Our Western Caribbaen Cruise

Matt and I had the opportunity to go on a cruise a couple of weeks ago. It was a much needed vacation (especially for me;)), no for both of us. Our cruise included, Honduras, Belize, Costa Maya and Key West. It was so nice to not have to worry about cooking, cleaning, breaking up fights but most of all it was nice to have Matt all alone, no work and no phone!!!

The boys and I flew to Idaho on Friday April 8th. About 30 minutes after getting to my parents, I said goodbye to our boys and headed back to Utah with Wendi to catch an early morning flight to Florida. Thank you Grandma Hughes, Grandpa Hughes, Emma, Jessica, Tecia, Karen, Grandma Mortensen and who ever else may have helped with our kids. It is nice to know that we have so many people that are willing to help us out and that we trust with our kids.

*** Saturday April 9th ***

Leaving Snowy Utah, switching planes in Chicago and finally arriving in Ft. Lauderdale Florida.


*** Sunday April 10th ***

Waiting to board our Ship the Norwegian Pearl in Miami Florida.
We went with Shay and Destiny, Curtis and Ashton, and Tim and Wendi
I think that we are just a little excited to finally be on the ship!!!

All eight of us with Miami in the back ground.
I guess being brother-in-laws and working together has made these two really close;)

*** Monday April 11th: Day at Sea ***

We laid out pretty much all day, the guys played basketball and got really sweaty and gross. I was surprised by how good the food on the ship was. The cheesecake was to die for. This night was the Captains Dinner in which we got to get dressed up for. It was a pretty fun first day of the cruise.






*** Tuesday April 12th: Roatan Honduras ***

Roatan was my favorite stop on the cruise, the beach was so pretty and the people were very nice. On our way to the beach we came around the corner and we saw a little boy, I would say 6 or 7 years old scrabbling of the road on his hands and knees, he had been hit by a taxi, our tour guide Korby happened to be training to be a paramedic and went to check him out. The whole time I was thinking about my kids and I almost started to cry. The little boy was fine and all he would say between his tears was "I have to get home, so my mom won't beat me".




*They think they are tough*
*But we are tougher*




Here we are trying to get a good picture, but it is almost impossible.


Finally a decent one.
*** Wednesday April 13th: Belize City, Belize ***

All of the gang wanted to go Cave tubing in Belize but me being pregnant, I couldn't do any of the excursions (word to the wise, don't go on a cruise when you are pregnant.) So Wendi and Ashton were nice enough to stay behind and hang out with me. I don't think that they were to disappointed because we got some great shopping in and some awesome deals on our new purses.

*** Thursday April 14th: Costa Maya, Mexico ***

Costa Maya had some of the prettiest water I have seen. It was so blue and clear.
Matt working on his tan







*** Friday April 15th: Day at Sea ***

This day we just laid out, watched the boys play in a basketball, and ate alot.
After the show this night they had a Choc-a-holic Buffett. It was pretty tasty especially the chocolate covered bananas!!
We participated in a game show called "The Quest", your team had to do a bunch of quest such as: bring up a pair of false teeth, a man had to come up with 3 bras on him, bring up a pair of keys, bring up a fruit and so on. Well the last quest was a guy from your team had to dress up as a women, the best man/womans team won. It was a fun game and probably I think the funnest night on the ship.
Even Matt participated
*** Saturday April 16th: Key West Florida ***

The gang wanted to go snorkle on the beach..... well Ashton, Wendi and I must be shopaholics because we stayed behind and did just that.

*** Sunday April 17th: the end of our fantastic vacation ***

We had to be off of our boat by 10:00 a.m. and our flight didn't leave Ft. Lauderdale until 5:00 p.m. so we had a very long day in the airport. To make it even longer our flight was delayed an hour in a half because as soon as we started to board our plan it decided to start raining outside.
I was so excited to see my kids, I felt like a little kid on Christmas morning. I could barely stand it. We arrived back at Wendi and Tims about Midnight and got up very early Monday morning (5:00 a.m.) to head to Sugar City to pick our kiddos up. We hung out with family that day and headed back to Utah Tuesday morning around 6:30 a.m. so Matt could wire a basement. Finally Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. we headed back to Vegas. Now if I could only get back in the swing of things, my house needs cleaned and laundry needs done.

Thank you again for all of you who helped us with our kids. We couldn't have done it with out you.