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Family Fun Cruise – Days 3, 4, & 5

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Just in case you missed days 1 & 2, click <a href="http://weightloss-stories.blogspot.com/2010/12/family-fun-cruise-days-1-2.html">here</a>. Day 3 – Costa Maya I woke up at a perfect time Wednesday morning, I worked out while the view of Costa Maya came into sight!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirB8OhmLj52NAxm-ONJBhr-luBsADLyiiuD90lJOUbcdK3StJhi4wsmcSAZQQenl_9cC0Si_nRqETGiO2-sHkuG0roqDMKuCRnN-Px8aeKh1nS9XEkk3NPCLFUJfCYZjGNbiHu4GoX6kbi/s1600-h/DSC093863.jpg"><img alt="DSC09386" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2KH5vN1sbJLfCkjqaoNINs__mMd0XgPoqxx8sCoxtu85ViMfzFuJm-VD29SCBN0T_ZMNybY_is9rc92U3YKR3Z9fKv2x5CG2U_hfKFBA2UkLqecKVwuYOi69EyziTc_GUaV51FDUAuN_/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09386" width="404"></a> <img alt="_DSC2021" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRolDDSH6-y63vGgUeVn2nLtYF5wjJL0S8u7V9VIh_ll4aZXHLyR_u0IkALJcoKNEoTC1a16-a-ooyMGAVdZxSvSxGzVRZmwYmMx2zw2wJqdBtfYyBRpqz6dTgPH6iFBlQXMKpnWGXP7J1/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2021" width="404"> This tiny little boat helped us dock!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZusk_C8WjBZqshEh9M7YtzJvLTib3nhu4lwhRfFFOyv2hFrp3Cn5AoOLOBRUjqUXQ3uBV-dLCBXPKdy7GXPmMcEtyNSiFjBfuKagqwMaNoITntuHxFfKKeIRRIRNv7PK08WdKypeOSDS/s1600-h/DSC093953.jpg"><img alt="DSC09395" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5InNOkJkQ1BR6awDEpLwEq_ABdtH6seNGidBPBK8InYWsPK-YbsvEeeALQNn_RG7xc6MBPMUX4XHEc-oC-c4uPmKdPJyFBfmKqUwhZuGT32nT_EhkFCFuHb6FjC38qS1lPq0G1zCpBxY-/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09395" width="404"></a>  Check out the rainbow that welcomed us! <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4khyphenhyphenTOr7CfXk0KEx0DzG_k_ichYazv8IMtNifsV7JoTEyGmPHRw9ec4fY-dsZf8B9PF_j64HqOHKo0h7vgtNs3fkcvEGrUnTe7aCVhCWRIcWCz7_i9MnMB2UDRIwmvdf0K7UrRX1-ODh/s1600-h/DSC093934.jpg"><img alt="DSC09393" border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHf6eI28RxkHFfvG8DielrpKaWYwkOrNOq5IjSvyFBhpr4tNhBhbcNiikLWQYK8JOpx18vDzq6uPI3ZRv7Df5z88zJvFOtu76J-zN-O6ont70RQpxjaLk6hr5kSJ3JW-CRAaQtszbz22m-/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09393" width="254"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioO8_vh4iqm7T6h92fD17rgLIMWXAoTWOuqAhYmaM2IeRFPr1d5WxT-srX3nWbNepjZpHsAhfnoFV5-0CULs9wao1Ye1LZDE4sFP15l8dCmvNtEz2Z4AKkEJ9J6ZvKrycB_KRNpcVgALff/s1600-h/DSC093924.jpg"><img alt="DSC09392" border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ3BH7omYlsjgyZx1y0uAPZcGFMkld0fGcYmWU0rat60kIB2nh4yU_Eu8l3PrAicqU4gPDsCaR4O15u73Jhv5co5QvtnGkB0II5_y-uwNobCWXPdiHtrUMd4bZzcwSnO_STjAnO7dWd1u/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09392" width="254"></a>  </td></tr></tbody></table> I almost forgot how big our boat was, until we got off! Wow!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4riF5TO0Yk8M00D4fY_339cGHeTTev9UcTmT1PIgRSZA9nZpdjZGU-EM8JySlHu8aP27oOqOGV5JUBdSZJKsC5-8wBKiHHcqo4eaPxUMy6hkFEGxnUQBLy7RoG2VxU0trWonI6cErXrwN/s1600-h/DSC093996.jpg"><img alt="DSC09399" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7A4CuLrez0UA7ky-ZYTKPadF8MvU9gNC-aDblHaFO-xLkCpkZo_FS2Jo3M3hDRrR6T7DhAmpX3a4p6R9hplARRbhZCNldhOBIZyuP9ooW-6MCPli421Sb5043PMFkgrmX1G9_lzWzgJA/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09399" width="404"></a>   <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZHLtab-T2VQN4_cnz1O4NJ8Z0nWSZnaZhUw76oBIl8_ocXCOBadfCFq9cz4EbBaUQUqI6T0UH20qQFD1N2aV7HLoRvMudwjSM0S7tBAv1SMoVEh7GdAADmAa9agWF0J26MFKI3H8QO_m/s1600-h/_DSC20326.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2032" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDBmPdBqRIEcRbNQgHy-Jc02dRtO34jVJqG1yXaDcYI4VS5Flu4ijgPF-nid9m3dBUboVjjPDbqwR7CCoJLX63EylpCLp4lMrqxbOdPzrsMaUMRcMEHH-I3nrSsHXeF5F9SZFR4QfboSr/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2032" width="404"></a> We first scoped out all the local shops!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkx9ep16C4mQ-A_qHbLdcVr6ElLzu_h2Jd-dTQI3m9soXaf2tTatue6nzKhafDxyyOj_9tfaXFilNEVTCqmyTGUxoBM9KzvNJZSUHu_Z2sopiVTGADOYN6oo-anlLba2nJMhwk2V90eXT/s1600-h/_DSC20413.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2041" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyReiwu9TwaafYty-yiR0nxm44X6u9xo5WkDxbkTHyGuTso1xQ7PEXNCp4DIorOJUShBcDPfJnOPzJTea8ibV_7GWEPNbqpUnZ5mL8Rj6WzgP3siss7hJZKRR9IdyE0o8EnMC6fuU8cd11/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2041" width="404"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSxJcASnHJBOWYNOU87u4-GDo6VygS9NEizzCezQBe4R0-LSSf6v4sKVbmNsNBp-PZ_rbqhWpqN3F-8HQuihmXoR9e5A8wH7V317Xc8M6xiioYdFd41hLp9Yv-kOixVIBR8m1q-dlaCzBc/s1600-h/_DSC20393.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2039" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNeiNrsXYWRfp56mCqb9RfefBQOaDPS1L9L27MHiina0snyVwIzu9pOauB0SZR29FHPOozya-AcpDsG5bL2F9Gl9yD0b4Yeg7r08fE-bceBgxYPRL0GmKR8WJ89LqxdKbCNs54fvXbDWl/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2039" width="404"></a> And then found the pool in the middle, with a view of the Gulf & our boat!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1Sk6oCjgxQudqMmfnT3E0u00FBWmvc9mX2V1fcA29iYcJ6_RaXdVVNYIYBcppkpDQuhvYDMDjjV_wXfQighhYad-hY8yLS1dNvsK-gZ3qJhem610xminOq1nVM8W0F8V-wcnjBroTVxI/s1600-h/_DSC20383.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2038" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcGEEuKklQSQaP_hjggRcOKbq1ORMI8XB14QI4hD_u7cW88zANHLboyY5934Gsqt4Sc97nNK25MPQy0ZNHkHO21NHFji5Xz_xxgSF8XFgv4XjOJz6KucxaLRftAksNvnZpmu5hjmkv9jX/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2038" width="404"></a> We enjoyed a dolphin show! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg06vg7XqzIezw45pKeiSPkVUQkX5-MbKNuIVn3c6VY_9sG87XFv8dEIUU5yZ0tG1gVFDNafSGSkGFVNv6IRnXnIRQzw70LyooGlh9NA1Aj15zLztOA8pEELiCXe8cCrN1y5xC37netT6mO/s1600-h/DSC094033.jpg"><img alt="DSC09403" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg5xRwZK24-PBYFInn4ITY5lnd4FtXr_XDtBeRGBve_EX4eitp5uDg7BdkyJCxCWh6BK0mzVBcwop-l5LXnMl3YvCjfd4pqh1F7JVqUy0iWaa1BtMy1jCug5z7tg20vsPz0QSKaVrHky-i/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09403" width="404"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigUT7QY3MccdSa78vCDH4f_C4OEdHpp1bj_Cj0LaVJy2kAUW8UNBMOHye0XHtUG9G_Edgx4yx1cYhyphenhyphenfBH-t7HSk6-XAjAvWq-q0zwEii-dIIdGEkoqR23zHTlqRbBf3VmaBGNYKOhUVz6/s1600-h/DSC094073.jpg"><img alt="DSC09407" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_OAiFTW-c3dKMRWH6gr9sW5D7xpDI-sZN_p7Cma3ZKnsz2LNoiyc9ZnfhFA347oYpKreZcc4U61J2kp-E598bkgd8yU7yT4T_J3HriWUBBD_5kzNrit7mGM_eMYtO8gIhdZpruVgcvrY/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09407" width="404"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqa5urrSDe6T9K_OdA-116Ejk-FeFhF-kb9j5NhwJlrZGiFRS6FjV5pzIuBH6Z7PWRayzWAaEy3VxeTww-DBT3D295eCaEhFdbcn1k5spd8bIHYYQ8Hn0MnJnktTvySMlfY3RYt-ETQLt0/s1600-h/DSC094083.jpg"><img alt="DSC09408" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1r_oMvwB23nG3pWRg4b4jv_WUTPMaFK9GaFh6z2GYRcoUuPv3Z1j4YhOX8NcdE7XdlOTDX5ozk6yFkbCMz8fxC3PXX6EmOe0oSzW9J-iK8je_EEZOVmev28TlVktIKfeLyG6MFRFmbj8/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09408" width="404"></a> We spent the afternoon in the pool, ate some yummy Mexican…<img alt="DSC09413" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReDq4Xa-wbjqlYHM1bviuZPQzJiK2WtCCjIqaorGLqrt-KsG33y7ZsrUPp8m8c1WFseJWktLTAtxWVFPQFrX_tYaF_zAvK12eMgt_jSs784v-uEcEquuP5haul6f5bRMBrhTH7fpWpoOU/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09413" width="404"> and just lounged!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAV6g21eJDVedC765p2Z0-XNlmsvQ3nf-2DsGgMhXY7O1xmIhkZwhSCRBGXgL_ffF7iB5itNeH21El1tO2vPuAcdHDBlF3Yz_90lNa7wkThqsl7lglqXD1RUF9I3FprOW6M6gEgMPFPneY/s1600-h/DSC094103.jpg"><img alt="DSC09410" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpUtwcmbeo_8VoMyEswiwEg7pxgpA0mrGe0UM9OJ6IgNt-EciM_xi6gSEESrdaMOQ48PB-j4gm6zayOGypOFgNd3MqhmtKHFdvwWJGt6WIqpRH6zwiOYleUa-64F8rAxMXjQEfgyhwBHY-/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09410" width="404"></a> Gotta love vacation!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNONUiuw4IvH_kzeJqMSa3Nb6TGQB40WIJMRKVijwdiS7EmiRTNvxwUyiTVAqJ9EIDSSEZ2fH-0w0FfsFQk8AHWzf3JioAqowCdNtZ7FD1irV8oqeqqNLQavlvHxvrpjh72br9NnhLCSg/s1600-h/DSC094113.jpg"><img alt="DSC09411" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSaS1YfmM4Hzz9JxGTLfmgtSxQccPTWMQeG3REwd7AZSm_9htGcpU2wXv9V6QMqnTuHT_bxBBjb7-VGhDHfF7_xwU7a2B444qKy4gnkPeqmMRxUL_fd3bRlMTSNP3P9tII5Z6DQIK_oKBO/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09411" width="404"></a> We were wore out from the sun, but made it back to the boat, can’t miss dinner! These were the wonderful people who took care of us each night at dinner. This night all the wait staff came out singing & dancing, it was too fun!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNkAJ4Mm0YslMk7_EFV6dLfQ-RbUjj9jyf0luaSPqz4YuI35gyIwfZyiYD5l5fidfeegCU4GI-nCsDpWq6Y0KVvlqcA19oIyC049HKO4kMGCcL2sKvsLXwq1fSKoR6IGdAM-mI6toOON8/s1600-h/_DSC21073.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2107" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17o6KePXBm1VBFyOrTlZ8XI5VV1dfrjqCgDC_QKsq9-WRqrXP4hXnf6rxBTQagBLuRK6Sjpw9fv_nRreW3_qD2qDqG1GjyP7MwiU-mjOFdQaKiDzQNl5oBxpKdv_ZF_7IIb3Ryl0zcpFA/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2107" width="404"></a> Of course we had to join the party!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KYRuYJILRH8HFe6-RnDO4VGk7Rf4irMO-hRR9NHmNMQr41y5iU2L6L0QjV5_bw3dWobOqOZ14hkmynI9CafCr6K_vxY0aHtwg50xZFg0hsRe18JjEmZo8EzREQhujA-CZyqNfKkXaV-3/s1600-h/_DSC21123.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2112" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4hrxpNteEcN4Gy5qq3t19QY82QGXFaavTTRhkhGcidwB6y157PM0Vl4wnlXuISXjWwfoZpUHkyW1g1VBtsuCPeGuc4Lwb7D1IZqgE5pN4X-EKkX8G-xO8-sVkPl4NMNku8jK8ambDqt8o/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2112" width="404"></a> So glad this is a food blog, I know you guys appreciate good food, otherwise I worry you would get bored with all these food pictures!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQkkK7Hdf3Z7MUqgsyohFr5VAjQnlRuahWcN7eAbSnpE4bugAAuwE9Hkoep5K_U42R8qmqKEOAnKKs27zDNfns9M3ev1T6em9PKCYVcS2cA7bWlhDUFgRstmf3ydd3u2ifKSIZ2Dq6IpR/s1600-h/DSC094143.jpg"><img alt="DSC09414" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSw3S2ZQqfMPZdW95IXDEBWw5i4b7cnJZZ60R7DJkHW13fCpS6v8BTAjN2gRwmnfQGmolIxOcnS0-nZD6HyhSNbCx_oNhsW0Yq3Cs5GRtkLWw5vE4u4_hmZGy4V35zhlglfpl-lXnENqn/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09414" width="304"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKNKG8dC9UR5mctXaBqB1jyfLLtpjPhRnoUnR57BD-e0cvnkApw73KeK2fn70OJRMmwRpra6KM_oacnIBpMJ2PtR6VdX4mCyDawCuC3HlNubm-GXV2YVaOdjbwp-lSn9z07iB-CTn0iULX/s1600-h/_DSC21184.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2118" border="0" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5FJR20hGjyydLsuMwWQgUAbBMl2IiMoo1Xfp79RlAE_rLmDOl7TIgSNmaQ2jxapJDBvS2B4LmOlbOLsq3u9gCNPkSNjIkxUUYj6yPgXXirWUJ7HpHoTzc0a-H3YJNIGO9TBn5EJQlcZd/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2118" width="332"></a> Yes I was one of those nerd-y cruise passengers that wore the Royal Caribbean lanyards, but it was so convenient to keep my SeaPass card & Cruise Compass (our daily list of activities!) for the day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYR9QeoUp9JO_BQHxBGuVEtEcNQRPToLruqQ-5AXH-DUeD1lDWlGFimS05Kj4W0UbN5UEgRAGC7oT-CNRxQkwGOoq08vOhW0IPZBijDbp5mknQWSqrSbuPV9TtdLu5LHAsYnI2LGEe4jj/s1600-h/DSC094153.jpg"><img alt="DSC09415" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTiDkAesA8yYhxYfTCMavHx7diRmJBZcs0NaPfDk5uc43Ya-AO57N6vKHJeXW7jSuCo95FLMP-CtEc3Q__OT2cdvepFhyphenhyphenhNHuIKCi0YuwKMoKS7lCGpSS5FiuG9n7S4DrJQEvnCByBUw5/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09415" width="404"></a> It was so fun to get to know Julie, my cousin’s fiancé. They got married the weekend after we got back from the cruise!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScYDKx1EmUA0BEoY08bamwyNUu_37DzMGODLVbVDpRX2z4kMjZBbrOiYOl36pg5fnYusFIC1MzGwNtW9-uzsaoyt4ztce6iVm1G8tfxBFVREO3nuKh5-MSYjSFSDWpjHyApE4Fa_weYvo/s1600-h/DSC094163.jpg"><img alt="DSC09416" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8Roh7cNVRdKOaP2VB-aLsu2cVA0mx2Hle1BqDGYFuzhkVZ-hwVgGymh9JteMXCt0M4Rkx0NDIL3MgXesLNUwkbaEQyLURUdbOLjWUfmsiEYSWMHKwgHt_udfwJTBHi3K324NDW1FVl2J/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09416" width="404"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGb307qHVz7pXejAFS0mBPSMRfPLrYLP-fy40HukEq8OLpO-EJ736ATvQoN90Exz1QqE54NWuA816aYFKSGm0pqd5vjTJvQiffGh3gdQXHk3BnVVIYVje85m4xMFZ6M5bM347Vv_kYCkvi/s1600-h/DSC094203.jpg"><img alt="DSC09420" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDg8FkkLhqIJZFyistqERq7hoC17FEhtb8t07hWcKRebi8g7KRFJ1WtgUATXS6Ky5YImiaFB3MSjSLYkQ7OPp4_IT28N2w7jWxNPJIeU2zuKlJoy0q9fNrn7jHQ-wJJEH7WJ6yE0kiuNF/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09420" width="404"></a> We all got a good laugh out of this random guy that decided to join Brent & Shelly for a picture…Brent & Shelly didn’t know till afterwards when I showed them the picture!