Until then...

I am a terrible blogger... If only I could find the cord to upload my pictures from my camera I think I would be more motivated to blog... but until then... my apologies.

Ok... I am sorry...

So it has been quite a long time since I posted last... I guess I couldn't come up with anything that was better than our cruise but I guess life goes on.... and hopefully there'll be other cruises! Ok so I guess I have the whole month of May and June to catch up on... So here we go....

Ok so the month started with a trip to the Lake with Austin, Mitch, Tyler, Janey & Brooks... it was super fun and I attempted to wake board for the first time... please notice the word "attempted" because it was a lot harder than anyone made it look! My arms were super sore for days after... but at least I can say I got up once... I didn't stay up but it was better than nothing for me! It was a beautiful day and I mostly enjoyed the view from inside the boat with baby Brooks!

Things that happened in May 2010....
1. Brandi turned 16 and got her license!
2. We found out Brooke is having a baby GIRL! yayy pink!
3. Los suns/Cinco de Mayo Party with the boys & lots of food! yum.
4. Austin, Zuke and I went on our first road trip to Utah to drop Brady off at the MTC
5. Hung out with cousin Luke in Utah....best ever.
6. My middle school best friend Mallory came to visit and she and her daughter are now moving to AZ in October! whooo hoooo can't wait!

     

Ok and that was May.... coming up.... June 2010.... i hope. haha.

Grand Cayman

This was my favorite part of the trip I absolutely LOVED everything about the Grand Cayman....It was so beautiful and the weather cooperated with us. Brooke took a lot of pictures with her water proof camera so I will have to get those from her soon but for now let me show you what I have. The day started early... when we got to Grand Cayman we had to take a small boat over to the island because our ship was too big to get too close. When we got to the island we took a bus to another side of the island and then got on another boat that took us to the middle of the ocean to a sand bar to Sting Ray City. This was amazing, these sting rays were huge and just swam around you, they are wild and just hang out here at this wonderful tourist attraction. We got to feed them squid and me and Brandi kissed one for 7 years of good luck! This was so fun! After spending some time there we traveled to a coral reef and got to snorkel which was super fun. The water was so clear and we got to see some cool fish and even a lobster. The water felt so nice and we had a blast. We then got back on the boat got back to shore and then took another bus to "7 Mile beach" which is the most beautiful beach I have ever seen, the water was turquoise blue and the sand was white. It was so fun to play in the water. After soaking up some sun and playing we walked up the beach and headed for the ship. We of course stopped at some shops and bought some cute souvenirs. We were definitely exhausted after that but we loved it!

getting off the ship... 

our ship... it was huge!

:)

ily

Sting Ray City

people just chillin with the stingrays... I couldn't take my camera in

after stingray city on the boat to go snorkeling

on our way to 7 mile beach

7 mile beach

so fun and beautiful

i love this man

beli & brandi

the kids

Austin, Beli, Brandi, Brooke, Jay

i'm in the reflection!

JAMAICA

Our first stop was Ocho Rios, Jamaica! It was so hot and humid there! As soon as we got off the boat people were trying to sell us everything including drugs it was insane! We went to a really cool waterfall that we got to climb up and was really fun. After that we walked downtown and ate some real Jamaican Jerk Chicken which was amazing! We then did a little shopping and bought some souvenirs. Austin and I walked down to a park and sat and ate coconuts while we listened to some fun Jamaican music which did include Bob Marley. Here are some pictures!

getting off the ship

walking through Jamaica

Austin and I after climbing the waterfall

Branders :)

Jerk Chicken yum yum

Brandi fell asleep after lunch

LOVE LOVE LOVE Coconuts

Austin too

getting another coconut

"Welcome to Jamaica"

Eating the inside.... SO GOOD!

getting ready to go back on the ship

crystal clear blue water

holy ship!

bye bye Jamaica

Life on the ship...

We basically got up and did whatever we wanted on our "fun day at sea" it consisted of traveling so we just chilled by the pools, ate, played games, ate some more, relaxed, went to dinner where we ate some more and just hung out. There was always something going on but we mostly loved relaxing together. Here are some shots on board....

this was our ship. Carnival Destiny.

leaving Miami.

Eating lunch... or brunch or something in between.

towel walrus!

towel elephant!

Lori & Julie resting.

Brandi & Beli at a comedy show.

the view from our dinner table.

eating dinner... dessert.

happy couple.

aww.

oh yea... the glass elevator that took you to all 9 floors.