Love will keep us together

This past weekend, Jason surprised me with a trip to Catalina Island for our second anniversary. If you didn't know, Catalina Island is just about 1.5 hours off the coast of Orange County. And let me tell you, it is a little slice of paradise.

Arriving

Our hotel- Hotel St. Lauren. The 3rd floor room with curtains open is ours

Our room

exploring the pier that evening

The night we got there, we enjoyed exploring the little town of Avalon. You can walk everywhere!

The next day was packed with activities! Morning yoga on the beach, hiking, a bike ride that covered the whole town (which is not as difficult as it sounds), tacos for lunch, and a night out!

Hanging out at the Wrigley Gardens... and yes, it is the same Wrigley as the infamous Cubs!

The peak of our hike

Great View!

the trail up to the gardens

beautiful tile at the gardens

Out for dinner. Jason took me out for seafood, and I followed in my mother's footsteps of NOT being a cheap date... I ordered lobster.

On Sunday, we had until the afternoon to enjoy the island, then our boat was heading back home to reality. We stopped by the island's museum. We walk into the gift shop to see that 50% of it is full of... what? Chicago Cubs paraphernalia! You can imagine I was shocked to learn that for about 30 years, the Cubs would travel to Catalina Island for their spring training! Wrigley, who owned the Cubs, also OWNED Catalina Island. Not a bad life, if you ask me. They used to even have an exact replica of Wrigley field on the island. The Cubs' spring training used to be the main event of the island- everyone LOVED it! Whaddya say, Cubbies, lets get back to that tradition!

napping on the beach

naps and reading. beach bums

Jason's dream hobby

and the sun sets, once again, on our lovely trip home

We have had a magnificent second year of marriage together. God has been just too good to us. His mercies never fail! I have made great steps in finishing my bachelor's, have a crazy wonderful job that will provide me with experience for my degree, a move to California, ALWAYS having the things we need, love, laughter, a beautiful home, healthy family, a fantastic church, and so much more. I can't believe how much we have been blessed with in just the last year of marriage. Here's to happy memories, and looking forward to the adventure to come!