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5xmqYTMsCXKmXSAz9DU2uIARM7L4aSXm0HKA9MWtyg8oLpXvJgrBNz7ABjOBmAwyB3GGxA9t8ZSNzsRP6EKXKSW6UqohbpEM4e3HBOWpa8j22VnUmwthTU-hL5vHa9zK-O3f82CnGzCv/s1600-h/DSC094183.jpg"><img alt="DSC09418" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowcfU7sDbLSwYZ4bhvCyy95lK6lfYSBo403G2NvZ9hZtxFSwZHmQaTbjtg1f3Tj1t81rSFWuVwL2D_B5YkATnISFRXzrmIa9PUZT4KLJ8lyufHnjnRvLXQ2TKrMbM8DoXegY92044AJhX/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09418" width="404"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntVpk7C7vIm53gZDoVSjMKe3Q0IJ_Vh7DOh2Upv6RqJXgRYTRxb9xLyygbogZeGP6qvr1wKv_SRAJ3ZVZxCT6qPmIgUkniXLUYlSSoR-8pxCgu3puAehgOVz7e0_2Fwvo3Q0wVOdcfO2S/s1600-h/DSC094173.jpg"><img alt="DSC09417" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WIU8JtJYlq5NEl5wzaqui_bwF1GNZtpdMnrs6SwXvmfvf9cijeianPAB9YBdd3awxCMsHtVbWAE2VdLSWOXQr68nEl1GuZ-XJsHH1N9_RJCHH1VfWuWhIwYYLBCss50jqJiwPp5X1WrQ/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09417" width="404"></a> I think it’s funny I mainly only took pictures of dessert! ;)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hebjfsNOociM1WzZ-8d7-9UJax7fDP7gScEBNi9GWqliAlOUbPeECUu8ZawINpmly-MN9EsmvhWv8rv8mXHL2Z7CaRqE-B0iW47pTnFjNMrksOKqwJQE-9Bjq3llZi2pua5-1lmrzPgH/s1600-h/_DSC21223.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2122" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEx-piPxSdt6ch6nOTGc9qhjBgZMBXGwxmroxYJYdnrv0sYwnn4Y502eN2GE2GlUTcjBgul8TEPv9pe8AzfEQaaCJH08HWV6QyYG9Qc43GOmTvKiG-bmUkNrOg9tKjeA0n1W_hlsQiwmhY/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2122" width="404"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaoQ4OBUOzfCFRTqeXSrfoCtpuluC-yDnhIT73K6e-PY1-eS6Bxpk8o2_4LZEWd1QEEQefGB6EXU8Y6aYbBiVQ1P-6SGGpaZNNKLDSdH5kTchdJRG48vCK9l-jlBIiaNPp3o8akPNpaIr6/s1600-h/DSC094233.jpg"><img alt="DSC09423" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7NA6bUVBloPboMY_4FEUMHKhhtYRc2Z3J4J-SuxrqSGSh_jVhZf5aN79A9fkIYgHhkwEjBRN7D6zXZQ82fsdh8n-sMTr85bvYocNYnog3Kwcszt-yqMKtE3UgkUoNmtX6B9QewNXmTWMl/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09423" width="404"></a> After dinner we hung out in the Centrum, enjoying the tree that was put up while we were at Costa Maya for the day.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQjkKYXCBMFDsfiLCyRSIlnS06RaR9ISvB9dwT35DnaBkg7UHW1e8fieS_OaouELmXnjTSTGbtqanRG69IIxmQTiYfef80yjiy0dBhsQ0Q_o8OqJPhGdJcGmiYCezCNlLhW04vALehR-V/s1600-h/DSC094333.jpg"><img alt="DSC09433" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2mN8_tM_QR5q8nrf72TDIzeile00htI23JSw2l4_3sPUGEmvW7wI7PsFAWu6bDspq4lSVHer7osNh7dGPIDeNqUULcrI9SGKJUVYYkkGW4tk_A-Hjssfg-zmnPPIFn2f25LvGO7W_F97/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09433" width="304"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCV9Ny6zHoq9ztb-at62_KHLIBC11zYKoShf8VCsuLqwdPb8fZi4H_6IItrvghrygu5g7TWTa5n7J8IYW4LB3QaxSbuPI6HPixNSA52zYVRUVl1PU-EzbcjVxpIEKWEWG9xJMtDHhRtAIn/s1600-h/_DSC21265.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2126" border="0" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMijgi2uuwS38g9BNf-zMo2nlJj5n-SmT5VDMVyFVaIDrdIii1cZdI8N_xGGA5XbfF4ckLaLQ7ExCyuCWbQHo8zl_thcbbNsP93QzNmuOoNzxigs_MoHAv33_Iv0n_h0XwcuZrm_jxper/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2126" width="304"></a> Us girls sat & chatted the evening away…<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbYZsjdTJBZCkKlgbmrUvx3nu6wLgVY-vWQE9qhdA6lQkmzcqdacM-HzBcS0j_rrz09f8ckkk9Wq6-x2KVLBevyy723ZV1Ly36o_PO-hmpZIQNG7nBC5-a3yoXbw2DLiDAGPMJn559q4a/s1600-h/_DSC21373.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2137" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxHk7JuA7ZLLYjmgHsDGuXQ2Qbo_CR3UnHVIC_ydOIPmtzDsIk6pXHWNT__2fzaSMn-Lya0TFDawv2a_IY9Z8lOitZaqM_zNYXIBgohXKrr_ta0ooStMPTDraX0e0HALiKzW6gaWyJzTB/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2137" width="404"></a>    <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6s-meYbjG03SvX0LrM7wRxN0uphVpKQkdbNiFtJnkTBsvtpiZN8acrqfRmjXQTpAqDZAkyHuNpBGjKLt5cP-1KxMB5IjuGIvMirpCEdOiEp4W0MrJ3t80RSbUc0hZ_S4VPscT5jVTew2/s1600-h/_DSC21413.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2141" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrPaHJpEmz-8EKVER7_PV9N8y6rlC0nXtcj5yh9j7RtG5c57Anj2xUA1CEm6KBzAyCpZRMOeWIyXuqyrPV1TFSay-jKjSu-p3KxQ7GgAR5sRmfDtaJFgcNFzrQLTlLg5q9lil734OtwjN/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2141" width="404"></a> The boys did…well boy things! ;) Drink beer & gamble!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUOKHximJx_6AERlBqPjtLrOmHK87PzveZnxL8hrI01Xg73qRVV0N9Y2fhkOICt1drzR3hmnF5TSx1ypL5xz5lyn2WGdixn475REn81XTASJVjik63sl1j6RjU4lZZFGKRCDuMn-5z0W7/s1600-h/DSC094363.jpg"><img alt="DSC09436" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXq3pHODww0lTC3lpndIQieHuIdqkJW8LdkRDPTmco4lyQemRI93UH62_p01f7DV6-AW8Zg_RHzh6vX4LWxAwNw5Q6GLvwT7-KEZ6lKZ7VAxtDlRIAyz2hhS42FHAHn78-Wh40ntRIuZh/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09436" width="404"></a> In the spirit of gambling, we played a friendly game of Texas Hold ‘em! Julie & I were the newbie’s at the table, but check out all those chips I have! Beginners luck?!?!?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MUcvhRY9q5kbhM624fFJOrLCNTbIA82mc40c6V61JC3cFILHC6hxgP0BeKxgp1mRnrFToroJISJuz_xBU3mwyJLBvyBtadQbMIMKUeuBBDNEfCqMTFfwXbq1RYCfjmDXyikI9bHd0IIs/s1600-h/DSC094383.jpg"><img alt="DSC09438" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_IkPrZdZL6aTUreZPqfHMBRtaqN_xh_uE73JZjDTSRliv42NtiPQoQqlpuY60eKo-iAFXQUYDKddWJK9H62PozvEtQxNqHw_hAg8pWCgsvRE7aeCESFYP6Y4Ziza0osoesXpSFiE6KrY/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09438" width="404"></a> Day 4 – Cozumel, Thanksgiving Day This was the extent of my Thanksgiving…lounging on the beach & in the Gulf! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwlngRMNtfutqG44SNZAjI4FSzkmVUMg6ITcX0ouaB0nmPPc8joQCm74y5C8nwWPWUxriNE_e0PpFpnEGPQl-q8odf7S2O8G2ukreleIVArdmavgGMKQ7GKhoawT5JeYvMIga6NkU0hYZ/s1600-h/DSC094403.jpg"><img alt="DSC09440" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9HvloNjJXTAirJmPrNfmtoLuuL0aYYPWGcDfXvZ_YsNg5qzwc6vTs4MDxkdEz8IuHHbCyn1tYxWjbF1dSY1AjSr6iDjqtGpukTWZ-s0-Y8IbWacZvXDMNiY-8b8vMcLoigrY6ufi2ixoj/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09440" width="404"></a> It was perfect!<img alt="DSC09449" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugu5fX4W6mYJq8lPguw133RfDofdx9RYAQqvSiBSAaf8HIh3sgBQA4Ux1IIAWy9UFWwogGGb4LUaxNV7y3_L2t_DGY40rIUKXeWVrh8E6lJDUxuLxPjDFRNiZwPvgQuXW7YCSyzFQaRtY/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09449" width="404"> So it’s not the traditional day with family, but we were both ok with that! I mean who can say no to lounging in 80+ degree weather!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ims2EB7B3Rang2upRvetzpw8Wb_pKaC4e9GgBv8b80GE9cp2FEQK7uegOJ1QZbG_lXLLBJEAv_52VvkO2NtfuDUjyAEdKuOpQ4yQtaKRKBOQq5Nms_LfAiAKmA3PbKDY1ZxOUjFBLmvR/s1600-h/DSC094413.jpg"><img alt="DSC09441" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNX_8gs3cxYbL-o4r4PHWF4noYdmS0ppapqsz-m5gO15YChNMqiQL-jzYmae6uZ6ZMfPkBtj2vY8u5eaEa8tgLgOwem2MOb68II8_3X2O2CIwBcrd1u9pulXj41Xsw6v5clQx9CdtbODQR/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09441" width="404"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsYGGIbymJPRZFwft7a1r6JQMexKu8RT8YhcSd7AkKUBUSFyOJOzAwMMQUObc5qJEJ0i3ytgqZ4EGhLewdeQAgrYnNthtMxiYY3GLGKOryMnuKAiAk-MkXBguISfFqVjqTyEptXp18Gwn/s1600-h/DSC094433.jpg"><img alt="DSC09443" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84Z0vr4NfEZ_QRDxwcrp0QsSqpVN4tyZdyDH44Gv10jYWNLyRzrDQ6LXHsncNao6PgqD0EuiFQi7D12Q9uKyl2burYtoLq4XDHW74gSSV5gS5pRSzZHCe0tciv0EiS0Yh3IdrkGD3CVTH/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09443" width="404"></a> For lunch we sat by the pool & bar, water fall included!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHmEtNUcy-QXNVfsklX7qeVRDb9kS0RkOueY8d4kuu4ZCV1y4JQnH7A_R2pRBHS3eg3sAb5apWrsu8bwOEYKWBcx9V_JP_xFh6x8XnXQrU_1LHDHpwf6rUj6ff5djsSxUYL90W9eZurxY/s1600-h/DSC094503.jpg"><img alt="DSC09450" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3S2o4f5Fp9G-0UUJ6KF5LWE7uyyrPY6zh8CwQlyeFB1-QjlQdNbJ8lVSiTWTHIyFLIJxjKJyOMAneXg-CGUaUxXCuA4knXhBrVHu092sFxFFSNSK5fvGMKUwS6oloOq0QccgDvmRKwn_v/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09450" width="404"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtO6G8fc-D9J6fwr7W5LUrumxMy-JEAxHeB9VNp-8d10m4SqIMYDrkx8NBNdojWJZaXyB1fxg5r_A7AWFHtd0TuPMb9sRjNk9mFwb9EMobnR_w9QjwVMdpbZgA-Iz76mT0732C3I9ImjD/s1600-h/DSC094463.jpg"><img alt="DSC09446" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwGsLYN9pTtulJdreFoqjl9LwSdgTN3KgCR45vwiBhNAPUX4iDHUsBeTiFmkJvFhUW7T7P5b-i-EXve22xiEWW4zrms3_UkVua9isDg7DaPQbnRvlJOwdBxCQRuQ5xyKbDn_K-02DcMjX/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09446" width="404"></a> Cheers to Thanksgiving vacations!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqUkPPY0TC5fsWzqyuY0ZLM42zG353pHdKq6PpflPzWzIGwBR6m_qOnHK4FM5Rttl97-1f6CCtPnreb2zL2X3VmpkY-FWw9XNVliVyu-RrcSkOIhuuxy9Oqr64ty_e6t-JVCn8jucZuhs/s1600-h/DSC094473.jpg"><img alt="DSC09447" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfe_uW0ky2rASp5q5agoa5kjQJ3UTj1Rq1oPngc_QHIRSzbde-bAgVU8oQDwPQg8XEZBjaQ0LNOxWOrPQ_6hLmriUBqnpEDMRrP7nlEDt8mLhyphenhyphenZ1gOR_j-cemMalnXbGklRk_gvj8XJxW/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09447" width="404"></a> Do nachos count for Thanksgiving dinner? They were delish!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAIMDI6bTw5rajL3oaYg9EIouO1LDjLZzibl1j_jckeIn9aeFzUn27IG_KvNZeH2uY_k3q0F98-uvsXt4QepgojzeVTnSuPfMMjNgoGK3GjlCaKVVrkhuxmvgFvxEtTszHASOtPWOSD1WV/s1600-h/DSC094533.jpg"><img alt="DSC09453" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRcl_55tPRqi99Y0tHk4beL1nARyhNBuDLuCeQ6AegjHcIMFCbZ7168UaGqeHQyToksadJbfw6vS0ximwhofAGDWlekYeAAyu1kQDV-LAC2y5V2Tyu2GJ2a2EsklEAp6U7rsNCDf768nR/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09453" width="304"></a> So when we pulled into port Thanksgiving morning our Captain said we were docked next to our big sister, the Liberty of the Seas, he wasn’t kiddening! I thought our boat was big!<img alt="_DSC2146" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKAADVRzpvLa4AK-c3ZfPgE2-iRCUIBzSXBJ4LnwNRyg7YGZN6GbOVi-Ttznk5CsiSCL3VkKb2E7OyXbvoKl1nsmBc8VrZfYZh81GcKbrtN-GRzHbk5Xg6eoQG-ZBWG33qgCB9RvOG_xm/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="_DSC2146" width="404"> It felt like we were walking in between 2 sky scrapers, rather than 2 boats!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknVm7PlEBhRK6wFu_YVXoPSNh0ixMr1RxgY1iWy05RWVPJFV4zUBb850WyfrnXPRdmoL6BDJiuBZEl59oW2mc5R-VC9FQI19UPVYxODQXplL0s2kKHrWJLsETXyPn5y7Xg0uIafxw59n1/s1600-h/DSC094643.jpg"><img alt="DSC09464" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGnaunjlxemwtk9oeRyvOhdQ4f0MEL7FH9gxwRa0VORjS4SXYu_DRKNyjRA2xh2sp546o8yVvP1zVGj1Zl5hScZ1m0toMJNpMUVBImyL9V0glJhZaHGM_si-2gZwgmNo1mwhoKcrpJuVN/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09464" width="304"></a> When it was time to get back on the ship we headed to the front to see how everything all worked!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIw5OxOO1PzjB8-M8sz4AWfiXrTzNgQn44elPH6IwRM-Ht6-AqCr0Cg7d58Og4hhBBINEzs_8spthdZnsIx6T4S0ibjDw7FUqsVG8S_mgrmtin2uWBWq-eFUWhNmj2k57mOtC3unsHePj/s1600-h/DSC094743.jpg"><img alt="DSC09474" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwXZBIBWlqTUmIPX7k27z-FW85X5BDq7NXKJG5GGmjjGVNGLbheEMWrsohfiGthFxEgUPst7g79qtnn3ZOoQoxr-u8xIbcDoPqnkZErbZGszJEqqFlscDrj2bGLuiPYSlW7ckFgWAJckho/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09474" width="304"></a> Look what we saw, a boat that almost sunk that was getting pulled into shore! That sucks!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFanLrXl63ofdv_xNmouWG2o9BiAT2lnSkKlywzuZE9kSmLCJiCi0KjWvrtO9PAYUD6U4Q3TphOCyBme3vxG2kRqJAx-hqpI0yuhVP9zcMfbx1KSvp0ZduBBPoF-CFtkJBy58qXaJVy1GL/s1600-h/DSC094763.jpg"><img alt="DSC09476" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dqYnvjR53lPCCJBnoVBQCsrgJHMCYoNo2eQlu8cl4X_Mxatc8Au0zmCTIndaomdTIC3SPQRBpYmLQvoZVca9qHQOjZqVr70n5pN-yME4gn8fkuZ5s3eaet56sv0WDrezmoFKGHTQwV8H/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09476" width="404"></a> See those ropes, they are actually HUGE!! And those 2 guys laying down were just waiting for there cue to un hook us!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ghGpxlswOoy989lPs88ntOxHRqgtUqsL_5po9dnm8ti19BkujYDKdkWzdoa1pJxvg8EzzAFAywqEEpslYNBexxOLtjFq_rODjbrtfFg6kkB9t1TlpNZSTr1_Lm-EF8ya0Hj2rTDeVd1d/s1600-h/DSC094773.jpg"><img alt="DSC09477" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomoX9oJ_o-LUoslPPop3tFU2kl_xEON-smiDQITBvXey50c7rJ7wplJSdg9B7JxEsvNHSVeldK7nYllKbE5ERQyOMWf73J-j23mQLcju5sdMkqLK5XbSgyB1mk8CM05vgWHUum0qwwbkd/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09477" width="404"></a> We watched us leave port and waved goodbye to Cozumel. Then it was that time again, to eat! ;) They had traditional Thanksgiving options on the menu! I went for the ham, it was BY FAR the best ham I’ve ever had!!<img alt="DSC09482" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfy2VIHnNdjZhGxyvqGod6dYO98YFixtOyXS24f33GSNq5ulZL7zu6sGo6BtdU0iNBUYhy9wlFAOHRaZ20M1tZNa3j8zkeXJDwEiB_R-dAq5IetvAeLklSVRDPcn6sXfjZmdWeYN5S4F4D/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09482" width="404"> Kyle went for the turkey, he said it was awesome!