Love Life

Al has become obesessed with yet another sport. Lucky me!! I will admit that I like golf and want a set of my own PINK golf clubs someday. Al's birthday is next week and we bought him clubs in advance, so he could use them before July weather hits and we will only be able to stay inside. We went to the driving range last week and hit some balls. Luckily it was a cheap course, so no one would be alarmed when I only hit the ball 4ft...lol
Of course I took pics and here they are.
Al doesn't like the picture above. Let that be a lesson to smile normal next time:)

This range is awesome because right when you're about to hit the ball an airplane flys over and it is soooo loud...lol.

Also you have the beautiful scenery of the strip to soak in while you hit balls. It was so amazing.
I talked Al into taking me to Melting Pot on Friday due to a wonderful coupon I found online. Free Fondue for 2 when you purchase an entree. Here is the link http://www.themeltingpotclubfondue.com/signup.cgi?n=194557
We went at 7pm and the restaurant was dead. I guess I was expecting it to be packed like the one in SLC. I need to stop comparing things to Utah.
The food was delicous, but I always love the CHEESE

and CHOCOLATE the most
Look at all the chocolate drips on my plate...lol At least Al didn't get one of me eating it with a spoon. HA
I was going to take pictures of the fondue and all the pretty food they bring out, but I left my D90 at home. However we went to sushi last night and I brought it because Al let me buy a new purse big enough to hold everything including both of my cameras. We go to this place by our house called Sushi Fever(SK you and BB went there with us on NYE) and it is hands down the best sushi I've had. Better than Kyoto in Utah, Nobu at Hard Rock, and anywhere else I've been. Here is our new favorite called Jens Spaghetti. It is sooo good. It makes me hungry looking at this picture.
Who watched the horse race on Saturday?? Al and I happened to be walking through the Wynn 10 minutes before the race started so we joined in with the other 500 people that were watching.

Al and I cheered on the filly Rachel Alexandra. YAY for Fillys!! She's the first filly to win the Preakness since 1924. I made Al promise that we would go to a horse race someday. Hopefully the Kentucky Derby so I can buy a really really big hat:)

Last item of business is our wonderful afternoon snack at the Fashion Show Mall. Hot Dog On A Stick. Is it crazy that 2 hot dogs and a large lemondae cost $10?? Here are some pics from my favorite spot at the mall.

Al is the best husband because he gives me the crunchy batter part that is leftover on his sticks. Does love get any better than that:)

Secrets of Life

One thing Al and I enjoy about Las Vegas is In-N-Out and everytime we go Al has to tell me how the bottom of their cups and french fry containers have a scripture. EVERYTIME!! I think he is either getting Alzheymers at a young age or he just enjoys hearing me say "I already know." Here is a picture of Al showing me the scripture and here is one of my well done french fries.

I got the 411 from the secret unpublished menu

Just in case you don't know here it is

"3-by-3" = three meat patties and three slices of cheese.
"4-by-4" = four meat patties and four slices of cheese.
"2-by-4" = two meat patties and four slices of cheese.
*Note: You may get a burger with the exact number of meat patties or cheese slices you want (up to 4x4). Just tell the In-N-Out Burger cashier how many meat patties and how much cheese you want and that is what you'll get! For instance, if you want 4 pieces of meat and 3 pieces of cheese tell them you want a "4-by-3."
"Double Meat" = like a Double Double without cheese.
"3 by Meat" = three meat patties and no cheese.
"Animal Style" = the meat is cooked and fried with mustard and then pickles are added, extra spread and grilled onions are added.
"Animal Style Fries" = fries with cheese, spread, grilled onions and pickles (if you ask for them).
"Protein Style" = for all you low-carbohydrate dieters, this is a burger with no bun (wrapped in lettuce).
"Flying Dutchman" = two meat patties, two slices of melted cheese and nothing else - not even a bun!
Fries "Well-Done" = extra crispy fries . . . even better than the regular!
Fries "Light" = opposite of fries well-done, more raw than most people like 'em
"Grilled Cheese" = no meat, just melted cheese, tomato, lettuce and spread on a bun.
"Veggie Burger" = burger without the patty or cheese. Sometimes we call this the "Wish Burger."
"Neapolitan" Shake = strawberry, vanilla and chocolate mixed together.

