Cruisin

We had a nice time on the Sapphire Princess.  It is a beautiful ship.  And, probably one of the largest we've been on. 

It was a nice time to head south when it is cold in Utah and warm in Mexico.  Our group was all on deck 10 (the Caribe Deck).  We left Salt Lake on Saturday, January 30th and flew to Los Angeles where we boarded the ship.  It is always an exciting time as the ship sails away!

 

  

We were at sea Sunday and Monday.  The weather was great.  

 

  

We had fun sitting by the pools, reading books, playing games, sipping drinks, and eating.  It seems like we were always eating!                                      

                                              

Puerto Vallarta was our first stop.  It was a beautiful area -- so very green, but it was a rainy day that day. 
Paul and Vernon went on a exciting excursion on zip lines through the jungle canopy.  They had a great time even in the rain.

 

They had to ride mules to get up to the area.

They did several zip lines and several places of rappelling.  It was quite the adventure!

 

  

  

Karen, Doyle, Norma and I took a taxi and went into town and walked around saw the area etc.  I don't have any pictures since I didn't have the camera.  I'm hoping to get some pictures later.  

After Puerto Vallarta, we were off to Mazatlan.  

We took an excursion around the area.  We saw divers, a church, and a program at the Aztec Theater.

                      

 

  

  

 

                                              Looking back at our ship is a pretty site.

 

Our rooms on the ship.  

We'll continue at Cabo San Lucas later.

 

Fun in the Sun

We have been looking forward to it for a long time.  On January 30th we flew to Los Angeles, met family and friends there, and boarded the beautiful Sapphire Princess cruise ship to go to the Mexican Riviera. 

Sarah went with us.  We met Melinda and Staci, my sister Karen and her husband Doyle, Paul's sister Loralee, Doyle's nephew Vernon (who was one of Paul's good friends in High School) and his wife Norma, and two friends of Staci's.  We all had cabins pretty close together.  We were placed at two tables by each other for evening dining. 

 

This is one of the formal nights where we all got together for a picture.  It was a fun time.  

Watch for more pictures later. 

2009 is Over

Well, 2009 ended.  It is hard to believe how quickly the time goes by.  Here are a few things at the end of the year. 

My cute carolers that are on our front porch during Christmas!

New Year's Eve was spent at Eric and Tina's.  Sarah and Melinda were there, Glen, Emily and family, and also Holly, Kent and Family.  Allison, Sarah's friend, also joined us. We had a fun time playing games, doing puzzles, watching TV, and eating! of course.

 

2010 is almost there!!

A fun thing we have started doing for the past couple of years is, right at midnight, everyone jumps on the large bubble wrap.  It sounds  like firecrackers are going off.  And, it is easy to clean up.

 

Holly was up on a stool taking pictures of everyone jumping around.

Our London puzzel that we did.

Since I had forgotten the serpentine the night before, and since we always have had some and then left it to wake up to, Sarah put some around so that when we woke up it looked like "New Year's Day" -- kind of a tradition for us.

 

Well, this ends the Holidays for 2009

This is the last puzzle we've worked on.  It is New York City and it is one of the hardest we have done.  Pretty neat, since we have been there.   

100th Birthday Celebration

Waldo O Huber would have been 100 years old in 2009, so we thought it would be nice to get together with Paul's siblings and spouses.  We went to the Circle Bar B Ranch near Santa Barbara CA.  We had a great time visiting, looking at old pictures, seeing the sights, etc etc.

Waldo O Huber

  

Carol, Dennis, Mary, Loralee, Shirlene, Paul

The main building with the Lobby, dining area etc. 

Looking up to where our rooms were

Sitting in the Lobby

While we were there we visited Solvang and enjoyed seeing the sights there.

Riding around Solvang seeing the sights

On Sunday we went to Church with Paul's cousin, Elaine Honey who lives in Santa Barbara

Elaine and Carol

There were quite a few orchard along the road as we drove back to the ranch.  We didn't know what they were at first but figured out they were avocado trees.

 

We had a great van that we all could fit in as we drove around the country.  It was fun to be together.

Before we got to Santa Barbara and the Circle Bar B Ranch, Paul and I stopped in Simi Valley and went to the Ronald Reagan Presidental Library.  It is in a beautiful place, high on the hills and was so impressive.

 

 

View from the final resting place of President Reagan. 

Where Reagan is burried

We were able to see a part of the Berlin Wall

Air Force One is impressively on display and we were able to walk through it!

One of the many things we saw was a replica of the Oval Office when President Reagan was there.  

More fun in 2009

We had a fun summer with all of our family gathering at Aspen Grove Family Camp up Provo canyon for a week in July.  Grandma Andersen sponsored her whole family (that's almost 150 of us) for a family reunion.  My mother has been wonderful in doing things to bring family together throughout the years.  This will probably be our last big reunion and we all loved it and sure appreciate my mother.

Mother with her children

We had lots of fun together!

All of the Huber Grandchildren

 

The whole group!

Random Pictures from Aspen Grove

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