Disney Cruise 2009 son!

So as usual I am just going to let my photos do all the talking. I went on a Disney Cruise this last week with Brit and her family. We flew into Orlando Florida last friday after work and got back this morning (sunday). I had such a good time and it was probably the best vacation I probably have ever taken. I usually just do Moto or Snowboard type trips so it was nice to go on my first cruise and go somewhere tropical with nice beaches. Sat. the day before we came home we had the change to go to Disney world too. It's amazing how big of an empire Disney is with the various parks! It took me about an hour just to upload the photos and videos so unfortunately the pics are out of order, it would take me too long to sort them chronologically, so hope you enjoy the pics as I had a great time. One thing I realized is how big Disney was in my life as a child. I remember watching so many of their movies, Aladdin, Little Mermaind, Beauty and the Beast, and all the cartoons like Tail Spin. Big thanks to Brits parents and family for having me along. Hopefully they didn't get too sick of me and my lame jokes and antics.

Epcot at Disney world

Animal Kingdom and the Everest Ride

We were able to hit up 3 different Islands, this one is owned by Disney, called Castaway Cay

On a bike ride throughout the Island

Castaway Cay from the ship, they have one of the ship they used in Pirates of the Caribbean Movie.

Semi-casual night

They had various activities to do during the days we were at sea. Kit decorating, mine was Jazz and RSL inspired. I took it with my to castaway Cay and tried to fly it but unfortunately it couldn't stand up to the winds of the incoming storm and the string broke and was a victim to the island.

Mickey

Chip or Dale? I cant remember which one had the red nose.

So I had planned to propose to Brit sometime on the cruise, in a nut shell... we went snorkeling on St. Tomas. While in the water looking around at tropical fish, I pulled the ring out of my pocket and showed it to her under the water, shes wallowed some water and then said yes and that was it!


We stopped on Tortola also, but took a boat to a neighboring island called The Virgin Gorda. They had some sweet beaches and caves. Here we are at "The Baths"




Our servers throughout the week, Simon from The Phillipines, and Maria from Argentina. They were great and had a good time spiting my spanish to Maria.

We got to go to a behind the scenes making of Disney's Pixar new movie "Up" from one of the creators, later on in the week we got to wee it in 3D, I thought it was pretty good, not quiet as good as Cars or Toy Story, but still good. And Andy's boys will be happy to know they are making a Cars 2 as well as Toy Story 3.

I love to eat and the Food on the cruise was off the Hook! Sooooo much food all the time and such good quality, the food was one of my most fav. things of the cruise.

Almost every night the would have a movie or a really good on stage theatre show, here are all the characters on stage.

This was my fav. desert of the trip, Choc. Lava cake. I had one, asked for another and Simon brought me 2 more! My mom would have loved it.

Chicken Parm, Lobster tail, and Tuna.

They gave us a Cake for the engagement.

Duck, it tasted like chicken.....

On St. Thomas we went snorkeling on Coki Beach, this guy made a smoothie for us, but I wanted to snap a photo showing this is the type of guy I think of when I think of the carribean.

More awesome deserts, I love fruit so I liked the one on the left.

They had a pirate inspired dinner one night.

Yum.

Fillet Mignon over mashed tatoes served with scallops.

Choc. Cheese Cake

Swordfish, it was pretty good.

I like cooked asparagus with butter

Formal Night

Since the NBA playoffs were going, they showed it on the big screen just about every night, now this is the way to watch a BBall game, a huge screen and all you can eat pizza and ice cream.

Just getting on the ship. Aye Aye Mate

The first and last night we stayed at on of Disneys resort hotels, this one is called the Pop Century.

My good buddy Paul Dimond lives in Florida about 3 hrs away from Orlando, we had planned to hook up while I was there, so it was good to see them. He and his wife have an adorable family. Good seeing ya Pauly! Say Hi to Ells, Park Dog, and Olivia.

One of the rides we went on at Hollywood studios. It was fun.

I got a pretty good burn a few days in.

A storm rolling in while we were on Castaway Cay, it rained pretty good while on our bike ride, but it was kind of fun riding in the tropical rain fall.

St. Thomas

My ancient mayan sand castle, that ones for you Travee.

