Mar 11, 2012

disney cruisin' - part 2

I guess I'll be doing these posts as I have time to do them - if I wait you may never see any of them!!!

Wednesday: We finally made it to land, Puerto Vallarta to be exact! We had our only excursion planned for today - the Pirate Ship. We had heard good and bad about this so we weren't sure what to expect... I did take some dramamean cuz I knew there was a very good chance I'd get sick. Our party was the last to get on the ship so we got the top deck which was awesome and perfect for all of us. Our pirates name was Dragut and he was awesome and so good with the kids. The excursion came with breakfast, lunch and unlimited drinks/smoothies!!!!
We started going and it was not a smooth ride by any means... I was focusing on whatever just not the waves and rocking. We had a 90 min ride to the beach and I was doing great until I went downstairs to eat - bad idea!!! I took one bite and headed up top, I ended up losing my breakfast but I felt so much better afterwards!
We made it to the beach and had a great time. The kids boogie boarded, played in the sand, went on a treasure hunt and I enjoyed the sunshine! We spent about 2 hours on the beach and then headed back to the cruise ship - I did fine on the way back, just stayed up top the entire time. Dragut took good care of Chrissy and I along with a few of the kiddos too!


disney wonder










my boogie boardin' queen
swallowed a little too much water :)



our little beach


the gang

i love this little pirate
 When we got off the pirate ship and headed back to the cruise ship we saw this sea lion taking pics with people - we couldn't pass up the opportunity! What a crack up :)



We watched the Toy Story Musical after dinner tonight and I thought it was great! The kids got a cool cup with a smoothie and a Buzz Lightyear that lit up...


Thursday: @ Cabo!!! I loved Cabo, the beaches were beautiful. I was in heaven, just needed about 4 more days there to lay on the beach and play in the water :) We had a day in a half in Cabo so the first day we decided to go parasailing and then hit Lovers Beach!





b wasn't too sure at first but she thought it was AWESOME!!!

600 ft up in the sky













th arch @ lovers beach
 It was Pirate Night on the ship this night... We got all dressed up and had a good ole time! There was a big party out by the pool later that night and Mason slept through it and Brooklin just sat there. They set fireworks off the boat which was pretty cool.

check out these 2 mean pirates






Mar 10, 2012

disney cruisin'

Well I'm not even sure where to start on this post!!!! We had such a great time on our cruise with the Woods and Tietjen families - good times and fun memories were made all week long. We did the Mexican Riviera which hit Puerto Vallarta for a day and Cabo for a day in a half then we were at sea for 3 1/2 days, we left Sunday Feb 26 and got home Sunday Mar 4...
Sunday: We got up early and left by 6:30am - we made a stop in Vegas for breakfast and then in Barstow for a little stretch at the Reebok outlet (Mason and Nick got shoes). Once we got to Long Beach and found the ship the process getting on was quite smooth. We found the others and let the kids go swimming and hit the Sail Away Party then got ready for dinner since we had the early one @ 5:45pm.


peace out barstow - we're ready to be on the ship!!!

showing off his new shoes...









Monday: @ sea... it was cooler so we just hung out and checked out the ship and the kids clubs. We played bingo and Nick won $283 which was awesome! Nick and Brooklin went to see Reel Steel while Mason and I just chilled. It was formal night for dinner so we got all fancy (well fancy for us) and had a great night. After dinner we went to the family show "Golden Mickeys" and then we took the kids to the club and the adults went to the hypnotist.


big winner!










Tuesday: @ sea... Today was actually sunny so we took advantage of the pools and sunshine!!! The kids went swimming and the guys ended up playing bingo again and Nick won $203! The kids and girls hung for the fiesta by the pool.  Mason had our only major injury today - he was running up the cement stairs and slipped, caught his shin and had a huge bump on it. He was a trooper and after some ice and tylenol he was good - it never slowed him down!



ouch!!!






movie screen outside above goofy's pool

Good Times with Great Grandma & Grandpa

The kids were out of school on a Tuesday
so we decided to go up to St. George and play
with the grandparents before we left on our cruise.
My grandma & grandpa have been down here for
 3 months and they were headed back north while we
were on our trip - so we needed to say good bye.
We had a yummy lunch at Pizza Factory and
then headed to Fiesta Fun for some arcade games!
I think Grandma Karen won the most tickets..
The kids had a blast and got to pick out
some fun little prizes :)