BARBADOS

Day 5

BARBADOS

Last Day was at Barbados, I loved this place as well. We did not have anything booked until the night before. All Quinn wanted to do was go snorkeling so we booked a excursion called the "Pirate Party Boat" it started out going snorkeling at some remote place and we forgot the underwater camera on the boat :( so no cool pictures. It was very pretty but I was not a fan of the guy chumming fish right next to me!! Then they take you to another beach and we got to play for a couple of hours, it rained for most of the time on the beach but we decided we would still play in the water because it was warmer in their anyways!! We snorkeled and played in the water and then the boat left but it was like a 1 hour trip back. Little did we know that once on the boat they opened the bar for FREE! Did not benefit us but by FAR the best entertainment EVER!! I love to people watch and this did not dissappoint me. I find it amazing what alcohol can do to people. We watched some guy be sooo drunk that right in front of me the guy slipped and busted his arm, it was the sickest thing ever. Watched some old couple shake their booties better then most young people and watched some 50+ dude think he was superman and try and fly!! I have never laughed so hard and by the time we left everyone was BEST FRIENDS!!

The beach we played at, amazing blue water.

How cool would that be to say you live here?

Right after the rain stopped the most vibrant rainbow, to bad the picture does not do it justice!

The old man, I never got one of him and his wife. Yes he is wearing see through boxers!!

I just kept snapping them of all the people, they probably thought I was some CRAZY lady but hey we don't see this kind of stuff in Utah:)

Quinn snorkeling

Me snorkeling

RAIN RAIN GO AWAY

Day 4

St. Lucia

This place was by far my least favorite maybe due to the fact that it POURED and 2 weeks before there was a huge hurricane that whipped through there but it was very dirty and gross. Once it did stop raining we had about 2 hours before we needed to get back on ship so Quinn wanted to go to a beach so we had the taxi take us to one that was literally 10 min away and he charged us $60 then he pretty much forced us to eat at some restaurant on the beach that I could have paid my house payment with (ok not serious but it was ridiculously pricey and disgusting). So for those who have watched the previous Bachelor (which I am guilty of and fell in love with this place and wanted to go) do not waste your time in less you can afford to stay where they stayed!! But on a positive note I enjoyed my husband's company and we got a good laugh at it!!

This was on our balcony. The drain could not keep up with all the rain so it started to flood

This picture does not even do it justice on how hard it really was raining

Right as we were pulling out it cleared up and looked pretty!!

ZIP LINE

ANTIGUA-DAY 3

In Antigua we did a zip line it was a lot of fun. There was 12 different platforms you arrived at some were just little and then there was some that were quite intense!! It was once again a cool experience and the people of Antigua were some of the nicest EVER!!

I am the little speck coming in on one of the bigger lines

Here I am arriving at the platform

Wondering why no pictures of Quinn, he was taking them on his phone and he did not trust me with his phone while zipping through the rain forest:)!!

Getting all suited up with the gear

They take you to this little building after hoping you will buy the $30.00 picture again but we got smart after the dolphins and just snuck our camera and snapped them when they were not looking!!

THE BATHS AT VIRGIN GORDA

After swimming with the dolphins we went back to the ship had some lunch and then headed to The Baths. We went here 2 years ago on our cruise and they had some of the best snorkeling so Quinn wanted to go back. You have to hike down these rocks and caves but it is beautiful once you get down to the secluded beach. Unfortunately this time the waves were so bad you could not snorkel and there were bugs EVERYWHERE so I could not just relax because they were swarming us, still pretty though!!

Here I am getting ready to walk through the cave

Yes, that is the small hole you have to crawl through to get down to the beach.

SWIMMING WITH THE DOLPHINS

Day 2 Tortola

I have ALWAYS wanted to swim with the dolphins so when I saw this excursion I begged Quinn to take me and he happily agreed!! It was so much fun and a once and a lifetime experience. We got a cute little dolphin named Neptuno he first came along and we would just pet them, they are so smooth and then we danced with him, gave him a kiss and then we had to swim out and he came and picked us up and we went for a little ride, it was so cool. There was thousands of little fish swimming around that freaked me out more then the actual dolphin!!

That asked not to take pictures because of course they wanted us to buy their freaking $25.00 picture, so no picture of Quinn but I had to buy one to show the kids I actually did do it!! But we cheated a little and took a couple while they were not looking.

Quinn and I with the dolphins in the back

They kept jumping and doing tricks

Here he is teaching us how they dance with you

CRUSIN

Day 2

St. Thomas

We got off the ship and walked around all the shops and then we had a taxi take us to Magens Bay. The BEST beach of the trip it is rated in the top 10 beaches in the world and it lived up to it, the unbelievable blue water and sand.

Here we are at the top looking down on Magens Bay

On the beach

Quinn did a lot of this while I...

did a lot of this!!

One more BEAUTIFUL shot of the water

Standing in front of our ship

It is hard to see but there were these huge Iguanas walking every where. I was freaked out even getting this close to them because I feared another one was going to sneak up on me.

DAY 1

Puerto Rico

We flew into Puerto Rico on Saturday night so we were so tired from flying all day, we just went to bed and then the next morning we went outside our door to our hotel and layed out at the beach and then got ready to board the ship!!

The pool from our hotel room

The view of the beach

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

We had a great Halloween this year!! We started with a Halloween Parade at Peyton's school, had a Halloween Party with our neighbors, I forgot my camera :( went up to Grandma and Grandpa's for some chili and then walked around in cold, wet rainy weather!! I love watching my kids they get so excited to dress up, Quinn not so much so they for sure got their love for this Holiday from their Mom!! Caleb was a Skelton and Peyton was Minnie Mouse and yes she has two different costumes on. The dumb dress I bought at the store decided to completely fall apart when I washed it so I had to hurry and make one the day before Halloween and I liked the one I made better there goes $25.00 down the drain!!

Peyton aka Minnie at her School

They did a little Halloween Parade

My scary Skeleton

Peyton and my ever so HAPPY son getting another picture!! We had Family pictures this same day so he was a little done with smiling.

All the cousins (minus Brookie)

Out Trick or Treating in the rain

Daddy, Peyton's personal umbrella holder