Cruisin to Cozumel

At the end of February we went on a 4 day Carnival cruise to Cozumel.  There were 7 couples that went from our ward.  It was so fun!!  

And for journaling purposes I want to name the 6 other couples who came.

Rob and Nora Robinson, Jared and Kim Taggart, Yorke and Stacy Richards, Lance and Esther Boyer, Brandon and Andrea Martin, and Dave and Eleanor Bachrach. 

I swore I would never karaoke, and that was a promise I broke this trip.... Twice ! But there were 6 of us who sang, and I made sure not to actually sing, so I don't really count it!

And we did plenty of dancing.  We took salsa dance lessons one night, did some country dancing one night, and of course some upbeat dancing a few times.  That's what's so great about cruises - something for everyone.

The day we spent in Cozumel the weather was just okay.  It drizzled on us a few times, but we continued with our beach plans.  We took this sweet luxury limo, and by luxury I mean it even had an air conditioning unit attached onto the roof!

We laid on the beach a little, went snorkeling, and did a little shopping.  Can't go to Mexico without loading up on vanilla!

This is almost the whole group.  The Taggarts were talking to their kids.  I tried really hard to get a full group shot on the trip, but it just didn't happen.

Yes, we often get asked if we're sisters.  There are lots of tall, brown haired gals in our ward - nice change for me.

One of the best cruise moments happened at dinner.  The waiters had a fun song set up to play for a dance performance they were gonna do, but as soon as that song started rockin' half of our table jumped up and joined in.  Definitely awesome!  

 Vanilla Ice right there... karaoke!

This was our 3rd cruise but our first one with a balcony room.  We liked it, it was nice, but I wouldn't say it is a must.  We didn't spend hardly any time on the balcony, but it made the room a little bigger which was helpful.

And like usual, we set aside a few dollars to play some casino games.  I learned the basics of craps and realized quickly the stakes are too high for me in that game.

So back to the Roulette table where I could make 1 dollar bets.  Us girls played there and whooped and cheered for our 8 dollar wins!

Esther even showed us some of her clogging.... another awesome moment!  She rocked it, clogging away in front of everyone.