April, Part 2 - Disney Cruise!

Our first port of call was Puerto Vallarta.  We all signed up for a half-day excursion to Riviera Nayarit, a lovely beach resort.  

Abby and Ella are sportin' their shades, ready for the beach!

Boogie boards were provided, and both families caught some good waves.

Becky and Scott enjoying some virgin pina coladas - we could have all we could drink.  We checked out several yummy tropical concoctions. And we had fabulous guacamole and chips at the lunch buffet.

Josh loves to eat lemons - and he's such a sweet kid! 

Go figure!

We nabbed our own little thatched hut; it was a perfect, sunny day!

Group pic of the beach combers

Roger got some shots of the Wonder in port.

Just at sunset, it was so pretty out on deck as we sailed away from Puerto Vallarta.

Me with Captain " 'ook" (remember, Jack?)

Wish all of our grandkids could be with us to see all of these characters!

Our drop dead gorgeous "Leen" - her Dad was from India and her Mom, Portuguese, and she is from Paris.  And she is just as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside.  She asked us if we were Mormon, and when we asked her if she had a Book of Mormon, she said she had seven of them!  I guess other LDS families had also fallen in love with her! Roger challenged her to read the first chapter, which she tried to work in, during the week. The servers on board do not have a lot of down time - they work very hard. We were amazed how much they catered to the children.  They really took extra time talking to them, teasing with them and doing special little things for them.

I'm not sure exactly what's going on here, but Jodie was taking our pics and was cracking us up.  I think I'm trying to hide behind Roger for the photo.

I think Becky is so beautiful!  And Scott's not too bad, either!  We surely enjoyed being with their family on the cruise, and the cousins had such fun together!

Next stop was Cabo San Lucas, where we tendered in to shore. 

Aaarg!

Another yummy dessert for lunch,

 back on the ship.    

There were many lovely resorts we walked by while we shopped.

I made the mistake of saying, "Cute!" when we walked by Caesar; he followed me, begging me to buy his little bobble head frog for "$3". 

I love it!

Pirate night on the ship- we couldn't believe how many people went all out with costumes.  The kids were so excited!

Our head waiter, Hernan, was from Chile and he and Roger had lots of fun conversing in Spanish.  He was such a cute guy, and he made napkin and origami animals for the kids every night.

Ahoy, maties!  Note the gold, butter wrapper teeth!

Who taught her how to do that, you say. The dentist, of course!

Out on deck, the party was kicking into high gear.  Music was blasting!

As a grand finale, Mickey flew across the top of the mast of the ship, 

then we had a firework show.

We weren't sure whether this towel animal was a hanging pirate or a monkey, but isn't he cute?

In Part 3, I'll show some pics of swimming with the dolphins and zip-lining that the

"youngers" did.  Well, actually, guess who also did the zip-lining, rappelling, Tarzan-swinging and climbing cliffs.  You guessed it - my physically-fit husband!