Our Cruise

Austin's parents generously treated the whole family (them, us and his two sisters) to a 5 day cruise to Progresso and Cozumel, Mexico. We all had such a wonderful time! We have never been on a family vacation...just trips to visit family members, so this was really a treat!

What do you do with stir crazy children who have been traveling all day and are now on a ship? Let them jump from the windowsill onto their grandparents' bed of course!


Sitting on the windowsill watching the sun come up after a morning shower


Fun on the ship...the girls loved the pools, of course!








Happy Birthday, a little early...
Our second afternoon on the ship, Austin booked me for a 75 minute hot stone massage and sent me off to the spa! It was so wonderful. I am known for being frugal when it comes to things like that, so he wouldn't tell me how much it cost. I was skeptical, but about halfway through I thought, "Whatever it cost, this is so worth it!" It was amazing! Thanks, hubby. :-)


Formal night


A day in Progresso...we just toured the city and beach briefly here




Gloria received a lot of attention on the cruise, especially from the Mexicans, for her teether of choice...her feet!


Collecting shells on the beach before we head back


Our stop in Cozumel
We were so blessed to find an awesome deal with our own private taxi driver and a beautiful private beach with a restaurant and swimming pool. Of course, the water is so beautiful and clear there, that we really just wanted to swim on the beach...except our delicate Allia. She didn't like the salt after a while, so she and Lita hung out at the pool!


We saw lots of little fish swimming around with us in this beautiful water!




Mariana had the most fun of all. She had her floaties and thoroughly enjoyed floating around, riding the gentle waves as they came. She would get upset if we tried to hold her. It was so cute!








The girls sported their Mexican dresses from Lita at dinner on our last night. Everyone looked so nice!








Gloria slept really well the first two nights on board, but it was downhill from there. So we were up to see the sunrise the last two mornings. I didn't have my camera for what would have been the perfect photo the first morning we saw it, but here is the sunrise on our last morning there as we were reaching shore.


On the last night in the dining room, the Maitre D' fooled Austin by saying that he had some bad news and that due to inclement weather, we would have to stay on the ship and go to Jamaica instead of docking the next morning. Austin was really excited for a moment!

We are so spoiled to restaurant-style dining at almost every meal. Coming home is quite an adjustment after such a nice vacation! When we told Allia it was our last day, she asked if she could just live on the cruise! Then on our way home, she said she wanted to go again. We told her hopefully we will someday, but she insisted that she did not want a break inbetween and we needed to go back immediately!

Thanks so much, Lito and Lita!