<img alt="DSCN3862" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8h1VqXnxHYr7DS6rYYre0LZYKDvI8X97i9KMXlhW6KSI16DWb_cflg9wQDBlqDQ4C-YqyJYWL1_ViAAEZUXGbgzjjhzIBrReKg5OMptBoppYoYqXLUFHF2WszR8WZr4Wpd36FnDBKkJc/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSCN3862" width="404"> I’m so thankful for this wonderful man and that we had the opportunity to go on this vacation with family & friends! We are truly blessed!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4qlJk_DC6keVKDyfdA1ec9rYd4jYDfEZW7Vqx0N9QWrsqPDGdIG1A9s9ISpQFTQ67w6nZIzwiZko-dgdTEIaYztlL81cK6TMhwddiTscwn4g0_oWVvSTwxAjgGNTzUVycuQ4Gd5HhRbQP/s1600-h/DSC094833.jpg"><img alt="DSC09483" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnzgRhkFxXUuoPnRTu5Ebzj1SamFquCtB1iu_C_3ftdwguA-0fueurASiYDcNjX3jpYd76NWf7x0KTNZGRaggklNGnq8hrCk34llO9y-ogMf4axvpWOvf4agamH4Xbek-9Q2p0zi6oYhD/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09483" width="404"></a> No Thanksgiving dinner is complete without apple pie a la mode!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2hSJ-IStKaleMapcGjd98KAOzCWl2Bb-H_4mmyylrRHDLn7bGNhk1iahta4OEzIjv52uyY7yybuLaNzTouJcpSd5BR2R5YViOgAIj7GC87eoFu_oISeII5NG-SOMgHyWbyOo93zstMcC/s1600-h/DSC094863.jpg"><img alt="DSC09486" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheXVulS55_XcDwC8v_z5b5BIEeex1mJtuNQJEKqbq7zD2FeD-oYHJqCc6VDkbPMLHvza1wmoxqIz4-mAvdrY7o5XEDjrlibr-5szS9XXvgMhb9IgML-LYrxymDPTqMz101X2NQPhLjHQC/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09486" width="404"></a> Or pumpkin pie! ;) Yep, once again I had multiple desserts!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0K0CJXIlWXowmvkso3mIafbm3yNMjLC-Qvq_qnHX0ZLKPp-Wtt0jNmkTHsQ4aSQpE734nGfq2X3YLpijxN0_fiMu-k4vg5sZWbezwY1QAJ5BuW7SL32trMDPu7HfDNIgNHiadB98-pFG/s1600-h/DSC094873.jpg"><img alt="DSC09487" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWVONcMTh0y6Si2ZD20aPCyP1YhW7njGqB8Qp5F8r61bhjTARGYz-9bPbUK5Nx4fgVKonmjwZ-O5aeBXdQkXscA-8mdLUnrToKneieh77y9hfByhHQUajIBznjqmEM-GcGU2CaxOc5dQM/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09487" width="404"></a> The show that night was the Love & Marriage game!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlL2CpxnysceHTl2UcgEDrRH4LpmY9lAIPRhjVK6ZwkRQIRAR3DyXzL2rB3vW8q-dSMu9E9POpxtJAAm66HWPknvz-Ub8RIaGgV3_WExmkpUMMDfUcy4AHLQ2a8inMguDxhvUc23hHxGRl/s1600-h/DSC094893.jpg"><img alt="DSC09489" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7I28VsbeBFRLD3iyta9YVDNQw4oNeUp3iYklBswcEdtFLmfMkrziz21WM4RRxps9E5CRADFzgJUnqWjzxIvcNgSTC1HPrYvtOaWdGtqoNH57OA5aW1X1DPRGtIOb184p5kiclNvs2Sxnd/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09489" width="304"></a> The questions & answers kept us entertained!! I even quizzed Kyle in our seats!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyzQsGZL1dDiW1wrAygISTtxrtowj6M5cra8ke-e6tZac_AoaK7MrDRv4GCBoSYGmE1unDCmbaA96rfj8Xs8mjOgfZCrwJQPH2y8ykUCOrdN1ocx104YzKK-9WxhP1gokdoiUlM4ftbFg/s1600-h/DSC094913.jpg"><img alt="DSC09491" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudME1TFPz8TryvmqRmkWo90XSOINTKqPYT3qSxG7yNcTNR1sslBMCbbbxxEwXsjR74uqVcDeDgGXuBVYTiC489kdfto7naSu6h9a6vE0bB7WTWUiH2FC-fZLHXbF2o0jGzxyWZq_nqFeo/?imgmax=800" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" title="DSC09491" width="404"></a> Day 5 – At Sea Friday came & was bitter sweet! We looked forward to a fun day on the ship, but it was our last. :( We spent the day at the pool, in the sun, and of course eating! ;)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Ha78Z_ZZbnunXEM7lqBhua-8dVq1esMToOCDmRpe9IhOR87wZ9oElKh87zfEj3t_1KewcKZ_jm9phLckrVHLHrV8__26KiwCmd7G-TsVMgHma-QCb6Siw4LFXAFVAXzJx-9sNLqhYsNZ/s1600-h/_DSC2347%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2347" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzI5q6P4Jc-HrSPNKwaA9KXuzy6YZlMeAmADdbOuv8IinOFQjUwsullFduT_jEnU6KIWNV3Rpe-fWYXo3hokkWX44WBkfLWyme0LtxTae43FRXJy_ELT6BoXfCFs6qc-M_HmqNKgCqbCu/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC2347" width="404"></a> So jealous of my cousin & his new wife, they went with us on the cruise for a week, came home for 4 days, got married, and this week they are on their honeymoon in Jamaica! Sounds like an amazing 3 weeks!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuD9OqdVLTV3c38ORonpOhH4jN8jNraTLJbGQvAKTjSOZEfnKpki6WT2cjnSO8Q-6acGANozqr6jqobbvuaFxA1I6Q33ocebzVldpytF0y_eZwIvCo9XLu25Ak-1ggDkKad9vNqKQhJ6r/s1600-h/_DSC2348%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2348" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoGMdho5pz-LaAYhuFS5xhm1HrKaoeXPCfpujcoxHtmKHVlWSCsxu9qYWPg3qOsCPNvFB4FC4rt8kFlA4GNBI1Wf6CdDpZW-QkFODhSlmXGNWzZRVs96P0jjoKU71Qcbz8L0t101q_11a/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC2348" width="404"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAL5K9Q3u3v7OkyctDyUX4qTxePRvvgNuOb7u0lb-NIXmbyGGA9k-1T_F0K0lZdnF8hGtasyPQmY05U8agk8H88YRLhA9Yy-bW9_2Ve7HD1_baEWxSR-tKVNt2Y9amo1zat6qtr4jP1JAd/s1600-h/_DSC2349%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2349" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFrxETnyHjuLl2IP9bPoyhrxvWKcs092jKY22u-pTdoKSHPlLMGzC1NBiV7De8t7XKARdF7wdRxpmRrxD2E9nSzOubf2kH2eT9cHg4wTB0yl5yHy-mm9XK-fYTHwPOcMiuooTnu3hsyMvb/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC2349" width="404"></a> Our last dinner together on the cruise. :(<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEwx_2zU_wjpfOmwBd0j0sTuoU5kAR8TFa5SoDz3Eq5A-Sh2FyOQRcGy_9yaJEOuseUqP4_dbvCIQxbXadM_Ff-Q2hqnCCXymdznoKgakAHxNHeu93_OzqND_J0xUcBlHqrddmxiYPspk/s1600-h/_DSC2350%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2350" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWO-fJw3dwv7rdkMRx7YBhynGc1Oy6Vu4kuQ4rEMvx89lZevzZOsLbYYxiy876e28ESekrDPgLi_NuCQhokm8O6n9ZPfziU9y5Y9NUlzoJWsdaSTnhCatk8C-MLpgHE1yPKVCGUUimarra/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC2350" width="404"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxaqHytG51bJZOHJiW1xM05rzTGdtBqNmmzguvowBH9BAwFEgTiF88huYEoI3DTV49-jtFZMRmpqcBIgfl9eSC5J9BMf6jJG8-A_1eAqJxoSmcp-8a3pkfQzSpapAgtb_foH-yBnWAHAn/s1600-h/_DSC2352%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2352" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP_lalR1ZFgrlIyDMUvooqo4LuUh-VA42p8zjqDvfZJpoqLlF1Qb4EiLFwCPDEkR8sfF0bGi1OAf388RBfYASy7kqrDNiDl91pbQvaYgc64ORXCuLAXF8HekNOFXCAvw8SECNl3QvSn5PU/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC2352" width="404"></a> I think the chef saved the “fancy” foods for the last night! Mindi was excited to have lobster!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsW4yHnZytRnWfgQGpk7FPbUbyZ1ajlvC5wceKfgnSRmR0ONaXCUb7445ceyTaphz9oMIJ0EI7XcRsferG8No3z7RPQRlhztugjvrMu2Cc6Fq8r7mMXx5747q9npgJ1-OzJPzCh1bTVyC/s1600-h/DSC09495%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09495" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HhLCIYktMdOmlt4-dEzJzHpjpynSOZiMitEB04lLKq9D4aW7DjMfUNFxtTh6RhVo9qOt0vyDpyMQAsM5tJ717LziziX2CsJTTmfRLktAWPLLEbiZM39MH8x2lOrwCNLYpqOnftASjxSC/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09495" width="404"></a> Going in…and she liked it! :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTHDKy8k07npIzKcYLLRGB9LRQ2JLCuD2rgC264s6-OoreiWfuuLc7we-Yx7yKNkqVFW4ab2qqFX0Vazr0qvIgnI6fajoW0XDZxVk40_DcAmdKAZrCX6kBN-9QmDSqeRHjDjBDpnarP55/s1600-h/DSC09496%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09496" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Lmgt78-AeCiynZiJh32ES8xXY38KRofg9HumorY-YcLCnwFYTeOIkcBprzKIdN-LZg_tIoRj_rOvu8Rw9LfOhP-3_zuIKyA3vFHVdlB8YokPDGqzmI3nByy7n1QJrgexl3v2CworLr0r/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09496" width="404"></a> Us cousins like to be silly! Keep things fun! ;)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TIHxROFErnWqk-591Y_pJ9YbZ8F8x5kXAASxujMJVemEh5EgyLNU-WBearMobl5x2lxzcR5S6qoN4KuAhbhHTlHkICHKERK58u0BzNvH_L3fnMYNsmrJkDC3ufGuz_Vz2FeASSKmbEpD/s1600-h/DSC09497%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09497" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2S6j3-MX1lLUQ1i9ZjQa6P8a_cRLsCurqB00rnc4B1EDk07z-ehDM4tEujXI9KhKMywCmYsvbMGLGHC5ogdgRjbHnsiJLoBQnNEhJzp65RfOyvXfa2_24wZBIs5ZBuk2SOaKfY2yuKq1O/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09497" width="404"></a> The waiter even took the lobster out of the shell! What service!<img alt="DSC09498" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfIwDlDgPwFTh35y5Pm3nrOFZeDxPHUl8bVDAJY9004ipfWrZ5HZulEsaSLpnoADtRcSz4XzgHFZ529UcnE5YZduYKEBqqKx3kgaPP3lovdjZR5_8hhFEReicEwZnBKxfsSZg3Mo-dO33/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09498" width="304"> Kyle & I aren’t sea food fans, but he decided to give it a try! I think that’s an “I’m not sure about this” smile!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHpBD5jFGrCcChynij6Tcs9xs2gCqaLetyBpTDbmQCbVTDvwJSuDeOtox4SMMDxL_LBpUjNqDgCjdeZlOPNXvS-wei-GheeYoBpWlyQkrcQKgdE3yKLUlO7Sfbh3aEfub06KG6i_rB9zo/s1600-h/DSC09499%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09499" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFq_LJvsCgNjJRBhrb9oSou1rXUYQhmQrmqdDJRzQkVj_EZU-HOCLp7valz8lb8qFBAz5gJ7Az4JU8JuEVetKtlexCptOhHLMd64YnKtuOITqBwy4cXxeSkFS4c_q0YbM9TmYQaRNAiy4Z/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09499" width="404"></a> Still smiling….not for long though! He wasn’t a fan!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-IiDZx3ls_DDcZjM8moplm1nyUJvm6tjlOgN5APUpa1pdEVlVaQmd68z-w_PzInora1o8w_ORCG63LJlrs2ePoD72uvfDd4SLtPfISksXoUqwLmpdIstHq79X4StTeYO7hyphenhyphenY9f36hFby/s1600-h/DSC09501%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09501" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifqs1du8DB3P22K7g2L22quT0Qru_fjzkTYaq8o-QnlwO9qbNNocBApHl0KfmozVJR2ydD3JYQVZwEauI-iJqUucTBA9Ou70hg8TKJkJdl1-utAIWsvrEfyR3pTQBDCk1J5GNYX68RLwWE/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09501" width="404"></a> We decided we’ll stick with dessert! A triple threat this time! :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eUWOLVHH7Penmsie7Su1q6ZlFAoj7gwhq3te7-_OfI1C5VS8GDbLqHvNlMtTaEEBp0MQTk8SppU4wJbApAfOT6DqBKL6nQpvgJIoeHm8XuYXdGaxdN4yrm3eYJV3CSA1Hi6O80Gw2rgz/s1600-h/DSC09502%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09502" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikr24NJxfkptOBKGr3E1bt41jBxd_IHExNlfF1PVR54Ke9eKijwVD8RZFFRTwtW_CF8y8qCaap5kwFW7eaiwUk4CYe-h7mGrmRCpzoTM1TjT7VKSLayMb8EyNt12VIT5XAzays4BqFjFhb/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09502" width="404"></a> There was a variety show for the last night! Music, singing, & dancing! Very fun!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXHDS8qhf0A_YeeTaEH8apyfIqtrXp8PIoOli-azamB4lPzYjw9lMLHl1jUsB-fovcbEdBHEr9rRRaupJRGn_SCWkdlZp-Vbto-OR6SNSLBaBEQLaBruPm7clHzC4cFsj8Cnfjwi_ixlQ/s1600-h/DSC09503%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09503" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmq1Oj0Rwz_fMX56x4_VV19onmEKjdySevP6IarsNjl4_-csJKZG50gc4Gq3ZzmVwLXssn-iVHBMMErXuWES1zNKB9d_lVSEo7hYsCBQOty9Pzzz1ZD8yAa7-v8IHvAATMu54f6lHFuk8v/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09503" width="404"></a> And a former Olympic gold medalist who did circ de soleil, but comedy too!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCeVliYImjqoQZJ1KKTXZgL-2UHwv-QZ96WtAnfcv-Xk-8uiefNH6Jatr532gHFPQAB_snCy8o4yvX38CZGP0-vPi4axB_q0YShJ6N0KNqiWswn0sZMM9RI7ULNb6-wEJmdtjRMKMNuHf/s1600-h/DSC09508%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09508" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglVqCfaz-l-jmMPhQH-pKYJlNbbHG9Ixj3llHZ9urRk0bPrQ3d4Fp2TUjMK4STe3ZFlySzLsbUM2nZE0cKhlREUyHhLpbA72KGuBfHB9h_NiUKg2EjZxXxBcz76lpN-5rwGBC-k8eCsbT/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09508" width="404"></a> This dude was pretty impressive!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4M6Pdtx1AVCEfnwsF7YGi_ixY1GtJUxXRCQ3w-VNaB5p1eaZ5vf9-hRNDDIMcnVxKHjKWyj-YqS5v1MPeyXoWFiSWoWMNOkzTmRz1IH8kGkiBuzGeKuByUcUumBt-mLT3e-UevikbLUV/s1600-h/DSC09510%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09510" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsn-ggu1pkxtCG-ZNQhlPnU9xSMlwlVEVhiUGio-m3DeHITBY1FtDZtK8x5WWpolHcSL5EHAC-KbzyuvBN8R-wQN7vZR0Ye8JkhDwaeVflwHy1PQ5L-vj4wX2Vu9BFsdpzPwSp9CabZtEK/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09510" width="404"></a> Such fun memories!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTj3FNOh4gs1EsgkLOgeKff1nCgFckGfxwXL2P8Dg7ELnU2IXn1bAokkfYfsG_gaaGgSk0mlOc0k8PVQdihe554bIIp35Jjxy3EA19z9IpvK3dF9BYEBmhS336IKGm6E5rieQkZp2caU5t/s1600-h/_DSC2385%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC2385" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB36e_pRy1X-e7BQiNLTTkRrnsa1JybpTcQwQoK9_Z-vcrEotjyraet2rpDRpA0LBjkPbW9f6LEyG8Ke0bGwqcQrOe0qFIUqG4dSckfkq3sCvabNGj9hiDiqJFHCEe36bw0NcK4V_PO5AD/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC2385" width="404"></a> We docked the next morning at 7am and got off the boat by 9am and headed to the airport. Can’t wait for our next group vacation!!<img alt="_DSC2377" border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENynHRzwhrdP10NPyVbVsyoAtqnFRp1yYhvPgjVzQ15BE49XU1a3Y7kJPI6T8Ek71-0jcd5Ay24IhDfab_4Cc5SxMr1RgHpVmELZ3OHIRkvsdFtSMFj8u2H-DLb-bPq8e9JMhlLh6gm9x/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC2377" width="404">

