Home again!

After a delayed flight, Kyle and I arrived at my parent's house at about 1am. (Thanks Mom and Dad for picking us up at that early hour! It was fun to talk.) What a fun surprise to find our very own little "honeymoon suite" all fixed up for us!

Nate turned over his private apartments, while Mom, Haley and Matthew decorated with pictures, fresh flowers and homey knick-knacks, plus a handy bedside table, complete with alarm clock and romantic candle!

Not forgetting our special "Happily Ever After" sign, which was a little surprise at our reception!

Thanks guys for working to make a warm homecoming for us. It was greatly appreciated. We love you!

Honeymoon Excursions

We've had different people ask what we did on our honeymoon - well, not much! Favorite activities included eating, walking on the beach, swimming, eating, laying in a hammock, eating, reading, napping, eating, watching for whales and eating! It was SOOOO relaxing.





On one of our beach excursions, we came across this little fella - a dead puffer fish. Pretty neat, huh! Not your average rotting shore find, this was an exotic dead fish. It was bigger than I had pictured puffers being. That's Kyle's flip-flop for size comparison. I don't know if puffers swim in schools (there is a little research project for animal-expert Matthew), but we saw four or five washed up during our walk. Kyle wanted to bring it home and have it taxidermied for our wall. Can't you just see us going through customs with that thing? "Yes, I'd like to declare my Decomposing Puffer Fish - oh, careful with the eyeballs, there."



Right.

We did actually leave the hotel on Wednesday. We took a glass bottomed boat tour. It was great - fish watching, whale chasing, beach walking, rock viewing and boat ride all rolled into one!

Our one stop was an hour on the famous "Lovers Beach" . The only way to get there is by boat. Our captain took the boat as far in as he could, then we had to jump into the water when the waves were out and run on shore before the next wave. It made for a fun little adventure! The sequence of pictures below is Kyle's favorite, he thinks we should frame them. I don't think we should frame them.

Ha, ha, very funny. Hey, that water was frigid!

The rock formations were gorgeous! When we looked at the pictures, we were tempted to think that we are good photographers, the pictures were so nice. Something tells me it had more to do with the scenery!

Here is the famous "El Archo" that we saw in all the brochures and adds. You can see why, it was really beautiful!

My Love on the Lover's Beach. What a great day out!

Cabo San Lucas

With two inches of snow on the ground here in Oakland, it's hard to believe we were getting sunburned in 85 degree weather just a few days ago. Well, at least one of us got sunburned. ;-) Good thing I love snow!

We did have some excitement on our honeymoon. Our first flight left at 6am the morning after the wedding, so we asked for a 3:30am wake up call. Well, they didn't call! I woke up and looked at the clock at 3:42, and sat bolt upright in bed - we had to catch our shuttle at 4:00 sharp! We were out of that room in 10 minutes - talk about adrenaline rush.


For our honeymoon, Kyle and I went to Cabo San Lucas, on the very tip of the Baja peninsula in Mexico. We loved the green palms, rugged, scruffy mountains, and the orange, pink and red flowering bushes that we saw growing everywhere!

Our hotel was amazing! We tried out both pools, but mostly stuck with this smaller one on the "quiet side" of the hotel. Our gorgeous suite had two balconies overlooking the ocean.

We also spent a lot of time on the beach, walking and watching the waves and the whales. Cabo is right on a major migration route, so we saw lots of whales every day, usually pretty close in to shore. I had some good whale watching in Alaska, but we were just as close here, if not closer, just standing on the beach! I'm still not sure what kind of whales they were. We asked our waiter if they were blue whales, and he said "Si, si, whales!". We left it at that.

The hotel had five restaurants, which we tried in turn. This one was our favorite. I won't torture you all by describing the food, suffice it to say that it was beautifully presented and absolutely scrumptious!

We found this little creation in our bathroom one day - too cute!

Happy honeymooners! I had an absolutely fabulous time with my man. I am so blessed to have such a sweet husband! - GJ

Shower in Oakland

I'm late in getting this up, but I had the most lovely welcome from the Oakland area ladies!

What a gorgeous shower!

It was delightful to see so many people that I've met over the past year.

The Millers made everything so pretty and inviting.

All the Oakland folks have been so warm and welcoming! I am looking forward to joining such a sweet community - it's going to be a lot of fun.

I was so excited that my new Mom, Sisters and Aunt were able to come up!
Thanks for making the trip ladies!


My Gramdma Sisson also surprized me by coming up from Florida. Yea!

Such a lovely afternoon! My thanks to all who helped and attended. I look forward to being your neighbor! - GJ

Hitched!

Neither Kyle or I took many pictures of our wedding ;-), so for now, here's a few that we've snitched from others. More later!

What an amazing start to our new family! We have been blessed!

Wedding Tomorrow!

Wow, it's actually here! Greetings friends - sorry no more posts until after the honeymoon! Thanks for dropping by.

"Spring" Shower

Mandie Capp, at my second shower, decorated with the colors of spring!


Haley, my maid of honor, and Sandy Wendtland, my bridesmaid gave this beautiful shower at the Capp residence. It was such a fun time!


Sandy, her Mom, and her sister Sarah made little magnets as a prayer reminder to give out - how neat!


Everything at the Capps house was so pretty - thanks ladies for all your work to make everything special!


Sarah and Anna - little helpers.



It was so delightful to see so many friends, quite of few of whom drove a long was to be there! It made me feel so loved.



We had a wonderful time of worship led by Mrs. Leslie Barnard.

Grandma Glenna also shared with us from her 50+ years of marriage!


I recieved so many lovely things! Some of the homemade ones were: Cross Stitch by Emily Rdzok


Autumn table runner from the Hemmer Ladies.


Crochet throw by Helana Bluedorn


Crochet doily from Stephanie Rdzok - I am blessed by so many hours of loving work!



At the end, two brave men made an appearance. One was my dear Dad. This, of course, was the other one. Thanks to one and all for such a delightful time! - GJ