our cruise to baja mexico

as soon as cory accepted his job offer, we knew we'd have to be in chicago by may 1st or june 1st. since his offer was late, we figured he'd start in june. thus...we booked a cruise! it was from monday, may 12-friday, may 16. the weekend before we drove out to his grandparents in wrightwood with sienna so they could pet sit her for the week. they dropped us off in long beach on monday and we hopped on the boat, the carnival inspiration!

snorkeling at lover's cove! 

we were SO excited to lounge around, lay in the sun and enjoy the endless food...which is exactly what we did! tuesday, we docked at catalina island and cory and i went snorkeling at lover's cove. it was one of the coolest things ever! we had on wetsuits, which were the WORST to get on. i was so scared to only breathe out of my mouth and it took me a few minutes to get used to it. cory had on his go pro and we swam around together looking and touching all the fish! that night we had a formal dinner, which was kind of like every other night in the dining room. we always had appetizers, entrees and multiple desserts. i was surprised by all the mormons on board-many family reunions and honeymooning couples! the pool deck was very hot, but we managed to go out there several times and enjoy the sun and then the pool. cory got us me a pina colada (n/a obvs) and it was magical. i didn't eat as many soft serve cones as i thought i would. however, we did order room service a LOT. mostly cory though, getting several sandwiches and juice at once. wednesday, the boat went to ensenada, mexico. i tried to make cory walk laps with me on the upper deck track every morning and as we did, the boat pulled into the mexican port. we saw dolphins and it was so cool! none of the excursions appealed to us, so we walked into the downtown area and looked around at some of the shops, searching for some pullovers. we got one for me, sean and baby! basically, the cruise was us reading, eating and relaxing. it was perfect! 

sunset on the last night on board

cory's sweet aunt saundy picked us up, fed us and we got to see his cousin effie's cool band concert! one more day of rest at his grandparents and then back to provo for us so we could move to illinois the next day!