Our Cruise, Part 1 - The Big Boat

We just got back from a wonderful family vacation, celebrating our 10 year anniversary that will be later this year. We had a fantastic time, and we love to take LOTS of pictures, so I have divided them up into 4 parts.


While on the boat they have photographers that will take your picture any time you will let them...we really liked this one!

Our cute niece, Alex, volunteered to go with us and help out with Brandt. It was so much fun to have her with us. It also allowed us to do a few things on our own, while she hung out with Brandt. The big boat (as Brandt called it all week) had so much for us to do...

we went on walks,

played mini-golf,

swam in the pools,

zipped down the water slide,

met towel animal friends,

played basket ball,

played more mini golf,

watched beautiful sunsets,

and learned to make towel animals.

Fun was had by all and it was one memorable week!

Cruise, Part 2 - Excursions

During our cruise we traveled to three beautiful places.

First was Belize, where we went to a TINY island and got to go snorkeling (look at part 4 for underwater pictures) and play on the beach.

Our Second stop was Rotan, Honduras. We got to do some neat things while traveling around with our private guide for the day. First we went to an iguana farm, where we got to feed and pet them...Alex wasn't too sure about those big lizards.

Next was probably one of the best experiences of the cruise. Getting to hold and play with a baby capuchin monkey. His name was Jerry and he was very friendly. Brandt loved having the monkey on his head. This is also my favorite picture of Brandt from the trip. The monkeys really liked Alex, and at one point she was holding one and the other was sitting on her foot.

Then we got some lunch and went snorkeling at this beautiful spot.

Our last stop was Cozumel, Mexico. We have been here before and still enjoyed ourselves. We did some shopping, ate lunch, and went to a beach. We ate lunch at Pancho's Backyard, we went there on our honeymoon. It was fun to be back with our little one, now for our 10 year anniversary. It was a fun day, and we were all a little silly.

Cruise, Part 3 - The Food

One of the things that Andrew was looking forward to the most on our cruise was the food. That being said, we have lots of food pictures.

Andrew eating his Reuben sandwich after boarding the boat. (He talked about how excited he was for this sandwich weeks before we left...can you see the excitement on his face?)

I even branched out and tried chilled soups for the first time. Strawberry was my favorite.

He often got 2 entrees each night, this one was lobster and prime rib.

All 4 of us eating in the dining room, we ate there every night. It was tasty.

We got a few treats too, chocolate covered strawberries...yummm.

Andrew enjoyed some blackened grouper at a local restaurant in Rotan.

So Andrew looked forward to the food, and I looked forward to the ice cream. They have wonderful machines around the boat and you can help yourself whenever you would like. Alex and I took a picture every time we ate an ice cream together.

We totaled 8, and let me tell you, each one was delicious.

Every night for dessert Andrew got a warm chocolate melting cake.
Let me just say, they are soooo good!

Cruise, Part 4 - Underwater

We went to some beautiful beaches and got to do some fun snorkeling. The first two pictures are from Belize, where the water was the clearest. There was some very neat coral and lots of fish. We even got to bring back a large conch shell as a souvenir from here.

The rest of the pictures are in Rotan, Honduras.

Yes, that is a barracuda in the center of this shot. I (Rheanna) was out a little ways by myself snorkeling, when I was following a fish and then noticed directly below me was THIS nice little fish. After taking a quick picture of the fella, and while trying to quickly swim away, I then got a cramp in my foot. I slowly swam away holding my cramped foot in one hand (to try and stop it from cramping worse) and swimming with the other arm and leg. All the while praying that the barracuda didn't notice all the sloshing above him and decide to come and take a nibble. I decided to come in at that point and only went back out with a buddy!

Andrew

Rheanna