The Ford Family: 2/8/09

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Our Caribbean Cruise

We had a total blast on our cruise last week! (once again, I can't get blogger to post my pictures in order.grr...) I had so much fun relaxing and just spending time with my husband and family.

The Crown Princess! Isn't it huge?

Our first stop was Princess Cays. We had fun walking around, eating more pineapple than I've ever had, and watching the wind surfers repeatedly dump there boat and try to swim out!

This is where the pictures get out of order. We went snorkeling in St. Thomas. (We loved St. Thomas) Here is crush, our little sea turtle friend. He was sitting at the bottom eating, so we just waited for him, then he swam up to the surface and passed right by us. It was amazing!

Brad & I with our power snorkels, the lazy mans way to snorkel. You just hold on and it drives you though the water. It was so much fun. I don't know why, but every time I have been snorkeling, I have a slight (or in the case of our honeymoon, not so slight) panic attack. But as long as Brad holds my hand, and I keep my head in the water, I can calm down and enjoy it. Maybe I should snorkel more and I won't have that problem...good idea.

And on to St. Maarten...We weren't the biggest fan of this island. Here is the Butterfly Farm. I was really neat to hold these huge butterflies!

I sang in Karaoke a couple times. This particular time the guy asked if I had a special someone, so I pointed out Brad, and the guy made Brad come up to sing with me. It was a very girly song with no part that Brad can join in, so he just kinda stood there. He was so embarrassed!

And back to St. Thomas. These are some huge iguanas that were sun bathing on the rocks near the ship.

Shopping in St. Thomas. I got the cutest purse!!

Heres our little drug dealer friend. He wouldn't leave us alone, he continued to think that Brad and Mike really needed a joint. We decided to snap a picture :)

The boat ride out to Turtle Cove in St. Thomas. We met at girl that works on the ship and had a lot of fun getting to know her.

Here is some of the fun that we had on the ship. We loved all the food! Eating all the time!! They had the Movies under the Stars, a huge TV screen out on the top deck. I loved sunbathing, while watching a movie and drinking a Pina Colada (virgin of course) We'd go to the movie at night too. We hung out in the hot tub until we got too hot then cuddled with some blankets and some kinda food!

Our waiter brought me 4 desserts! I don't know why he thought I would be able to eat them, especially after eating 2 appetizers, a salad, some bread and steak. (We ate way too much!!!)

I've found a new passion! Dancing with Brad! I had a total blast! We've never really danced before, and I loved it! I need to find a dance club here at home and go more often!