Ensenada Cruise March 2011

Thank you, thank you, thank you to both Mom and Dads! Thank you to Mom and Dad Ellsworth for taking us on an awesome cruise to Ensenada, we had a blast! and thank you to Mom and Dad (and siblings living at home) for letting our boys stay there for a few days.

I was so happy to be on that cruise with Duane. I really enjoy our time together! As much happiness as my two little boys bring to my life, I thrive off my time spent with Duane. I am one who enjoys quality time with others I love.

So... we had a great time on the cruise and I feel it was just what I needed! Let me share with you some of the highlights of the trip:

The Birds

 There were signs that said: "Don't feed the birds", but some of us pretended to be illiterate.

 Some day I'm going to make a HUGE collage of all the fun faces Duane makes for the camera. 

I love it!

 Catalina was our first stop. This island is very pretty and green.

 As we walked the brick roads, Duane and I talked about what it'd be like to live here. Pretty much residents drive golf karts.We rented a couple karts ourselves.

 As we toured the island on our golf karts some of us enjoyed sunflower seeds.

 Brother in laws...

 I like my haircut. It's so stinkin' easy! I set it and forget it because I know it's just gonna work the way I want and stay after I do it. Just had to put another plug-in for mom's pondering the idea of cutting their hair, cause YOU SHOULD DO IT!

 Our next stop was Ensenada. P.S. Can you see how HUMUNGOUS this flag is?! Crazy Mexicans! lol

 We got a bracelet for Kalvin and one for Tristen.

 Then we rented an ATV.

I love how they don't care of you drive on the streets and that the streets are not marked at all! Seriously, everytime I've been to Mexico I come back to the US grateful for all the laws we have.

 The boys found some sweet jumps and had to give it several tries.

 Then Dean went up the jump in the RHINO and then we all had to try that too.

 Then Duane surprised everyone with the fireworks he bought a small store just before getting the ATV's.

As we were heading back we found a Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Apple Bee's and Pizza Hut.

 That night at dinner, Mom showed us this cute necklace she bought for $2. It's the shape of a marijuana leaf. Honestly, I wouldn't have known any different either, but we all got a good laugh.

After much pondering, Duane decided to throw down $20 for the Blackjack tournament. After a 7 hand game, he made enough to get to the finals.

 Then Marisa gave it a try as well, and almost made it, but was just shy of getting into the finals.

 Next, they called all the finalists up and started the last game of seven hands.

 After a very intense seven hands....

 Duane walked away with the trophy! Someone asked after if Duane plays a lot and when I told her that this was his second time playing she was astonished and said, "Maybe he should take this up!" to which I immediately replied, "No way!" then Duane chimed in and said, "About the time I take this up, is when I'll loose all my money."

Here we are at the last comedian show. He was actually pretty good!

Thank you so much again, Mom and Dad Ellsworth for such a great time! We all enjoyed being there together! Great times!