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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

CRUISIN!

Funny story: the day I met Aaron (not even our first official date), he had asked me if I'd ever been on a cruise. My response, being a little bit silly, was "no, are you gonna take me?" We both kinda laughed about it, but 3 years later, we finally got to go! I was nervous to leave Carter behind, although I knew his grandparents would take great care of him, and we had such a blast! We went on Carnival with 2 other couples and went to the western Caribbrean. It was cloudy most of the trip which was a bummer, but I'm so glad we got to do this.. the first big vacation since our honeymoon.
Here's us on the cruise ship, leaving Miami
The wonderful animal towels. (This was the first night.. we're guessing it was a sting ray?? Cooler ones came later)
 Our group: me and Aaron, Jared and Malia, and Paityn and Mark. Soooo much fun with these guys!
 The girlies
Oh, the girlies again, glammin it up
Me and my handsome Air Bear
First port was Grand Cayman, where we got to snorkel and play with the sting rays! So cool

This almost looks fake doesn't it? Amazing
Aaron and Jared messing around with the sting rays...
I'm the only one of our group that took advantage of the coconuts. Haha
The ship from the port
Me and some strange statues they had lurking about the casino

Cozumel was our second port... the boys snorkeled while the girls hung out on the beach. The peacocks were so cool!

Silly Aaron and Jared
The little "peacock lounge"


We rented jeeps that day. Just too windy for the back seat!
So gorgeous!
3rd port was Belize. The water was so choppy, it took hours for the little tenders to even get close enough to the boat to let off us passengers. And it was kinda rainy, but still fun. Belize was crazy to me, because it looked just like Guatemala where I lived for a summer, rundown and very 3rd world, but it was trippy seeing everyone speak English! 


Mayan ruins

Last port was Roatan, Honduras. Disappointing day for snorkeling because of the stormy weather which led to murky, trashy water. But hey we ended up eating at Coconuts, a restaurant with panties and bras and boob jokes all over the place. I don't think the boys minded! 

The warmest day was probably the day we got off the ship and spent a few hours in Miami. We laid out on the beach and I insisted on finding Dash (from Keeping up with the Kardashians). Disappointing in case you were wondering ;)

8 comments:

Tasha said...

Your trip looks awesome. Our cruise the weather was kind of sucky too! No bueno. OH and btw aaron is freakin' ripped- I bet you are loving that! Glad you guys had a good time. =)

PAUL + ALICIA+CAPRI said...

So much fun! Love all these pics, you look sooo good! I like your hair color right now! I bet it was so much fun to just be alone, and not have to worry about Carter! (only for a week though, I am sure you missed him!) I love your dash pic! I am jealous I LOVE keeping up with the K's!

The Winkelman's said...

That looks SOOO fun! Next time I'm coming with you! And just so you know, I think you are so stinking cute. Deal with it.

Unknown said...

i'm totally jealous. Oh man that warm weather looks so nice! You guys are so lucky!

Family said...

Looks like a fun trip! I love the pictures. You look great!

Julie said...

Fun trip Steph! I bet it was nice to have a break from the yucky cold Utah weather.

Danielle said...

Lucky! Looks like you guys had a blast!

Evans Family of Three said...

SO FUN!! you are gorgeous and just so adorable. :) cory and i keep talking about how nice it would be to go on a cruise or vaca just us two! i bet you missed carter, but had a blast with just your hubby. i am hoping in the near future we can do something like this!! jealous! :)