Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Cruise in Review...

What a great time we had on our cruise with Blake's family. We laughed so hard and got to see so many things...it was FANTASTIC! THANK YOU RUSS!
Our first day on the cruise we shared our talent with the rest of the passengers on the boat by taking THIRD place in the family scavenger hunt. I wont mention that the only reason we took third place is because the third place team was absent for the awards ceremony...we'll take it anyway!
Another talent...sexy legs??? Todd and Jake are strutting their stuff to prove they have some of the sexiest legs....suprisingly they both won an award.

Blake ordered escargot one night and let everyone try it. Cara's face tells it all!

The fabulous girls!
Blake's family:)
This is all of us! We are hanging out on the beach in Cabo San Lucas. We caught a van to Chileno Bay and snorkeled for a bit. It was beautiful and warm, although the saltwater is always a shock when you taste it!
On our way out of the port we saw this guy...a golden pirate. He looked amazing!
Our ship had miniature golf! I was impressed with everything our ship had...miniature golf, inline skating, ice-skating, a rock wall, a sports court and so much more!
Here we are in Mazatlan! We got taken to a beach far away from all the tourists and were able to spend some time with a few hundred hermit crabs and some weird looking black crabs. This beach was Blake's dream...we were able to boogie board!
All of us!

This day was Ashlee's birthday (Happy Day!) We went back to the ship for Johnny Rockets and they made her a birthday treat!

Check out this sunset!

This is our third port, Puerto Vallarta. It was by far the prettiest, it was so green and lush. We took a lazy boat ride and even tried to fish - that didn't work out so well.


Puerto Vallarta in the background.

We were walking on a path and came across 30 of these beauties.


Blake rock climbing (he's on the left).

Jeri - holding on for dear life.


Last dinner! This was our last dinner picture. We took one every night and Blake hated it!


The man on the left is our waiter...we called him Johnny. His name is something like Inut and he is from Romania. He was a hoot! I will always remember how he said..."Pleeeaaa-se." The man on the right is Jamaican so Blake and him talked every night. That reminds me..there were like 200 Jamaicans on this ship and so I didn't see Blake very much. He was always gone talking to someone.


Ashlee with her fancy drink!


Another awesome person we met on the ship-Dipa from Nepal. She is one of the nicest people I have every met! She was nice to everyone, but Jake.

What a fun, fun time!!!
Listen to these happenings:
1. At our first port - Cabo San Lucas we went to the beach to snorkel. The man who took us there had a nice chat with Blake's dad. We ended up giving him a Book of Mormon.
2. At our second port - Mazatlan we went to a beach to boogie board. We found out that the man's boss who took us to the beach is LDS and from Salt Lake City.
3. At our third port - Puerto Vallarta we went on a boat ride. The man who sold us the ride is named Martin and his wife is LDS.
I know this wasn't coincidence...we got off the ship and went through at least 100 people each time trying to sell us a tour or wanted to take us snorkeling, etc. Blake did all the negotiating and it was no coincidence that each time it turned out like it did.

5 comments:

Georges said...

Man! That looks SO fun! Glad you had such a great time!

Anonymous said...

Love the pictures! It was such a great trip full of fun memories that we will never forget! Love you guys!

Tiffany said...

We are sooooo jealous, cute pictures guys. Let's get together after the holiday! Happy Thanksgiving!

The Sants said...

So much fun!! Love all the pictures. :)

Shalise said...

Glad you were all able to go.. Glad you had a great time.