In January, we decided we needed out of cold Colorado and NEEDED some time relaxing as a family away from our day to day. So since Mike is working on his goal of 50 marathons, one in each state, I did a little research and matched up a marathon and cruise and accomplished both within the same trip.
We flew into Houston on Jan. 27th and checked into the Houston Hilton with all three munchkins. We relaxed there and caught up with some friends who happened to end up in Houston after being stationed at McChord with Mike. Then the 28th, Mike got up really early and ran the Houston Chevron Marathon. He was done by 10:30. He showered and we had a car pick us up and drive us the 90 minute ride to the ship, the Carnival Conquest, in Galveston. We spent the next 7 days relaxing, visiting the Bahamas and Key West and spending time with good friends and family. See....we never go anywhere without our own entourage. Trust me when I say Mike and I do not draw the masses but our three little ones do. So we had my parents, Marci and her little family, my grandparents and then our dear friends Mike and Ruben. We had the best time!!! It was much needed time!
The kids LOVED the cruise!!! The boys spent tons of time in the camp because that is where they wanted to be! In Nassau, they requested to go back to the ship and be dropped off in camp. Mike and I did not have any problem with that. So we put them back in camp and then had an afternoon in Nassau with Elliott exploring. Elliott was the talk of the ship. She hit the age cutoff the day we got on the boat, so she was definitely the tiniest on the boat. Typically the boat has over 300 children any given week in the 5 and under age range. The week we went there were 18 on the boat. It was full of old people who could not dote on Elliott more.
We got two adjoining rooms and would highly recommend it to anyone with 3 kids. The rooms on a cruise are not huge so it was nice to have more space, plus 2 TVs, 2 bathrooms, lots of beds, two huge closets. Definitely worth it to get two. We will not do that differently when we go again!
It is getting late, so I am going to call it a night but stay tuned for pictures and more about the cruise. :)
Sunday, July 10, 2011
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