Too Busy...

So, I have clearly been a little too busy the last month to think about blogging...

However, I have a lot to catch up on!

So, here we GO!

AUGUST 12, 2011 - AUGUST 20, 2011

CRUUUUUUISE TIME :]

FOR OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, KYLE AND I GOT TO GO ON

A CRUISE TO THE WEST CARRIBEAN!

SHUT UP, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!

I COULD GO ON A CRUISE ONCE A MONTH IF SOMEONE WOULD

LET ME!

ANYWAYS, WE LEFT ON THE 12TH, DARK AND EARLY!

AND WHEN I SAY EARLY, I MEAN EEEEARLY! LIKE 3

IN THE MORNING! THEN IT TOOK US MOST OF THE DAY

TO MAKE IT TO FLORIDA! FLORIDA IS PRETTY

BUT IT IS HOT AND IT RAINS RANDOMLY ALL THE TIME.

SO, OUR OVER-NIGHT VISIT THERE WAS ENOUGH FOR ME...

AT LEAST FOR NOW!

OUR HOTEL WAS NICE AND IT WAS FREE FROM THE CRUISE LINE,

SO THAT MAKES IT EVEN NICER, YA KNOW?

BUT THE FOOD THERE WAS NASTY, SO WE WERE DEFINITELY

READY TO GET ON THE CRUISE THE NEXT DAY!

ON SATURDAY WE BOARDED THE SHIP! I LOVE DRIVING UP

IN THE GHETTO VANS OR BUSES TO THE MASSIVE SHIPS! SO COOL!

WE WENT ON A CARNIVAL CRUISE AND OUR SHIP WAS

THE CARNIVAL LIBERTY!  THE SHIPS ARE ALWAYS SO PRETTY

AND HAVE SO MANY FUN ROOMS AND THINGS TO DO!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!

FIRST VIEW OF THE SHIP!

AFTER BOARDING THE SHIP, WE HAD SOME TIME AT SEA!

IT IS SUCH A WEIRD FEELING TO WATCH THE SHIP LEAVE PORT

AND THEN LOOK AROUND YOU AND NOT SEE ANYTHING BUT WATER!

SOMETIMES THAT IS KIND OF A SCARY FEELING BUT AT THE

SAME TIME IT IS SOMEWHAT PEACEFUL!

GOODBYE MIAMI!

KYLE AND I SPENT PLENTY OF TIME BY THE POOL! IT WAS SUPER HOT

SO IF YOU WANTED TO BE OUT ON THE DECK YOU AT LEAST HAD

TO HAVE YOUR FEET IN THE POOL!

WE SPENT MOST OF OUR POOL TIME ON THE ADULT SIDE WHERE

THEY ACTUALLY KICK THE KIDS OUT... NO OFFENCE BUT

THAT IS REALLY NICE! BUT WE ALSO LIKE THE BIG

MAIN DECK BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THE ACTIONS AT!

THE CRUISE PUTS ON DANCES AND COMPETITIONS AND ALL

MANNER OF THINGS FOR PRIME PEOPLE WATCHING/MAKING FUN OF!

IT'S GREAT!

A GUY CARVED THIS IS LESS THAN 15 MINUTES

ON THE DECK! IT WAS SO COOL TO WATCH AND

SO IMPRESSIVE!

SOME HOW I GOT CHOSEN TO BE A JUDGE

FOR THE HAIRY CHEST COMPETITION... IF YOU KNOW

ME, YOU KNOW HOW NASTY I THINK THAT HAIR

IS, SO THIS WAS HILARIOUS TO SAY THE LEAST!

FIRST FORMAL NIGHT!

FIRST PORT: COZUMEL MEXICO

AT THIS PORT, WE DIDN'T HAVE AN EXCURSION

PLANNED, WE JUST DECIDED WE WOULD GET OFF

THE SHIP AND DO AS WE PLEASED! SO, WE WENT TO

UVAS BEACH! IT WAS GORGEOUS AND WE ONLY

HAD TO SHARE THE WHOLE BEACH WITH LIKE 3 OTHER

PEOPLE! CAN YOU SAY PERFECT?  WE SWAM AND SNORKLED

ALL DAY LONG! THERE WERE DEFINITELY SOME SWEET FISH!

WE WERE SO EXCITED!  BUT KYLE WAS KIND OF UPSET BECAUSE

I'M  HORRIBLE AT SNORKELING BECAUSE MY MOUTH IS TOO

SMALL FOR THE MOUTH PIECE... SO I HAVE TO HOLD MY BREATH AND

IT MAKES YOU SUPER TIRED!!! BUT HEY, IT WAS AN IMPROVEMENT

FROM THE LAST TIME WE WENT!

THE RUINS

IT WAS SOOOOO HOT!

KING OF SNORKELING!

UVAS BEACH

COZUMEL PORT

HE CAUGHT A CROC IN COZUMEL

THEN I RODE IT...

I LOVE THIS ZEBRA! OH AND THAT BOY!

AFTER A FUN DAY IN THE SUN,

IT WAS BACK ON THE SHIP FOR A RELAXING NIGHT!

KYLE'S CUTE YITTLE HOT CHOCOLATE!

WATCHED THE SUN SET, I COULD DO THAT

EVERY NIGHT... LET'S BE HONEST!

KISSES!

ISN'T HE A SEXY MODEL?

AND YES... I STILL LOVE MY TOWEL

ANIMALS!!!!

NEXT STOP... DRUM ROLL PLEASE...

THE GRAND CAYMAN ISLANDS

THE WATER WAS PEEEEERFECT!