Family Fun Cruise – Days 3, 4, & 5

Just in case you missed days 1 & 2, click here . Day 3 – Costa Maya I woke up at a perfect time Wednesday morning, I worked out while ...

The Asian Journals of Bishop Dan: Part 6

3:28 PM Tukiyooo 0

This is the preface to the Advent Retreat for clergy and dioscesan staff I will be facilitating tomorrow: Our advent retreat is Watching And Waiting: The Practice Of Soulful Attention. There will be some teaching and some exercises. The purpose is strengthening our souls’ capacity to heal and reconcile our lives and the lives of others through curious, compassionate, observation. But as an American offering a retreat in the Philippines, I need to say a little first about post-colonial theology. I need to say this because the American role in your history has been oppressive. Through Bishop Brent and others, it has served to convey the gospel, particularly the Anglican brand of the gospel, but our colonial power distorted the gospel and in some ways, made it harder for you to know Christ – not easier. So I need to say a little about the need for a post-colonial theology to overcome the obstacles we and the Spanish created for you. I will say only a little because I know only a little. But I need to say something because your generation’s challenge is to work out a post-colonial theology in the Philippines. The work has already begun. Sr. Mary John Mananzan, for example has been at this since the early 1980’s. But as movements in theology go, that is pretty recent. What’s more the theology that matters most isn’t academic articles. It’s what you do when you teach, when you preach, when you lead churches. You develop a theology while giving pastoral care. Most critically you develop a theology when you reflect on the economic and community development work you are doing. Such efforts have to grounded in faith and linked to sharing the gospel if they are to survive and flourish. When you form a cooperative, process coffee, or manufacture soap, when you help people come together to support each other, then you ask “Where is God in this?” You read your Bibles and ask, “What part of the salvation story do we hear as an echo in our community development work?” You look at the Holy Mass through new eyes and ask, “How does this ritual express what we are doing in the community?” You develop a theology of the cross as you address human rights issues. You are doing post colonial theology in your liturgy as you develop indigenous prayers and rituals. You already have Filipino intellectuals writing post-colonial theology, but, more importantly, you are all already theologians doing your theology in this unique context. What I have to say about post-colonial theology is relevant to our Advent retreat for two reasons: First, post-colonial theology does not yet exist as a doctrine. Important work has begun; most of it is still emerging. We are watching and waiting for the birth of this new theology in our time. Christ is about to reveal himself in a new way; so in Advent 2010 we wait for that revelation as people in 4 B.C.E. awaited the messiah. Second, because of who I am, because of my culture and our history, I am unable to teach a theology that is true for the Philippines. I can only express my personal regret and apology for the American occupation, and I can teach spiritual practices that will help you pay attention to your own experiences, and pay attention to the situations arising around you, then to tell the truth about what you see. If you pay attention in this context and tell the truth in this context, that will be the best theology for the 21st Century Philippines. I understand just two things about post-colonial theology. First, it isn’t about making Christianity politically acceptable. It’s about telling the truth. When we describe God as Trinity, we mean that God, the heart of reality is a mutual loving relationship. God is a dance and an embrace. God is not a king or general barking orders. God is more like a cooperative than the general of an army. God does not dominate the world, but loves it into being. And when the world falls away, God responds not with dominating power whipping us into shape but with the suffering, reconciling love manifest in Jesus Christ. That is the gospel. It is a gospel of love and freedom. Such a gospel cannot be imposed. We cannot impose love and freedom. So whenever the gospel is imposed, it is twisted. It is twisted by colonialism but it is not made completely false. It is a miracle and a grace that the gospel is so strong it can survive even the twisting. The truth of the gospel is so bright, it shines through the clouds of colonialism. I can see in your worship and in your service to each other and the community that you have received the gospel very well indeed. But the task of separating what is truly Christian from what is just American or Spanish is essential to your mission. The task of growing a Filipino Christianity is still a work in progress. As you grow a unique Filipino Christianity, you are making the whole world richer. You help us see the true faith better. You proclaim the gospel in a new language which we Americans may not understand but we can admire its beauty as we admire your art. The second and last thing I know about post-colonial theology is this: The post-colonial world is still new. The social structures are unsteady on their feet like a newborn lamb. Vestiges of the old power system distort the newly emerging society. Post-colonial theology has to speak to these realities if it is going to have anything to say that people care about enough to hear. That is what our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters in Latin America have been doing – and getting in trouble for it – as some of you have gotten in trouble for it. It is the same task – to discover what the gospel says in the Philippines about the distribution of wealth, about political killings and violence against dissidents, bout the rights and dignity of women and children, about human trafficking, about care for our earth. Before beginning our Advent retreat proper, I want to suggest to you two subjects for reflection. They will not give you answers to any questions. Rather they are meant to spark your imaginations and free your thinking to come up with your own new theological ideas. First, I invite you to ask yourselves a “what if?” question. We have the history that actually happened. Christianity began in Jerusalem, then became the dominant religion in Europe. Catholic Christianity then came to the Philippines with the Spanish. Anglican Christianity came later with the Americans. That’s how you got the brand of Christianity you got. My friend Demi Prentiss, an educator in Texas, says: Christianity began in Jerusalem as a relationship. In Greece, Christianity became an idea. In Rome, it became an institution. In America, it became a business enterprise. So that’s what you got. But I just recently learned that Christianity spread from Jerusalem to the East very early. Christianity was a living wisdom tradition in China from at least as early as the 300s until the 800s. Christianity was first called “the Way” which sounds a lot like “the Tao.” Christians were respected by Taoists, Confucians, and Buddhists as fellow sages. They were having a wonderful, rich interfaith dialogue. All this lasted through the reign of the Khans. It was after the Khans fell from power, that the Ming Dynasty stamped out Christianity in China. It had been a rather different Christianity from the evangelical version taken there by American missionaries in the last century. Now here is my “what if?” question. What if the Mings had lost and Christianity had not been crushed in 9th Century China? Then the Philippines would almost certainly have received the gospel from China instead of Spain and received it centuries earlier. What would that gospel have looked like and what would it have become? Second thing to think about: You may well already have thought this through. Perhaps I am saying it just so you will know that I am thinking about it too. I am just now reading your great novelist and national hero, Jose Rizal. But I gather his novels are quite critical of the Church. When Rizal was asked if he intended to attack the faith, he said, “I am aiming at the friars, but since they were shielding themselves behind the rites and superstitions of a certain religion, I had to free myself from it in order to strike the enemy behind it. Those who abused its name must bear the responsibility.” Any post-colonial theology in the Philippines must take Rizal’s critique of the faith seriously. We must hear the voices of the prophets in our own countries. But there is an irony in the life of Rizal that also deserves to be noticed as you develop your theology. Here was a rebel who spoke against the Church. But he was a man, who gave his life to telling the truth, to justice and to healing to challenging authority and exposing hypocrisy. For his integrity and his compassion, he was martyred. No one has more clearly walked in the steps of Jesus; no one has more faithfully followed Jesus’ way. A theology for the Philippines has to take Rizal into account – not in just one way, but in two ways -- both as a challenge and an inspiration. -- Thanks to Fr. Joe Duggan for helping me correct substantive mistakes in the first drafts.

The Asian Journals of Bishop Dan: Part 6

This is the preface to the Advent Retreat for clergy and dioscesan staff I will be facilitating tomorrow: Our advent retreat is Watching And...

The Asian Journals Of Bishop Dan: Part 5

4:49 AM Tukiyooo 0

It was another festive dinner -- this time with the diocesan staff and the clergy who had gathered from around the diocese and from other dioceses – some had driven from Manila (9 hours) to get here for the ordination of the transitional deacon. These folks really show up for each other. One retired priest, when prompted, shared a recollection from the Marcos days. He was on the government enemies list. One day someone told him the death squad would come to his house that night to kill him, so he stayed in another town. When he came back, his home had been burned. He said there were several such death threats over the years, but he figured he would die when God was ready. Today, we ordained (yes, I got to be in on it – asked questions – hands on the head, the whole bit) Baby Auhra A. Galope as a transitional deacon. I know our context is different, but their discernment and formation process is so different from ours that it has to say something. She became an aspirant in 2002. She finished her 4-years of seminary in March, 2009. She then served as an intern lay pastor until today. I asked the bishop if there was some reason for the nearly 2 years between graduation and ordination, expecting him to explain why it had been so long. Instead, he told me there was a pressing need for her services so was on the fast track. It is normally over two years. She will now serve as a transitional deacon for two more years before being eligible for ordination to the priesthood. We are talking about a 10 year track to priesthood going at it full time. It was a splendid service. In addition to ordaining Baby Auhra, a sparkling eyed diminutive young adult as the first non-Cordilleran clergy person to serve in this diocese, we dedicated the brand new St. Joseph’s Church. Their stained glass West window commemorates St. Joseph the Worker, showing him not with carpenter tools but plowing with a water buffalo. We also had baptisms, confirmations, and receptions. I got to do the receiving. 11 new Episcopalians. The open air church sat 150 people. It was packed SRO plus chairs and people standing outside for a marathon liturgy in hot humid, often raining weather. The high point for me, after the ordination and the receiving, was the offertory. We sang a rousing version of Standing On The Promises while the new deacon censed the altar, the altar party, and the congregation. I have never seen incense used while Standing On The Promises was being sung. I loved it! After the liturgy and lunch, we had a full afternoon of presentations. First, the MC invited the Senior Warden to say a few words about the construction of the new church. He took the mike and sang Victory In Jesus in mellifluous soulful tones! Asian Gospel! The last time I was so moved by a song, it was a Filipino singer at St. Luke’s, Las Vegas, singing Why Me Lord – I recall doing a blog post about it. There was of course playing gongs and dancing galore. There were more speeches and more songs. At one point, the cutest little girl – about 6 with a missing front tooth – wearing a pink ballet outfit came over and placed a pale blue ribbon around my neck. The blue ribbon held a circle of pink ribbons enclosing white daisies. I wore it proudly the rest of the day. The children were simultaneously fascinated by me and shy with me. The afternoon was full of children and singing, dancing celebration. You may recall I visited another brand new church yesterday, and stopped by yet another one with the paint barely dry on my way back from dedicating St. Joseph’s. The faith is on the move in the Philippines.

