Christmas

Eric and I just returned from a seven night cruise in the Carribean with his parents. We traveled down to Houston the day before to spend the evening with Grandpa Hamby, Ms. Mary, and the Boedeker clan. We left the day before my birthday from Galveston and traveled to Cozumel, the Grand Cayman Islands, and Jamaica.

The first day and a half at sea was extremely rough, but eventually the conditions evened out. It was definitely a unique way to spend Christmas! We ate, and we ate, and then we ate some more. It sort of reminded me of the first few days of living at the dorms in college when students figure out that they are able to eat ice cream for breakfast and there are no limits to the amount of desserts they can consume. Obviously, we did not have ice cream for breakfast, but that did not stop some of the passengers from using cereal bowls for frozen yogurt.

You will notice there are no excursion pictures of me since pregnant women are prohibited from taking part in the more intensive activities. Eric, being the wonderful husband that he is, took a waterproof camera to take exciting pictures of snorkling in Cozumel, swimming with the sting rays in Grand Cayman, and tubing down the river in Jamaica. He planned to take pictures and then reinact his adventures in interpretative dance. Alas, our waterproof camera from Walgreens was NOT waterproof and the case was soon filled with salt water.

Here are some fun pictures of our travels.

Galveston from our stateroom. The city is still extremely torn up from Hurricane Ike.

Ron, Eric and Becky, sharing some refreshments before dinner.

Picture from the deck of our ship of Cozumel.

Jamaica from the deck.

One of our MANY amazing desserts. Believe it or not, this is cheesecake.

Sunset on the deck.

Merry Christmas to all and a very blessed New Year!