Kaylynn's Cruise with the K-1 Crew

It's kind of amazing that I still get together with my college roommates - 28 years later. Our trip together was delayed because of Covid. But we finally found a date and planned a cruise. We all flew to Long Beach, California. They had all flown in earlier in the afternoon, so when I got there we went on a tour of an old ship and then had dinner.

We laughed and talked and laughed and talked. The next morning we had a few hours to hang out before we got an uber ride to the ship. Luckily some of our roommates are cruise experts and signed us up for the first time slot to load the ship. Our first stop on the ship was to eat lunch. Then we were smart to bring our swimsuits in our backpacks to go on the waterslides. We didn't get our suitcases delivered to our rooms until later in the afternoon, so there weren't very many people there.

The first night we went to an ice skating show, the second night was a broadway dance/song show, and the third night was a concert of a lady singing Whitney Houston songs. Then we did lots of eating. We ate dinner in the dining room and had such good food with the nicest server from the Phillipines. 

On Saturday it was just a day of cruising. We just hung out on the sun deck most of the day - people watching, talking, sleeping, reading and eating. 

Then the ship stopped in Ensenada, Mexico for the day. Cyd, our cruise expert, had arranged an excursion with an outside company (different than the ship excursions). First we went and had 90-minute massages with the cutest Mexican women. Then we went kayaking with a really fun guide who had learned English from watching cartoons. Then our driver took us to a grocery store so we could use the bathroom and buy some Mexico treats. Then we went to an authentic taco stand. So delicious. Then he took us back to the ship.

Our ship cruised all night back to Long Beach, and we left the ship at 7 am on Monday. We had several hours to kill before our flights, so we got an uber ride to a shopping outlet. We would take turns shopping and watching the suitcases. Then to the Long Beach Airport. I didn't get back to Great Falls until 10:30 pm so it was almost 2 am when I crawled back into my bed.

What a fun trip!!

Here is the Cruise Quote Wall:

Are you sick?

No, Cydnee

Are you sick?

It's Cydnee

Keri - had to interpret 

(Although Cyd is the cruise expert, the rest of us had done the pre-boarding check in, but Cyd hadn't. So the check-in lady was asking her if she was sick. Cyd that she was asking her name, and Cyd was correcting her that her full name was Cydnee, not Cyd. Then Keri told the lady it was her first cruise.)

Cyd- i’m going to see how many times I can say “ on my cruise last week”

Keri - Raisins on a salad don’t taste like raisins

Malin, i’m not picky like I’ll fill my water bottle up at the hotel bathroom sink

Ed (Kaylynn’s airplane seat mate)- number one cause of divorce: marriage

Are you coming Price dusters?

Keri- I don’t even know how to pucker my lips? How does Matt kiss me?

Cyd - can I try a bite ? (Pretty much every meal/snack, etc)

Malin, what time is it? My phone is always off a little

Malin, I’m just going to get one more oatmeal cookie

Hilary's report from home: AJ at fast & testimony meeting- I think Jesus is nice. I know that because I feel his love around me.

Then to Adam he said, I wish I could get baptized again - I want to swim more. My tongue gets to swim all the time.

Hilary - I watched a documentary on it….

Do you want me to have your ….butter, etc

Cyd - I have eating Fomo

Keri’s new friend- “she wants to be Persian” (Keri saw a sign that said private function and she went to check it out...twice. Then she figured out they were all Persian and they have a distinct look. Then she became obsessed with them and stalked them and stopped a lady to ask her about the group. The lady invited her to come to their private function that night. So Keri went and joined their dance party.

White middle aged woman WMAW

Hip Surgery & Wisdom Teeth

Austin's hips have been hurting for years - especially when he rides horses. He went to see a doctor before we even moved to Canada, but they said you have bad hips but are pretty young for a hip replacement. So then years later he went to the doctor again in Canada. He got put on a waiting list but in the mean time he got cortizone shots which helped so much. He could tell the day the shots wore off.

Finally it was his turn for hip surgery. Dr. Werle did a hip resurface surgery in Calgary for him. He was only there one night and then he passed the test to climb a couple stairs with is crutch so then he could go home.

One week later Carly had her wisdom teeth. So we had a chart on the cupboard for both patient's medication, and we kept a continual round of ice packs in and out of the freezer.

Then Lucy also wanted to join the fun, and she got her wisdom teeth when she came home for American Thanksgiving.

Katie's Baptism & Taycee's Wedding

All in one trip we got to go to Katie Nunn's baptism and Taycee Nunn's wedding.

We drove to McCall, Idaho to Katie's baptism. When Les and his family got there, the baptismal font hadn't been filled, so they started to fill it, but only hot water came out. The cold water faucet was broken. So they started having people haul pictures of cold water from the kitchen, and they found a hose and ran it through the church to add cold water.

More than an hour late, we had a great baptismal service for Katie and her friend.

Then we all went back to the ranch and had brownies and ice cream.

The next day we went to Cambridge to Taycee's wedding. She got officially married at a courthouse in January, but her and Dalton had a wedding celebration in October. It was a beautiful October day with an outdoor ceremony. Then they had a family dinner and dance at the fairgrounds.

We were glad we could be there to celebrate with them.

 

Lucy at BYU

Lucy loved her semester at BYU - not every day and every minute, but overall she loved it.

She had good roommates and a good ward. She lived in King Henry Apartments #27.

Sarah Blodgett was the other freshman in her apartment, so Lucy and Sarah were adventure friends ... hiking the Y, going to basketball and football games, etc.

She got a job on the grounds crew working at the Provo Temple and the field next to the MTC.

She mostly liked her classes - except not really the Chemistry class.

Go Cougars!