OUR HONEYMOON

Mom and Dad Stoker gave us a cruise down to Catalina Island, and Ensenada, Mexico for our wedding present. They were so generous, I am thankful that they gave it to us, because Sierra and I had a really good time!!!!
Sierra and I left on Sunday the 29th and surprised her with a stay at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas.

Then we headed down to Long Beach the next day to board the ship! I was a little scared because I wasn't for sure that Sierra would like being on a boat for that long, but everything turned out great! We boarded the ship a little early so we could check things out on the boat! It was a lot of fun!!!

We arrived at Catalina Island the next morning and we got up earlier than we wanted to and went to the island to go on a city tour along with the botantical garden tour. It was a lot of fun, especially the garden because it had a bunch of weird cacti plants that were weird but cool! Later that day we just walked around for a little bit and then headed back to the ship to put on our swim gear because we were going to go snorkeling. That made me a little nervous also because I wasn't for sure if Sierra would like it, but she ended up loving it!

The next day we arrived at Ensenada, and again we ended up waking up earlier than we wanted to. We signed up to go horseback riding. It turned out to be a lot of fun, though it was foggy so we didn't see the shoreline like we wanted to. We then headed back for the city and we walked around for a little bit walking to all the little stores there and bought some sun glasses and a little picture of a beach on the sunset. We then headed out to the blowhole, which there are only 3 in the entire world. It was a lot of fun! Ensenada was a little shocker to Sierra and I because of how dirty it was, but it was a great experience and we loved the cruise. The next day we had the "day on the sea". We finally got to sleep in for the first time since the day of our wedding! So that was nice. But we just spent the whole day relaxing and just enjoyed that the whole day!

The next day we had to get off the ship at 6:45 in the morning. So we got off the ship (we were both sad because we had a lot of fun!) and headed to our hotel in Hollywood. I was taking Sierra to Universal Studios that day. It was a lot of fun there, because we got to see where all the films were filmed and it was just a really neat experience! We got to ride on the few that they had there. My favorite was the Jurrasic Park one, just because we got to get wet!!! They had a new Simpsons ride there that was pretty fun also! We then went to a water world show that was a lot of fun there at the end of the night. We then started to head home and caught a glimpse of the last of the fireworks show that was going on.

The next we decided we wanted to go see the wax museum in Hollywood. It turned out to be a lot more fun than I had thought. It is amazing how realistic they made those figures! My favorite was probably The Ninja Turtles! We then went and attempted again to go find the Hollywood sign. We tried finding it the night before but I guess they don't light it up at night. We then went to the beach and enjoyed a little swim into the ocean. It was fun just to relax and then watch the sunset on the beach.
Sierra and I were really bummed that it all had to end, but are excited for our next vacation, whenever that will be!!! Thank you so much Mom & Dad for the cruise! We had a lot of fun, and will never forget it!!!