Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Our Cruise

We had so much fun on our cruise and believe me, I tried to narrow down the pics, but still posted a lot! It was so cold on our drive down to Miami. Everyone was in sweatshirts and pants at all of our stops and as well as getting on the boat on Monday! The wind was blowing pretty bad too, but I was determined to be in a bathing suit! I was cold, but still in a bathing suit! We got on the boat really quickly, ate lunch and hit the pool deck!


Look at how "beautiful" the Miami skies were for our first day


Setting Sail around 4:30


Taking a pic with our first towel animal... "Wally"
Day 2: At sea.. As you can see the skies were just as bad this day. We slept in, took a nap (trying not to blow away) on the top deck, decided to get lunch in the dining room instead of the buffet and just hung out! Not too much of a bathing suit day!
Formal Night: Girls Got Glamorous!
The Boys
I had Anna Maria do Brandon's Bday on Formal Night. They brought him his dessert with a candle and sang to him! She made him wear this napkin as a hat before she put them on him as "Boobies"... He was pretty embarrassed!
Girls again


The Whole Crew... despite the glare
Day 3: Grand Turk: I got a kick out of this sign! It was still cloudy, but trying to clear up. We got a little sun that afternoon
Carnival's Halloween Celebration: Carnival celebrated Halloween on our 3rd night. We packed light, so we opted for Togas from our bed sheets! We got our room steward to bring us some extras. Brandon, Bryan, Jenn and I went wearing Togas! I didn't have a good pic of them in theirs.. maybe Jenn will have one on her blog.
Derek went as a pregnant Nun!! He bought it for Claire, but he opted to wear it instead!

Our Boat: Destiny
Day 4: Half Moon Cay
Carnival's Private Island in the Bahamas
It was beautiful there! We played Volleyball (got beat) and just relaxed and enjoyed the crystal clear water
Day 5: Nassau, Bahamas
We took a snorkeling tour that morning. Here's Bryan in the water still looking at the same fish. Brandon, Jenn and I decided the water was too cold to be looking at the same 5 fish! :)
After Snorkeling
The skies look prettier!
Stopping off at Senor Frogs after a quick trip through the straw market
We saw more than one rainbow on our trip!
We got off the boat on Saturday, hung around Miami and then headed over to the game! Sunday we celebrated Brandon's 32nd bday by driving home and reuniting with our sweet babies that we missed SOOOOOOOO much!

3 comments:

Karen said...

So fun! Glad you had a great time. I love cruises! (Of course I haven't been on one since our honeymoon, but we'll do another one someday)

ODonnell Family Blog said...

What a great trip! So glad the skies cleared up for you all!

Eversole Crew said...

Glad you guys had a great time! I can't wait to catch up with you about your trip and your move...give me a call when you get a little settled down. I had to laugh when I saw the pic at Senor Frogs...I took a pic in that same chair just a few days before you were standing there! Hopefully I will have my pics posted soon...I am sorting through all 600 of them!