California Lovin

Good news everyone we are back from our California cruise without the swine flu and with 474 pictures. I have no idea how I'm going to sort through them and post my favorites on this blog, but I will have to manage. To begin our trip we had been on the freeway for about 10 minutes when we saw this girl slam into the median. It was so scary and she is so lucky she was ok. Of course I snapped some non discrete pictures. Here is Al slowing down traffic


We arrived at the Port Saturday afternoon and saw people like this. Thats our friend Ross in the middle...lol
We got a sweet handicap room and I say that with sincerity because our room was huge. We had ramps everywhere and a seat in our shower!! How much more luxorious does life get??
Our ship had so many pools and hot tubs and a lot of elderly people. Al kept joking about it being The Jerry Atrick ship. Al of course loved all the pizza, hot dogs, fries, and hamburgers.


Our first amazing stop was Santa Barbara and we were luckily there before those horrible fires started. The fog was so bad that day we couldn't dock until noon which totally sucked, but whats worse than not going to Mexico:)
Alas the fog cleared and we walked all over the place.
We found a fun Cinco De Mayo festival going on. Vendors were selling tons of these pretty decorated eggs filled with confetti and Al corrected me and said they are called Cascarones.

They even had Obama ones.
I had this amazing Avocado salad on State Street and got bored watching sports, so I took some pictures of beer.

It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun.
Our next stop was San Diego. Al and I decided to go to the San Diego Zoo and it was fantastic!
So many fun animals. I will beign with my personal favorites the giraffes and elephants. The elephants were doing circus tricks when we got there. I loved it.


The Koalas were very entertaining. I have no idea how they sleep in the trees like that. Al saw Puma from Lion King
Hungry Hungry Hippos
The gorillas which were so fun to watch even when they had their butt turned to you.
Loved these weird hairy camels. The one on the right has foam coming out of his mouth.
This Zoo is so big they have a tram that takes you from one end to the other..
Goodbye San Diego
Hello San Francisco. This picture was taken off our balcony.
We did sooo much this day. We went to Alcatraz

Pier 39
Fishermans Wharf

So many beautiful flowers in San Fran. It reminded me of the song... If you're going to San FranciscoBe sure to wear some flowers in your hair

Ghiradelli Square. Al had the best sundae EVER!! I don't really like ice cream and I couldn't stop eating it.
We met up with my BF Curtis from Highschool and walked to Lombard Street.
Then we walked to China Town which I don't feel like uploading pictures of because they are taking extremely long to upload because my new camera apparently takes HUGE pictures.
I will post a picture of the most amazing mall we went to by Union Square. It was like good ol Crossroads in SLC, but 8 stories and so many escalators going everywhere. I made Al go to the top floor with me and ride them all the way down....lol
We then walked all the way back to the ship which was at Pier 27. In case you were wondering it starts at Pier 1 1/2. My legs still hurt from walking.
It was really cool to go under the Golden Gate Bridge on a cruise ship.



The last day on the ship Al loaded up on Pizza and we relaxed in the sun just like these people.

Here is a pic with our dinner friends.

The best ice cream dessert ever that had fire in the middle.
and the full moon above the ocean.

Some of my favorite highlights from the cruise. All the Mexico souveneirs that were 50% off

The frog leg dinner. I'm usually pretty good about trying foods, but the fact that the frog legs still looked liked the frog legs wasn't working for me. I tried it anyway, but it was a little bland

Al eating 3 or 4 desserts every night

Formal Nights
The String chortet which reminded of our wedding, but we only ended up with two because the chello players water broke.
Bingo because one At Sea Day it was really cold. We have our own Dabber now. I might start up a new hobby in Las Vegas.
And this random guy that was a cruise port walker(just like a mall walker) We had to wait for my uncle Ben to come get us and I kept seeing this guy walk past us. I finally figured out that he was a cruise port walker and this picture was taken around the 20th time he walked by us. Bless his heart.
If you are still reading you are a true Al and Whitney blog lover and I appreciate it because I just spent two hours on this...lol Although we didn't go to Mexico we had a blast and Princess gave everyone half of what you spent towards another cruise. Hooray!! California...knows how to party California...knows how to partyIn the citaaay of L.A.In the citaaay of good ol' Watts In the citaaay, the city of ComptonWe keep it rockin! We keep it rockin!