Saturday, June 19, 2010

Grand Cayman Island

The 3rd day of our cruise we arrived at the Grand Cayman Island.... This was the view from our balcony upon arriving ...



We had to catch a boat to get to the island.....



Leaving the ship............


arriving at the port...............


We saw this pretty little beach on our way to the main land and decided to take a little walk to get there.




It was definitely worth a walk through the little city to get there.




This entire beach was covered in coral. It made it very hard to walk without shoes!






This is all coral in the water.....





Karlton and Josiah waded out and found a nice size rock or probably coral to stand on.









Karlton tool this shot of Josiah and I from the water.










Josiah and I decided to continue up the beach to explore a little.........







We found a ship wreck sticking out of the water....

























See the little blue fish in this small pool of crystal clear water? There were a couple of these fish in this pool but this is the only picture I caught one of them in.








These cute little cottages were all along our walk to and from the beach.
















Heading back to the town ...............













so that we could catch our submarine. You can see it one the furthest left side of the picture.













Our view from the inside of the sub.... Yes, I know I look crazy all covered up but in the 105 degree weather but I had to walk around like this to keep the sun off my really bad sun burn that I had gotten on the ship the day before. I was in so much pain that I did not want to make it worse. So, I stayed covered up as much as possible. Believe Karlton was laughing at me saying if I could only see myself!










We got to see 3 ship wrecks on our little sub tour......













and lots of fish! This looks like an aquarium doesn't it! It was so crystal clear that you could see all the way to the very bottom. I know that it is hard to see in some of the pictures.






















We even saw a scuba diver.... He came up to see us in the windows.... He bought the fish over to us by luring them with food.
























Another ship wreck.......













Then we headed back to the ship for some lunch and then back out again and found another beach to snorkel at. I even went snorkeling here.... this was Josiah and my first time snorkeling. He loved it! I kept inhaling water, so I ditched my mouth piece and just held my breath to view all the underwater wild life!































We had to be back by 4 on the boat. So we came back and cleaned up to go to dinner.












The ceiling on our boat.....

















All cleaned up and ready for dinner.....










but first some pictures of course!


















The view from our table that we ate at every evening.....




















This is the little fellow we found on our bed that night.













































Friday, June 18, 2010

I'm Still Here...... And Favorite Friday Foto

Here is this weeks FFF......
Sorry I stopped posting pictures from our cruise.......
This week has been pretty hectic! Well actually this whole summer has been non-stop! The big boys Cross Country started this week, so that means we have to get up at 7 am and they have to be there by 7:30. Then we have had VBS this wk. from 9-12. I helped out in the nursery 3 days this week. I was suppose to be painting the other 2 days I did not help, but ended up painted 1 full day and cleaning the 2nd. I am so far behind on things around here. It is amazing how quickly things pile up when you are not home 24/7 to clean! ugh......... I also had to shop for the boys CC running shoes this week....And we have had lots of time at pool.... All that had made for one tired mama and some tired kiddies! At least they fall asleep early and take good naps when we are at home to take one. I have been so tired this week that I even took a nap today.... ;0)
I promise to get back to posting more cruise pictures soon!

Friday, June 11, 2010

The 1st Day At Sea

We did not take many pictures this day. We mainly just relaxed, read, laid out, and let Josiah play in the pool and on the slides....Oh and ate!!! Lots of eating!!!

These pictures are from our dress up night.........








My Lobster and Shrimp. Yummmmm!















Josiah was so excited to see which animal was waiting for us in our room at night! He took all the pictures of the animals.







The rest of the pictures will be of all the islands and countries we went to. So stay tuned........
THAT IS IF ANYONE WANTS TO SEE ANYMORE PICTURES OF OUR TRIP????




Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Bon Voyage

Saturday we drove 10 1/2 hrs to Tampa and stayed the night before we got on our cruise. Man that is one long drive!!! Especially when everyone else is sleeping and snoring in the car! lol.....




The guys posing for a quick picture in from of our ship. We were trying to catch an elevator down from the parking garage to walk over to the ship. Once on board we showed Josiah around at all they had to offer. He was in Awe!




This was our view from our room before we took off. We had a life boat in front of our balcony.


Once we took off we got ready for dinner. The first night was casual dinning. Josiah and I pose for a quick picture while waiting for our food.




Then we went outside for some pictures after dinner.















Then ended the day to this sight......................... Nothing but dark waters and a moon.








Stay tuned for day 2 .................


Wednesday, June 9, 2010

We're Home.......

Karlton, Josiah, and I arrived home Sunday night, after one amazing and unforgettable cruise! We went to The Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Isla Rotan, and Belize. This was Josiah's first cruise and our 2nd. By far this was the Best one! WE LOVE ISLA ROTAN!!! All I can say about that island is WOW!!!! It has it all! Totally gorgeous!!! For now I am only giving you a little sneak peak w/ a few pictures. I will elaborate more on each place in the coming days. I have 3 little ones home and wanting their lunch right now. But for now here are some pictures to enjoy!





The 3 of us getting off the boat in Isla Rotan (which was our 3rd port).





Josiah looking at our ship in the Caymans. ( first port)





Josiah and I getting our picture made getting off in Cozumel. ( 2nd port)






The first dress up night on the ship!




Stayed tuned for TONS of more pictures..............................