We had thought we were going to give our kids a cruise for
Christmas but a couple weeks before Christmas I was asking Koen how tall he was
and he replied “Why? We are going on a cruise and you want to know if I am tall
enough for a ride?” Excuse me??? Ya. I told Phil about it and he was like, “lets
not tell them and just go” so we did just that. Saturday night Jan 2nd
we told the kids we were gonna go sleep at Grandma’s with Lynae’s family for
their last night of winter break. At 5 AM we woke them up and still did not
tell them they were going. We got them in the car, picked up Missy and Brad and
went to the airport. When we got there Phil told the kids we were going on a
cruise and that he needed them to take good care of Koda and Myla while we were
gone. Koen was like “OK” and Brigs was bawling. When we got out of the car and
were giving them hugs Phil told them they didn’t need to be sad because they
really were coming with us. They were so excited!!!!!
We had such an early flight we arrived in LA and got to the
cruise terminal really early. We had quite a bit of waiting around which for
sure wasn’t the kids favorite, especially with such an early morning. We got on
right about lunch time and went and ate. After checking the kids in at the camp
we decided to go and take a rest. When we got to our room we were shocked at
its largeness!!! Holy moly. We lucked out and got a handicap room which was
fabulous for our family.
That night we had dinner at the steak house, Cagneys. It is
my favorite restaurant the ship has. It is WAY yummy.
Monday Jan 4th
We had a sea day. We met Missy and Brad for breakfast and
then we went to the gym. Phil took the kids swimming while I took a nap. Ahhhh.
In the afternoon we went to a pancake decorating activity for families. It was
actually really delicious. The whippy frosting on pancakes, #yesplease.
We went to Tepenyaki for dinner and it was real mediocre. We had people at our table with allergies and so it took forever and wasn’t great.
Tuesday Jan 5th Cabo San Lucus
We were in Cabo this day. We got off and took a boat to a
beach to snorkel. It was beautiful. I wondered if I would like these stops as
much as I like the Caribbean because I hadn’t been here. But I really did.
Although the water wasn’t nearly as clear the stops were equally good to look
at. The only thing that wasn’t great about the day was that the sun went behind
where we were pretty quickly and in the shade it was a little chilly.
When the boat picked us up we had them take us to a
different beach and we walked back to the boat. We loved all the cute Cabo
signs along the way.
We shopped on the way and stopped for a way yummy lunch! The
kids even got to sing with the Mariachi band. The kids of course wanted
everything along the way and may have had a few meltdowns about the “No.” Gotta
love vacationing with kiddos. J
We got back on the boat pretty late but we did catch the
show and some dinner. My favorite thing was at the show the comedian, named
Chris asked how many of us thought she was a boy. She said “The cruise director
thought I was a boy and I said wanna me to lift up my shirt and prove it to
you?” Brigs was so appalled….he was like “Mom, did she really do that?” It was
too funny. I had to explain to him that she was joking. He then asked how I
knew she was joking and if she had said that. Haha Silly Brigs, that’s her job.
Wednesday Jan 6th Mazatlan
We had heard less than great things about Mazatlan. Before we went we decided to book an excursion so we didn’t have to figure something out that wasn’t gonna be fun. This excursion first took us to see the sea lions.
We enjoyed crepes every night at about 8 PM. Oh they were so
so good. They had a chocolate fountain that they put inside of them and
seriously so dang good! We also loved all the shows. We had a performance from a couple of aerialists this night and it was amazing! Brigs wanted a picture with them after (but really the girl) so he was slightly disappointed when the boy was the one in it. hehe this night.
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