September 2010 Synopsis

Rob & Megan's Wedding

Finally the day arrived for Rob & Megan's wedding! September 5th! It had been about a year and a half since they were engaged so it was finally time for the "I-do's" and celebration!!! :) Rob is one of Russ' best friends from high school and we just loved Megan the moment we met her. The two of them are the cutest couple ever and we were so honored to be at their wedding. Russ was the best man--so he got to give a toast. The whole wedding was absolutely stunning. I forgot my camera, so these pictures off my phone don't do it justice. I also stole a few from Megan's facebook page (thanks Megan!)

Cancun

So the day after Rob & Megan's wedding we hopped on a plane to go and meet Rok and Narine for a Cancun vacation! It was so much fun to take off and get away for a little while. It was an all inclusive with an amazing beach area and pools that we took advantage of every moment we could.

There was one day when I wasn't feeling good. We had been at the beach all day and I had heat stroke. I was in a bad mood because all I wanted to do was get back to the hotel and lay down for a while. Russ talked me into going to the restaurant with Rok and Narine to cool down and get something to drink and maybe some bread to eat.

So we arrive at the restaurant, and I'm bright red and feeling horrible. We sit down and our waiter doesn't come for a few minutes, so Russ goes over to the bar area and sees a tray of clear glasses with water in them. He grabs one for me and comes back and sit down.

I'm so thirsty that I grab the glass and take a huge gulp. I put the glass up to my mouth for another gulp, and just as I start to swallow, I realize something is terribly wrong and I spit the "water" all over the place, including on Russ who is in front of me and the table. It was straight vodka! My throat was burning. Russ had no clue that he had just given me a vodka drink instead of water. He seriously thought they were water cups. We had a very long laugh after that. Poor Russ--he will always be to blame for trying to get me drunk. Hahahaha.

We also decided to be adventurous one day. The hotel wanted to charge us $150 per person to go out to Chitzen Itza--one of the great Mayan temples. For the four of us it was going to be $600. And in Mexico? That's insane. We knew we would be joining a group of 40-50 other people who would all have the same tour guide out there, and then they would make us stop at some crazy expensive shops on the way back and have to spend a few hours there. So we were not liking our options.

Russ, being the spanish speaker he was went scuba diving one morning and met a guy with an air-conditioned taxi. He talked the guy into being our tour guide for the day and he would take us to Chitzen Itza (which is a 3.5 hour drive), and then wherever else we wanted for $275. So we decided to do it and the guy was legit. He didn't kidnap us like I thought he might, and he was really nice and took us all the way out there. We paid $40 for a guide who took the four of us around and $40 for an entrance fee for all four of us. It was awesome having our own tour guide because he answered our questions and even tied in a little bit of the Mormon history into it for Russ and I. We spent exactly how much time we wanted to there, and had the guy drive us back. On the way we stopped at one store to see if we could find some cool souvenirs and then we had him take us to Playa de Carmen (a little town about 20 minutes from our hotel) to do a little more shopping. It was the perfect day and cost us a little more than half to do it on our own. I love my Spanish speaking husband! :)

Julia Born

September 14, Julia is born and I'm an Auntie again! Russ and I head up to meet her and she is a doll! I'm in love again! :)

Utah Visit

While in Utah we were able to visit with a lot of friends. We were able to catch everyone at meals. It was great to see everyone!

Tyler, Desiree, and Lucy met us for a late lunch!
Kaia learns to give Uncle Russ a "Bop It"
Debbie & Lynsey at breakfast
Russ & Chris
Amanda--our BYU student stole some time to come over and hang out with us and Kristen and Riley so we could ooh and awe over Julia.
Amelia and Lily met us for lunch!
BJ and Whitney met us for Breakfast.

NMC's Annual Angels Game

For work I was in charge of our annual Angels baseball game. It was a smaller group this year, and a lot of us were able to bring friends last minute. So Rok, Narine, Russ and I headed out to the old ball game. It was a fun night, even though the Angels lost.