Summer

Well, it's finally summer here in Idaho! It was actually warm enough yesterday for Chris and I to go lay by the pool and get a tan! Oh how I have been waiting for that day. :) Idaho takes forever to get warm, and then it doesn't last very long so I have to enjoy it while I can. It was really nice to lay by the pool in the hot sun and get some color on my skin! I have gotten so white since moving here. I used to get so tan in Texas, and I miss it. Something else we did yesterday was BOOK OUR CRUISE! We have been talking about going on a cruise ever since we got engaged. We wanted to go for our honeymoon, but there are so many things to think about when you get married, that it just wasn't the right time for us to do it. So as soon as we got married, we got a big water jug that we have been keeping in our room, and anytime we got quarters, we would put them in the jug to save for a cruise for our 1 year anniversary. On Friday we took the jug in to cash in our quarters and there was about $200 in it. Not bad for just saving our quarters! That will pay for one of our plane tickets. :) We have been wanting to do a cruise to the Bahamas, but after looking at all the ports, and prices, and airplane tickets, we decided that a Baja Mexico Cruise would be half the price of Bahamas, and easier transportation. We can fly into LA which is super easy from here, stay at one of our family's houses the night before, and then get on the boat out of Long Beach! We will be going September 23rd till the 28th, and we are super excited! I think no matter where we go will be fun, and just being able to get away and be on the boat will be awesome, even if the ports are not as fantastic as the Bahamas or the Eastern side of Mexico. That can be our NEXT cruise :) This is our boat we will be on:

We will spend a day on Catalina Island:

and a day in Ensenada, Mexico:

and then a full day on the boat at sea.I am sure we will eat lots of food, gain a lot of weight, get a nice tan, and at least be on a beach!
I have almost gone a full week with no sugar......it hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be! I am going to weigh myself on Wednesday, which will be a full week, and see if it has done anything for me. If it hasn't helped me lose weight at all, then I am just going to go back to my normal self. Cause I love sugar! So we will see in a few days what it has done! :)