Cruising to Mexico Smiles part 2

John and I have been down in bed most of the week with a terrible cold and cough. We feel pretty rotten but that doesn’t keep us from smiling when we think of our last cruise. Here are some more of our cruise smiles I want to share with you.

Food on cruise ships always makes you smile..

There is something for everyone's taste buds…

…From the youngest to the oldest…

There was good food every night but the Lobster and the shrimp cocktail were two of our favorites.

The warm chocolate molten cake was another favorite.

No doubt about it…. dinner time made us smile.

Playing a serious game of golf helped us burn off some of the calories we consumed.

This real “surf and turf” made us smile.

The cute towel animals we found on our beds each night also made us smile.

Don’t they make you smile???

Erin and Patrick brought Loni on the cruise to help them with the children.

Loni and Claire were great with the children and ….

…these cute cousins loved being on the cruise together.

It was so nice for us to be able to enjoy this cruise with them. We will treasure the memories of these smiles forever. We enjoyed being with them so much it makes us want to have all our gang join us on a cruise for our 50th anniversary in 3 years.  Wouldn’t that be nice!!!!

I couldn’t put in all the pictures I want to document so I guess I’ll have to have a Cruising part 3 post.

I hope that we will get well soon… and hope that you well too.  Have a good week.   Hugs, Grammy Lura

Cruising to Mexico Smiles part 1

We just got home from taking a group on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera. This was a special group because we had both family and friends with us on this trip.

We boarded the Carnival Splendor in Long Beach and headed south to Cabo San Lucas

Our friends, Zoe, Louise, LouAnn and Darrell came with us and so did…

Loni, Claire, little Ellie….

Erin, Calan and Patrick

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We were suppose to go to Cabo and Puerto Vallarta but the ship got caught in some fishing nets and had to take a day off for repairs. That knocked us out of 1 day of cruising. We didn’t get to board the ship until Monday instead of Sunday. They said we wouldn’t have time to make it all the way to Puerto Vallarta so we stayed in Cabo for 2 days instead. We were all disappointed but enjoyed our time on the ship and our days in Cabo.

We love cruising. Life on the ship is always so much fun. The staff was great with the children.

There was dancing…

and games to play

There was ice carving demos …

Hot tubs and pools….

“Dive-in” Movies

A  water slide

and karaoke. Claire and Loni were the stars of the show. Claire took some of her own music and blew them away when she sang them an opera piece in German.

Everyone had a great time. It was special sharing this experience with our grandchildren,children and friends.

You can bet that I was smiling from ear to ear.  I will share more cruise smiles with you on my next post. The cruise was over way too fast but these sweet memories will last forever.

But……It is hard coming home to the real world…. I can’t find the buffet and no one came to make my bed today!!!!

I hope you had a good week too.