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To accompany the last post. And Eric is the best for sending me the pics! Because they are great. It's just from the zip lining in Ensenada but it was so fun. Just off the ship in Ensenada. The whole group. Love being a part of this family! Getting geared up. Literally.  Don't be fooled. I was petrified at this point. This is Dave and Katie but it's the best showing of the first bridge. Eric about to cross the first bridge. I think this was the 3rd one. This was the easiest, I thought. Even though I look a little off balanced here. This is Katie. But this one was actually the hardest I thought, because you had to reach so high. My shoulder killed for like 4 days after this. Oh, and how about an actual zip line?! Doesn't look fast, but it was. It shows the distance really well, though. Eric had had enough and decided to take over the mic for the duration of the "tour"

Has it really been a month and a half since I blogged? I don't have anything to say, but I just feel like talking to you.  Life is pretty good. Just got back from a cruise with the Glem Fam. We went to Santa Barbara (and didn't even get off the boat) and Ensenada. We had a great time, the best thing was going zip-lining in Ensenada. Eric rented what we commonly referred to as the party bus, which turned out to be a normal bus, but it did say we were lucky on it. And it was #27, which is my age so I do find that lucky. [note: by the time I am actually posting this I am now veintiocho] This bus was very lucky, because as we pulled in to the zip line parking lot, we had to ask our guide if it was open. She had to pretend she knew it was and hope for the best, because that place was a ghost town. But we walked up and it was open and we were the only ones there!  I was really nervous to do the first zip line. As I climbed the ladders two thoughts crossed my mind...

I used to laugh and laugh as Eric, Pace, John, and Mikey would recap their intramural basketball games. We'd drive home, I'd make dinner, paint a room, and do a reading assignment by the time they finished. Honestly, the recap usually last the length of the game itself. And that is the reason I've put off blogging this summer. It was jam-packed and I fear it may take me as long to analyze play-by-play as it did to actually enjoy it. In April, which was, granted, before I last blogged, we went to Las Vegas with our good friends, Mikey and Melissa. We had a great time, even though it was only a weekend. We hit up Hash House a Go Go, Gold and Silver Pawn (Pawn Stars), saw Cirque de Soleil's "O" at the Bellagio, and spent a night in old town, which we love. I did get spanked with a whip by a girl in a thong when Melissa and I were headed back to meet up with the boys... but I guess I'll put that in the win column, cuz I still got it. We had wanted to go ...

 We went to Hawaii last week. Haha that's what I wrote when I started this post. For shame. It's over a month now. First day, just got up to our hotel room. We were on the 8th floor which was higher than you would expect. Our view was (obviously) overlooking more of downtown, which was delightful. First night there we were renting our car and I was outside waiting with a family that had just arrived. One of the daughters was looking at the vending machines and she said, "They have the exact same sodas here as in America!". Yikes. This has nothing to do with a trip, but I told Eric I could see his reflection forever so he put his arm around me. Hahahahaha.  Monday morning we woke up early (the 3 hour time change helped) and my boss texted me asking if we wanted to go on a hike. I had that brief moment where I thought to myself I really don't want to get up and go already when we could just go lay on the beach. But Eric said let's do it ...

We went to our friend Nate's wedding, wait! Look back at our first post with a Visitor of the Week, and it was Nathan and Rachel! Yep, them. They got married last weekend, so we drove out. We wanted to fly, but Eric wasn't allowed to after transplant. He got the okay last doctor appointment, but it was too late to buy tickets. So we rented a Jeep. It was so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up. The drive was gorgeous and we had a really good time. We took the back route through Napa Valley and it was well worth it. The wedding was on Friday, and we got to see the Oakland Temple and the gardens on top of it. It was really windy. We really love Nate and Rachel and are so happy for them! We love when a friend gets married to someone great, because we get to double our friends! Terry Herrera came out for the wedding; he is really close to Eric and Nate from their mission in Houston, Texas. It was really nice for me to meet him, and we got to hang out a...