the cruise

here's a LONG post about the 'cruise' part of our trip. boy did we have FUN. like i've said a few times now, ben & i wanted to take our boys and my mom on a trip for christmas this year. so we went on a mexican riviera cruise for 8 days & just got back this week. larry and darla {my in-laws} and stephen & seth {my bro-in -laws} came too! so here ya go...

ok, so these next few pics aren't from the cruise...they're from the roadtrip to cali before the cruise.
i can't go through st. george without stopping at 25 main. LOVE this place. and LOVE their cupcakes...

here's the boys one night in our hotel room watching something on daddy's iphone...

let the cruise begin, baby!...

{above} kaden peering out at our soon to be home for 8 days...

{below} kaden's very first ice cream cone once on board {a first of MANY}...

and the boys first cups of hot chocolate {again, of MANY}...

i'll start with the infamous towel animals. kaden & gavin LOVED finding different animals in our rooms each night!

gavin took the doggy to bed :)...

here's a frog that our waiter made for gavin one night at dinner...

cruise with me, baby...

a fun chair on one of the decks...

grandma & gavin with some of the pools & big screen tv below..

the boys LOVED the arcade...

i LOVE this pic of gav! hahaha!...

grandma & kaden riding the motorcycles :)...

peering out into the deep blue one afternoon...

gavin is really confused in this pic :)...

yummy strawberries we had for a snack one day...

the casino...

us in one of the hot tubs one night...

dinner one night {which by the way...kaden & gavin got really good at ordering dinner on their own. they were so spoiled and got whatever they asked for! hehe}...

playing in the children's club...

MORE ice cream :)...

the ship had a splash park for the kids...

the water slide we had on board :)...

miniature golf {which kaden is STILL talking about}...

swimming in one of the pools...

ahoy :)...

one of the many virgin strawberry daiquiri's :)...

gavin loved the cherries :)...

the best dessert of the whole trip. my mouth is watering just thinking about it...

a dessert buffet one night...sailing away from puerto vallarta...

my mom enjoying her smoothie...

the sunsets were BEAUTIFUL...

like i said, gavin loved all the cherries we got in our smoothies :)...

every night our napkins were folded into something fun...

uncle stevie and gav {wearing steve's glasses} :)...

ben & kaders being silly at the dinner table...

the elevators in the middle of the ship...

yes, another drink {sprite with cherry syrup} :)...

we had the time of our lives. it all seems like a dream now...especially with all this snow :). it was good to come home to spend christmas here with all of our family and friends though. nothing like a white christmas.