WARNING: Big Fat Update

There is so much to catch up on! This Christmas season was wonderful, lots of family and an amazing cruise to the Mexican Riviera. I apologize that there are no pictures of my side of the family because the holiday was spent with the Hornes, but I was thinking of and missed my family during this season :) Hope you can endure the huge post below!

First Christmas 2009! Ornament courtesy of Mama and Papa Horne


This was our first Christmas as our own little family!



I love him! xoxoxo We celebrated Christmas early at the Horne household because we would be gone for the cruise...


Isn't this the most perfect Christmas tree?


Me and Erin


Mama Horne and her Koda


The Fab Four! Me, Brandon, Nicole and Jeffery


Brandon sure knows me: he got me the coveted Crayola Twistables that I have been wanting for a while. I know, very childish but they are so cool! He topped it off with a new Disney princess coloring book. Thank you honey!


All aboard the Norweigan Star cruise ship! We spent a week on this beauty over Christmas break! It was such a fun, tropical experience. What a way to spend the first "married" Christmas with my husband. This trip was a family reunion with Brandon's mom's family, so there was about 30 of us in all! I had to pick and choose pictures, there are many more but this represents the trip in a small nut shell...






Our first stop was at the beautiful Cabo San Lucas! The beaches were gorgeous!


Our excursion was an amazing whale watching adventure! We saw a lot of whales, even three at a time once!




Our group on the whale watching speed boat




Annie, me and Erin shopping around Cabo after the whale watching



Our second stop was in Mazatlan where we did an ATV tour. It was the coolest thing ever! We each had our own ATV and drove through the country, city and even on the beach. You can see the protective gear they gave us: hankerchiefs, goggles and helmets!





Me and Nicole at the beach in Puerto Vallarta. I love this girl!





Going to dinner on Christmas day on board



Sunday was our 1st Wedding Anniversary! The first half of the day we were driving home from St. George, and the rest of the day was spent at home watching Monk and eating a home-made steak dinner just the two of us. (It's hard to have an anniversary on Sunday, it really limits your activity options, haha) And of course, we got to eat some of our wedding cake, yum!


My love forever! I couldn't ask for a better husband!