So we stayed our first night at The Hines Mansion in Provo (as shown is part 2: The Big Day). We got up at 6 am... why? We have no idea! We just woke up and we weren't very happy we were planning on sleeping till like 8 so we could get everything together eat breakfast then get on the road and head to California by 9. So we just talked and tried to go back to sleep but failed. So finally at a little after 7 we got out of bed and made sure we were ready to go and that we had everything packed and out in the truck. We were a little confused as to what time breakfast was supposed to be served because we had 3 different papers says 3 different times. So we went out at about 8:45 ish. We walked into the breakfast nook, only to find a table full of 6 other guests all there and already on the 3rd Course. So we walked in and everyone said Oh... you must be the newlyweds ;) we were so embarrassed and wondering what they were thinking because we're sure it wasn't what they thought. So we ate breakfast then went back to the room brushed out teeth and checked out.
It was a long drive but not as bad as we thought. It took us about 12 ish hours to get there we only stopped 2x for gas other than that we just drove so we could get there. We stayed in the Lawrence Welks Resort in Escondido, California. It was really nice and the pool area was gorgeous. We ate some food then watched Sleepless in Seattle then fell asleep so were tired from the long days' drive.
The next day was Sunday, fast sunday to be exact. So the 3rd day of marriage and we were fasting. Curt said he never thought he'd fast on his honeymoon haha. We found a church close to the resort that started at 11 we thought we can make that. We woke up at 9:30 ish so we were going to go get ready but we just laid in bed till we fell asleep again and woke up at 12 so we tried to find another church. We did find one at 1 so we hurried and got ready but we were still a little late. We missed the partaking of the sacrament which we were sad about, but atleast we could listen to people's testimonies. We just sat out in the foyer. As we listened we soon realized that we could not understand anything that was being said. Curt found a 1 spanish ward but didn't know it was spanish. So we got to listen to spanish testimonies for our first married Sunday, the spirit was strong even though we couldn't understand half of what was being said. We left after the sacrament meeting and went back to the resort. We broke our fast and watched Sleepless in Seattle again because we didn't finish the night before. Then watched Cake Boss on TLC then went to bed.
Monday- We hadn't planned anything to really do besides go shopping for some food we'd need that we didn't bring with us and to get me tennis shoes and socks, since mine appeared to have not made it into my suitcase, and maybe go down to the pool. Well our pool plans got foiled because it decided it wanted to rain instead so we went to the store and got the food then got my shoes and socks. I had to twist Curt's clothes snobby arm to let me just get tennis shoes from Payless, he said I needed better arch support than those shoes gave, I told him I almost always buy shoes from there and they are fine. Finally after much childish fueding and whinning I got my way :) and he now really likes my shoes :P so ha! We went back to the resort ate food, watched T.V., and watched The Ringer (Curt had never seen it and I figured he'd find it funny). Once again though he fell asleep, so another movie unfinished we went to sleep.
Tuesday- We planned this day to go to the Temple and hopefully make it to a beach. We called the temple and they said they had sealings available at 2 and 4. We chose 2 since we woke up at 11 we ate breakfast got our temple clothes together and got the stuff for the beach got in the truck and drove to the San Deigo Temple. IT WAS GORGEOUS!!! I have never been before and I absolutely feel in love with it. We got to do sealings with Ordinance Workers it was awesome :D after it was over this sweet sister told us her secret to 51 1/2 happy years of marriage is to but the other person first. She showed us to the Celestial Room. GORGEOUS!!! We then went and changed then we took pictures on the grounds. The temple took longer than we had planned so we didn't end up making it to the beach. We went back and finished The Ringer which Curtis loves now. Then we decided that was our night to eat out so we went to Applebee's and had dinner then came back to the room and watched some T.V. then went to sleep so we could get up and make it to Sea World in the morning.
