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spring in january
We've been having some unusually high temperatures for January. We made the most of it with smoked meat and a bike ride this weekend.
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getting off the boat
Bad weather in Galveston closed the port, so the ship wasn't able to dock at its scheduled time for us to get off. We took advantage of some extra hours on the ship. When Braden and I first started dating (all the way back in 2000!) he went
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christmas cruise - day 6
On the last day of the cruise (Wednesday, December 26) there was a little something for everyone. The adults attended an adults only brunch. In the afternoon I took the girls to a royal tea party. We also got to see Mickey! After all that fun in one day we
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christmas cruise - day 5
Merry Christmas (Tuesday, December 25)! Our first event of the day was decorating gingerbread cookies. We followed it up with more characters, an adult chocolate and liquor tasting followed by naps. Naps meant Braden and I could enjoy a really late martini tasting while the girls played in the kids
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christmas cruise - day 4
On day 4 (Monday, December 24) we stopped in Grand Cayman. The four of us spent the afternoon with the dolphins. Clearly Olivia has been having tons of fun on this vacation because she didn't make it the 20 minute car ride from the ship to the dolphin
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christmas cruise - day 3
On day 3 (Sunday, December 23) we stopped in Cozumel, Mexico. Olivia stayed on the ship with Braden's family, while Braden, Emma and I went swimming with stingrays. That night it was pirate night. We all dressed up for dinner in our pirate attire. After dinner we went
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christmas cruise - day 2
We started the morning of day 2 (Saturday, December 22) off with seeing Ariel, Cinderella, Tiana, Belle, Anna and Elsa. We also squeezed in a visit with Minnie Mouse. Emma spent a little time in the kids club and got her face painted. The weather was not as nice as
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christmas cruise - day 1
Emma was very excited it was time to get on the ship (Friday, December 21)! Our first stop was to check out the kids club. After a quick tour around the kids club we grabbed some lunch. Apparently all the excitement wore Olivia out. She fell asleep while I was
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christmas cruise eve
I haven't been able to update our website until now... so here is what we've been up to going all the way back to Thursday, December 20. We've been excited about our Christmas cruise for over a year. Finally the day had come to
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christmas lights
Tonight we did our annual drive to look at Christmas lights. There was popcorn, there was hot chocolate, there was ice cream and of course, there was a pirate face. I should mention Emma went to a birthday party this morning, which is where her amazing unicorn face paint came
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merry (early) christmas
Today was the day! Emma came into our room and said "THERE ARE PRESENTS DOWNSTAIRS!!" 🎅 It's a good thing Santa knew where to find the cookies. 😉 The girls were very excited about all these boxes. Emma tore through her pile in record time. (Early) Christmas was
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royal princess ball
It was our third year attending the Royal Princess Ball. There was lots of singing, lots of dancing, and lots of princesses. We always buy the VIP tickets. The girls get extra time with the princesses and a crown.