CRUISE!

After Disney World we boarded the Freedom of the Seas! for a 7 day cruise the Western Caribbean

From my parents balcony the gulls would get close enough to touch as we fed them Whitten's cheerios.

Many of our best memories were made in the dining room every night!

This picture cracks me up b/c I have no idea who took this but appently they thought it was funny that Whit scratched off a hunk of my neck flesh :)

The girls did a cupcake class on board

and these bacon maple cupcakes made me sick just to look at them :)

Celine and Paisley got to be the princesses on the pirate ships for the ice show!

Paisley loved going to her class at certain times of the day but once she saw us during her Pirate Parade she wanted to come with us. It's nice to know that at 3 she's not completely independant yet b/c most of the time it feels like she is :)

Her favorite thing about class was the face painting!

the animal towels on the bed every night were a hit too

fire drill on the day we left

formal nights were fun...and Celine felt pretty fancy Nancy

I look like a downright idiot, however that the reason why is two-fold. 1. I have a gut and no one else does. Reason 2. The wind was cuhrazy and pickey my shirt up and threw it around my neck leaving my garments and bra exposed the a court of people so I tucked that sucker down in there tight during the dodgeball tournament to make sure it did not happen again. I'll conclude that we took 2nd place. (note...we were the only team with half girls)

Jake let us spruce him up a bit...! What a champ

Paisley loved sleeping on the "princess" bunk bed which was the best idea ever once it was officially dubbed the "princess" bed not just a bunk.

Paisley was watching the belly flop comp with Mindy...so funny.

We celebrated my mom's birthday and anniversary along with Mark and Mindy's too. The cruise was fantastic and the perfect ending to the trip (however, since I am writing this one month later I can now add that as we speak (still) my family has been so sick. I have never seen my parents so ill and we have all just about coughed up every organ we have...so be mindful that eating from a buffet line and being in confined air circulation is probably going to mean bronchitis or some kind of nasty lung infection for 4-6 weeks post cruise. Still worth it? um..yes!