It's been a while...but here's an update

Hi Family and Friends, Sorry it's been so long since I updated our blog. A lot has happened so here is a quick recap. After our honeymoon we spent a great day at a Seahawks game with Jared and Monique (Eric's sister and brother-in-law). It was Jared's first time to a game, so needless to say we all had a great time watching him watch the game. :) Then it was Christmas. We spent time with my parents and Eric's family. Next was New Years which Eric and I spent at the beach at our friends new beach house. It was a great time on the Oregon Coast. This is the 3rd year we have spent New Years with this group of people and it is always a great time. Eric headed back to school a week later, back to the grind. We are getting ready for Eric to graduate. Well I am getting ready, Eric thinks about it a day at a time, but me I am ready to celebrate and have my husband back home. Just recently we went down to Southern California for a family event (a funeral). The good part was that we were able to spend some quality time with Eric's family. Which was really nice. Well here are a bunch of pictures from all the events. Oh yea, I am offically Mrs. Johnson. Let me tell you the name changing process was not fun...but hey at least I am official now. :) Hope you are doing well. We love you!
Oh yea...the pictures are a little out of order. :)
The Cousins (Eric, Jennifer, Melissa, Monique, Michael)

Pirate Castle.

Grumpy Eric

Grumpy Eric on a bad hair day (FYI...that's not his hair it's part of the hat. He isn't all grey...yet) :)

Outside the Lego Store

Naya and "ickey" mouse and minnie mouse.

Me, Eric and Yvonne. Yea!

Eric and his cousin Jennifer at Superbowl. Go Giants!

Eric, Eyore and Naya. How cute!

But I want to see tinkerbell! Monique, Yvonne, Naya and Eric.

Finally I got her to look my way.

Ashlie Mouse.

Princess Naya. She wore this dress around, danced for people and everyone thought she was the cutest thing.

Ashlie and Eric at the Electrical Parade. This is right after we got off the tower of terro. So that's why we look a little white.

Ashlie and Eric at Superbowl.

Ashlie and Eric in front of the park

Alice in Wonderland Float

The little mermaid float


Go Seahawks! Monique and Jared

Jared, Eric, Ashlie and Monique at the Seahawk game. It was a little damp but we had a great time.

Ashlie and Mo

Eric and Ashlie

Ah....Jared and Eric


The Belly Roll: Naya really liked Eric's belly trick.

So then she tried to do it herself. So cute!

And finally a little movie from the fireworks extravaganza at Disneyland!

Hope you had fun looking at all the pictures. :)

Party Time....Laura and 80's dancing!

We went out on Friday (the 21st) for Laura's going away party. First, Cassi and Laura came over to our house and then we went to Vault and then to Lola's Room for an 80's dance party. It was a great time. Here are a few pictures from our night out.

Cassi...home for the holiday's rocking the arm warmer and sequin hat.

Summer and Laura.

Eric (now he has the sequin hat) and Laura. Lot's of laughs were had. :)

Classic Laura dancing picture. Check out the hair!

Summer...striking a pose.

Laura taking "thoughtful pictures" (this was towards the end of the night) :)

Another very thoughtful pose. :)

Cassi and Brandon...dancing the night away.

Laura and Eric

The girls all dancing...with random 80's man.

Cassi and Ashlie.

Ashlie and Eric... guitar leg.

Eric came out of dancing retirement...here he is busting a move on the dance floor. Popped collar and sequin hat.

Well as you can tell we had a great time. If you are ever in Portland on a Friday night and you are looking for a fun filled night of dancing...Lola's Room is the place.

Love, Ashlie and Eric.

Honeymoon time!

Hello All,
I know it's been a while since we blogged...but the good news is that we have some great new pictures and stories from our Honeymoon. We went to Cancun, Mexico for 10 days. It was absolutely fabulous. We did an activity every other day with relaxing in between. It averaged a balmy 85 degrees, a couple of tropical storms came through but all in all the weather was great. :) Here are some pictures of our vacation. Enjoy! (Sorry these are not in order, but you'll get the point.) :)
Eric on the plane on the way to Mexico!

This is us snorkeling in Cozumel. We went on a 5 hour private snorkel tour. We saw turtles, a huge eagle sting ray, barracuda, dolphins and of course some fish.

Playa Del Carmen. Classic Mexico, soccer on the beach.

Eric snorkeling in a Cenote. A cenote is created from the underground river system. It is the cleanest clearest fresh water.

Jungle Buggy: this is how we got to the cenote, a 15 minute drive through the jungle on this thing. :)

Spider monkey!

Eric in the cenote.

Cenote.

Ashlie holding a snake. Can you tell that I am not enjoying myself.

Eric holding a snake...enjoying himself. :)

We took the bus from Cancun to Play Del Carmen and it broke down, so here we are on the side of the road waiting for a new one.

Eric and I in Tulum. Some ruins on the sea.

Us again in Tulum.

Ashlie palm head.

Apparently even the Mayans in Chitzen Itza are USC fans.

Ashlie reading. I read 4 books while we were there. I know, total dork. :)

Ashlie relaxing at the pirate bar.

Eric holding a shark. We were at Isla Mujeres.

Eric at Chitzen Itza....just kidding, this is him in front of a sign we found.

But here is the real thing....Eric at the pyramids.

Eric and Ashlie at one of the new 7 Wonders of the World.

On the way to Isla Mujeres. We took the UltraMar over.

Waiting for our boat.

Isla Mujeres is a small island, so you can take a golf cart and see the entire island. Here is Eric driving.

There is a turtle sanctuary on the Island, so here is a turtle.

Eric and Ashlie caught in a rain storm.

One of the hotel pools at night.

Our hotel.

The view from our hotel room. There were several pools, this one had the swim up bar. :)

Eric at 7am. A beer, his sunglasses, and a hat. Just chilling.

Well there you go. The quick version of our honeymoon. In all we went to Isla Mujeres, Playa Del Carmen, Cozumel, Tulum, Chitzen Itza, snorkeling in the Cenotes, and of course Cancun. It was fantastic.
Love, Ashlie and Eric.