We got to go on a cruise with Brett and Annika, which was SO much fun! We took tons of pictures. I tried to narrow it down here, but I still put a lot up. I couldnt help it! We drove to California (10 hour drive) which wasnt bad on the way there because we were so excited to be going. We decided to go a day early so we could spend a day in California before we left on our cruise. Brett's grandparents live in Santa Monica and were unbelieveably generous to let us stay two nights with them. We spent the morning working out at a great beach and then went shopping!
First day on the cruise! As you can tell by Blaine's face, he wasnt sure if he was excited or scared. There was so much to see once we got on to the ship!
The first night we went to a game show. After waving my arms and yelling to get the host to choose Ann out of the audience to play...he did. She did great up there!
This was our first formal night. Every night we had the same waiters...Milos (from Serbia), Maruta (from Indonesia) and Chris (from the Phillipines). They were awesome! We told them that the cruise was sort of a celebration of our anniversaries (Brett and Ann's is two weeks before ours) and on the first formal night they all sang "Happy Anniversary!" each with their seperate accents. So fun!
Cabo was our first stop. It was hot....very hot! The first day we tried some snorkeling. It was a little too wavy and crowded but we still had fun. We also looked around at all the little shops. My favorite line the Mexican salesman would say was, "Almost free!!" Maybe Blaine should start using that at work. The second day in Cabo we spent on the beach just relaxing.
They dont look very happy here.....we were all a little drained from the heat!
This is Maruta at dinner. The waiters would sing or dance for us every night! He knew how to shake it!
Our next stop was Puerta Vallarta. It was amazing! We went on an excursion to a beautiful, secluded beach called Las Caletas. They served a delicious lunch and then we went snorkeling, kayaking, and paddle boarding. Best part of this excursion? Our tour guide Julio....what a cutie! I think Ann tried asking for his number ;) ha!
This was our second formal night! Blaine looked so handsome
We definitely had our fair share of food on the cruise, however, we still managed to workout pretty much everyday while we were there (tried to at least burn off
some of those calories!) There was a great little gym on board. We even had the opportunity of taking a spin class. The instructor was from England. The class was great! His accent was fun to listen to as well. I can still here him (very intensly) saying GEAR ON over and over again! Thanks to him, Blaine actually doesnt hate spin class anymore.
My candy heaven! Bad...but so tasty! Maybe it was a bad thing I found this candy shop on the ship.
This was our cabin....our very, very small cabin. When we booked the cruise, we thought the rooms would be a little bigger. Boy were we wrong! The bad news? These were our beds. The good news? We each had one to ourselves. Haha!
