Friday, March 14, 2008

Cruise Report

Here is a picture from one of my favorite days. Ocho Rios Jamaica is the place that we climbed Dunn's River Falls. It is a waterfall that is about 1000 feet up. You hold hands with a string of people, and follow your guite up the falls. Yes the water is cold, but so refreshing after the first hundred feet. We weren't thinking clearly and forgot all of the water cameras and only took Kevin's nice camera to the falls, so we didn't get a picture of us in action, but believe me when I tell you, we ROCKED climbing the falls! From the youngest to the oldest, we loved this. Taylor was nervous at first, but got the hang of it quickly.



This is a picture from when we went to the Everglades in Florida before getting on the ship. We took an airboat ride and played with the gators. Avery even kissed this one! The girls held it, but no kissing was involved. I'll get more pictures of the gator park later. The fun was already going strong before we even boarded the ship.


Here is Erin boogie boarding on the ship. They had a flowrider that was a hit with everybody. Taylor was quite upset because she was about 2 inches too short to ride. She measured herself every day just in case. Erin also surfed (for a couple of seconds). Then on teen night her and Avery went back for more boogie boarding. They had a blast doing this, and what a cool opportunity.

There were so many cool opportunities. Rock wall climbing, ice skating, trying new foods (Avery ate 7 escargot (snails) for $3), kissing stingray and soooo much more. I will put more pictures on later and share more experiences. But for now, just know that we had our dream vacation, and enjoyed experiencing so many different things together as a family.

Thanks Britt, Zach, Stef, mom and dad, for being the first to sit through our slide show of pictures and listen to our silly stories. It was fun sharing with you and having you visit. Let's so it again soon!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah!! What a fun update! It looks like you guys had a great time! Family vacations are such a great way to build memories. I love the pics and hopefully you will post some more!

I wish I could have been there (without any kids of course) to hear your report!!

Glad you are finally back! :)

Love ya!
Les

Anonymous said...

Looks so fun!! We are glad your back at school with us though, how dare you have fun without us!! J/K

Grove Family said...

It was fun to see the pictures before you got a chance to edit them. It looked like you guys had a ton of fun. Be sure to post the pictures of Taylor with her head and body misaligned.

Amy Jo said...

Looks like you guys had a great time. That is a cool picture of Erin. That looks fun!

Howard Family said...

Sounds like a lot of fun. Taylor you have to tell your mom and dad to take you back when you are tall enough!!

Anonymous said...

you guys looked like you guys had a lot of fun and that was funny when avery kissed the alligator.

love,
rage#17

Our Newman 6 said...

you guys should have brought some of the worm weather home with you. we missed you guys.Avery way to have the guts to kiss the aligator.