Good ol' California

So about a month ago matt was rewarded a trip through his work, AT&T, to the St.Regis Monarch Beach resort. Its was AMAZING. Basically like a second honeymoon! The trip was givin to about 400 AT&T employees who had outstanding service or in the top 1% of sales. Matt happened to be in the 1% of sales so they sent us away for a 3 day stay, all paid for by AT&T in beautiful, sunny California. The hotel first off was awesome. We had to go to welcome dinner for all the employees so didnt have much time to see anything. During the dinner they had karaoke. Matt decided to step out of his comfort zone and sing me a little something. He chose the song "Joker" by the Steve Miller Band. It was great, he even came down off the stage and sang to me during the last part...spot light and everything. The best part was he was the ONLY sober person who got up to sing, so he didnt have any excuse for being bad ;)

On the 2nd day of the trip we got to choose an activity to do. They had dolphin safari, whale watching, golfing, and all sorts of stuff. We got stuck with a day at leisure with your own rental car since we booked too late. Well turns out, it worked out perfectly! We thought we'd get a ford focus or something but nope, they stuck us in a Mercedes on at&ts tab. We had so much fun driving up the coast. We made our way up to Long Beach and I took Matt to one of my favorite restaurants...BUBBA GUMPS! If you havent ever been to one i suggest you find one and get there right away. Matt loved it and was very impressed! Its based on the movie Forrest Gump and has the movie playing all day and is just filled with pictures from the movie and other fun memorabilia! Afterwards we had some time to kill before we had to head back to the hotel and return the car. We dont know California at all but we knew the Queen Mary was right across the bridge. We ended up going there for a little bit and toured a Russian submarine that was next to the Queen Mary. Matt is so interested in this type of stuff since he grew up on war movies so he was in heaven. It was actually pretty interesting. We got to talk to an old Navy guy who was on an American sub during the Korean War. It was fun to listen to some of the stories and how the subs work.

The 3rd day we went to Disney Land! It was fun but super crowed since it was spring break, so we only ended up going on a few rides. Matt and I are going to Disney World with my family in a year and it got me even more excited for that!!!

Im so proud of Matt for working so hard and earning this trip his first year at AT&T. I know it wasnt easy, but hopefully we can go again next year and have even more fun memories!! Heres a few pictures of our adventures...

I couldnt leave out the picture of Matt with "The Duke" at the John Wayne airport...he searched the airport to find this statue since he knew it had to be there...bless his heart :)

One month--and finally honeymoon pics!

Thats right...Matt and I have already been married one month today. It feels like yesterday (most of you are probably thinking it basically was yesterday, but hey, its all new to me!). Matt was so sweet and cooked me dinner tonight while I was working. Hes actually not too bad in the kitchen, but i guess you cant go wrong with a crock pot dinner ;) We love being marriage!

So much happened in march that I'm not even going to attempt to fit it all in one blog, so ill break it up a little bit over the week for ya. We were married March 6th and it was an amazing day, i have no complaints! That next morning we were lucky enough to leave the freezing snow and head to sunny Mexico! We absolutely loved it there. Matt served his mission in Mexico so going back there and being around that culture took him back to his mission days. We stayed in Playa del Carmen, about 30 minutes south of Cancun. It was so pretty there, id love to live there, but i wouldn't survive, so ill settle for vacations there :) Matt and I were able to do some fun things while in Mexico. We went jet skiing in the ocean, which i got a little nervous when we went over dark water since everything else was crystal clear, but other than that it was awesome! One day we decided to do an adventure tour which took us into the jungle and we went repelling, we went on a zip line, and last but not least, snorkeling in the cenotes...Matt's favorite activity by far! Cenotes are caves in Mexico filled with fresh water that is so clear you can see the bottom of that cave, it was gorgeous! Here's a few pictures of our favorite things....

Our lovely resort...rooms weren't the best but the food was to die for!! yum!!

Every night we would walk around the markets they have and we saw these moneys. One jumped on my head when i wasn't looking and freaked me out, Matt still laughs about it like it just happened!

Hanging out on the beach at night


Visiting Tulum ruins...these ruins were on the cliff of the ocean, it was beautiful. I didn't get a good picture of the cliff and ocean, but these will do!



...ZIP LINE...


Last of all, Matt's favorite by far. I couldn't get this kid outta the water...


That's all for now, it was long, I'm sorry, but i hope some enjoyed! And wedding pictures are on their way, so hopefully you'll get a post for that soon!!

Changes!!

Matt and I will be switching our blog name here shortly (probably the end of the week) to mattandcrystalaverett.blogspot.com