Honeymoon

Jared and I went on a cruise for our honeymoon. We went on the four day Carnival cruise to Catalina Island and Ensenada on the Elation ship. This was both of our first time going on a cruise and we were both very excited. Unfortunately, we both developed a head cold the day after the wedding, so when we left Monday morning, neither of us were feeling very well. Luckily, we never got sea sick, but had our head colds until the third day of the cruise. All we both wanted to do was sleep the first couple of days, we were so exhausted.

Jared and I at the airport, we wore bride and groom shirts (Jared ironed his groom a little low)

Our cruise ship!

 

 

Our room! 

We flew into San Diego on Monday morning and were instantly excited about the beautiful weather. Once we got off the airport shuttle to the cruise ship dock, we were both ecstatic about the cruise and that it was our honeymoon. The ship was huge and we spent about an hour discovering our home for the rest of the week. When we weren't sleeping to try and feel better, we enjoyed the delicious food, the Broadway shows, the comedian show, playing bingo and the fact that there was always something to do! We went to a towel demonstration on the ship and had a lot of fun with that!

 Jared's elephant that he made

Kayla's elephant that she made

We went to Catalina Island on Wednesday, which ended up being our favorite part. We loved how beautiful the island was. We had breakfast on the island and did some local shopping, then just sat on the beach enjoying the weather, scenery and the fact that we were married. We originally signed up to go scuba diving, but due to our head colds, we changed it to snorkeling. We had a blast with snorkeling and the dive masters helped make it a lot of fun. The water sure was freezing, even though we had wet suits on, it was only 50 degrees. After we got done snorkeling, the dive masters took the boat a little further out and started to drive in a big circle. They rounded up a few dolphins that began to play in the wake of the boat and a couple of the dolphins swam by the nose of the boat. Neither Jared or I have ever witnessed dolphins this close, it was so much fun. 

Beautiful Catalina Island

Jared and Kayla at Catalina (You can see the cruise ship in the background)

This was our dive boat that we went snorkeling on

One of the dolphins playing in the wake

The two dolphins that swam with the boat, it was so fun to watch!

We went to Ensenada, Mexico on Thursday and signed up to ride the buggy's. This was a lot of fun and we had a 30 minute bus ride to the ATV/Buggy site, so we got a nice scenic tour of Ensenada. Jared drove the buggy the entire time and I enjoyed hanging on to the railings. I was a little hesitant on driving, so I left it for Jared to enjoy. After the buggy's, we went back to the ship to shower since we were filthy, then we did some shopping and a lot of bargaining in Mexico, had some delicious Mexican food, and were back on the ship before dusk.

Welcome to Ensenada

We had lunch at the Habana Banana

We had a wonderful time on the cruise and would love to go on another one when we aren't sick and maybe with a few friends too. Now that we went on a cruise for our honeymoon, it would be a fun tradition to do for our anniversaries. 

One of the nights, Jared made this elephant for our steward Oscar and we left him a note telling him thank you! Oscar thought it was funny

I found that it was easier to just take a picture on my own. It seemed every time I asked someone to take it, it never turned out good, one of our heads was usually missing