Cruise to Carribean 2012

Our trip to the Caribbean was the best! It is always so hard to get ready for a trip and to plan for a trip, but once I go I have the best time and want to stay longer. I missed my kids a ton, but I could have stayed a few more days! And I knew they were in good hands with my mom and my sister Em. And trips are so good for me and Matt too and good for our SANITY! We really need to plan a trip like this once a year! SO worth it. Well except for the 2 lbs I gained and the 3 lbs Matt gained!

We went with Ryan and Marsha Wilcock and Ammon and Alison Daugs. We had so much fun! Dinners were fun and so was just hanging out around the ship! We also had fun at the shows and dancing and at the differerent islands and locations! We loved our boat. Defiintely the best one we have ever been on!

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Leaving the port and we saw this Flo-Rider in someones backyard! Awesome!

Farewell Party...Leaving Port!

Still In PJ's from Red Eye Flight to Florida...Waiting for our Luggage! Farewell Party!

First Night- Dinner!

Akward Pic of Me- But coolest deck inside. It was the shopping deck and the promenade deck with this Cool Bridge!

Opening Night Show!

Dinner!

Rock Climbing Wall on Boat - Matt Climbing on Advanced Wall

Nerd Alert!

Jen Climbing on Easy Wall & Alison next to me on Harder Wall

Cool Deck Again!  Boat Day/Pool Day!

Formal Night! Wow just call me SHORT STUFF!

 Formal Night!

Belize - Zip-lining! So freakin Fun! Wanted to do it again!

Matt Zip-lining!

Jen- Zip-lining!

Belize- Also went on a hike and tube ride through this dark cave with head lamps and a GUIDE! So awesome! Wish we had some pics of that! This pic is after the tube ride and the lunch they served us!

Matt is being Weird in this pic, if you can't tell!

Belize Port-

Belize- The port was nice, but the city was pretty junky and the people there live very poor. I was feeling very grateful that day for all that we have! We took an hour long bus ride to the ziplining and tube ride, through some awesome jungles. We also saw the city and the people and the houses. Pretty crazy how good we have it in the U.S. But all the children I saw seemed to be happy and content!

Tender boats back to our Cruise Ship! Nerd Alert again!

The Sun Feels so good! I never complained of being HOT in the sun! Loved it!

Our boat- Royal Caribbean. Liberty of the Seas!

Dinner Time- Matt or should I say MR. PIGGY?

2 hour dinners are the best with no kids, good conversation,  and actually getting to taste your food! Oh and the food is excellent!

A pic of all the food we got one night! It was actually kind of embarassing, but SO GOOD! We couldn't even make room for it on the table! Embarrassing!

Our waiter Ramo from Turkey and Rosa our assitant waiter from Mexico. They were the best!

Cozumel, Mexico

Matt, Ammon, Ryan and Marsha snorkeling way out there! I went with them later, but I just don't have any pics. It was awesome snorkeling once we found the spot where all the cool fish were! I was a little nervous at first, so I had Matt go and check it out and then come back and get me!

Matt & Ammon snorkeling!

Laying out in Cozumel!

Cozumel, Mexico

Marsha, Alison, and Me

Trying our Jumping Pics again- we had to do like 15 of these jumps to actually get a pic of us in the air!

Cozumel Pier

 Out boat parked next to another Royal Caribbean boat!

Fun little towel monkey our Room Attendant Made us!

Flo-Rider on the ship- Matt trying to get up! They all  got good at it..even Ammon and Ryan.  Matt was calling Ammon Flo-Rider the rest of the trip because Ammon had the best flips!

Matt Tried to do a front flip and did it and he did a few barrell rolls too. But one of the times, he got a little whip lash in his neck and was sore the last night of the vacation. He was miserable. And the pain killer he took made him so slow! He was having a hard time completing sentences. We were all getting a kick out of it!

Jen trying to get up! My first try I did a face plant and kind of a hand stand and the whole crowd went "OOHHHH!" Embarrassing! But oh well. At least it didn't hurt! I just kept trying till I finally got up! Good thing I had cover ups on because it could have been embarrassing. There were a bunch of people who were not wearing cover ups and stuff fell out and they were embarrassed!

We had alot of fun and want to make it a tradition every year! I missed my kids, but I emailed them every day and that made me feel better! And I knew they were in good hands with my mom and sister Emily! Plus they were able to bond with Grandma too! So it was good for them! And they were all in bed when I got home! So in the morning when I got to finally see them, it was cute to see how much they missed us! But Crew was not mad at me for leaving, he just buried his head in my shoulder and did an excited shake! He did keep looking at me, making sure it was really me! So cute! Moms and Dads definitely need some time away to refresh our bodies and minds. I defiinitely didn't get caught up on sleep, but I loved the sun and the warmth and to come back to cold Logan was kind of depressing! Spring can't come soon enough! And now me and Matt just need to get out of our RELAXATION MODE and get something DONE!