This ones for you marko

Kiddie Pool

The ship was huge

Yet another awesome desert

We went to a plate and Cake decorating Demo

All you can eat soft serve, yeah playa!

A few videos

Video of Delta motocross track Trav, Shaffer, Cole, A-bag, Jared and few others. It was way fun, the track was awesome!

Also Cole got a new bike! A KTM 50. Its a little peppier and has way better suspension than his old one. Lookin good Coley.

Easter Fun

Sunday we had an Easter gathering at my Moms as we do every year. We ate dinner and had an Easter Egg Hunt in the yard. The weather was great and good times were had by all.

COLE GOT THE GOLDEN EGG, WORTH 10 BUCKIES.

EASTER BASKETS

READY FOR THE START!

Video of the start

I just threw this photo in for good measure, My buddy A-bag on his bike. He's not doing anything spectacular, I just liked the photo.

March Happenings

March happenings. Here are few videos and photos from the month of march. Sorry about the sparse postings lately but I have been posting most stuff on Facebook. But alas here they are.

I went snowboarding with Brit's dad and fam. the other day at The Bird. I don't really make it to the bird that often so it was a nice change from Brighton. The Bird has awesome terrain. It's steep and has a great choice of terrain. Here I am in front of The Birds Tunnel to access back behind the Mtn. to Mineral Basin. You can see the light at the end of the tunnel! (Literally and Figuritively)

A friend from the ward was called to serve in Independence MO. Here are Brit and I at her Farewell Party.

We try and make it a yearly event when we go snowboarding at Brighton. We BBQ with Hot Dogs and Burgers some time in the Spring. This saturday we chose was great, the weather was great and the hot dogs tasted sooooo good after a few hours of hard riding.

Trav, A-bag, Cole, Shaffer, Josh, Brit and I went to Mesquite to ride a few weekends ago, the weather was awesome and it's always good to have a mini trip to Southern Utah to Visit the Cluffs, ride and enjoy the weather.
Me getting nasty low in the rut.

Sorry about the first video, I chose the wrong one and couldn't delete it.

2nd video is of me from Brighton yesterday. We found a great spot to hit. Here I am doing a front 3. Prob one of my best shots to date. That ones for you Drew boy.




3rd video: Benny off a Cliff, and yes Mom it's In bounds.
4th: Nollie at Brighton




5th: Mesquite MX Track
6th:Cole at MEsquite, he's getting pretty good on his PW.




I took Tells to Brighton for night boarding one night, she got a new set up and did pretty darn good for only her 2nd time riding.

Saturday at Brighton

Last Saturday Alex, Rob, RT, Nate, and I went to Guardsman to build a jump. We found a little drop up from the Jump we built so we hit that. It was sweet and a little hard to get to. But alas it was well worth the hike and build. I gapped in between 2 trees. It was a fun day!

More to come, I just need to upload more of the videos to my Computer.

The Canyons

My Bro., Drew and I went to ride the Canyons this past Saturday. I always have a good time riding with Andy as we always make the best/funnest of any situation.

Drew Boy through a tree gap.

Indy

Tree gap in HD son, ya heard.

NEW WHIP

So I got a new whip. 04 Nissan Frontier. It's been kept up and has low miles (38,000). It has four doors, 4-wheel drive and my bike and sled fit in back, What more could I ask for! I like it so far and plan on having it for a long time.





Travee and I went up to Guardsman on Sat. to use the sled. We didn't get too back there as we didn't really know the area that well. We pretty much stayed on the beaten path and had a good learning experience.








Went to Brighton snowboarding and the snow was awesome. There is a pretty good cliff we know about so we went and hit it up.


I also went to Portland to visit Andy and his family. I always love seeing the boys. They sure are a handfull and I don't know how Rachy does it every day. We had a great time visiting and riding at Mt Hood with Andy.

I also went to Anaheim with some friends to see the supercross race. The weather couldn;t have been better. (80 and sunny) We hit up the beach just about every day. There was a local kid (Jeremy O'Driscoll) from Salt Lake there racing so it was cool see a local boy make it into mainstream supercross.

Also check out the last song on my playlist, it's my new fav.