Cruisin the Caribbean the Beginning

Yahoo! We went on our first (and definitely no last) cruise! It's official, cruises are by far the most relaxing vacation imaginable. You don't have to worry/think/do anything once you get there. They take care of you so well. We loved it! We left Saturday May 16th, spent the night in a hotel, got on the ship on Sunday the 17th, then went on a 7 day Western Caribbean cruise. Thank you to both of our parents for watching our little Jocey while we went. We couldn't have gone without all your help.

Be prepared for about a billion pictures...

Here we are on the airplane. We thought we hated airplanes after riding with a baby the last two times, but turns out it was just the baby that made it so hard.


When we arrived in Miami we realized it's like it's own little country, and it's not an English speaking one either. Here's Casey waiting for the shuttle bus to take us to the hotel.


We got to the port the next morning (sunday). The ships are huge! It was awesome to be on the ground and look up to it. This is us on top of the ship as it was leaving the port of Miami. It was so fun to see all the buildings from up high.


There are some annoying things about the first day, like no sleep from traveling, waiting in lots of lines (Casey can't stand lots of people), trying to take a nap when every other minute there's another "Tex messages" (our director's name was Tex so he said, "here's another Tex message" every time he came on the speaker that is so loud), and doing the life jacket drill smashed up against the boat between sweaty gross people that you can't even understand. We tried to make it fun because after all we were on a cruise!!


We spent the first day exploring the ship. We sailed on Carnival because of the price and itinerary so our ship kind of was lacking a little in activities for us non-alcoholic, non-gamblers. We did have a mini golf course though that we ended up playing a bunch, three pools, and plenty of space to lay out and soak up some sun.


The next day was a day on the ship. We spent the day golfing, laying out, sleeping, eating, and doing absolutely nothing. So nice! That night it was elegant evening. It was fun to dress up a little and actually have the time to get ready without Jocelyn "helping" me put on my makeup and comb my hair. :)

Loved these little animals!