Portraits

Our cruise had a couple of portrait nights so we had these pictures taken of the kids.

The Last of the Cruise Photos

Our cruise was made possible thanks to these two lovely people.

Thank-you so much, mom and dad!

"Movies under the stars"

Every night on the ship they played a movie under the stars. They served popcorn and ice cream. In this photo we were watching "How to train Your Dragon" with my nieces.

The whole Pyne clan posing for a pic after eating a lovely dinner on Italian night (the 2 guys in stripes on either side of the family were our waiters every night).

Mom & Dad with all their grand kids

Our cruise was a wonderful vacation that I recommend everyone experience at least once in their life. It's a great way to sample different places. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of the Bahamas, which we really liked. We were too busy playing around and teaching Gavin to snorkel to stop and take pictures. I would definitely like to return there someday. Arabella did great on the cruise, and Gavin had the time of his life, but I would recommend going on a cruise without kids or only if your kids are 3 or older so they can go to the kids club on the ship (which is free, unless they stay after 10pm). Because we had Bella we weren't really able to enjoy the nightlife or do any shore excursions (like swimming with the sting rays in the Caymans or snorkeling in the under water city in Cozumel), but that's ok because we still had a really great time.

Cozumel

We had a fabulous time in Cozumel, Mexico. We did some shopping and then discovered an awesome beach (I forget the name) that had pretty much everything you could need or want. The last 2 photos are of us holding some parrots that were trained to do some interesting things like lay in your arms like a baby and hang from your finger by their beak.

Jamaica

standing in front of the waterfall

helping Gavin climb the waterfall

didn't realize my mom was taking pictures of us


Tiffany & Tommy (& Arabella) in front of the waterfall. They were kind enough to help out with Bella while we ventured up the waterfall.


My mom & my brother David's 4 cute girls



Gavin & his cousins posing with a donkey
(left to right: Ashlee, Gavin, Caitlin, Christina, Kathryn)



Here we are in Ocho Rios, Jamaica! The main attraction here is to climb up the Dunns River Falls. Tony, Gavin and I climbed up most of it (the last portion of the climb was a little too hard for Gavin). We did some shopping and hit the beach for a short time. It was drizzling on and off so it wasn't a great day for hanging at the beach. I have to say, this was definitely our least favorite stop during our cruise. The main reason for that was that, as a tourist, you are constantly hounded by peddlers trying to sell you their wares. And they are extremely aggressive about it; putting things in Gavin's hands, asking him his name and immediately carving it onto whatever it is they want us to buy. It became infuriating. But we couldn't help but feel for them because they are so poor there. Needless to say, I don't think we'd go back to Jamaica.