cruise part 4

 The second day at Cabo we went to the other side of the beach which I think is called lovers beach or it was close to it.  The weather was perfect and the water was warm and the kids had so much fun. 

 There was cool little caves in the rocks

 The waves were a little bigger and the under toe was a little stronger so at first I was a little nervous to watch Brytlee play in it but after a few hits she got the hang of it and was fine.  I was so proud of Summer for going out and having fun in the waves.  I am getting to old and just don't love getting wet and then cold...... and I was loving the warm sun so I just watched the whole time. 

 the kids found crabs on the rocks and the were singing little mermaid as they climbed them.

 A little crab that I touched and it exploded.... I don't know why it had such a soft shell..

 You could walk over to one side of the beach and you were on the Pacific ocean and they said the other side was the sea of Cortez.  The Side of the sea of Cortez had waves so big that I think you would die as soon as they hit you so we just looked and then went back to the other side.

 Brytlee's dream for a long time has been to go to the ocean, play on the beach and find sea shells.  For some reason these beaches didn't have any great shells, abut we did find some small snail shells on the rocks so she was in heaven! 

 Kids club!!! 

 Brytlee is a little scared when it comes to swimming all by herself and she wouldn't get into the pool until I had to just throw her in.  When she saw Tessa and Ava swimming I thing it helped her out so she was a little more brave. 

 Elizabeth had so much fun with Mia.  They could just hang out all day long and laugh and laugh and laugh.  I loved watching them talk together. 

Brytlee really liked the kids club and was so excited one morning because they were going to do face painting.  She could hardly sleep that night because she was so excited.  So when I went to go and pick her up I was expecting to see her face painted and see how happy she was...... but a different little kid had spilled the paint so they didn't do any more face painting that day.... she was so sad and I felt bad for her.  But on the last day they took her aside and made sure she got her face painted!!!! 
 I felt like this trip went by way to fast and I was so sad for it to be over.  I think I went into a little post par-tom trip depression for a couple days after we were home.  But the good part about being home was I got to see my little Adison again.  I was so sad to leave her home but I know she would have been a little hard on a trip like this with her having to have a nap and going to bed early and everything.  And I know that she had lots and lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa Harris.

Cruise part 3

 As soon as you get onto land the locals that work on the docks attack you and try to make a great deal with you.  It is funny how you can go to one and then if they see you trying to walk away they just get cheaper and cheaper.  We ended up getting a pretty good deal on going para-sailing and jet skiing. 

 I thought the girls would be a little scared of going up so high, but they were not at all.  They all loved it and they even slowed down and dipped them into the ocean. 

 I was a little nervous and didn't want to get wet so they didn't really dip us for long. 

 We went to the beach and the girls played in the little waves.  It was so fun to watch them and they just jumped right in and started swimming.  Elizabeth for most the time all you could see from her was her head just above the water and a huge smile on her face.

 Ryan and I had rented a jet ski on a different cruise and we thought it was the funnest thing ever.  I think the waves were bigger in the other ocean we were in before and we didn't have to worry about little kids falling off see we did a few crazier jumps and spins.  I felt so bad because Brytlee kept telling me that she didn't want to hit the waves and jump because it was hurting her legs.  When we got off I noticed that she had sand all over her legs and bum so it really was rubbing on her when I was going on jumps.....

The sand was so beautiful and soft. 

cruise part 2

 We all took turns sitting at different tables so we could all be together a few times and it was nice to have one on one time with everyone. 

 Brad brought his Joe Dirt wig with him and told Karsten he would pay him ten bucks if he wore it and got his pictures taken in it.  He did it without and wore it the whole night on the formal night.  I have to laugh because when Alexis puts it on it totally reminds me of how my hair looked as a little girl. 

 My dad looks pretty good in it also

 I love lobster night!!!  I ordered three plates and ate them all!!!  The shrimp that came with them were sooo good also! 

 We were suppose to have more stops but where we lost a whole day the ship just stopped at Cabo and we stayed there for two days.  I really loved it because it was so beautiful, and the ocean was really warm.  I loved the warm weather and wished we could have stayed even longer!!!

 We played a round of mini golf and all decided that we were all dressed way to warm.  So after one round we all went to the room and changed and then got off the boat. 

 My little girls love to pose for pictures.

 While we were going to land we saw two dolphins and a ton of sea lions.  They were so cool to watch and they almost acted like they were tame.  They were jumping on the back of boats and begging for food. 

 When we first went on land you could see crabs all over the rocks.  Alexis really wanted to catch them and kept saying we need A NET.  and so I kept saying,  "Annette is right over there"  she didn't think I was that funny. 

Cruise part 1

 The first day of the cruise was suppose to be on a Sunday but was pushed back to a Monday.  We all got up and packed up all our things and told the kids we were going to go and find the beach.  Then we all got on the bus with the kids not having any clue we were going to go get on the ship!  On this little bus ride I learned that my little Elizabeth had told a dirty joke to her cousin Mia.  When I heard what the joke was I said, "Elizabeth would NEVER do that."   That is when Annette told me that I should never say that because I didn't want to eat my own words.  I really did think that my kids were perfect.... and wouldn't do that.  But when I started to ask question I found out that she really did tell this joke, and she had learned it from her big  sister.... and they both didn't really know what it even meant.  I was a little sad and had to talk to them and tell them that when they learn jokes at school they need to come to mom and dad first before they can tell them.....

 As soon as we got close to the bay and we could see the ship my dad got on the microphone and started to tell the kids that we were so happy to be together as a family, and we always need to live right so that we can be together as a family forever.  He also said that he was so happy to be on this great trip for his Retirement party, and then he started to cry.  He said something about going on the boat, but the kids didn't really know what he said, so I got on and yelled, "We get to go on the ship, and go on a cruise"  It was so exciting!!! 

 When we got to the ship I couldn't believe how long the lines were to get onto the boat.... It was a little ridiculous.  We were in a fast line for some reason I don't really know why so we were not even in the longest line and we still had to wait over two hours......

 Once we were on the ship we were all happy and all starving! 

 We all had rooms for family's and all the kids just took turns sleeping in different rooms each night.  Ryan and I were alone almost every night because that is how cool we are I guess.  Grandma and Grandpa's rooms were always packed with kids......

 Everyone loved the ice cream cone machine.  I couldn't even count how many of these everyone had....

 Alexis really liked eating all the different fancy foods and was fun to take into the dinning room with us.  The other kids were also really good but had more fun going to the kids club dinners instead..  The kids club was a nice thing for the kids and most of them liked going.  

 Fun little indian they made.  Elizabeth really loved watching this.

 The very first day on the ship we were all walking down the stairs to go to our rooms and my flip flop got caught up under my foot and I tripped down ALL the stairs.  The way my foot hit when I fell was my big toe was tucked up under and I took all the weight of the fall on my joint above my big toe.  I about passed out and then wanted to throw up.  It was such a dumb thing to happen on the FIST day of the trip.... I tried to not let it slow me down but I wasn't as much fun as I wanted to be and couldn't run around and dance and be crazy like you should act on a cruise.......  A month after the cruise it is still hurting me and I still can not fit it into a normal shoe without having pain.  It may be broke but in the place that it would be broke there is really nothing you can do for it so I just have no desire to go to a doctor about it.  It kinda made it look like I have a huge bone spur or bunion thing growing.