Wednesday- We got up and made it to Sea World by just after 10. We hit all the shows first thing, we started with the sea lion show, we came half way through so we missed most of it but Curt and I had both seen it before so we weren't to sad about it. The dolphin show was next it didn't start for a while so we went to the shark exhibit then we wanted to go see the dolphins but they were all getting ready for the show. We walked around the stadium once and right as we came to the other side where no one really was waiting they opened it so Curt and I got really good seats. There were this cute little girl sitting behind us and when it first started it was a story line not really any dolphins yet. She got so mad and said this isn't a stupid dolphin show this is just a dumb show. Her dad told her to just watch for a minute the dolphins will come. When they did she got so excited and was shouting there are the dolphin there dad I see them I see the dolphins. After the dolphins left for the first time she said oh darn its over. Her brother said SHHHH no its not. She was just a joy through the whole thing it was cute to see her so excited. We decided after the show my sister Aimee and our niece Kate would have loved the show. Then we went to the Pets Rule show. It's so fun to watch the cats, dogs, pigs, ducks, and kangaroo do these cool tricks. After we went and saw Shamu, THOSE MAMMALS ARE HUGE!!! Wow. We wanted to ride Journey to Atalantis but it was closed :( bummer!!! That's my favorite ride. After Shamu we went and looked at the aquarium, then the arctic display, then the pengiuns, then by about this time the park was almost closed so we went home. When we got back we discovered our sunburns OUCH we forget sunscreen completely. We were worn out so we went to bed so we could get up early and go to Disneyland and California Adventures the next day.
Thursday- We found a really awesome deal we got two one day park hopper tickets for 100 bucks :D we had fastpasses on our tickets too, we were pretty excited about that :D So we went and got them just before 9 then went up the street to the park (but first we got sunscreen for our faces so we wouldn't get burned again). We had fastpasses on our tickets too :) We started out on the Indiana Jones ride, Curt favorite, then we went on Pirates of the Carribean, my favorite, Splash Mountain was closed all day :( no fun. Then Curt had never been on the Haunted Mansion ride and I hate haunted houses so since he figured that was the closest we'd get me to a haunted house we went on it. Then we went on the train rollercoaster, then we went to the matterhorn, space mountain, we drove the cars in autopia. We hopped over the California Adventures, for lunch, we had Soup Bowls they were delicious. After so we could let lunch settle before we did moire rides. I showed him this place where you take your disney personality test, he was Woody :) haha I got a picture of him sitting in the beasts throne chair too :) then we went to go on the Toy Story Arcade Ride (which I love) and I whooped his bisket :D We wanted to go on California screamin after but it was temporarily down but they said they would take our fast passes when it was up and running again so we went to the tower of terror next another one Curt hadn't been on IT WAS GREAT I love that ride. After we went and got a second fast pass for California Screamin. We used our first one then waited for a little then went on it again. Only 2x in a row isn't a good idea if you ate lunch not too long ago and your stomach doesn't handle the antigravity feeling very well. Needless to say my hubby is one of those unfortunate souls. We got off the ride and he had to go get cleaned up. We went back to Disneyland and he had a few rides we wanted to ride one more time before we left but because of upset tummy, we just tried Indiana Jones first. He could handle that but nothing more so we got coasters as our souviener and left. We went home and decided to do nothing the last day since Saturday would be ALL DAY in the car. We went to bed.
Friday- We woke up and we were lazy for most of the morning, then we went down to the hot tub to soak for a little bit. After my sunburn was really bothering me again so we went and got aloe vera to make it feel better. We watched movies, ate food, watched T.V., started packing up stuff to leave, and lounged around , then went to bed.
Saturday- We were up and gone by 7am California Time. We only stopped 2x again for gas and we got to my old work to say hello to my sister since she had to work and wouldn't see us at the house. We went and got Cafe Rio for dinner then went to my parents house to say hello and get the rest of my stuff I left there. We ended up staying a lot longer than planned haha of course :) Then we went to his mom's got stuff there too and again stayed longer than planned. We went out to his dad's to get his areator and again stayed longer than planned. We were hoping to get to our apartment by 10:30, 11 at the latest we didn't get to our apartment till 1 am. Thankfully our church doesn't start till 1. We got to bed at 2 am.
That's the honeymoon. More to follow in the next post FINALLY HOME!!!
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