MARCH HONEYMOON

Through the grace of God we got to go on our honeymoon in March. Cancun, Mexico was beautiful. Shawn and I got to share "firsts". Our first real vacation together. Our first time having more than a few hours together having fun. Our first time diving together...and the list could go on. We met a few sets of couples down there and had a great time. I have figured out that my husband is a chatty-kathy in hiding. Find a nice stranger and the conversation and stories will never end. :-)

Shawn and I went diving. Pretty cool for a girl who had never even snorkled. Anyone that knows me I tend to jump right in. Well I tried....came up for water gasping for air 3 times before I figured it out. Good thing Shawn and the instructor were patient. Once I figured it out, I didn't want to come up. Our first dive was a 15 foot dive at Xel-Ha (shell-ha). It was beautiful. The caves we went in were a little freaky. I was having flashbacks of all the underwater movies with a shark coming out of the dark. The first time was called 'snuba' because the tanks were on a little raft above us.

Our second dive was 33 feet and this was with a tank on our back. I forgot how much GEAR weighs. I finally got the nerve to fall backwards off the back of the boat and off I was making my way down the rope, stopping to unplug my ears every so often.

Well we returned home hoping for Shawn to have a promotion waiting for him (so we were told) and me to begin filling my pipeline again with loans. The promotion never came to fruition and ended in a small train wreck for Shawn. I came back to a refi-boom and filling the pipeline became easier than before our honeymoon. My boss took her vacation and I covered some of her files in her absence. Talk about learning trial by fire. Whew!!! Well we are still in a refi boom and God has blessed the work of my hands abundantly!!!

As for Athena, some may have seen my Facebook pictures but she is doing well. We are now trying to manage her weight. Not having a back yard and working too much has caused the girly to be a bit 'tubby' as Shawn endears her as. For that matter Momma has become tubby too.....too much work and not enough play. So we have recently started remedying that matter. We are walking with a friend and her dogs a couple times a week in the morning. And each weekend I am trying to stay out of the office at least one day and go take her out. The picture to the left is a trail on the back side of the aiport. There are lots of ducks and geese and WATER!! Oh yes Athena's favorite.

Today Athena and I were invited on a hike up Perserverance Trail. AMAZING! We saw our first bear of the season. Momma and a new cub were tucked up the hill from where we were. I was very happy to have a group of us as I'm not quite ready to encounter a bear. We had one in our front yard last week....Thank God I wasn't home. Today's hike was a great combination of flat areas, slight inclines and steep switchbacks. I'm so out of shape. LOL!!! But it truly is beautiful. Today was a good day. Athena is sacked out behind me snoring and I'm pooped.

Well we are coming to San Diego July 9th through the 18th. We hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and full of joy!

Much love,

Bethany, Shawn and Athena