Cruisin Grand Cayman

The first place we stopped at was Grand Cayman. We didn't dock right on the shore so we used tender boats. Here we are leaving the ship on the tender boat.

We looked around at some of the shops, then we had an excursion planned through the cruise line. First stop the Turtle Farm. The Turtle Farm ended up being one of our favorite things (or at least one of Caseys). They had different pools with different sized turtles and the smaller turtles we could grab and hold. Casey loved going around and picking up all the turtles.


After the turtle farm we went to a little place called Hell. It was named Hell because of all the black rock stuff. We sent both our families postcards from Hell.


The last stop was going to see the sting rays. We got on a boat and took about a 30 minute ride to the middle of the ocean. There was a big sandbar that was 3-4 feet deep, the water was crystal clear, and there were stingrays everywhere! When I first got off the boat they totally freaked me out. They would just swim by and brush against you. Plus they were huge! Our tour guides would laugh at us for being so scared of them. They loved to take the stingrays over to people and put the stingray on our backs. After a little bit I decided I wasn't going to get this chance again so I held, kissed, and even got a sting ray massage (another things our guides thought was super funny).


When we got back on the boat to leave the stingrays our guides drove a little ways then stopped. When I looked down in the water I could see tons of huge starfish down on the bottom. I mean tons! It was way cool. Our guide dove down and grabbed one so we could all have pictures. I've never seen one so big!


The amazing water one more time! I was in shock that it was actually so clear and turquoise! I loved it! And Casey loved how warm it was.


Leaving Grand Cayman with our ship in the background. Oh, and I got completely fried on this first day at port. Sadness. Casey's shoulder's got burnt too, but of course his tanned up nicely.



That night we had another towel animal! We still don't know what it is though??

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!

Fake it Friday

Though other blogs I found this site for making your pictures look like Polaroids. I'm in love. They look so cool. Go make some. It's fun. It may be a little hard to figure out (at least it was for me) but do it. What do you think??

(p.s. This pics are really random. Top to bottom: Casey and me on the beach in Cali in May 2006 before we were engaged, Jocey and I with our V day flowers, on the beach in texas, my birthday)

Time to Blog

I can't seem to find time to blog lately, or maybe I just have different priorities right now. My camera broke, which is one more reason added to my list of excuses for not blogging. I'm hoping we get a new one really really soon!

Okay, I'm going to slowly start my catch up... They will all be posted as the date of the event. Here it goes!

Brick Oven.

It was about time all us girlies got together again (with the tag-a-long hubbies). We always go to Brick Oven when we get together. We were there for a good two hours or so then went and watched a movie at Sarah's place. I love these girls! Can't wait for Jessie to join us again. April 17th! She's on her mission in Thailand and has been a great example to us all through her emails and love for the gospel.

Gosh I've been blessed with some amazing friends. Love you guys!