six girls and their favorite guy: Cruise Fun Continued...

It's time for more "cruise fun posting"... I'm guessing my monologue is fairly boring to anybody who wasn't with us... But it's definitely stuff that I want to remember... (and stuff that my older girls roll their eyes at and say... "Seriously mom, you guys are so weird... we would have been SOOO embarrassed!" And yes, yes... they would have been... Which is why we left them home. hahahahaha)

Day 2 ended with cookies/ice cream maybe a little pizza/burger and fries at 11 PM... and games together... all while wearing our "Carnival Robes." (I can just see my Tayler now shaking her head saying... "They are weird... They are weird... They are weird") And... she wasn't the only one... we saw the confusion in many a person's eyes when we showed up like that. But if 16 of you are doing it... it's pretty fun to look weird... and most were just thinking... "that is the crazy Utah group that keeps cheering/dancing and laughing at every ship event..." :).

Proof that I am totally an angel... I even have a halo. And behind us that man is probably removing the cone that Joe scared the crap out of people with while executing his dog bark... that's funny every time...

And these two don't look "peculiar"... hanging out on the ship's deck talking about the stars...

This night ended with everyone else wimping out at about 12:30 AM saying they were tired or something... and us and the Astle's going dancing... (at which point Tayler is now saying... oh please... stop already mom...) Not to worry Tay... we didn't wear our robes... Lisa will forever be thought of as my dancing buddy and Shane learned a move or two himself :) Good times, good times!

Day 3...

was a sea day... it started out sunny and fantastic. So... us and the Astle's hurried out on deck to save seats, but it was already pretty full so we saved what we could and then... no one else came... they got their OWN spot somewhere else, claiming they couldn't find us... but we know the truth. :) It was sunny for about a 1/2 hour and then it was more like this.

Cold, Windy and Rainy... and as you notice behind us... we then had plenty of chairs for everyone! But we stuck it out and it eventually blew over...

later lots tested out the water slide....

But it was still a little bit windy for me...

Then it was time to "debut" our "Cruisin' with my Peeps shirts"...

Designed and created (with iron-on-vinyl)... by yours truly. :) They were a hit, people asked us lots where we got them, and then were able to easily identify the strange group from Utah... Right after this picture we "roped" another crazy group over from the opposite side of the ship to come dance with us.

Pretty sure the whole event was being shown on the big screen above.

And then we HAD to buy these pictures we had taken of us...

And the men were good sports and just loved that we made them do this...

If only we could see that Shane is sitting in a "shell" it would have been that much better!

That night ended with more of the same... food, food and more food... a show of some kind... and late night dancing!!

DAY 4

We docked in St. Thomas... caught a bus/taxi to Coki Beach... were a little bit nervous about our surroundings there at first... but had a fabulous time... even if it wasn't the sunniest of days...

We did some snorkeling...

and some random stuff...

Like Jumping...

And digging holes for Joe...

And buying delicious fresh fruit smoothies...

And although Raquel and Ron look fabulous in that picture...

Poor Gnomey was hurting upon his landing...

He needed surgery but was good as new after visiting the medical center...

There was toenail painting on this cruise again. Del Sol nail polish will always be a staple on our cruise vacations... Goes on clear... turns red in the sun. Last time it went like this and Shane was not HAPPY... but this time Shane wanted in on the fun too, so while Ron B. was snoozing soundly on our first night (we shared a hotel with them in Miami)... Shane woke me up to find the polish and HE painted all Ron's toes. He figured it out later that day and did the best he could to pick it off... but we still got you Ron!! Then Shane fell soundly asleep one afternoon and through his snoring I got him too... he didn't notice until we went outside... and Lisa did Joe's for the 100th time... That trick will NEVER get old!!

So while looking through every one's pictures I found this gem... the pretty foot is obviously Raquel's... and I recognize Shane's due to that fourth toe that was broken and never set when he was young... but I wasn't sure who the third hairy-toed foot was... Until Lisa verified for me that it was indeed Joe's. :) Pretty toes boys... I think you both kind of like it even if you don't admit it. :0

And then too quickly our island adventure was over and we were rushed back through town to the boat...

And Kim... Rusty... seriously... get a room...

First a stop above Sapphire Beach for a few more pictures...

And then a little shopping and exploring before boarding...

It's hard to say goodbye to a place like St. Thomas... but we had chocolate melting cake to eat... so I guess we had to. :)

After dinner there was a show... and Superstar Karaoke... complete with a live band... and our favorite drummer Nate who we made fast friends with on-board.

Bill karaoked... And we all assumed Joe would... but he didn't...

I personally had NO intention of doing it... and was surprised when Deon told me she had put my name down to go up with her for our own rendition of "Dancing Queen"... But Lisa was darn right MAD that she wrote her name down without asking... things may never be the same between Lisa and Deon.

But deep down when she looks back she WISHES she had come up with us because it was pretty dang fun.

This was also the night that we met "Creeper". Although we never actually met him... he just seemed to be in the same places as us the rest of the cruise... and enjoyed staring at a few of us... intently! CREEPER!

Later that night more food... and more strange pictures...