Our Most Recent Trip

We just got back from our Mexican Riviera Cruise aboard the Golden Princess. We had a great time together with the Erickson family, but before we went on the cruise we got to go and visit Grandma and Grandpa Bedke (and aunts and uncles and cousins)in Bakersfield.

When we got there we went and visited Karl and Mary-Anne because we didn't think that we were going to be able to see them otherwise. It was fun to see Blake and Brendan playing so well together. Madison is so cute, too. I think Eliza is jealous of all of her hair...I know that I would be. It will be fun to watch them grow up together, too. Karl and Mary-Anne have such a cute family and we were glad to see the both of them, too. They had really good cookies for us to eat :)

Then we headed up to Bakersfield. We had such a fun time with the boys and Chelsea. On Wednesday we went to the ward trunk-or-treat and that was fun to see so many people. I was also glad that Brendan got to go trick-or-treating somewhere because it was going to be Halloween when we were on our cruise and there ended up not being very many festivities for children there. Neil and I even dressed up! Thanks for making all of those crayon costumes Sarah. They really came through in a fix!

On Thursday we celebrated Brendan's 2nd birthday. It was a few days late, but worth the wait. We now know that Brendan is completely spoiled...but we had a hunch even before his birthday. What was even more fun was that Mary-Anne, Blake, and Madison were able to come up and play at the birthday party. My mom is such a good grandma and loves playing with her grandkids! We love this video of her playing motorboat on the trampoline with Brendan and Blake.
(I guess I will try and post this video later...it isn't showing up right now)
We also tried to get Brendan acustomed to the water a little bit since we would be seeing a lot of it in the coming days. He loved the spa.

Then it was time for the cruise. We met the Erickson family down in Long Beach to board the Golden Princess. This boat was huge! It was so much fun...close quarters with two little ones, but fun with all of the family around us!
These pictures were while we were aboard the ship:

On land...and more from the ship:

I really just wanted to get this post out there for everyone to see the pictures. I will narrate a little more later...and put up more pictures, too from Bakersfield. Love everyone!