Falmouth, Jamaica

Ya Man!!! We heard that a lot! Jamaica was my favorite, I loved hearing the locals talk and they were all so happy.  A bright and happy people.

 We went zip lining through the forest.  It was beautiful, fun, and had us all scream or almost screaming at one point!  

 There were I think 8 lines we went on two that were straight down.  You'd be hanging the next second the rope is loose and your are dropping!  It was so fun!!!

 What a fun job to do this all day!  These guys would zip all around us to get in the right spot!

 Cliff had his camera on his helmet the during the lines, I am excited to see that!!

George Town, Grand Cayman

After a day at sea we docked in Grand Cayman.  We  went to Sting Ray City were we walked around on a sand bar in the middle of beautiful water and sting rays swam all around.  

 We were able to feed them some squid.  Jennifer was holding hers a little too high and can now say she's been bit by a sting ray.  No amputation of the hand, just a scratch and a good story.

 Later we went Snubaing. It was AWSOME!  The four of us each had a hose attached to a raft that held two oxygen tanks that were attached to our masks.  We had weighted belts on and fins.  We were able to go down about thirty feet and swam around an old blown up ship and some coral reefs.  It was so neat, we saw sting ray fish that were a good four feet long and so many other things.  It was neat!  It took a little getting use to with the breathing, but we had a guide that was just with the four of us that was great!

 When we were out this is all you would see of the different groups.

Days at Sea

We had two days at sea.  We came with a group of about 40 that came to hear an author about strengthening marriages.  So we had seminars for a couple hours each of the days at sea.  They were great and getting to know some of the other couples were a highlight! 

Neil was part of the "gold medal" team that won the volleyball tournament!

A hand flu of nights we'd end up as a group out in the hot tub, so nice!

 It was nice eating with pretty much the same group each night, we got to know Ben and Barb from Canada that we think the world of them!!

 Then there is Olivia, she was our server and we love her!!!  It was a treat by the end to get to know her and see pictures of her two sweet little ones she has, it was a joy having her each night.  She would bring us multiple anything, Neil was buddies with her because she'd give him extra meat, have all mushrooms taken out, and add extra butter to all his meat!

 Neil being a picky as he is I ate everything "stange" that I could.  That included escargot and shrimp, and anything else that had onions! I just ignored the discussed sound effects coming from Neil as  I ate!

 They had an iceskating rink on board and one night had a fabulous show!

 This was on of the floors, it was like a mall full of shops. Some nights it was full of dancers in parade and other nights full of everyone facing to disco music. 

 This was fun, I tried it the last day, the goal was to stay up for three seconds, made it four, but to say it was done with grace would be lying! But hay, I tried!

 Thats Stacy showing us how it's suppose to be done!

Cruising

Neil and I drove to to Fort Lauderdale were we met up with some friends and boarded Royal Caribean and set sail.  To say it was fun and beautiful is all an understatement.  Here are some pictures of the trip.

Florida

Neil was working in Florida and I surprised him a day early and showed up at his hotel. It took a little persuasion to get them to let me in.    

 It was great to meet one of his wonderful co-workers that took us around Tampa, although Neil seemed to think he was a better navigator which explains all the detours and u-turns! Gotta love them . . . men!

 The next night we ventured out on our own to a neat restaurant off the ocean.  Too bad it was rainy and cloudy, but still beautiful.  It's always fun to go to these fish shops with Neil who doesn't touch fish and see what he can find.

We love visitors!!

It was a treat to have Neil's Grandpa & Grandma visit from Idaho on there way to Tuscon.  

Long Time Overdue!!!

 Carter 10   Sydney 7    Kate 3

Kate started dance!

Kate started dance this last year and has really liked it.   Her coordination still has a way to develop, but she tries!

 This is her teacher Ms. Nicole.  Kate talks about her all week before she goes to class.

 They had there recital in Dec.  she was doing great until she saw Dad waving and it was all over at that point.  She tried to run off stage a couple times to give him a hug, but that was after she stopped dancing started jumping around waving and saying "hi Dad" over and over.  He is banned to the back next recital!!

Peralta Trail

Neil set out to hike Peralta Trail with some co-workers and the fam.  It was a great hike, always a little longer than I remember, but we made it!  Tyler came to keep Carter busy so it worked great!

 Kate was a trooper, she did ok in the back pack but every once and a while she wanted to get out and rough it! The hike lasted a good four hours.