So my littlest sister, Laura, my momma and I went on a cruise in February to the Southern Caribbean. It was incredible!! I can't even believe it actually happened. Thank goodness for photos and videos, otherwise I would have thought I dreamed it all up.
Unfortunately, because it was 10 worth of amazing experiences, they are not going to be documented. Instead, I will try to show you some pictures and put a little info with each. Suffice it to say, if you have never been on a cruise, or have never been to the southern Caribbean on a cruise, DO IT!! You will NEVER, EVER regret it. Ever.
Laura and I on our flight over the Gulf of Mexico on our way to San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mom and Laura on the plane
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Feeding the birds in a pavillion in San Juan
Laura feeding the birds
Regan, Laura and Sierra at the Old Fort in San Juan
Kenny is a pirate on San Juan! Arr!
Me in the Old Fort
Steph, Brockle Berry, Regan, Jess and Brad in the Old Fort
Laura and Mom in the Old Fort
The Princess in her tower of the Old Fort
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Shopping in San Juan... Brad entertained himself
Me on the ship with San Juan behind me
The ship ALWAYS had fresh fruit and fruit sculptures
The Promanade of the Ship
Me ready for our first day on our first island, St. Thomas!
Our crew on the bus on St. Thomas
The beach on St. Thomas
A real crab they found while snorkling in the ocean on St. Thomas
Lizard just hanging out on the beach with us in St. Thomas
St. Thomas
St. Thomas
Me on St. Thomas
They had the most beautiful flowers on the islands
Formal Night on the ship! Sierra, Regan and Laura
Me on formal night. It was so humid, the curl and body fell out of my hair within 15 minutes. Sad!
Jess and Brock on formal night
Betty and Kenny on formal night
Jess and Justin on formal night
On St. Kitts, we paid $5 and got to hold baby monkeys
I wanted to buy them and bring them home!! Look at those little diapers!
Laura with a baby monkey on St. Kitts
Extinct volcano on St. Kitts
I look so gross but it was raining that day. I'm eating lemongrass that was plucked off the side of the road. It grows wild there. Along with basil and thyme. AWESOME!
This was a wild puppy that I made friends with. She was so skinny and little that I decided to give her a cracker out of my pack. She took the cracker gently from me, put it on the ground, licked my hand and went back to eating. So sweet! I wanted to bring her home too!
She had an itch
Rainforest hike on St. Kitts
St. Kitts
Beach on St. Kitts~ The water was so cold!
Stateroom on the ship. My bed was the top left
Favorite restaurant on the ship
Regan, Sierra, Jess and Brock at Johnny Rockets
My milkshake from Johnny Rockets
Wes, Betty, Justin and Jess at Johnny Rockets
Laura's hamburger
Laura, Mom, KJ and Me at Johnny Rockets
Brad at Johnny Rockets
Steph at Johnny Rockets
I may or may not have been trying to shove the straw wrapper up KJ's nose :)
The waitstaff and customers all get up and dance
Justin decided to dance in his booth
Laura has pretty eyes
We rented Jeeps to go all over Aruba
A beach in Aruba
Me in Aruba
I climbed down the side of this mountain through lava rocks to get get to this natural arch. I stepped wrong and gouged my leg pretty good. I still have a good scar. Picture of my leg coming below.
The surf on Aruba
Another natural arch in Aruba
Laura, Regan, Sierra and KJ getting ready to parasail on Aruba
My cut up leg from rock climbing. Yay.
We went parasailing!!!
It was sorta scary, but really cool too!
Parasailing in Aruba
The beach in Curacao
Another beach in Curacao
The crew on the busride back to the ship in Curacao
Curacao
Ah, Justin... he's so pretty!!
And the greatest cruise director that ever lived... RICHARD SPACEY!!!
Every single night after the show, he would tell us how much he appreciated us coming to the show and joining in the fun. They would start closing the curtain on him, but he would just end up laying down on the floor so that he could keep talking to us. Finally, the curtain would go down and you could just hear him and he would say, "I love you". On one of the last nights, I screamed back "I love you too!" His reply you may ask....
"I love you more Darling!" Super funny.
All in all, this was one of the greatest things I've ever done. I loved it. I would never go back to Aruba (too expensive) or St. Kitts (too poverty stricken). I would love to go back to St. Thomas and Curacao though. The beaches were great, the water was warm and the people were fantastic!
"We are all a little weird, And life's a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, We join up with them and fall in Mutual Weirdness and call it Love." ~ Dr. Seuss
"Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives, is the perfect preparation for the future only He can see."
"Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down. It is resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses and shortcomings. It is accepting people as they truly are. It is looking beyond physical appearances to attributes that will not dim through time. It is resisting the urge to categorize others." ~ President Thomas S. Monson
"You have to work to deserve to be the companion that you want the other person to be." ~ Bishop Chad Dabell
"Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans."
"Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections."
"I believe everything happens for a reason. People change so you can learn how to let go. Things go wrong so that you can appreciate them when they are right. And sometimes, good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
"You can't leave footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?!"
"Sometimes on the way to a dream, you get lost and find a better one."
"Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley. But, always, if we have faith, God will open a door for us. Not perhaps the one we ourselves would have ever thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us." ~A.J. Cronin
Alan and Heather met through a mutual friend and became friends in December 2011. It didn't take either of them long to realize how much the other meant to them and they were sealed on July 28th, 2012 in the Idaho Falls, ID LDS Temple. They have one daughter, affectionately referred to as the "Tiny Terrorist". Heather is a stay at home mom (best job EVER!) while Alan for Sermon Service & Electric. We love family, friends, travelling, movies, Harry Potter and food!
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