Camping?

As many of you know, my idea of camping is having a cabin next to a body of water where there is running water, a kitchen, and toilets.  So, you may be shocked to know that I am joining Bryan and his family to their annual camping trip to Big Sur, CA. Shocked? I know, it is hard to believe. Well October 13th will mark my first ever legitimate camping trip, we will be ruffing it for three nights in the redwood forest, in a tent of course.  Bryan assures me that there are communal showers and toilets...I'm hoping near our camping site!  Although camping is not my thing, who can pass up this view?!

Blast from the Past

I cannot believe it has already been 10 years since we graduated high school, time has gone by so fast. Saturday morning Bryan, Zoey, Sammy, and I left Olathe just in time to go to the Smoky Hill River Festival with Mom and Mike.  This was Bryan's first time to experience the Festival and mine in about ten years! We enjoyed all the food, none of which was healthy, but it was a special occasion.  Bryan was a little tired after consuming: funnel cakes, stir fry, gyros, bierocks, and corn dogs and needed a nap....Sorry Bryan I had to post this picture, it's too funny not to! It was the beginning of the Blast from the Past that continued on throughout the night.

After the festival we watched the horse races and were ready to go to the Labor Building for my 10 year reunion.  Surprisingly the reunion was actually fun, at least the parts I remember! It started at 7:00 and I believe we were back to Mom's around midnight...I think, time is a blur to me. About 50 classmates made it to the reunion, with guests there were about 100 people there.

Morris/Perkins....We can't go anywhere without each other! Friends since seventh grade = 17 years! And we still live 5 minutes from each other.

The Sellers....Matt and I go way back to our days in Kindergarten at Coronado Elementary School! 

This is probably around the time that Bryan was getting hit on by some girl I graduated with...Sorry Ladies, he is officially off the market! :) 

This is what they might look like at our 40 year reunion...no teeth! 

Pregnant! Yes!

Mr & Mrs Morris

 Of course I took many more photos, you can check them out on Facebook.

Our Belizean Wedding

I have been on somewhat of a blog hiatus the last two months, but fear no more I am back. April 14th, Josh, Emily, Bryan, and I departed for our Belizean adventure! We were the first to arrive in the Belize airport and soon thereafter met by Mom, Mike, Joy, Brent, and Alex Rapada.  We were the first to get on the island hopper, allowing us to be the first to arrive on the Island, which is fitting since it was our wedding vacation. And, then we arrived in Paradise!  The weather was perfect, the staff and accommodations at the Caribbean Villas Hotel were wonderful, and the drinks were flowing nonstop. 

The vacation begin Thursday afternoon with rum punches and lunch, watermelon martinis, Belikins, and a whole host of other drinks. Guests slowing began to arrive, many with flight issues, however once they arrived on the Island all the issues dissipated.  Most of the guests arrived Thursday and we all had a group dinner that night. Since it was my vacation, I was going to have fun so the Rum Punches were tasting pretty delicious. So, needless to say Thursday night came pretty quickly and I was ready for bed. 

Friday morning came pretty fast, since the sun rises at about 5am that is when I woke up every morning.  We had a scuba trip that morning, at first I didn't know if I was going to be able to make the trip because the Rum Punches were still effecting me a bit. But, I persevered and made it on the boat. This was Josh and Alex Westerman's first dive, thus they spent most of the time with the Robbie, Dive master, going through their checkout dive.

Our first dive was a definite workout, the undercurrent was so strong at some points we had to hold onto the ground to keep from drifting backwards.  By the time the dive was over we were pretty exhausted and thankful that we were only going to snorkel afterwards. I was excited to hear that we were going to 'Shark/Ray Alley', and the name says it all. The area was full of sharks, Bull and Reef, and plenty of sting and bat rays. I have to admit the Bull Shark was huge and intimidating, but it ignored us and went on their way. 

After that the dive trip was over and we were taken back to the villas and were greeted by more guests arriving. That night we had a Sunset Cruise trip planned. By that time all the guests had arrived and all 35 of us were loaded on a speed boat and taken to the catamaran. The catamaran was stocked full of beer and rum punches, as well as, chips and ceviche and some wonderful pineapple. We cruised around for about two hours, watched the sunset, and just enjoyed the experience. 

The rest of the vacation, was just that, a vacation. There were more scuba and snorkeling trips that occurred.  Mom, Mike, Lance, Stacey, and I took the voyage to the Mayan Ruins, which took six hours round-trip, but it was well worth the time.

 

We left the island on Thursday, April 20th. Although we were there a week, it did not seem long enough. Hopefully we will take another trip soon as MR & MRS MORRIS. :)