Nassau

We got up this morning to a beautiful view of Nassau. Room service brought doughnuts and apple juice. Then we took Jade to the Oceaneer Club and dropped her off with Brett, her counselor (she picked him). Today she played with Alice in and watched a Nemo puppet show. She also danced with Snow White and saw JoJo's Circus.
Once we had her settled, we took off to find everyone and then took a tour of the Atlantis Hotel together. It wasn't much of a tour, but it was really fun all being together! On the way back to the ship there was some traffic, so Paw-Paw paid the cab driver and we headed back on foot.
When we went to pick Jade up, she took us on a tour of the Club. It looked like a Peter Pan world, including a pirate ship with a rope ladder, a cannon (that has a red button when pushed it makes a cannon sound), stars on the ceiling and an alligator on the floor to climb on. There were also barrels to run through. In another room they had a closet and chest full of costumes for dressing up. Mulan and Cinderella were in there coloring with some kids. Jade has been sleeping on the top bunk and loves climbing up and down the ladder to her bed.

Reunion On Board

Happy Anniversary

Paw-Paw and Gamie!

Paw-Paw got a Mickey Mouse top hat & for Gamie, a Minnie Mouse veil. Our family sat at two different tables, but we alternated so we could all visit with each other. This is in Animator's Palette restaurant. The walls and the servers vests start out black and white and change to full color by the end of the meal.

T's weekend

JT stayed with the Taylors for a little while, then Aunt Kylene picked him up and she stayed at our house with him.

Getting On Board

We dropped T off at Amie Taylor's house and headed to Houston for our flight to Orlando. Jade had pizza while we waited to board the plane. When it got dark Jade said she was ready to go home, we didn't get to Orlando until11:30pm. We got to Orlando @ 11:30pm and took a shuttle to the Marriott. After we checked in, we walked to Denny's for dinner. Outside the hotel was a pond with a fountain. It made the walk longer, but more fun. The grasshoppers and frogs were really noisy and this made Jade very curious. Jade ordered pancakes and bacon in the shape of an alien. The kids menu had pictures they could choose from. When we got up the next morning, we took the bus to Port Canaveral. While I checked us onto the cruise Jade and Robert watched cartoons, and then Mickey Mouse came out to greet everyone. Jade didn't want to get close to him. Robert pointed out how all the parents were taking pictures of their kids with Mickey. He asked her, "Don't you want me to get your picture with Mickey?". She said,"Here I'll take it." and took the camera from him. Oh well. Jade did like looking at Mickey from a distance, though. Once on board Morgan found us and we headed for our room. Jade saw Paw-Paw and went straight to him and gave him a big hug.

Ryan's Birthday

Happy Birthday Ryan!

We went to Grandma & Pa Pa's house to celebrate Ryan's birthday. The kids loved helping him open his presents.