CRUISE!

We didn't have a blog when we went on our cruise, so not much was posted about it. SO I have decided to put a little about it on here, especially because I'm planning on printing off my whole blog eventually. We went on a western Caribbean cruise for a whole week. When we got engaged we knew that we would want to do a fun and exciting vacation eventually, but not for our honeymoon. So the chance came up to go on this cruise with Tyler's cousins Matt and Luna. Such a good idea! The bad idea was thinking it would be fun to drive 25 hours in a small little car all the way to southern border of Texas...straight through! It was a little bit cheaper, but I think next time we'll just fork out a couple hundred extra! But it was a good thing to do once! We got to see a lot of scenery in Colorado, New Mexico and of course Texas (holy huge state!).

We Made It!

 The first couple of days were "fun day at sea" days. The boys played some dodge-ball, we checked out the ship and ate a LOT of good food! Including lots and lots of soft served ice cream and frozen yogurt! At nights we would watch movies on the big screen and play lots and lots of games. The first night was formal night so we got to dressed up for that which was pretty fun too! We also got a sweet bottle of wine but we decided to leave it for some lucky custodian to find...so nice of us. HA

 Our second full day on board was lots of fun again, just getting to know the ship (because they're huge!). But that night we had the best performance of the whole trip! His name is Marcus Monroe (He told us to call him mmmm) and o my was he funny. He also rode a unicycle and juggled for us! All 4 of us loved it!

Day 2!

The next day we finally made it to Jamaica! It was a beautiful little island and I'm way sad we didn't get to see more of it. Our excursion lasted nearly the whole time so we only got to see the scenery through the bus window on our way to our destination. Our destination was this beautiful spot in the forest (9) and we got to go zip-lining (6)! It was tons of fun. I think Luna loved it the most, but our tour guides were way funny and they made it all the better. The bathrooms had cute little signs on them that Luna loved too(2)! We started out by an amazing river that we kept crossing as we went. 

That night once we got back on board we were able to enjoy another show and some more yummy food! Ty liked to try all of the funny foods that they had, this shows one of them....

 The next day was my personal favorite, the Cayman Islands. We had a blast here on the island! When we first got off the ship we were able to walk around the streets and enjoy of the cute little stores set up on the island.

We then met our tour guide and started on our adventure! The trip started off on wave runners (Ty drove the whole time (:) It was way chill and we got to go the speed we wanted and Tyler had a blast going back and forth through the natural huge waves (much more fun than a lake!) To make it even better, we got way nice wave runners that barely had any miles on them so they really did go way fast! Not to mention the fact that the island is BEAUTIFUL! So green and lush and the water was a perfect blue!

We rode the wave runners out to stingray city and we got to play with all the stingrays there. First our guide made each of us kiss it because apparently it's good luck!

Next we all got to experience a back rub administered by the stingray. It's the coolest and oddest feeling in the world!

After we got done playing with the stingrays we hopped back on the wave runners and headed towards the reef. Here we got to snorkle and look at all the pretty fishies and coral...the pictures do NOT do it justice! It was my first time ever going snorkling so I was exstatic the whole time. It was just as fun as people say it is! It's also very relaxing to just float underneath the water and look at all the cool things in the ocean.

After that we headed back toward the ship but stopped at another beach and enjoyed the ocean there for a bit too. We also stopped a cool little food vendor and ate some good food. Tyler also wanted to buy a coconut so he went and got one but was so disappointed because it wasn't that good. :( We then spent a little more time walking around and taking in the scenery. But don't you fret, the awesome day didn't end there, once we got back on the ship I won our little group not 1, but 2 ship-on-a-sticks! (Yes, they really do call them a ship-on-a-stick. LOVE it.) There was a mystery, who-done-it type of thing and I told everyone the answer and they pulled out both mine AND Luna's name. It was awesome. A very proud moment for me. It's not everyday that you can say you won a ship-on-a-stick!

That night we played around on the ship and visited some of the shops...we especially loved the candy shop! (Yes, I did change outfits...don't judge! haha) I went through clothes like crazy on the cruise.

The next day we went to Cozumel, another beautiful island! We got there and shopped around a bit. Luna bought some nasty mexican candy and played around. We found this cool little restaurant with hammocks and a nice of the ocean...and our ships? haha It was awesome though. Matt and Luna also stunted in each location, so I thought I better put a pic up! (That's what you get for going on a vacation with cheerleaders!)

 

After that we hopped on a boat and went snorkeling again! It was fun, but not quite as great as the first time because there were soooo many people! I could hardly get a picture without somebody else in the way. It was still fun though. Also, a lady that stayed on the ship thought I was drowning. I sucked some water into my tube so I came up sputtering. The lady was telling everyone on board that I nearly drowned. Luna told us the whole story once we got back on (she stayed there when we went out), so apparently...I survived! haha The boat then took us to a little beach where we ate dinner and played on a bunch of toys. It was another fun adventure.

 Sadly, all things must come to an end and that was about it for us. Our last day at sea consisted of a lot of sun! We went on the slides, relaxed in the hot tub and napped in the sun. At dinner the last night the wait staff did a cute little number for us. It was pretty funny too!

 

Here are some of the pictures of the cute little towel animals that we got and our dinner dates on the ship!

 

O and Luna wasn't feeeling well on the way home, so this is how she rode practically the whole way home! Haha Silly Luna.