Cruising ~ Our day at sea

This was our last cruise day and it was spent sailing and hanging out by the pool. It was a nice relaxing day and we didn't want to leave the ship. Nothing like being pampered!

My hubby lounging by the pool.

Hot tubbing it. We were watching the water volleyball game when mom came by on her way to the Solarium (the old people pool). It was the crew vs. ship guests.

What handsome men!

Me and my momma.


Our final towel animal. A swan. It wasn't my favorite. I think out of them all I like the monkey hanging from the curtains.

Antigua ~ Our third port of call

In Antigua we spent the day exploring the local shopping and hanging out on the boat. Only a few purchases were made, two hats (can never have too many hats) and a dress that was perfect over my swimsuit. It was the perfect day to relax after all the excitement of the wedding and the excursion the previous day.

Our boat the Serenade of the Seas

My sexy husband


There was another ship sharing the pier with us. It was a pretty cool ship and I bet looked unbelievable with its sails at full mast. Boy, our ship looks massive!

Look, Antigua!

Me and Antigua

Joe and his Dad just happen to be wearing similar shirts to dinner. I couldn't miss the photo op.

St. Maarten ~ Our Second Port

St. Maarten was our second port of call. It was the start of our vacation since our first port of call was all about the wedding. It is St. Maarten or St. Martin depending on if you were on the French or Dutch side.

Here we are riding on the elevator up to the Windjammer for some breakfast.

Joe on the deck overlooking St. Maarten.


Here I am also overlooking St. Maarten.

On the bus making our way to Orient Beach. (pay no attention to the guy in the background, we just picked him up along the way)

Orient Beach, our excursion for the day.

Mom on the beach

The guy in the background stuck around so we threw him a small birthday celebration. Happy 44th John!

Our surprise when we got back to our cabin. A towel animal in the shape of a dog. How cute that he's wearing my sunglasses and has the TV remote?! Oh, also our Cruise Compass explaining the next day's activities on the ship.

Stay tuned for more ports of call....

It's Christmas time!

The place is all decorated, gifts have been purchased, wrapped and shipped. Cookie baking has been happening the past few weekends and will continue this weekend. Supposedly, my sugar cookies are a hit with my niece as she took them to bed with her. : ) I've been good and have avoided snaking on them. After all the wedding is approximately a month away.

This was last weekend. Joe brought the totes full of Christmas decorations from the garage to the apartment.

The mantle decorated and the stockings hung with care. Like our new Christmas Story lamp lights? We had a set last year but they stopped working so luckily we found a new set.

Here's our tree with all our fun ornaments.

The LOML's interior illumination skills. He also did the exterior as well.

The LOML with his reindeer ears. Isn't he cute?!

Yay! We got our cruise papers in the mail. Only 1 month, 6 days until the wedding and vacation - woo hoo!!!!