The Asian Journals Of Bishop Dan: Part 5

It was another festive dinner -- this time with the diocesan staff and the clergy who had gathered from around the diocese and from other di...

Affirmations or Askfirmations?

11:19 PM Tukiyooo 0

I've been reading a lot about stair climbing in the last 48 hours, since I decided to do The Big Climb March 20, 2011. Setting this as a goal, with a weight loss goal of 20 pounds by the time of event seems to have really motivated me. When I want to eat something not on plan, I think about climbing those stairs (like those chocolate truffles someone brought in to work today). It turns out stair climbing is quite a competitive sport. Who knew? I certainly had no idea. During my research on how to train (the StairMaster alone isn't go to be anywhere near enough - I have to do real stairs), I came across a very interesting article. The article is <a href="http://www.westseattleherald.com/2010/12/02/features/which-better-affirmations-or-%E2%80%9Caskfirmations%E2%80%9D">Which is Better: Affirmations or “Askfirmations?”</a> by PJ Glassey, but this is the excerpt that really caught my attention: Is there a better way? I am always on the hunt to reduce the need for willpower, because I firmly believe that achieving true fitness doesn’t have to be a battle. This is why I was so excited to read the research study by Dolores Albarracin, published in Psychological Science, April 2010, Volume 21, Number 4. She discovered that phrasing affirmations as a question instead of a statement drastically increased success! When people asked - “Am I going to exercise today?” instead of saying “I will exercise today.” – They were much more likely to follow through. She found that framing the desired outcome as a question presented a challenge to the person -instead of a requirement that they might rebel against. By asking themselves a question, people were more likely to build their own motivation. The results of this experiment showed that participants not only did better as a result of the question, but that asking themselves a question did indeed increase their intrinsic motivation. I really like this idea. There's rarely a morning that goes by where I don't have an argument with myself about going to the gym. It's a battle that usually I give up fighting it and just go, but I wonder if it might be easier if I try this approach that PJ talks about. Tomorrow morning I'm going to give it a try. My food has been pretty good the last couple of days. Although I can't get over the zero Point fruit. It seems that I was spending a lot of my Points on fruit, as well as Points on vegetables because I never ate a 1/2 cup serving of any vegetable (and there were Points in vegetables if you ate more than a minimal sized serving). Now that I don't have to do that I feel like I have a lot of Points available. I honestly don't know how this is going to work but I'm going to give it a try. I believe Weight Watchers knows what they're doing, but this one seems a little bit too lenient to me. I guess the proof will be in Saturday's weigh in.

Affirmations or Askfirmations?

I've been reading a lot about stair climbing in the last 48 hours, since I decided to do The Big Climb March 20, 2011. Setting this as a...

