Anniversary weekend - Sunday

On Sunday we went to breakfast and then headed over to the Queen Mary. We purchased the First Class tickets which meant we got a a self guided tour, a behind the scenes tour, a self guided tour of the Scorpion Submarine, and tickets for the Ghosts and Legends of the Queen Mary. It was really interesting. There was so much to see, and again so much walking. I didn't think the Queen Mary would take that long, but we ended up staying there all day.

Some artwork in one of the ballrooms. The plank that's on the bottom to the right is an optical illusion. If you stare at it while you walk around it follows you.

Sean noticed this on the Bridge, look at the emblem. =)
Scorpion

In the disclaimer for the Scorpion it advises pregnant women not to tour the sub and after getting inside it I can totally see why. To get from room to room you had to go through these tiny tubes. If I were any further along I would have had to leave.
Torpedo tube.

Trying to show how big those tools are.

Anniversary weekend - Saturday

For our first anniversary we decided to head over to Long Beach. Neither one of us had been there before, so we packed our bags and off we went. Our first stop after checking in was the Aquarium of the Pacific.

We stayed at the Hyatt. It was very nice, and conveniently located within walking distance to lots of sights.

This was the view straight out from our room.

And this was the view just to the right.

There were lots of different kinds of jelly fish at the aquarium. These are ghost jelly fish, I think.

Look at all the Nemo's and Dori's!

Leafy Sea Dragon

Extra Leafy Sea Dragon! I think it's actually named something else, I just can't remember =)

After the aquarium we stopped across the street for lunch at one of our favorite places to eat, Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co. Yum!

After having lunch we went back to the room to rest a little. There was a boardwalk type of shopping center across the street and also a lighthouse that we walked around. It was so pretty. We found out that Long Beach is a popular wedding spot, I think we counted at least 8 weddings on Saturday and 1 or 2 on Sunday. Needless to say I was pooped by the night's end, and my feet were killing me. We must have walked at least 10 miles.

More Cake.

Here is another cake that I did for my co-worker. This one was much easier than the leopard print cake.

Cake

This was a cake I did for my co-workers daughters baby shower. I am pretty proud of this one, it came out nicely. White cake with strawberry cream filling, it was yummy!