Oh wow. It just took me one hour to upload all these photo's. Good thing I have insomnia at the moment otherwise I would've given up ten minutes into it. Well, I have so much to share though. This is definitely a great memory for all of us. I'm so excited to show you our journey at sea!.
This is us saying adios to Long Beach California. We are at the very top deck of the boat.
scoping out our home for the next week.
This is the "Lido Deck" We spent lots of time here.
Bon voyage! It was a neat feeling to see our ship depart out into the ocean. No turning back now.
The girls were so excited. I can't imagine being their age and having an experience like this.
Chan hanging out with Lyle (jason's stepdad) practicing what they are going to be doing all week long.
Channy and his Beautiful Grandma Sue.
Right when we boarded the ship we went straight to the food area and had lunch. The entertainment began right away.
This was pretty neat. This Philippino dude sculpted this block of ice in 20 minutes.
Turned out to be an indian.
Us eating (that's all we did) in the dining area where you are served a 3 course meal. You had an option of eating at the buffet or the dinning area. The food in the dinning area was amaze! I had Sushi!
Relaxing by the pool. Tough life.
On the 3rd day we woke up in Cabo San Lucas. This was the view when we looked out the window. It was a weird feeling, to wake up in Mexico when not too long ago we were sailing through the ocean.
We made it off the boat and onto shore. I was very humbled to see these people. They had their kids working on the streets to earn money to bring back to their families. Hopefully my girls understand a little bit how good they have it and to appreciate their life.. These kids have nothing, but.
This family, however, had a good attitude. They played their music with a smile on their face.
Family pose
We were "sold" a boat tour by some really friendly Mexican people, who told us we would be in a glass bottom boat(they didn't mention it was a homemade glass bottom boat) they took us out to whale watch, snorkel and relax on the beach. Well the water was really choppy and everyone was getting splashed and it was windy, so yeah, it didn't go as smoothed as planned, we didn't see a whale. I still loved it though. If I wasn't worried about the kids I could've whale watched all day. Keetch, Brianna, Lyle and Alyssa went snorkeling. This mexican dude took them on a snorkel tour and they held a pufferfish, a star fish and a cucumber fish!
It's just so stunning there.
Our boat tour guide guy called this a Mexican Chicken.
The Arch
Just some pictures of us in Cabo
Back on the ship ready to do some swimming, more eating and relaxing.
We went with Jason's Mom and stepdad and Their friends. Their friends brought some of their family and this cute little gal was Alyssa's age and they became best buds. Alyssa also found a young man from Canada that she swears is her soulmate. She got mad at us the other day and told us she was going to run away to Canada. Alyssa found a friend and love all in one vacation. how precious.
Having a good ole time.
The pool was filled with ocean water. I am still trying to get Alyssa's hair back to normal!
This is just to give you and idea of how squished we were in the tiny cabins we lived in for a week! It was quite an adventure.
While on Shore we shopped. Tatum and I found little treasure that was put on display just for you!
Every night there was a fancy dinner. You had to dress up to enter the dining room. It was so fun. I enjoyed getting dressed up to go eat a hundred lbs of food. My favorite was the chocolate melting cake. The fish. The fruit bowl. The soup. Oh I gained a good ten lbs on this vacation that I am still trying to work off.
There was entertainment while we ate dessert the waiters/waitresses got up on tables and danced and sang for us. It was the kids favorite part.
This was our waiter and waitress. They were so great. We bonded with them so much. Sephanie The gal underneath was in love with Channing. One night we didn't make it to dinner in the dining room, so she hunted us down in the buffet area just so she could give Channing a hug and have him kiss her on the cheek. This was our last night with them. I wasn't going to tell anyone this but I did get teary eyed saying goodbye. It was just such a neat experience to meet so many people from different parts of the world and just have a connection with them. I would love to travel the world and meet people!
Our last night at our fancy dinner.
There was a movie night under the stars on the Lido Deck every night. They offered blankets, hot chocolate and popcorn and you sat and enjoyed your movie! We also had a dance night, which was so fun. We learned how to do the wobble! Me and the girls still bust out "The Wobble" moves we got pretty good at it.
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'This place had the stinkin best pizza, it was opened 24/7 along with unlimited ice cream. I'm telling you, I earned those ten lbs.
There was also a kids camp on the ship. we could drop off the kids at the camp and go do adult things. They offered kids Tatum's age a spa night! She totally loved that.
Dressed up to go to a show. I know I look stoned, I think its more overfed but whatever.
Sue and Lyle! Such an amazing time. I'm ready to do it again!