KYLE POSTED UP, HELPING THE GUY WELCOME

EVERYONE TO THE ISLAND!

THESE LIL GUYS WERE CRAWLIN'ALL OVER!

I DON'T HAVE AN EXPLANATION!

WE STARTED OUT OUR DAY WITH A BOAT RIDE

OUR BOAT WAS GHETTO BUT OUR CAPTAIN

WAS AWESOME! HE DROVE US TO

STING RAY CITY... WITH HIS FEET!

THIS WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS WE HAVE EVER

DONE! WE GOT TO SWIM WITH STING RAYS, MASSIVE STING

RAYS!!

IF YOU KISS THEM, YOU GET SEVEN YEARS

GOOD LUCK! I'LL BE LOOKIN' FORWARD TO THESE

NEXT SEVEN YEARS!

AND WE GOT BACK MASSAGES FROM THEIR SUCKERS!

STING RAY CITY WAS OUR FAVORITE!

WE WOULD TOTALLY GO AGAIN!

THE RAYS FELT SO COOL AND IT WAS SO

FUN TO GET TO SWIM WITH THESE CREATURES!

AT THE END WE GOT TO FEED THEM SQUID! WE

WERE SUPPOSE TO FEED THE ONE ABOVE THE SQUID,

BUT WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO GO SWIM AND

FEED A DIFFERENT ONE... THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE HAHA.

KYLE PUT HIS HAND WITH A SQUID IN IT UNDER A RAY AND

HE FORGOT HOW HE WAS SUPPOSE TO HOLD HIS HAND, SO HE GOT

HIS FINGER SUCKED UP INTO THE RAY... WHOOPS! HE THOUGHT

HIS FINGER WAS GONZO! LUCKILY IT WASN'T! THEN I HAD THREE

MASSIVE RAYS JUMP OUT OF THE WATER AT ME BECAUSE

THEY WERE APPARENTLY STARVING! IT MADE ME NERVOUS/ PUSHED ME OVER...

SO I JUST THREW MY SQUID!

OVERALL THOUGH, COOLEST EXCURSION WE DID!

MAYBE WE NEED A PET STING RAY?

THEN WE HAD TO LEAVE THE CAYMANS AND BOARD THE BOAT ONCE AGAIN!

WE HAD SO MANY FUN NIGHTS ON THE SHIP!

WE WENT TO LOTS OF SHOWS AND WE ALSO GOT TO GO TO THE

COMEDY CLUB AND WATCH COMEDIANS ALMOST EVERY NIGHT!

THE COMEDIANS WERE HIARIOUS! IT WAS SO FUN!

CRAB!

WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER!

IT WAS MARDI GRAS NIGHT! KYLE

GOT US SOME BEADS... DON'T ASK! HAHA

LAST STOP.... JAMAICA!!!!

OCHOS RIOS TO BE EXACT!

CAN I JUST TELL YOU THAT I WASN'T EXPECTING JAMAICA TO

BE PRETTY... LET ALONE GORGEOUS! OH MY, I CAN'T EVEN

EXPLAIN HOW GORGEOUS IT WAS!!!!! I WOULD GO

BACK IN A HEART BEAT!

IN OCHOS RIOS WE WENT TO DUNN'S RIVER FALLS!

WE GOT TO CLIMB A 600 FOOT FRESH WATER WATERFALL!

IT WAS A LITTLE COLD, BUT SO WORTH IT!

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HOW PRETTY IT WAS!

AND THE JAMAICANS WERE PRETTY COOL PEOPLE!

THIS TREE WAS MASSIVE!

DUNN'S RIVER FALLS

YA MON!

SEE WHAT WE CLIMBED!

MMMM THIS IS LOVE!

GOIN' BACK IN

WATERFALL MASSAGE

TONGUE OUT

CREEPER...

I WAS SO PUMPED

THE U.S. COAST GUARD WAS IN JAMAICA!

FLOWER FROM MY JAMAICAN FRIEND

GOODBYE OCHS RIOS KISSES

"PEACE, LOVE, AND HAPPINESS MON!"

- ALL THE JAMAICANS :]

AFTER OCHOS RIOS WE PLAYED MINI GOLF...

KYLE DIDN'T EVEN LET ME WIN... RUDE.

NO, I DIDN'T PUT THAT HOLE THERE!

THEN WE HAD ANOTHER FORMAL NIGHT!

WE KEEP IT CLASSY!

AND FINALLY, WE ENJOYED OUR LAST DAY

AT SEA!

THE WATER BEHIND THE BOAT IS ALWAYS THIS PRETTY,

EVEN AT NIGHT!

WE LOST HORRIBLY AT FUN SHIP TRIVIA!

SO SAD WE HAVE TO GO HOME SOON :[

THEN I WAS A FAT KID ONE LAST TIME,

POPCORN AND DIET COKE... YES PLEASE!

DON'T BE FOOLED, HE'S A FAT KID TOO!

ICE CREAM AND PIZZA FOR HIM!

AND WE LISTENED TO THIS CUTE LIL GRANDPA

SING! LOVED IT! HE WAS ON THE CRUISE

ALL BY HIMSELF! GO HIM!

AND WE GOT ONE LAST TOWEL ANIMAL....

THEN WE HAD TO PACK OUR CRAP AND

GET THE HECK OFF THE SHIP!

OUR SECOND HONEYMOON/ SECOND CRUISE

WAS SO MUCH FUN!

WE LOVE WHEN IT IS JUST THE TWO OF US!

AND WE LOVE GETTING TO DO ADVENTUROUS THINGS

TOGETHER!

WE MADE IT A YEAR :]

AND HERE IS TO MANY, MANY MORE!