Final Cruise Pictures...I think! :)

 

Here are just some fun favorites of random cruise activity.

 

Karlee said the only thing she wanted to do was have her hair braided.  So, Monday morning she was ready and waiting!

 

 

Kavan had so much fun with all of the activities on the ship.  He especially liked his club and being a detective.

 

And it was always fun to come across a character, prince, or princess!

 

 

A little miniature golf!

 

  Kyler really enjoyed the room service in the evening because of the towel animals (I liked the little chocolate).

 

 

So, why not go to a towel animal folding class.

 

Kyler and Layne caught on quickly, Kenzie and I not so much, and my mom is a perfectionist.  So, she had to do her first one twice, but not because she didn't catch on quickly!  :)

 

 

While struggling, I decided that if you just add sunglasses and hold it for the picture all is well!



 

See!  :)

 

cute!

OVERACHIEVERS!

I love Layne's face...I think he's smirking at kenzie!

She's so funny!

Layne and I celebrated our 20 year wedding anniversary!  :)

 

 

The Aquaduck!  A fun pastime!

 

My mom and kenzie!

Often times we would pass each other on the ship going to various activities and shows.  Karlee and Ellie had two different clubs they could go to on their own, but they usually chose the same one Kavan went too because they said it was more fun than the "tween" club!

 

 

There were a lot of really amazing and fun shows.  This was one of our favorites.  It was a magic show and it was super cool!

 

As you can see characters were pretty easy to come by!  Always great photo opportunities!  :)

 

 

The girls went to Pluto's Pajama Party at their club!  Always something fun happening!

 

 

 

 

The two older kids waiting to go to their club for a different magic show!  It didn't start until like 10:30pm and you can see I am barely hanging on - I am getting too old to stay up late!  :)

Kavan slept on the lower bunk because he was nervous to be on the top bunk asleep.  The last night, he was like "I'm going to do it!"  And he did!  He zonked hard that last night!

 

 

The last morning while Kyler was waiting for the rest of us to get packed up, he made Jong (our main man who took care of our rooms) all of the towel animals with chocolates.  Jong was amazing and very kind.

 

 



Rakesh and Kelly one more time!  They too were amazing and kind!

 

We had so much fun on this cruise and now have so many fun memories!  We couldn't have asked for better people to take care of us, better excursions to experience, better activities and shows to enjoy, or for better food to eat, and we couldn't have asked for better weather!  It was beautiful!  (And then the clouds appeared the day we were done...because it was sad to leave!)  :)

 

But home is always a good place to be!  :)

FOOD!

Our dining experiences are not in order, but we rotated between three different restaurants for dinner (Enchanted Garden, Royal Court, and Animator's Palate) and had buffet style breakfast and lunch.  And there were always snacks and ice cream cones to be had.  Dining was not just about the food either - It was a time to relax, a time to dress up, an opportunity to try new foods...try good manners, and have fun!

 

Escargot...

Karlee tried it - I don't think she was too keen on it, though.

 Kelly always gave us a "crayon puzzle" to figure out...

 

 

 and Rakesh always had something up his sleeve.

 

 

 I must say that for the most part we really did enjoy the food.

 

Kyler was in heaven just knowing that shrimp was always available for lunch!  :)

 

 

Kavan learning how to crack and eat crab legs!

If I remember right this was some kind of seafood soufflé.  I do remember it being amazing!

 

This was a good ole' turkey dinner - one of my favorites!

 Some of these pictures are just random pictures that make me smile!

 

 

 

More Magic!

 

 

 

 At Animator's Palate we all drew our own cartoon characters, and they put them in an actual cartoon show.  It was so cool!

 

My dad had Rakesh draw his character.

The credits... you can see a lot of our names.

They recognized Kenzie as a Birthday girl!

 

 Pirate Night

 

 

 

 

They're silly!

Our last meal on the ship...we ate breakfast at Animator's Palate.  It was really early and kind of sad! 

 

 

I think we really enjoyed not having to cook, or clean, or grocery shop for a whole week!  :)