I'm on a Boat SHIP!!!

Here is a quick recap of our Thanksgiving Cruise.

Thanks Parentals (and siblingys)!!

Travel Day

Red eye flights & no sleep.  At least for me.  Some of us had no problems zonking anywhere and everywhere.  MOM.  Tyrone Corbin was on our flight to Atlanta, and we spotted Scott Layden at the security gate in SLC.  We thought that was cooler than it probably was.

We made it to the Crown Princess.
Once we met up & stuffed our faces, we were ready to party.

The bon voyage was windy. 

Typically a four-letter-word, we actually enjoyed playing in it.

Sea Day

Food!  Fettuccine Alfredo!!  Princess Cruises fettuccine alfredo may possibly be my favorite food.  It was as good as I remembered from the last cruise.  So good that we ordered 3 every night to share, on top of our 4+ course meal.

This is what our dinner table looked like every night.  Sometimes more.   
We didn't starve.

Believe it or not, we didn't really love the shows this cruise.  It's unfortunate, because that's one of my favorite cruise activities.  There was a funny comedic duo (Alfred & Seymore), otherwise we enjoyed
Movies Under the Stars.  With the pizza bar, popcorn, and ice cream counter close by.
Another favorite was the afternoon cookies & milk cart.  We'd try to catch it everyday when we got back on the ship from port, before dinner, while we ate a buffet snack.  Yeah, we really didn't starve.  Those warm cookies were delicious, even though the milk was warm, too.

My Dad killed it in poker.  It was fun to watch him play.

We laughed a lot!

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - Scooters & Beach

After cruising around the island on our scoots, we went snorkeling and got our first feel of the beach! 

It was nice to catch some tropical rays!

We're just thankful that our Mom didn't die with her hazards on, and that Preston didn't get hit while turning down a street on the wrong side of the road.

Roatan, Honduras - Zip Lines

Happy Birthday Bliss!!

We had awesome tour guides.  We did lots of tricks.

They had a monkey!

Afterward we went to the beach.

beautifully breathtaking...

Belize City, Belize - Scuba

My favorite!!!  I haven't been scuba diving since I was 12 years old, and it all came back to me.  So fun!!

Dave is going to get certified before we go on our next vacation, but he was still able to go, as was Natalie.  It was Danielle's first "real" dive.  I wish I could do that a lot more. 
We found a cool shop called Belize Surf & Sport.

Pictures... they're coming.  Hopefully the underwater film develops okay.

Cozumel, Mexico - Deep Sea Fishing

This was a first for everyone in our family.

Our big catch was a barracuda.  We weren't too lucky trolling for the big ones, and I didn't catch a shark or octopus.  Once we started fishing a different way, we caught a lot of fish.  We even fished without a pole... ?  Weird, but cool, and totally "Mexican".  ??  I was kind of expecting a yacht, with all of us reeling in bright colorful fish, one after the other, and another!  But, not the case.  Still extremely fun, but Discovery Channel had me fooled. 

Time permitting, it would have been fun to fry our fish.



I loved our waiter, Francois, and his assistant, Agus. . . Or Angus, Agoose, Agua, August. . . We're still not sure how to pronounce his name.  He was the funnest, most feminine and petite bundle of joy.  I wanted to take him with me everywhere, including bringing him home with me.  In fact, I think he's my long lost BFF from the Philippians.  He was adorable.  Francois was a giant!!

My family is cool.  Love you guys!