unexpected break.

i guess i just needed a little vacation and time to catch up on things.

i've been busy photographing weddings, and babies, and brothers and friends and sisters

AND working 40 hours a week.

needless to say, there hasn't been time for blogging.

tomorrow morning we are headed to oklahoma city to see our family!!!!

so excited to give my inlaws a big giant hug

and veg out for a week

and not think about anything!

i may not be blogging much,

but will probably be tweeting our little vacation.

so follow me here.

also, i might melt there.

me and humidity do not mix.

"ok-lahoma where the wind comes blowing down the lane..."

name the sitcom and character who sings that and i'll give you a gold star!

underwater photos

i got my underwater camera developed today.

the pictures didn't exactly turn out how i imagined them, but they are still kind of fun.

that's lincoln and i holding hands while snorkeling.  my fav.

that right there is a giant school of fish.

that's our friend, roo and his fish friend.

and those are my teeth!  and air bubbles.

i took a picture outside of the water to see how it would turn out.

it actually was the best photo on the whole roll!

now i kind of wish i would've walked around taking normal pictures with an underwater camera.

hah!

isn't that amazing??

i didn't do anything with it in photoshop.

not the best composition ever, but hey!  i like it.  a alot.

film is just magical like that.