Wes and I decided to celebrate our 10 year anniversary by going on a cruise. We'd never been on one; in fact, we hadn't been anywhere without our kids in 10 years! We were SO excited. Kendra came to our house Thursday to keep the kids and Jill came Friday- it takes a village when you have 3! We were able to easily relax and enjoy the cruise knowing the kids were in good hands. Thanks, sisters! We had such a wonderful and relaxing time. We were incredibly lazy! Laying by the pool....eating whenever we wanted withouth having to cook it or clean it up....having the bed made and turned back for us....WOW! We enjoyed it so much- we will definitely not wait 10 years to go on another cruise!
Wes driving to Mobile, where we boarded the ship! I thought it was too funny that they had the life jackets set out on the bed for us so that was the first thing you see! "Welcome aboard. Hope you don't need these....." :) We had to do a little safety drill about what we would do if the boat sank. Comforting. I am still not sure how they were going to squeeze EVERYone on that big ship into those 10 smaller boats along the sides of the ship....
This was a picture of the sunset our first night on board and a lighthouse we passed on our way to Cozumel. We had to play shuffleboard- we played it so many times when we were in Jamaica 10 years ago! It's "our" game! We had to fight off several elderly couples to play. Apparently shuffleboard is popular among people twice our age! While laying by the pool on our first day at sea, I saw someone having a Pina Colada. It looked so yummy and cold I had one. It was the so delicious I had to take a picture of it!
We arrived in Cozumel, Mexico Saturday morning. We spent the day doing very "touristy" things- shopping and being haggled by the store owners and then we went to a public beach and snorkeled! I loved Cozumel! The water was so beautiful and I enjoyed the shopping and bargaining! We got the girls each a Mexican dress and Mexican baby and maracas. We got Jill and Josh some Tequila and Kendra and David some Amarillo. We had authentic Mexican at an open air restaurant in downtown Cozumel. Yummy! It was such a fun day!
This was us all dressed up for the formal dinner night! We don't get all dressed up a whole lot normally, so it was fun!
Each night we came to our room to find not only the bed turned back for us but also these cute little towel creations! This was my favorite- a little bulldog! Cute, huh?
After 4 days of this view, it was time to get back to reality- job, 3 kids, cooking our own dinner, carpooling, homework, cleaning.... I was actually looking forward to reality on that drive home from Mobile to Millbrook. Reality is nice. But, so is a 4 day cruise getaway!
