Cruise Day 8 departing day/ Flying back to Germany

Today we depart our cruise.  We had to get up super early.  (Which is really hard when you have been sleeping in and having a relaxing morning. )
We were Self Checkout.  Meaning we were carrying our own luggage off he ship.
We had to be at breakfast at 6am.  And be ready to debark the ship by 7:30 am. It was crazy how long the line was by 7am.  I thought we were getting there early because it was 7am.  Nope lots of people were ready to get off the ship.  The process went pretty fast.  But it was still a little crazy. But waiting in line for customs was long.  We definitely got in the wrong line.  We waited in line for about 30 min. before we were seen.  In no time we were through customs and ready to get in the vans to go to Britany's house.  

We found land, we made it to Galveston.

While we waited we got to watch this dolphin.  So fun.  This was the third time we saw Dolphins.

Good Bye Navigator of the Seas.  We had a lot of fun and made some wonderful memories. 

Here we are waiting to board our airplane back to Germany.
The kids were super excited to have internet back.  We had to get caught up after life without internet.
It will be nice to have our phones working again in Germany.  It's been a long 3 weeks without our phones. 

Me and my sweetheart waiting to board the airplane. 

The best part about an 11 hour flight is you have access to your very own TV and over 400 movies/ TV Series.
You can start watching the second your board the Airplane.  Awesome!

The kids are all buckled and ready for our really long flight.
We had a wonderful vacation. We are sad it's over but so happy with all the memories we made.

Cruise Day 7 Day at Sea

Today is our last night on the ship.  We had another lazy relaxing morning.
It was nice not to have to be up and ready to go somewhere. We just kind of took our time
getting breakfast. We really didn't have anything planned today.  Back to back days at sea are not super fun.

We got to hang out with Tonna's kids.  That was a lot of fun.
I sure love these kids.
William (18) Conner (15) Jessenia (9)

We played cards most of the day,  Where is Chandler you ask?
He is at the Kid's Club!  I'm telling you that Boy loved his Kid's Club.
We played Straws (spoons) and scum most of the day.

Here is my Mom and my kids.
We sure made a lot of wonderful memories on the Navigator of the Seas.

OH my goodness Chandler is in a couple pictures.  

I had to snag as many pictures as I could before we ate dinner.

Here the kids are in the dinning room on the beautiful staircase. 

Jeremy and I snuck away to watch the Sun Set one last time.
BEAUTIFUL.  I wish I could freeze time.

I love this picture of Jessenia and Brooklyn.  

Best Friends
Aunt Tonna bought them matching Dolphin necklaces and bracelets.  So here they are wearing them.
They look so beautiful

Love my Sister, Tonna.  Thanks for spoiling our girls.

Tonights Production was called Now & Forever.
It was a contemporary Broadway featuring numbers from The Producers, Fosse, and Mamma Mia,
Tonna sure loved the songs from Mamma Mia.
The late night show was the Karaoke Super Star finals.  We watched this with Kayden, William and Conner.
Nobody wanted to go to sleep.  We wanted to party all night long. 

Cruise Day 6 Day at Sea

Today we are at sea all day.  It was kind of nice to sleep in and just have a nice relaxing morning.
We didn't have to hurray off the ship.  Chandler was of course the first one up and out the door.
I loved having a nice lazy morning. 

Grandma Smith, invited the older boys to come and make Sushi with her.
So Jeremy and I went up to take some pictures of the process.
Grandma, William, and Darrin were all together on one side. 

Conner and Kayden were together on the other side. 

Here they are hard at work making the perfect Sushi. 

I loved watching how perfect Kayden was trying to make his seeds. 

The professional chefs were giving them instructions for the next roll.

Cute Kayden making Sushi.

He is an expert now.  

My Handsome boy loving making Sushi with Grandma and his Cousins. 

They made four different kinds.
A California
A spicy tuna
A shrimp one
A Teriyaki one. 

Oh the lighting in the restaurant was terrible.
Grandma Smith and William.

Jeremy and my Dad watching the cooks.  

Here is Kayden and the Professional Chef.

Thank You Grandma for the Fun experience.

Wow! that is a lot of Sushi.  I hope you guys are hungry. Kayden made a special critter out of his shrimp.
The Cook made it even better.  Ha!

Here is Conner and his finished Sushi. 

Kayden is a professional Sushi maker now.  Way to go Buddy! 

William and his Sushi.

We have the Best Grandma.
The boys sure had a good time making sushi with their Grandma. 

Here is Darrin with his Sushi.  

doesn't it look delicious? 

Bon Appetit!

Tonight was formal night take Two.
Here we are all dressed up and ready for dinner.

Amanda and Darrin.
  We sure love this couple.
Feeling very blessed we got to spend so much time with this awesome couple. 

Tom and Linda
They inspire us to be as happy as they have been for the last 48 years.

My parents.  They just celebrated their 44th anniversary
Congrats, Mom and Dad!
Again this silly ship light is just killing me.

Britany and Lair.
The Honeymooners. 

Tonna and Chris
They have been married 19 years.  I love this picture of them.
Super cute!

Tina and Jeremy
We will be celebrating 17 years of marriage next week.
I sure love this Man of mine.

Brooklyn and Ally.  They sure became life long friends. 

Chandler and Jessenia.
Love my cousin.

William and Kayden
They are Rock Stars for sure.  Love these boys!

Conner and Joy.
Joy really loved Conner and he was super sweet with her. 

Tonight when we got back to our room we had an Alligator.
Isn't he super cute.  I really love these towel animals.  I was going to attend a class
to learn how to make them.  But I was too busy having a relaxing morning.  They had the class at like 9am.
Maybe on our next cruise.    

Tonight the Headliner show was Private Stock Band.  They sang songs from pop rock past and present.
It was a lot of fun and we were able to sing and dance with the band.
Kayden wasn't feeling well tonight so he went to be early.  He would have loved this band.
After the Band they late night event was a game called the Quest.  This is a game where they have different teams and
you basically have a scavenger hunt. The teams get really into the game.  You try to see who can get the requested item the fastest.  It was a lot of fun.  Again we laughed a lot.  The ship really does know how to entertain.