Vacations!!!!

Since I just got on the blogging train....I thought I would look back on the last vacations I've been on since Dan and I were married.

Hawaii, thats were we went on our honeymoon and it was joined with a Derrick family reunion!!! Just with 32 people in one beach house two weeks we got married! It sounds kind of scary right?! It was the greatest and I loved having time to get to know Dan better and his family!! good thing I loved his family before we even got married!




At the dole plantation!! his favorite pinapple...he was mad I made him find one so I could take his picture with it. You can tell its a fake smile, but a very attractive fake smile!

Dan learning how to surf! it was so fun to watch him, he was really good too. He is just too cute.
These were the best snow cones ever! If you know me I LOVE LOVE snow cones/ Hawaiian Ice and these were amazing! they are famous for having beans at the bottom. (north shore)Dan and I had such a fun time, if we don't count when I got the flu and was throwing up in that bathroom and almost passed out on Waikiki.... We even got up-graded to a ocean view hotel room for free!

Dan loves his mom. I mean he LOVES his mom and she LOVES him. He was so excited to see his family at the airport the second week in Hawaii.


Brian, Ryan, Matt, Dan, Braden and Jamie all went surfing!!! (one of the best pictures of the trip!) Dan looks so dark...Jealous.
Dan is going to be such a good dad!!! look at him and how much he loves it! I'm thinking about making one for him that carries me on the back!
I didn't want to buy the picture...so I took a picture of it instead! At the PCC...
Grammy at Pearl Harbor with some grandkids! Seth, Abby, Kate, and Em. Isn't Dan's mother Beautiful?!!!!
Last Day...So hard to leave Hawaii.



If you haven't already been able to tell that I love pictures, then I'm sorry but I love pictures I'm a visual kind of person and thats how I remeber things, so if you hate pictures you will probably hate my blog!

MEXICO and DISNEYLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On a boat ride to go to a private resort!!!
Me trying to kiss a praying Dan while he is standing on his area where he served his mission.
Kayaking...yes it got frustrating when Dan would not follow my instructions. I can't find any of the Disneyland pictures but I'll post them when I find them!!!

We went to Disneyland first and it was so fun to go when I had someone that I could ride with (Dan) so I would never have to be the awkward one that was the single rider!!! Thats how it was when my sister got married. It was fun to go on rides and run across the park to beat lines like I was twelve again! As much as I love Disneyland I think I'll wait till I have kids for the next trip!

Mexico was so fun we went on carnival cruise lines and it was so fun to dress up, have our room cleaned and all our food made for us anytime of the day. Dan liked it a lot, it was his first cruise and I will tell you he took advantage of all the perks!!! If you know my husband then you know how much he eats and how messy he is. So if the rules change on cruise ships it might stem from Dan and his habits! Mexico was fun, but we did come back with a few upsets...My mom was sick for weeks and not one doctor knew what was wrong with her, I was sea sick as always! and my dad ate a pepper that was WAY too hott for his poor mouth. Dan reminded him that peppers in Mexico are a little different than in the states!

I love traveling and I can't wait for another trip!!!!!