FIRST CRUISE

Brandt and I were lucky enough to sneak away from every day life and set sail on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. We cruised the Mexican Riviera with Aaron and Brita. We called it our ten year anniversary present. We had not been married ten years yet, but together ten years. It was a trip that will for sure go down in the books. We had a BLAST!

DAY #1 Caught an early flight out, landed in L.A. and headed toward the ship. I was amazed as we pulled up to it. I can't believe how big these cruise ships are. I was even more surprised once we entered the ship. HOLY COW! It was awesome. The four of us quickly made ourselves to the Wind Jammer (ALL you CAN EAT) and started the trip off right. After eating everything in sight we took a tour of the ship and got familiar with it. It didn't take long before the boys started their competitive fun. Who would have known soccer was so fun for them. We got cleaned up and headed to dinner. Our table was waiting for the four of us and our sweet sweet waiter Depa. I will discuss him later.

Day #2
Started off our morning hitting the gym there. Feels pretty funny running on a treadmill on a ship. Quickly there after threw on the suits and hit the sun. Probably to much SUN...OOPS. We enjoyed relaxing, reading some magazines, dancing with the band, eating soft serve ice cream, and watching the dolphins. It was awesome.... All of a sudden a ton of dolphins would be following the ship. I didn't get a great picture of it, dang it. We also hit the ice show this day. It was really cool. Our first formal night was this night. Brita and I enjoyed getting ready together and surprising the boys. They looked quite handsome. After we hit the kareoke club. Brita showed off her Brittany Spears singing. It was Awesome.

Day #3 Cabo San Lucas

The four of us tried out Snuba. It was really cool. Snuba is like scuba diving except the air tank is on top of the water. Our air hose aloud us to go 25 ft. down in the water. It was cool walking on the bottom of the ocean floor. After we hit lunch on the beach and then headed back to the ship. We got cleaned up and headed to dinner. We were invited to eat dinner with the captain this night and the captains table. It was pretty cool.

DAY#4 Mazatlan

Brandt and I went and checked out the city of Mazatlan. Not that impressed. Poor Aaron was back at the ship SICK as a Dog. I felt so bad. Aaron had to go to the Dr. and was laid up with a high FEVER. We later hit the late night party on top of the ship where there was all of this great food and Dancing. Brandt even tore it up on the dance floor.

DAY#5 Puerto Vallarta

This zip line tour was a blast. Luckily Aaron was starting to feel better and join us for some zip lining fun. I was a little nervous looking down and thinking if my line broke I would be a goner. You never know in Mexico what your going to get. It was so fun and we all survived.

The last few days we just hung out on the ship. We went to shows and had another formal night. We hit the rock wall, golf and ate ton more. WE had so much fun and had such a great time with Aaron and Brita. Brandt sure enjoys his relationship with his brother. They are sure lucky to have such a great friendship. Can't wait until cruise #2!!!!!

Can't forget our friend Depa. Depa will always be our favorite memory of the cruise. I don't quite know how to explain him. I really never could understand his speaking, but the others did just fine with him. He did lose his voice for a few nights which made it even harder. He already spoke with such a soft voice. Brother Brandt and Brother Aaron was probably his most common phrase. We will never forget the Depa sign that he threw to us while all the waiters were singing to us. Thank you Depa for making our evenings so entertaining and making us realize how much we have and to be more grateful for what we have. I am truly blessed to be a citizen of the USA.