Cruise 2014!!!

This was a fun and hard trip at the same time...  

Taking 8 kids ranging in age from 2 to 16 on a 5 day cruise proved 

challenging, rewarding, exhausting...  

Lots of adjectives to choose from! 

Memories were made, and that makes all those adjectives worth it! 

Here are some of the pix of our trip!

A trip through Houston and the temple before driving to Galveston...

we had some pre-fun by stuffing Jonas 

in the hide-a-bed couch in the hotel... 

 He really fit!

Our first view of the ship!

Climbing the red funnel thingy...

Beautiful!

Fancy Dinner

Jonas did push-ups at dinner in his fancy suit... he's cool like that!

(This is the standard consequence for quoting "Studio C" in front of parents... we're cruel like that!)

Cute!

It was kinda cold (70-75 degrees or so)... and windy

sweaters over swimsuits was pretty standard

Mini golf

Water slide

The hot tub was the swimming choice each day!

Beach!

Soccer at the beach

Coconut water

More beach times...

Getting back on the boat

Carrying the 2 year old was a good workout!
So was a 13.1 mile run on the boat deck. . . Mom is just insane.

More hot tub adventures:

"Hot and cold are both so intense, 

put 'em together, it just makes sense!" (Frozen)

Escargot...  

Jonas tried every new "didja ever " dish the menu offered

Our dinner staff was awesome!

More pictures are coming of our amazing dolphin adventure in Cozumel.......