Half a bubble off Plumb: 11/01/2006

Our One Year Anniversary

We went to Victoria to celebrate our anniversary

We drove up coast and stayed at the Best Western Austrian Chalet. We went for a morning stroll along this path that was made for joggers and cyclist. It went for miles along the water.
Here I am 8 month pregnant.

We stayed at Hemmingway's B&B the first night in Victoria. The Host was so polite. She was a lady from Germany with a heavy accent. She made us a good breakfast and then we were on our way.

Bouchard Gardens

We went to Bouchard Gardens. It's amazing to see all the different plants and flowers.
I couldn't believe how many different kinds of roses there were. Everything was so perfect.

Our first Camping trip

Glen already had his camping gear, he's the expert. We went out and got gear for me. We were excited to go on our first hiking/camping adventure together.

It was so fun to just come home from work, pack up and go. I love being able to just carry everything on our backs, go up hiking and set up camp. I always hoped to find someone that would want to do that. I feel so lucky that my sister set Glen and I up. We've had so much fun together. We both love the outdoors and doing various activities.

campsite cooking

It was fun setting up camp, getting the fire going and roasting marshmellows.

The weather was perfect! We corn on the cob, potatoes and sausage for dinner.

Royal Caribbean

Going on a cruise was a perfect vacation. You can be as lazy and relaxed or busy and active as you want. They even have a kid friendly area where parents can drop off their kids and go do their own thing.

Cruise Food

We were so impressed with the food displays. Everything was so neatly carved.

This was one of my favorites! Chocolate. We could eat as much as we wanted. Unfortantely, I had morning sickness and could only stand to eat a few strawberries... they came back up later that night :( Glen gained 5 pounds and I lost 2 pounds during the cruise. They had so much good food but bread rolls were the only thing I could keep down.

Cruise 2006

Everyone was assigned a table to have dinner at with the same group of people. We enjoyed getting to know all the couples at our table.

These are the underwater scooters we rode. You just stick your head in the bubble window and ride it like a scooter. We went down 8 feet. This was called the B.O.B. excursion. I was a little nervous that my scooter would tip over and allow water to enter the bubble window. This was at St. Maartin

Mariner of the Seas

This was our room. It was small but we had plenty of storage area for all our belongings. We had a small TV, Fridge and safe.

Everyday the maids would clean our rooms and leave on our bed towels folded up like animals. We started calling them Tanimals. This was a night we had to dress up for dinner.

Coca Cay Island

In May we went on a 7 day cruise. Our favorite place was Coco Cay Island. It's an island privately owned by Royal Caribbean.

We went on a jet ski excursion and then relaxed the rest of the day.

Fish Bowl Contest

Glen and I thought it would be fun to have a fish bowl contest. We gave each of our friends a glass bowl and told them they had to create an edible aquarium. They were only allowed to spend up to $10.00 and if they used anything like toothpicks, glue etc, then it would count against them during the judging. The clown fish bowl created by Luke was the winner.

Glen and I wanted to build our fish instead of use candy fish so we took a lemon, some candy orange slices and a couple M&Ms and voila, we had our fish. The color bled off the m&ms, so it didn't look so good a the end.

Participants of the contest: Glen, Summer, Brant, Nadine, Greg, Holly and Luke
After the judging of the fish bowl, we sat and watched JAWS and ate our fish bowls.