Day 1 of Cruise - San Diego

Our friends, Eric and Andrea and Zac and Britni invited us on a cruise to celebrate their graduation and have one more blast together before we moved away. I think we said good-bye (for now) with a bang!!!

Caution - These next few posts are long, but what do you expect? We went on a cruise!

We did a little shopping when we first arrived on the ship. I really liked these glasses even though some thought that I looked like a bug.

I know it's silly for us to go on a cruise that stops in the town that we are living in, but it was a lot of fun to play hosts for the day. Matt's mom let us borrow her SUV for the day, so we were able to see so much. We started the day at Balboa Park.

At Balboa Park we first headed to the botanical gardens.....

then to the Rubuen H Fleet Science Center to play a little. We were very proud of ourselves for building this arch without it breaking. Then we headed to Mt. Soledad. The second picture is the view from on top of the mountain. Can you find the temple???

Here we are at La Jolla Shores. I love this place :)

Day 2 of Cruise - Catalina Island

This was by far the best day of our cruise. Both Matt and I have never been to Catalina Island, so it was fun to experience it together. We started the day by renting a golf cart with Eric and Andrea so we could see all the beautiful views. Then we decided to go snorkling in the freezing cold water. But luckily they had wetsuits for us, so it wasn't too bad. In fact, it was tons of fun. Then we headed back to the ship to enjoy the beautiful weather poolside.

Day 2 of Cruise - Midnight Chocolate Buffet

We stayed up late the second night to enjoy the infamous Midnight Chocolate Buffet. The desserts weren't all that great, but the decor was AMAZING. Hopefully you can click on the pictures to make them bigger. There were tons of chocolate carvings and 'flower' arrangements made of only vegetables. Talk about talent!

Day 3 of Cruise - Ensenada

We did a little shopping on the morning of day three in Ensenada and found a really cute dress for Rian. (I'll post a picture of her in it the next time she wears it). But we didn't take any pictures while in Mexico. So the pictures of the day are from the time we spent back on the ship after shopping.

We wanted to try out the rockwall on the ship. As you can see in the first picture, I was way too excited to try this. And check out those calf muscles in the second pic :)

And there I am.....at the top!!!

Matt hopped on so dang fast, I couldn't get a picture until he was already up the wall a few feet. I swear he made it up there in under 13 seconds. I'm talking way fast!

Day 3 of Cruise - Dinner

During dinner on our last night, they had a little dance party. And am I sure glad I remembered my camera :) I got some pretty good shots of everyone dancing!!!

Eric had such great moves!

Zac and Britni getting into it!

Matt even flattered me and did the Macarena. And as some of you might know, Matt does NOT dance, so he might kill me for posting this, but I had to anyways!

Here we are with our waitress and waiter, Maria and Rusbel. They are from Peru. They served us every night, so we thought it was appropriate to get a picture with them.

I guess I should also add that later that night we headed over to "Finish That Lyric" Trivia and almost won first place. That is only after we already won the "Classic Rock - Name That Tune" Trivia the night before! We all received a Royal Caribbean photo album that we should mostly thank Zac for....man that boy knows his classic rock!!!

And we want to give a BIG thanks to Matt's mom and dad and sister, Lauren, for watching Rian all week while we were cruising. We missed her tons, but it was also nice to have some 'alone time'.....if you catch my drift :)