Our Cruise to the Mexican Riviera!

Well, we are back! sorry it has taken me so long to update - I actually had something all written and somehow erased it! I was really frustrated!

Our Cruise was so wonderful though! In case you didn't know, Ryan's Parents paid for it and we couldn't be more grateful for their generosity! Thanks!
I can't tell you how relaxing and fun it was! We really needed it too! I think even my Mind was on vacation, I didn't think about anything back home -except our kids - who had a great time and did really good. Other than Kate had a visit from the stomach flu bug for 2 of the days. :( but over all I think they had fun - thanks for helping me out Anita, Mom, Heather, Amy, Trish and Randi!!!!! I appreciate it so much!!
Now for some of the highlights of our cruise - On the days we had the whole day on the boat we relaxed by the pool in the hot sun & also went to 2 movies ( Get Smart and Hancock).
On my Birthday - Monday 13th As you can see in the pictures we had virgin Pina Coladas and just relaxed and then that night was the first Formal dinner night - we got our picture taken and I love it because we don't have a good pic. of the 2 of us really.
Dinners and meals were all really good - you do get a little tired of eating by the end of the week, but it is true that any time of day or night you can get food!! That night we also did Karaoke - I convinced Joey to do "Dancing Queen" with me - we were hot!! :) That was pretty fun!
On Tuesday Morning I got to spend 2 full hrs in the Spa as my birthday present! I loved every minute of it! I got a Neck and shoulder message, a scalp message & Hair treatment, a facial and also a pedicure! So nice!! I had the best birthday!!
Then as soon as I got out of the spa we went on shore to Cabo! We went "snorkeling" as far as snorkeling goes I think it was pretty lame - but it was still a fun time because we were on such a beautiful beach and just being there in Cabo. The water was pretty choppy too, next time we'll schedule it all ahead of time. Then in Cabo we walked around, and went to a "Mall" We found 3 cute mexican dresses for Kate Emily and baby girl #3. They are such cute dresses! and also ate at Hard Rock.

Then on Wednesday, we were in Mazatlan. Ryan's Parents, Ann and Jesse (Ryan's Sis. & Husband) and Shawn and Mary (Ryan's oldest Bro. & wife) and the two of Us all found taxi's and went to the beach.Ryan's other Brother Scott and his wife Joey went to hang out with some other couples that are in their ward that also went on the cruise.
The taxi rides were scary, those drivers were so crazy! Our driver's car horn even sounded like a whistle. So he could just honk instead of try to whistle at any hot chica's!
On the beach there were so many vendors that you really couldn't relax unless you pretended to be asleep or went into to ocean to play. So we spent a good 2 hrs playing in the ocean and attempting to body surf! It was fun though!
As we got back to the port in Mazatlan Ryan and I went into one of the shops to look for some more sun screen and we saw some Snicker's bars - we just HAD to get them they looked so good! (funny, you can get pretty much any kind of food on the cruise ship but they have no candy or popcorn - ya know for the movies at least!) So we bought them for a dollar each. I split my wrapper open pretty quick after we left the shop and was instantly devastated and sickened by what I saw - tiny ant like bugs crawling around!!! YUCK! So Ryan went back and said: "I want my 2 dollars!!" (name that movie) Luckily we got our money back!

Thursday we were in Puerto Villarta. It was nice because most of the little shops were right there as we got off the boat. This day was the day Ryan and everyone else but Me, Ann and Carol Ann - (Ryan's Mom) went on the Zip line adventure! The 3 of us who couldn't go went shopping and had a good time - until we found out how amazing and fun the zip line was and then we realized our day was kind of boring compared to everyone else. Oh-well, I don't think any of us would have survived it - there was a lot of hiking and just the ride over to the jungle would have made me sick! The Zip lines were 400 feet above the jungle ground and they were harnessed in and would clip on to each zip line and go from tree to tree! I wish Ryan had taken our camera that day - but I'll have to get pictures from Joey and Jesse!!
After that day everyone was so wiped out that we all napped during dinner time and went to the buffet later on.
The other things we did on the boat were: watch a magician, comedian, go to an 80's dance at midnight, watched a fun game called "Quest" and also went to "singing with Cory" in the Piano bar. We had made fun of it all week and then decided to try it, it was actually really fun!! Everyone else was drunk so you didn't feel dumb being a little silly and shouting out the words to the songs. We also stopped in at the midnight buffet - just to get some choc covered strawberries - at least that is why I went!
What a great vacation! We recommend going on a cruise if you have never been on one before! Thanks Mom and Dad Whid!! It was a blast!!
I thought for sure I would have gained a ton of weight like everyone says. But at my Dr apt. after I got back I had only gained 3 lbs for the month. I am now 30 weeks along! Due Jan 3rd!
Hope you enjoy the pictures!! I added one of the dresses we bought the girls they wore them to church yesterday. ( Yesterday was also the Primary Program, so that is a great thing to now have behind me! It went so well, all the kids did great!! It was very touching too!!)