Last Saturday morning, we headed to the airport for a family cruise!
Hot chocolate while flying? Yes, please!
Enjoying our layover in Dallas.
Headed to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida!
Sunday morning we boarded our ship Carnival Conquest!
First thing we love to do is check out the ship . . . We played miniature golf.
Then checked out the pool . . .
And said goodbye to Florida!
On December 15th, Fred left another suitcase for Jasmine to bring her clothes!
No picture on December 16 since we were at a hotel in Ft. Lauderdale.
We also stopped by to see the Christmas tree in the lobby.
We loved walking into our room each night to a fun towel animal!
December 17 Fred and Jasmine enjoyed hanging out around the tv.
Our first stop was Nassau, Bahamas where we enjoyed a family beach day!
Matt showed Madi a crab crawling on the sand which soon became her friend for the day.
We swam, built sand castles, and had a good lunch.
But before we left Madi wanted her hair braided!
On the ride back to our ship Matt got called up as part of the entertainment! :)
Out on our balcony!
After dinner we went to a family friendly comedian and laughed the whole time!
December 18 Fred and Jasmine hung out on the wall hooks!
On Tuesday, we were in Half Moon Cay, Bahamas!
We enjoyed another family beach day!
Towel animals never get old!
Enjoying a Shirley Temple!
We played some Tenzi on the Lido Deck before dinner.
We went to the Build a Bear event and Madi picked out Pepe the Penguin. He got swim trucks and sun glasses!
Matt and I enjoyed reading out on our balcony every chance we got.
December 19th Fred and Jasmine hung out by my side of the bed!
On Wednesday, we landed in Grand Turk!
We went on a stingray excursion and it was amazing.
We took a boat to a small island.
When we got off the boat and in the water, the stingrays just swam up to us. They showed us how to hold one and even give it a kiss!
Then we snorkeled for a while. The lead guy even showed us how to get conch out of a shell and taste it!
When we got back on the boat, they had towel animals on every deck chair as we arrived.
December 20th, we found Fred and Jasmine in our glasses!
On Thursday, we were in the Dominican Republic. Our excursion was a hike to the waterfalls and caves. It was an intense hike with high cliffs and waterfalls. This was our only picture in the cave since we couldn't take anything with us. We loved it so much but we were exhausted afterward.
We played Christmas movie trivia that night in the lobby.
Madi took a picture as we left the Dominican Republic.
All dressed up for another elegant night at dinner!
December 21st, Fred and Jasmine swung from the bar in our closet!
Since Friday was a day at sea with no stops we had brunch. Madi chose a fancy dessert!
We stayed busy on Friday by going to many events including Lights, Camera, Inter-Action!
Madi was chosen to go up on stage to act out a scene from ET. The only thing was the green screen was on the ground and the camera was on the ceiling. We cracked up!
Then we played bingo! Sadly we didn't win.
Then we went to a Christmas show which was so fun to sing along to and really got us in the Christmas spirit!
A little Phase 10 game before dinner.
Madi wanted us to wear our ugly Christmas sweaters to dinner so we did!
Everyone loved them!
After dinner, we stopped and watched the end of Christopher Robin over the swimming pool while we munched on popcorn.
Then later that evening we went to add our balloons to the balloon drop.
A sweet towel heart awaited us!
We made a quick stop to the Cherry on Top candy store so she'd have some snacks for the flights home.
Then we went to watch the balloon drop! It was quite the sight!
December 22nd, Fred and Jasmine were in Madi's neck pillow for the airplane. Guess they didn't want to get left.
We had a quick breakfast and then were able to walk off the boat easily and head to the airport. We all had a great time but we were ready to head home for Christmas with our families!