Family Fun Cruise – Days 1 & 2

7:23 PM Tukiyooo 0

Early Sunday morning Kyle & I arrived at our local airport to wait for a delayed flight. :( We ended up sitting in the airport for 2 1/2 hours before taking off.  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtReuaF-Jj0eps-iURte4MikIYCi3qQ_nhd4CVJzZmhzMcY1ZcnaeD6paonrT2xBCoxdNzxIxvCjYumTlh-VbVGSegEaWPnhiflfeVA1BbW5AtezfJ60-R6prv1XQ3nR-jgHWx3nMQbMS/s1600-h/DSC09353%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09353" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6QPNHTfEsM9EwfEQGMCSDMu-fhnBx31b7quSTI83dpgKoe1K3rGLRn2-tKTNG13faYPkrK8YgItDLJPTkc6eLl3bLlp0VMQaxzA_BBtuYQn2Hdwo-KZ3MGxVRTtqnZcxRB-VqWqR60qo/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09353" width="404"></a> We stayed positive though and were excited for our upcoming vacation!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvSAfo0C-oA0JNuUolwV57POyIcqFEnLuYpEv-y-iYUOf-MVrrBJ9R5BmAIsPyHtkLkntSlmqGVDIfhcicyXBUMYG9ybjbhlpRIdVmt_b1879y34iBmQ-uMvPN41GPmZS4dJgykls0DWv/s1600-h/DSC09356%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09356" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpHqxdeYUIOzctO_QbH__aYjvYmJPpQ8cY3kuW9BH2ZndRiCDAlJG70AaIMOZ_mfoDI_mW5TU3FAX7dcBsK6dbCrkE5s2WZB9N9xqkgJeSwqBe0tyyEgYNCtLPn62EPtbKlKuVRxco3lN/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09356" width="304"></a> We missed our connecting flight and got to Tampa around 6pm, rented a car, and picked up my sister, Mindi, & her hubby, Preston. We hit up Giordanos for 2nd time in 2 weeks! <a href="http://weightloss-stories.blogspot.com/2010/11/weekend.html">Chicago anyone?</a> ;)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1At2qpV2nq-zcbePPmMtWYPOgUXq3Xa_CUU7bt_4AbujyT3ZbUXwp82Y1maT6y4Nraj5TdhrylZESDptMUkQxYV97MlPA3nZey8fukblX5FhB-oNq0FUmoTXI5vaGrypDeu6-cB0LllC2/s1600-h/DSC09361%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09361" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71vPHJRp4UdTSZLwu4OwOeTY52WlvVugoE9Ogk8KqZS1wDgqVf8OCmwHhv74V3S4_vRwyG9D7dBsLZ0KkrLN8SZdmj0zJVI4D70jc4FWcdSElVi6-Rokl0Nu5V8_hFzOfyfWaF3gBX8eh/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09361" width="404"></a> Mindi & Preston were more than excited to try Chicago style pizza!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF82Oqxng-4ICpLDrdo8rNFs9ErZhAr8ej07fY1AjiXrjGjaMj06N7mtSZcoMmF0d-Xaz1Qwt7S389d_GCUrtagXgF_nrGHHI1nqPZlWTQsFKWtvYoJXjXNy-u0LoDyNoERpOgxII3ZkGe/s1600-h/DSC09357%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09357" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiry7jzh6xrqts_YsfRPhYCnrB2SMyc837u6kvjvzZe3EyV4A0HBLn3fj1ltDTlJdnqFDCbfdEyC3HhxzYrHAWJRFMK__uLsFRE4TOf8ttGE_eE8zkpCMfU81KkhQAh8Gvk56HROndZsynD/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09357" width="404"></a> And of course Kyle knew all the yummy, pizza goodness that was he was about to devour!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6M8g2CLqHn8TgGgIHcZUMFUFSfYS1Zr60VzLS6A-aKZc30JH5xp2g-KsZOI1btyySqUQjEgAeqQFQJnESP00B6yeCWzCahGYiEw5EV3NCZOjtU0_aWnRz6eog1a3uTCgiSV8U7rAOSRD/s1600-h/DSC09358%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09358" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fvbeO2jlGz4_gfd0l52r8BAjjCIv410duYveRijqmgG8nSU3HIF59z_O2XI7RmRXt5MkDmcROM7nQXDrQGD_s_ewUOPVFdWB-9u3XIJvFfah2172CiDOhq0q5pVske5M0sDxRAYflVNO/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09358" width="404"></a> We met up with my sister, Stef, and her husband, Geoff. <img alt="_DSC1612" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkk3wAsKyvz10KIlRiyWTT07B-02_CtOKF_dHqt81x6PdTvb6pYnFuFzOwvY79AA06bZfsWQ6H0R8inO_ELJLMFQ4muT2kn1zqcbE4N4RaGb8wvXtl2NNU2YJqXIkVh9x5Z0Hpf6FxXeQY/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1612" width="404"> And my cousin Dar, and his fiancé, Julie!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi13MuzqR5QxMgTacD-7NhcgIl-qysvachb63EKJFeGL5Z8vpEhqZ-UAUa0zmw4OGcWJYKi1X0H-1WiybsDWXE0lmlOcxA1Zv3I7ekMMKMcypa_qWALjieIbpU-lmAKsgi4Qk-4edQpcGZm/s1600-h/_DSC1615%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1615" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_H764WUZkciWrGNjML8_qcIJHjF-eD8Q0IesHSd-bVsZ6TVmtxTAgMH7rVr-z8Fo2mo7r3m2GQhVJyGzyLKvoo-kyI383QN6WXaS4HnUpgBUYZ8sdUILULp2EfqHYnfM7XrjqlLpNsIHT/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1615" width="404"></a> We all stayed in downtown Tampa for the night, just a hop, skip, & a jump away from the port!<img alt="_DSC1603" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLMNq_qojw76JkLILiK86Wdo1a-Ra0MOKgHzpCj7t4DVrc19GRgANRetgkC0ewbGwroSnePuU7RGwh66aT7MdH3vR8_BqyHdzNUFXsj-OPjnT_dLRucQpGMBTl4GiCDujY6GMHM7A_OZb/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1603" width="404"> We all met up for breakfast the next morning and couldn’t wait to get on the boat!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0jZCd9bhh0Xg1IbgWO4CVuJLI2YbDc660qlM_H7L3VhVNsw7blNUkJTLYPea3DxC0qKrMTB_MY-h4YYhLzrRW3UMXzuU5nLValHZ9Ic6legchvGunuuDzuf2IPcq8gxfV0eJtvsCV7V3/s1600-h/_DSC1636%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1636" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQKgpqmyPtVgN439teratE4xmrRuXM2H-cQWCcByMLUwmQGZJ0QolJEqsKEXAiSTLsPG26Eg3bfAiTm97TmbaZne6l0ybUBJw79zeRmuHDp7Yj79kO9xGOZJU0W27FWF4VxafZL_hAzam/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1636" width="404"></a> It was a short bus ride to the port.<img alt="DSC09365" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrnb8TMQAtcVc9KBsXr_Ph7e7cScCMN2FBC9v_dnO4tOOAb3ivXnL67xkrP6radldAZ3b8IiAWbfKk7H1p5yIj8i6FlAoa3z6d0-AgiZQpUXB-6TL8BDZQSxQiX355uq2x3RDt7aPPLc2E/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09365" width="404"> Everyone was all smiles!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvWjMByTCzRFDYTneI_ujGXQPGs_0fxpWOunZlWblcolX5evB-1jjyCC0aAOSkG3iQ-f3ceN1OuHWP_duiUt5XtkWiKZqVt9BTQIhtYUuqeOLLFpGY_AbAV8rvHXntMyHUlvO_ZsvSC5U/s1600-h/DSC09362%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09362" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57hyVdxVDvACtarVckB7vX9F2Hnnp7lKCMintPgewbNH_L6HTiWBSMfJ7C2HILfU6_RHyuZGYJcM2LpF5bA5ppa9MD7z7tfannsunRmWDZs4wyc87sX7foAK0tGqU2R-cwyOEIB0E2jPG/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09362" width="404"></a> Especially me & my Superman…aka Kyle! ;)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWlE9ND31Z9OC52iueRM1kGS4k7CsPAEaqvE4bFwtDRI1NxdcAo2YiY3nRt4EAutFop25Gv6fK-yd1MSi5ghJbio3cOdMmzzoIc0z8XM_waP7WusCJnpNjOEdqcQ8U1QLrYVwVClHF5tG/s1600-h/DSC09364%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09364" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSt9MN3xLFx2jJU2c_MkTVM-in1SoZxnmLTEjiAe3zIF5SZdCEClBY2BX45mr9WhllG6iBcZWKZsRUdA2nGVOnNX6dcaz32iQmTG633JGEVR4oky-a05XiqYFrEQOzEmxN4udjhSj-7fK/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09364" width="304"></a> Checking in was a breeze, this was the first view of my home for the next 5 days! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdd-ZwTAN889MfqwSWw2P4bxOXPa4lWx8pfP_eVOpdRUoVfp6MDhqs9uISZbfGIxXiioJgkrJtHJmrsBXhtQFEZd4gCUc_sCc3fTSpvzSKAlGDE9D2K_aiTE1dlvaBMs6rHWYuvVkHbKuB/s1600-h/DSC09367%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09367" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IU1H48JdCDmX9Adqc-oGpCN3My4mRLTVmq8aWW9JULIVr3q7lTrAUncTKN-UH8M24YF2cPwGXy8oE3yaDU3JGORxyCJjyKKAesBgckLniBQLyn-K85jIUgKJwenUGl9qQq4M-o2rYcoA/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09367" width="404"></a> We spent the first few hours exploring the ship. Check out our room!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Mr9qlnLAV87RhQwBicN_etiKs2jp32DNXG7VnsQkx_KduAfjzjOSZMof0kooD_hnjSAgM-CexkKGsunVXdH4xxmTZAmsY09jZCP_Jz8t8_e1SkpOQ0lTphhb0UIh_SKemvCkJ5fCLiQj/s1600-h/DSC09467%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09467" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRlHMnumMgSHxrlTUwXGq9S0OrHe_RY_UGkPVBFdXkd5ysWJZPAMVgFHr4BQJSLo_qSxTkd0f3RQWRWsu1qkDq5WgulfKG7BTLcR4lyEFkrIWzvsxZ6kMeXy4kHxgsCXz6knpfadld6Gh/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09467" width="404"></a> The bathroom wasn’t quite big enough for my burly husband!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeUWiHBZ7u73aEQaoRPVzcO2bcColdC5khPW5i5vIEuAs2dKXPR5fDPzSZ3fPNyM9Pp7mKQirVHaQMfIaUTkqW95m9ow2mDFY8PMH24UnHe_Erbb0nH0D6TzU3VZXfd2GPeifRr2l3Xst/s1600-h/DSC09468%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09468" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBR3tyhwEPVWrq4OV20CxKGDcHN6XDTBHXPJ0gPHfqpmnDVL3RiJkfNfxddRiPwu76c9NaMigYPZEykAxHBFDiJ7siKPLPQF0Xb0HPonoRl1iTAbLJKgV_qxPGN8P6P2vWHH_-9dyHOAAh/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09468" width="304"></a> We even squeezed in a few activities before we left port. <img alt="_DSC1681" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZ8u5NySMtNm8bzmX1LeJYlCYRIJlnQcLGI6bz8g1FuSY2-U8_OyxA6BnHOpTl_De_lYTsAyC2y0rJgVn0dOEfLunKKrhHZyUFzVVqYR0tQZBSAW8S0F2v9tDUqKHOIVfMw33shQTHzIj/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1681" width="404"> At 5pm sharp, we left the Tampa port…..<img alt="DSC09370" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCVeyn_CJ0bZnnx24OIj5qyWWgddpeFpO0rTK2VftHoEA0idmyDP9YD9t2r72ztx-NEyTlkPkabFv7SEs-qqNi4KIt1FggGtn3Oe3_A0jriveVpQ6dGjCUKFp3BZiX5SUbjXRNUxub7SZ/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09370" width="404"> and we had front row seats!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5j-5piecMfyfKfAte9vw3kZyhGLIXSmz7ejNd023rqI3DTv1S4p5aca32gk1W-LbrHzcGQ_esfPSHib2_DwZ0mK-7TPycwGj-gIV5dTh9CQ_ZgVqq5EX7RxNqdtkmA53vR79aOBakfZM/s1600-h/_DSC1707%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1707" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicItElLYTb501_OAHNVGI8i3U-GA0vbxrlGMU5OxejMd2J7gUbqgYpIHrer995-4D0_LIp0_6HPjjdCNuvKlcjxiJcek324qUeot8bav_AIjZ7zChCn7bw356JjZX1nYworyUn3j4KmrU3/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1707" width="404"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7QpMZDTEDpMQ1D249VIdi41yKHNq5vb1P0Ta1wUIQiEprzw-oamj6f8y3uMDf-2qfnG_JWFlGagsW3QI03LtDjez_raDvLkpamnzEEJYnIEwU962013lrf9MpH0k8ZOs8SZcXp7X7ohf/s1600-h/_DSC1778%5B5%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1778" border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EdYRgn4LnLuHUy8JfJvKdNUdLetV1ha9vH7i7yT3NwHU9VxjMBjAVY1WF0ojtYTFFVR6engJTw3oKNDhRLaREvB08LRHbSiMJi75wgAWgbKDHU8VUxffmkFZi7ntNtPFoDkvBwApzImA/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1778" width="404"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi7YfRyopKd9h-so7uZlqyMJ7nHIQ6dVVfV3KGLVIHMnXHgmp309y5w88U_XRO1glc-Bkr8n9nApbgMsqo4nlu0RzYFWHYaKS074BajUEOo62CHn5B-ZeJSmGMR7F5vk5vRNAv15zvvioG/s1600-h/_DSC1783%5B9%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1783" border="0" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Jb0rTx5aWYdAaGHi-sP0TN_h6nBAPwg_v-jLqo-tIOIYJv9pmMHeFNIM25er8wT87CjbMuPqj0INEInZXti8mvy3hKdfqCMbaw8huHLXdQqRy_k6y4zxXd-oDOh6KhYwNp__DhzWBUQE/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1783" width="355"></a> Everyone cleaned up & changed for dinner!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfOGoeG84s_5BObhSVSWD1OHiuulzvkv4v7M-KMwRWHjsqb1xWuX-LTEhShR517fvX6eqOnsdvL9rkR7sjiSbxfdJzrVqItQjfAVDbGkVEkmL0UutWA_yphHwe0XN3lbz64OAZwYFtgbr/s1600-h/_DSC1800%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1800" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNysAZvsCl0xrglWTw3VPO1VpTxF4A8fOSOk40YS8SPYSWTYt1RI64ELwN9yCkkyK_ncuNmVTarzMM_srl7epAGzvqmYMWQjRHwFG78P4SQCm_3LO4bmbFW2M8xgEy2_M-OP86bUx63E-T/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1800" width="404"></a> Brent & Shelly were the last couple to join our group, 10 of us total!