Cruise {Day 1 - at Sea}

Day 1 was at sea. We woke up to a beautiful view of the Gulf of Mexico.

 We grabbed breakfast from the buffets on the lido deck.

The kids were in awe of the fancy glass elevators on the ship.

Hannah chose to do a "build a bear" type activity. Here she is stuffing her new bear.

Here is the finished product modeling one of his many outfits.

James liked to take video game breaks in his bed. Remember, he had just gotten back from a week at Boy Scout camp, so he was missing his electronics. The boy forgot to bring his DS charger, so after a day or two, he was unable to play on it. He then changed to games that were on his cell phone or my Kindle Fire.

Hannah enjoyed dressing up her bear.

Taking a break with a game of cards.

We hung out at the pools some. Sue & I played Bingo. Hannah & I attended a short class on door decorating, too. But it looks like we didn't get any pictures of those activities.

Before dinner, we did some martini tasting. There was a choice of 8 different drinks and you could select any 4. Chris & I decided to share and got all 8.

Here is a list of the descriptions.

Hannah & James enjoyed some kiddie drinks.

This evening was "formal night". Our friend Eric was our unofficial group photographer, so I didn't bother to take many pics from dinner. I will probably post some of my favorite Eric pics on a separate blog post later.


Here are James & Tyler.

Hannah and her bear.

Our view from our table each night. We had late seating which allowed for some beautiful sunsets while we dined.

Eric & Sue

Hannah and her bear out on deck during our after dinner walk.

And our towel animal of the evening.