The Cruise - Part II

The first day at sea was awesome! There was so much to do on the ship we could never capture every moment... swimming in the pools, relaxing in the hot tub... oh yeah and the fun stuff too... shopping, walking around the massive ship, playing basketball, and wall climbing!

We had a special gathering that evening to celebrate the reason we were there ... Pop and Mom's 50th Anniversary ...

In the beginning there was Joe, Mom, Mary, Pop and Don
The ladies ... Stacey, Chryssa with Olivia, [Mary and Tom's daughter's and grandaughter] Corinne, Courtney [Cousin Erin's daughter,] Pop, Christiana and Mackenzie [Joe and Mary's daughter,] Kendall, Madison [Joe and Mary's,] Kimberly and GrandmaEileen [Mom's sister] and Maura [ Mom's cousin] with Mom
Courtney and Erin [Eileen's daughter and grandaughter]

The guys - first shot ... Tom, Don, Wilson [Chryssa's hubby,] Pop, Michael [Tom and Mary's son - first born grandchild!] John [Pop's brother] Joe

The guys - 2nd shot .... everyone's the same, but Pop's twin brother Ron joined in
Opening very special books of photo's that Tom put together. These books were remarkable! Family photos and history dating way back... three hardback books full of wonderful memories...
That night Pop and Mom were honored at dinner ... And it was our first formal night on the ship... we had a lot of fun taking photo's of the girls on the spiral staircases ...

And of course the "Charlie's Angels" shot ...

Moving right along .... the next morning was our first stop ...
Off to "Surf Barbados" ... we met Barry outside the 'round about' with the big tree... drove across the island which was gorgeous and got busy surfing ...Refresher course ...

on the way out ...

Corinne ... first one up ... Kendall ...

Corinne and Barry ... Kimberly and Don did catch waves ... uhmm... Christiana and I were too busy playing in the water though and we didn't catch a picture of them ... so sorry!
The coral reef and surf kept Canna with me at the beach, but she posed with Daddy for a few fun shots ...

And our next port the very next day ... St. Lucia ....

We all had a very fun time at the beach ... riding banana boats, para-sailing and watching the locals sell their wares ...

The brothers ...

While some were para-sailing and making the rest of us a bit nervous whether or not they would make it back in time ... the local hat maker entertained us ... We made it back to the ship in plenty of time ...
Antigua ... Don and Kim's favorite Island ... We traveled here 21 years ago for our honeymoon ... it was just as beautiful as we remembered
Jet skiing and a beautiful day at the beach ...
That's it for update II ... stay tuned for St. Maartin and St. Thomas...