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlHI6jTUsFeSQ3ybO8jrfB3DW6Lw2CFhGvamdKjzhw6bKp3ebRHnSRs6Q09herY-c_8-g1RtY2AXMojD4PmLJV79cElfVoZ6FYHOBVtFs4yPTL0okMSRzvo93gaLgBsM9II1osRupy7YR/s1600-h/_DSC1803%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1803" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQIBfWdSyGgR_gNr1-iAI4aLX29RtFK2iFvQ6zOrwDZriEuGj42Sbla0wAOWV4fpTCbOUFzB2bVtS2XkVv5olEX1OUloVwlksogXEf9xYk9kWzFhRktoOSWo9_BVbDg0ZCeK3dS64YFI1/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1803" width="404"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65bFUAxY0-NXG4AObXxX5jBevH88k43G9rheItC3cG150CESbCa_gG8d2PI7F5Sct0u2TPg65di34yZ3WqKl-dRwF6ar8-MfoxTeVRdHvFbfs9vye_7PPtbjy1C3gi7ThrEPTUxpknNVG/s1600-h/_DSC1805%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1805" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FvdOJktlTc4QNTzW6wz_zqwNC8eFg5FD1OVH0s0Wrd-2Wp7ZgGROPa1MovHuSBBXgYVHIF-NeyyZ-ioI-STfhkkAu9qx_EDkMC-cZmqUK1JP-oWXu8x0p7hi4lm2y9rU0gNi2FHdXu_K/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1805" width="404"></a> <img alt="_DSC1799" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGO615H59fS5QM74m6pI1K1fKlvX64nWzqNnn7YJ7fNLNYMFh3dpPtxwx63nd10PN52wxluR2JCKCQRjihT6Jt8CLrQet6fh4f70cwEladZpnWlmUJcxXHflFlMA7sxIdOsQzAJnAeHegd/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1799" width="404"> The menu was full of options!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYekwtsQ7dTAalAjuY5VHC7TelrpiplhftwfDeXZdyW1EKToDWQX9sI8b1d341Fn9g-J1GNEVwq-xgHVAltKl_8YUedAPRwWvoInzN1pZZvmTP84JvWR3jcWM8Lo-YXJ_ZcXFHkKYVkTE/s1600-h/_DSC1794%5B8%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1794" border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh121FHAxkllNSR0pYkGLJHwoltTuFo7LqeftWAnHZq4dScWMldUf1fkAmX4r_VTX5G5sbos_fE_ISNb1v8a-XsRQ8AzRyDwH5qsBak6WREeteYBm_VuFeHUOhL-aNyyhVPRsLQV7L_kPre/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; 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border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09377" width="404"></a> And maybe some not so healthy ones! Gotta splurge on vacation!<img alt="DSC09379" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJFCZVz9ZCFZ7FDnaKon8g1AGnT6HKDTR4x7xeF-cEfUkf123p4Uda9tdKTo9HePj5BT0hRL52-h4vn_Us2AD3xzclcfQD545uYQHx5jP4GfBTBzNj5WcPq4h92zDsHpEjahz1tqNWJnnP/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09379" width="404"> Dessert is our favorite course!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLKKZp7wDn0hNJqb4y6vnLYUzsmjvRyqNTEVAGNwAy1wBXsvLKp2bpwJsJ1d-xEsZdhvHI2tg_H1-ZwjkbmcxM27LBhyphenhyphenp99HArN47h2EFcA7bJCip8oS_fZnYfhs7Xlzk3796WR6wMcvU/s1600-h/DSC09382%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09382" border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmMGhUL7rm88xSCG-W5Vx6fpXtq0tIiY5B0Urv0Y_GdJzE6_Zz7J60SzjJhR7Y-Qt5MVZc4id_EZ00E4rH2eK44LBfzYo9CK6HqSEGZxOyNjCxXBqx_xox5c0rOjF19s_nkVfbliskGdn/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09382" width="304"></a> After an excellent dinner with happy tummies, we headed to the front of the ship for the opening show!<img alt="_DSC1822" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJN3Mr-3Tqa6cmJ70UxGB11HCnoJs3tMZEQ30f4lHTXSIICN-O7HV0QS7mCzgGkbat0VO-IHHCtmbL6OCTRuQo1jqKcwwtQD9s4_MaLcRLhHH_iomRb_DWn5W0qHq5R6U51MIQTVKLklE/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1822" width="404"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NrMj_7GjT-kvp6o3RjQeFel6rD_EbQe2cbNqzCY2mw-XCcJepIgJ_EbiWiOZLTru6PqhEOqxQmkfR2N3cQIJUwfO8E1AjwZzbuKXBMiJLI1hTP4hh88uW7LVfMlRgLx4rnpRllc_uBax/s1600-h/DSC09383%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09383" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hhjR4hXSjHPw9ZWT-zLHjznUSuCcqdVXSuug7LsZKJgerjrFy0dsQvLRYLlm6firZrJlyarWgCh6h8rvlfj_oMxwU46BOwW-VlxXxPDDa5zXdf1u__icEmunCLmCGCRN8m83eKjx9o-u/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09383" width="404"></a>           Day 2 – At Sea  We spent the majority of the day, RELAXING! We slept in, enjoyed a wonderful breakfast was a view of the Gulf, and soaked in the sun! It was glorious! Dinner day 2 was the formal one and I LOVE to dress up!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphvWphm9cYlURJ-T5Uk72ZKbCeGq8NMmCO-c2kltn6Pot_C58w0aTbR0RDb9El_jmZdzd49TAZN6_yt6fJ16kttGXaSFSYwONr9IXUtHUrxR-It_6qvqpjb7kCO1nz8ygB-k3yM9R0-zH/s1600-h/_DSC1830%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1830" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkL0s4gP-RrDsf8QA07XuuXhc196T8rrrq5nlHWinKL_AkxbZojY7hXVcC-El-IJnh_ATZF_485SRjQWo6Ncg6-ZPWkd5pegF7YxGFUEeO345IzsGIZY544U2s6bMU7ElRaEVbwqfRoOq/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1830" width="404"></a> I picked up my dress at Younkers, a size too big, had it altered and still only had $17 total in it! LOVE good deals!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRP2oh-M5flU_AKYSiqGzgojqTJ7PHA0Hshhyphenhyphenf7Y3CSf0EGnQKPCKGFIa2xreHp3k7Fd79uYs0AhythiDFGf49HRtrPXjEtzPTVz0q5d4gmll7b8gqZKyGiNIdWzE3HDLiV8LUeD8nyn_/s1600-h/_DSC1832%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1832" border="0" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNK91StLRyrOIBy1EQP4PxHVr60eowoVXonJuErh1uOElzmeGMQ8kFb0sO_KsOkyf-JkBS4gX06fPPdeNSxOaXBv8zcFLu3rCVrAWtW9BoKGJKpd1zYsdEzY_O5HUs1gEhyPMeTtOUlt2/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1832" width="304"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-y9XoJ-tUJWawEoet6l2EEYd-jKqIvbFxZHwSevO_kDICY1O7vjGf11Yz0ufU5At-4RfSE4oefWIPrWrEN5jq3CvKskwK-c9NiDb-nNJyeR670VZW-zXsgcG2wecB_oA-AqPehoTegBS/s1600-h/_DSC1833%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1833" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrapS0GXBhBzJpsDFbPdD5TZGOj3JDlBAdD5PrYucKYkRQ2g3k9MvJJMPhLi3qbOcXCH8QyapkzI5SGGTlpf9y2rdr4TL6kMCmOdQ7Pym2WkPkDqoL7gE720ISVV7Pr1R5ejTSZcP7i-8h/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1833" width="404"></a>   <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwS39ymdeYCmmlVv2MrH4B-o2eCMC4YjLaKvBGNVruEaS1v8RVFOB7BjU-z4Hz3SAnN7NexE6_IVffumXhA7VoDamd33ogfdC4nytrq0r8B3RC0_XQ6_CHlOvlXODjHXleUCPQ5qYqWefK/s1600-h/_DSC1845%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1845" border="0" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdX8xGF-N6HR1Dyu3W8WB7JUhsIHFT3i5B2_Ca6svr801GWJzOuFPyRpuzvhJT59NbLEVxkYgA3zjM002PMWc4BPrSJ8nWhHzkAgHAuCkBmHRdcNHeDTwx6Spni-Iz2FPsNfqSDZbXzMhr/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1845" width="304"></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKr2ytTme9qgP7cFzrrHXSa_yBksdutaPgZ4TKJ8iCrwZhWrhC5tFx2H-Tt4cB7CbAdJkBwAcOHu5t-58MNIxDsispDWkNARrtU1KgvFMl9C6kvGdxhRZzTk_CUnhiUZ8l6E5HIFrLrpBJ/s1600-h/_DSC1847%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1847" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1IrWeD4tQ2xKmWbq_jjQITuWH56M3DfzOQab3zJaQv1CnKro0pTGlyo1t14CCFJZNiVvvwKc68bp1dz3U6gNVShHk1ufe6WdXEvmjD_bZeaYHX7JdgKpaCF3nakubHJKoP9iE9QTiriZz/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1847" width="404"></a> We met up at the President’s Reception before dinner for some complimentary champagne! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6xhPyK4kVOQ2eYC2ImZzv8b3AlJP1KsMFmNbWczKQDuK2VhB82xzkI1v2p8S_TmXZ099b9qfqtQVOeUKArOavN8_vUG4heV79gGN7RNx47UB4snzTDtsoDWSZyFKSt-GDUvillFgZFKy/s1600-h/_DSC1843%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1843" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70ZXfOR4sJOGIVNYE2JoKc27J3SQaWmCHxvb1N99W5PBGqc_nyjuxZ3niB-nO5FGHy0KOOT5nEmzliWlxcaZEmIcFJp0Zf8TC7vEheqN5s8txqxEhuE6O-Gw3az7yH74a0BKx4hXPZ2Nc/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1843" width="404"></a> Who can say no to free drinks?!?!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvmaAGygq-x3c8Ml9Y-VUtaGTxi8SNUWIYvJyz6FOkdRL36f0r0s0DgyzPuFs-MpfR_XKRU2MBHIzEu_eZ90zMN-PDnRhVmPqPBeCUFKBz8BlZNK5gLAX0zxayxDYX4hlP2UV4dVG2TbR/s1600-h/_DSC1849%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1849" border="0" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQ6DODctj3NZq01-ALnJnBEt41UlBiRh0JlX9ENpek7Le6F1i3bgiCc8ESHg75KopVFo6KH5dlzh5VsjoEG8Y6LjCBSu6tMqKAeFcTsjHGinMUtTOVzm6AhsBjBoUDKHpHmyRsy4enxF5/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1849" width="304"></a> It was SO fun to go on the cruise with my sisters! One little sister was missing though! :( Next time, Wendi, right?!?! ;)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAPngQHbJaB4NTX2Ypib_QksQ8IVD9j0LEBBUSoDbq0-eJa-PgQEmVl-FRE7xgMHMT3tadILyv65rPgQWsyUvPGBPrG7TiIKj6ct0RGkMRobAt6ZfcvBAGxisCY4pcvMf75Xdfoi_ZLn3/s1600-h/_DSC1848%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="_DSC1848" border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4Vm9HYARYisGi-KZKI1alGQ1KrId_A2LAF4JNWGOw5QPA7MKWDj8uJ5bQu2AdyH13aVKK0bT3pRpzSxbFgsa7P59jSdGBPcMlyoTd3DKXo299BQePZxoakNt4Q-FzvLhBw_rRc9t_EKI/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="_DSC1848" width="404"></a> Once again, the food did not disappoint!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeFum8WL8tQPS56PTxFI5G7PFlzeudNpm3u_tCumNdL5NgK-TeD1t14wb30dg5XyqXYnTTbe1asnGq18GsrWC1arq0yrkPHTdhgxGMve0h7MCijB2qRuaIwk6twZjFS-uJy2c9FfrHpC5/s1600-h/DSCN3742%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCN3742" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4DkB_Wo15RrBmXSEW5HViY5QvbmJ1MI64iUSmGCrdD-dwuN7BwSbJtQUlvmf150i5Bum9U4tEBaYThfdyWDWHUo7hakiDAOmVvA185-a57eqHLmB42Qu7N0st0TABDY84TariEqQBYpb/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSCN3742" width="404"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaw1Km0vt7AqFGDQT1_x1-C50_l7HzXkWOvh-iMQ2HWROmJ-dOODwK2WEJ6M6aiq1rT6iphsmUnVrDzUAk9WBm-XUw_WE3UaAJwkpgVVzgG79__Q0PkSNKXTHCNt4vbfGlm9El10Fr4fX/s1600-h/DSCN3744%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCN3744" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMN7uf95_5FDssSg42WAHzPSDt8DWSp2W55_VQ7vjyBiyCQA4ZCW8J8uFPeg1ukOPlIbMPTZ2Nb0Ivg41MdjzJUUdyWJoaYNnRy1P50MW04560a4ofUfZbJt1KvsQUW5VMVTK-WtZkBJ3/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSCN3744" width="404"></a> But of course, dessert was, as always, my favorite!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZHsUxUcXdAeKwtocpuvN8xSmDMJtR5BA5OPeO0fjSdEzF-vSGyGGDIOIf2n1WAbTTgQiMedshWHj-_gvNPfOxT6bv_geajVBc8sS44xBZr7pgaZKY10vjiJTXMRB-g_g95FF4tbcZdgA/s1600-h/DSCN3745%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCN3745" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqD3UieLX2LxJZafIlMaTd_i-G1kK-x24oSzoCMoHBDkJyIlF-RE5LUWJ8-kBPoKbAQoRvQIV8R2EEZuwL8JlSzQIKUE0QzTtYLcsEzg9gQ4XbhTMGKa_lVhyphenhyphenDw42v2Ojwfpx-Y-N-Fqi/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSCN3745" width="404"></a> And I love that you can order more than just one! ;)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xQQgZruGBlDJcRY9yeAV7BUtA1gbhwjSXBW91fQshvTzhdWlzZE2q0f6Z-KxzD6u97Qu7cp6gtL9JcaRQm2TGz_-aJvGvTEfkIJiH3VFdE0a-qBCu4KEdP5psjsQ211tNENnPPxcvur7/s1600-h/DSC09385%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09385" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Q1gT3260-JXgbyj31OJoDpZOhMSkgfTOBchVD3vP0ldd8HYS0IpNgpsleNZTNuJEV8LrzciM_rqgK_EvAJsOApd9LtmHbWgsK9uGS3nodcM5Z7Ta-7l4wjnzVt84rOQo4fw_BjwWk3Ck/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09385" width="404"></a> Heaven!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGA4uBeH65ufCKJHn3THzb2MQoRc246CLxauUBBdAPY0ImeWrIPh_Se1di6OgoOtzdrKpDNayAYQfHdrJKJA_451ad772SLkmgvvTM1aZXKF5PCNCajKihdDgHxzY4p2kzgzU7yCDKjDY/s1600-h/DSC09384%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09384" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRbr8UjeBH_a6Imj9HB0hLSQ4-nYJcQCzHyHvRTd1xx3HD6_FusOSmIBVaCmihxkKQ9N9Q8vOFJ2a7HecF5bAIC4V5rrcItvkxvVNEn5TY68DR8g5hSYfhrWLeFh3kdCJsxNkVf7vxmhd/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09384" width="404"></a> I ended up calling it a night after dinner. I know, I know, party pooper! I was feeling a bit under the weather. The rest of the crew enjoyed the show & some dancing! To save you from picture overload, I’m going to split my cruise re cap into a few posts. Check back tomorrow for more!

