We're Cruisin....

The past week we were able to go on a Mexican cruise, It was PERFECT! We had so much fun. It was a 7 night cruise in Mexico, we visited Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta. We had fabulous weather, fabulous food (plenty of it), fabulous company and just fabulous fun. Here is a run down on the things that happened day by day on our fantastic cruise. ( I am really not going into to much detail, this post would be pages long, it already is pretty long and I don't want to bore you too much.)

Collin and I on the airplane on our way to California

Day 1: We left SLC for sunny Long Beach California. It was hard to say goodbye to our sweet kiddies, but we knew that they would be in good hands. We had fabulous babysitters taking care of the little munchkins. We really appreciate the help they are always willing to give to us.
We made it to Long Beach airport and it was beautiful...the sun was shining and it was warm, the perfect start to a perfect vacation. For any of you that have been to Long Beach airport, you know how tiny it is, it was hilarious, I have never been to such a small airport.

The ladies and the guys at the airport...Pecks were driving from Las Vegas to meet us.
We made it to our cruise ship about 2:00...we were so excited to get on the ship. Once we were on we did the touring of the boat and of course had to grab something to eat right away. The Windjammer Cafe became our best friend.

Marcy and I getting ready to meet at our Muster station to find out what we do if the boat is going under....ehhhh!

We finished the day off with dancing by the pool, meeting our waiter in the dining room, eating some more, and enjoying some entertainment they had for us.


Day 2: Today was our first day at sea. A fun day of ReLAxaTioN! We found our spots out by the pool and spent most of the day out in the sun reading, eating, talking and enjoying the "sexy leg contest." and did I mention we ate? They were having a rock wall climbing competition so we decided to head over and watch. We ended up participating. Lucky me I ended up taking 3rd in the competition for the girls...okay so there were only 3 girls that participated, that basically means I came in last place...go Nat! I have never done this before, it as actually pretty fun, but kind of scary climbing this big wall on a back of a cruise boat in the middle of the ocean. And you were trying to go as fast as you can so you don't come in last place, didn't work so well.

Here I am after the climbing took place getting my bronze medal. I had to put this picture in, I had a little crush on the rock climbing instructor...he was from England and had a darling accent. The ladies ready to go!

Tonight was our first formal night. We all had so much fun getting dressed up and enjoying the fancy food the dining room had to offer.

Keysha, Rachel, Nat, Leslie, Marcy

Collin and I

We finished the night off with some killer Karaoke. Leslie rocked the house I must say...I think maybe more deaf tone than me, but with some killer dance moves. She looked awesome! Miss Keysha did fabulous of course and for me, I picked a pretty bad song, didn't go over so well. Like they say on American Idol, "it's all about song choice."

Day3: Today we were in Cabo San Lucas. We decided to go to a resort right on the beach and spend the day there. It was called "ME" a Nikki Beach Club Resort. It was a pretty awesome place. We had these fun little beds right on the beach, some yummy food and the awesome ocean 20 feet away. The weather was fabulous and we enjoyed relaxing and strolling along the beach.

I love this picture because you can see the cruise boats in the background.

This is the pool at the resort, Collin called it the "Great and spacious building."

Day 4: Today we were in Mazatlan. Chad our willin' and dealin' guy, found us a guy to take us around the city. I actually had a great time with it. He took us to Old Mazatlan and New Mazatlan and gave us some history behind the whole city. He also took us to a authentic Mexican Restaurant that was pretty good.

Richards and the Peck's on the little train ride off of the ship.

Our drive took us to this place where you could look out over the ocean. It was a beautiful view. Here is the whole group.


We went to the market place and there was raw meat everywhere! It was disgusting! We found this...a pig head and pig feet, YUCK! It made me not want to eat meat again...or at least for a couple of hours.

Good ole' Seno`r Frogs

Day 5: Today was the funniest excursion by far. It was a bummer because this is the one that Collin had to miss out on because of his knee. We were in Puerto Vallarta, which is gorgeous! I could spend a whole week there enjoying the awesome scenery. The excursion was call Outdoor Adventures, and it was an adventure. First, they put us in these raft like boats and took us across the ocean to a little cove. From there we got on these big trucks, they looked like the big trucks they use in the army with the big canopy over the back. It was a wild ride up the mountain to where we got on all of our zip line and rappelling attire. After we got that on we were given a mule, my mule's name was Pistola, long for "Pistol," and boy she was a Pistol...she took me up that mountain pretty quick. Riding the mule was probably one of my favorite parts of the whole excursion. Then we got off the mules and were taken to the first Zip line, it was amazing! You ride this zip line in the middle of a rain forest with streams and waterfalls everywhere. It was amazing. You ride a bunch of zip lines and then you rappel a down a 100 foot waterfall. One of the zip lines you ride right into a pool of water, which is so freezing, but is is such a thrill. I really missed Collin while I was doing it, because he would of loved it too, but I know that he was having a blast with all the old folks that don't get off the boat, so no need to worry about him.

The awesome little cove the boat took us to.

Keysha and I in our gear ready to go. ( We weren't able to take our cameras on the rest of the excursion for safety reasons. So this is all I have of the adventure. )

Day 6: Today we were at sea. We had another great day laying by the pool, eating, reading, talking and let us not forget the belly flop contest featuring "Shamu" aka...T.J. One of the guys with us, T.J. entered the belly flop contest and he brought the house down with his "Shamu "impersonation. He did a graceful belly flop into the pool, swam up to the side of the boat looking just like Shamu, spit some water in the air, and wiggeled himself off into the pool. It was CLASSIC! He was known by "Shamu" for the rest of the trip.

Tonight was the last formal night, I barely fit into my dress after a week of eating whatever I want. Three deserts here, two entrees here, five appitzers to start it out with.

Day 7: This was our last day on the boat. The closer we got to California the colder it got. It was too cold to lay by the pool so we spent the day indoors. I was able to get a fabulous spa treatment, ate, we watched a movie in the theatre, did some fun game shows, ate, packed up, ate, and just hung out. By this time I was missing my kids and getting ready to come home. The next morning we were in California and ready to get off the ship. I was anxiously awaiting getting to see my cute kids. It was a bitter sweet feeling, you wanted to get home to your family, but you didn't want the trip to be over yet. We had such a great time and have so many fun memories...so many it is hard to even write them all down. It is good to get back in the swing of things, work off this extra 10 pounds that I have on me, and just be a mom again. Thanks Collin for the great trip and thanks to the fun friends that we were able to share it with, it couldn't have been better. And especially thank you to those that watched our kids, we wouldn't have been able to go without you helping out. Thanks a million!