LAGUNA BEACH
Dec 28th 2008
We drove down to Laguna Beach for a week for our honeymoon. We ate at In-n-Out for lunch, what a healthy start for us. We spent 7 hours in the car that day and I already started to hate the toll roads. Laguna was so beautiful! It was warm and sunny almost the entire week. We stayed at a place called Aliso Creek Inn, it was The Rat Pack's old hang out place apparently and Kevin spent his summer vacations there growing up.
Dec 29th 2008
We started off our day by buying a brand new digital camera, the Canon SX110IS. It was pretty :) We spent all day downtown looking at all of the shops on Ocean Avenue and walking on the beach, too much walking... my feet were killing me by the end of the day! We went back to our place and grabbed our scriptures and some sparkling cider to celebrate our first family home evening together... and what better place than the beach!
Dec 30th 2008
KNOTT'S BERRY
FARM DAY!
We scored cheap tickets to Knotts from McDonalds. I have never been there before, so it was exiting. It was not very crowded dur
ing the daytime, so we were able to ride a lot of rides many times, my favorite was Supreme Scream! Kevin took a picture of a picture of us on the Silver bullet so we didn't have to buy it... so smart! haha. Kevin was raving about this jail guy who knew everything about you all day so we went to this booth with a dummy in a cell that talked to us. Kevin told me that he magically knew his name and where he was from just by looking at him, so i was intrigued. When we got there Kevin jumped in front of the guy and said "remember me?" and they guy had no idea, kevin
was so sad... then he called his brother and asked why the jail bird didn't remember him. His brother started laughing so hard. Apparently there is a booth to the side that Kevin didn't know about and the parents are supposed to slip the guy a piece of paper with the kids info on it, and Kevin was still tricked to this day! HAHAHA it was the funniest thing, Kevin was so disappointed... oh and did i tell you how much i hate toll roads? We missed a turnoff to pay for a toll and got our picture taken to get a fine for 150 bucks... great...
Dec 31st 2008
NEW YEARS EVE!!!
Well, we woke
up then went to do a round of golf, but the driving range looked a little less intimidating so we went there instead. We had a blast, kevin is crazy with a golf club. We also went t
o the beach today, I took mermaid pictures of Kevin and we picnic'd on the rocks by the ocean. Today wa
s our day to relax and recuperate from yesterday. We went to a little Mexican restaurant on the beach for dinner and had the best burritos i have ever tasted.
The best part of the day was that we went to bed at 10. Well we watched the countdown in New York and most importantly we watched Robbie Maddison jump onto the building in Vegas... thats all you need for a new years eve in our book!
Jan 1st 2009
CALIFORN
IA ADVENTURE DAY!
Last night we were woken up a lot by the partiers next door, they were blasting Madonna at 4 in the morning. I told kevin we should go to the front desk and get a discount. Well, the partiers apparently were the gol
f resort managers to they gave us a refund.... our toll ticket paid for.. YES! Then i got the bright idea to call the toll company and see if they could have mercy on us... which they did! Im so smart... :)
Friends of our family got us the hookup to free tickets to California adventure! It was fun, but way overpacked. We were there for about half a day and got more rollercoasters (and kids rides.. hehe) out of our system, we even watched an interactive show with Crush from Finding Nemo! :)
Jan 2nd 2009
Today we went with Grandma and Grandpa Mackay to the Newport Beach Temple to do a session with them. It was a great experience, and every married woman there had a huge rock on their hand. When i told his grandma that she whispered to me "Newport spells money honey"... i guess that explains it. Our grandparents then took us to Cheesecake Factory for a huge dinner! I was so good! Best of all the bill came out to $0.00, my favorite price! :) Well tomorrow we both head to Livermore for our second reception.
his mission in Hermosillo, Mexico. I wish we had pictures but i havent seen any yet from that reception
FARM DAY!
ing the daytime, so we were able to ride a lot of rides many times, my favorite was Supreme Scream! Kevin took a picture of a picture of us on the Silver bullet so we didn't have to buy it... so smart! haha. Kevin was raving about this jail guy who knew everything about you all day so we went to this booth with a dummy in a cell that talked to us. Kevin told me that he magically knew his name and where he was from just by looking at him, so i was intrigued. When we got there Kevin jumped in front of the guy and said "remember me?" and they guy had no idea, kevin
was so sad... then he called his brother and asked why the jail bird didn't remember him. His brother started laughing so hard. Apparently there is a booth to the side that Kevin didn't know about and the parents are supposed to slip the guy a piece of paper with the kids info on it, and Kevin was still tricked to this day! HAHAHA it was the funniest thing, Kevin was so disappointed... oh and did i tell you how much i hate toll roads? We missed a turnoff to pay for a toll and got our picture taken to get a fine for 150 bucks... great...
up then went to do a round of golf, but the driving range looked a little less intimidating so we went there instead. We had a blast, kevin is crazy with a golf club. We also went t
o the beach today, I took mermaid pictures of Kevin and we picnic'd on the rocks by the ocean. Today wa
s our day to relax and recuperate from yesterday. We went to a little Mexican restaurant on the beach for dinner and had the best burritos i have ever tasted. 
The best part of the day was that we went to bed at 10. Well we watched the countdown in New York and most importantly we watched Robbie Maddison jump onto the building in Vegas... thats all you need for a new years eve in our book!
IA ADVENTURE DAY!
f resort managers to they gave us a refund.... our toll ticket paid for.. YES! Then i got the bright idea to call the toll company and see if they could have mercy on us... which they did! Im so smart... :) 
Friends of our family got us the hookup to free tickets to California adventure! It was fun, but way overpacked. We were there for about half a day and got more rollercoasters (and kids rides.. hehe) out of our system, we even watched an interactive show with Crush from Finding Nemo! :)
ere! It was so beautiful outside, no rain or clouds, which was great for the middle of winter! Apparently it was freezing outside, but I was a little distracted :). There were so many people there for me and Kevin, it was awesome! We took pictures outside of the beautiful temple, mostly goofy ones... figures
. With the help from my oh so talented photographers, Aunt Pam Kloth, Uncle Grant Johnson and Uncle Jim Crummett. (Free pictures saved our budget and they turned out amazing!)
veryone on Kevin's side of the family seemed to be warning me about Kevin, and everyone on my side were warning him about me... we really are perfect for each other aren't we!
anyways. So many people came to show us their support, people all the way from Idaho, Arizona, and Southern California. Kevin's friend Kurtis Lett traveled 12 hours just to come to our reception! At one point during the chaos I snuck away and raced my niece Maddison up and down the cultural hall. The food at the reception was great i think? All i could do was sneak my fingers into the meatball dish every chance i got. When it got time to cut the cake, it was supposed to be a peaceful matter, but it got out of hand when i smeared cake on Kevin's face :) There was a large group of single ladies at the reception so it was a gladiator death match when i threw the bouquet. By the end of the reception it was harder to get kevin out of a chair than making a cow go down a staircase... he w
as such a trooper. 