Family Fun Cruise – Days 1 & 2

Early Sunday morning Kyle & I arrived at our local airport to wait for a delayed flight. :( We ended up sitting in the airport for 2 1/2...

The Asian Journals Of Bishop Dan: Part 4

2:17 AM Tukiyooo 0

Last night I had dinner with Bishop Alex Wanadag and a young engineer from New York who is here with the Young Adult Service Corps doing community development work with the diocese. We then shared a traditional Filipino breakfast this morning before joining the diocesan staff – about 18 of them – for Morning Prayer. After the daily office, the staff told me about the things they do. There is a major push on evangelism. The Episcopal Church has traditionally been identified mostly with the Igarot tribes, but is now drawing members from other tribes as well, especially in this diocese. The other big push is on Christian formation, specifically “lay enhancement” (particularly training lay preachers and Eucharistic Visitors) and continuing education for clergy. All of the clergy come to the two clergy retreats per year. I was about to explain that our clergy cannot do that because of our vast distances. To set up my explanation I asked Bp. Alex how long it took the most distant clergy to get to the retreat. He said, “It’s about a two days’ walk.” Next I heard from their staff members who work full time in community development. There were 6 of them. They have more people working in community development than our entire diocesan staff. Community development includes a variety of projects like: forming agricultural cooperatives, setting up micro-credit small business and agricultural lending to free farmers from usurers, building a warehouse to store agricultural products without charge to the farmers, converting a water project’s power source to solar for cost savings, working with Heifer International to provide livestock to farmers and overseeing the farmers’ passing on the offspring of their gifts to other farmers. Community development begins with the diocesan worker living with the community for a few months to learn their needs and earn their trust. They then do Asset Based Community Development analysis: what could this community do together for economic support? The diocese then offers training – first in the values of Christian living essential to being a cooperative, then in business methods and financial responsibility, then in the enterprise itself. The government has also tried to form these cooperatives but theirs fail while the ones established by the Episcopal Church survive. The difference is the Church builds a real community with relationships and values. I was inspired by the enthusiasm of the whole staff about how they were overcoming poverty through creative enterprise and Christian values. Instead of offering band aid charity to the poor, they are putting people on their feet. Self-reliance is a core value they practice and teach. Their challenge is to keep the social ministry tied to evangelism so that they nourish the souls as well as the bodies of the people. It is a challenge but it is a front burner priority for the community developers. This is, by the way, closely related to what we are trying to do through PICO in Reno and Las Vegas Valley Interfaith with our community organizing efforts. It is so inspiring to see the Episcopal Church here going beyond maintaining its Sunday morning operation and going beyond hand-out charity, to make a lasting difference in people’s lives and transform the society and economy around them. This afternoon, I visited two small open-air churches. One had a large concrete slab used for drying the members’ grain and a warehouse for storing it. The priest, Fr. Tando, also showed me their health clinic. They have no doctor so they use herbal remedies, massage, and acupuncture. They grow their own herbs and have begun a major herbal soap business. Fr. Tando is also a bee keeper and has hives there on the grounds. Poor farmers can’t sustain the church with cash so honey and soap sales go to pay the bills; and the farmers can give more since they are not paying a warehouse to store their grain. Other churches are helping farmers convert to organic farming. Some are helping their coffee farmers who have been selling raw coffee beans to big companies process the coffee for sale themselves. Bp. Alex and I had a serious talk this morning about the human rights situation here. I don’t think it best to blog about that, but one story is public knowledge – except that I somehow missed it. Did you? On Nov. 23, 2009, there was a massacre here in Miguindanao. One political leader had warned a potential rival that if he announced his candidacy, he would be killed. So the rival sent his wife (figuring in a Muslim region women would be safe) to make the announcement accompanied by a convoy of journalists. The entire convoy of 57 people was abducted and gunned down in broad daylight. 32 of them were journalists. 42 were women. That case was unusual because of the numbers, but political killings here are frequent and usually go unpunished. Human rights violations are being addressed this week by a group of visitors from the World Council of Churches. Participating in or reporting on the political process here is not for the faint hearted.

The Asian Journals Of Bishop Dan: Part 4

Last night I had dinner with Bishop Alex Wanadag and a young engineer from New York who is here with the Young Adult Service Corps doing com...