Friday, March 14, 2014

Family Vacation `14: Stingray Beach

Our big shore excursion in Cozumel was Stingray Beach!
 Once we arrived there, we were given some instructions and then we waded into the water with the stingrays. We feed them squid and they swam all around us, it was so cool! After being in the water with them for awhile we were able to hold two of them for photo-ops!









 Stingray beach had a water trampoline, which my boys (all 3 of them) loved!


We also went snorkeling.
 The water was so clear and the stingrays and fish were all around us.

 The beach also had birds and iguanas to hold and play with. Our boys were obsessed, it was their favorite thing to do there!



 Makayla chose to get her hair braided that day, it was super cute!




 The views at Stingray Beach were breathtaking!

We really had an amazing vacation and we made a lifetime of memories. We are so blessed to be able to do things like take a cruise as a family!
All to soon we were stuck in Houston traffic driving back to our wonderful traffic-free small town.

Makayla in front of the Sam Houston statue.


Thursday, March 13, 2014

Family Vacation `14: Cozumel & Dolphinaris

I love Cozumel, Mexico! This was my third trip there. I love the crystal clear blue waters and white beaches. I love the shopping and the atmosphere plus there are countless amounts of shore excursions!
We were so excited to get to dock that day, we woke up early to watch from the pool deck.


 Our kids had been talking non-stop about drinking from a coconut and my amazing husband was able to find them one as soon as we were on land!



The port itself was a lot of fun, plenty of photo-ops and places to eat!



Our sweet little cabana babies!




Late that afternoon after our shore excursions we enjoyed a quick lunch before shopping.



                                                These were our amazing lunch time views!





                                     
We were originally scheduled to have two ports of call, one in Cozumel and one in Progreso but since our ship was delayed a day due to the fog we actually lost Progreso but gained extra time in Cozumel so we booked two shore excursions! We chose a short excursion to Dolphinaris. It was beautiful!
My loves, my heartbeat!





 We were able to get in a group all by ourselves and our dolphin's name was Minko. He waved to us and showed off a little bit. He swam by us several times so we could all touch his skin. We were each able to hold him and then he gave us kiss! It really was a priceless moment for James and I to watch our kids with the dolphin. The trainer had James Henry touch a part on the dolphin's head and Minko made a sound like a lawn mower, the look on James Henry's face was priceless! One of my favorite moments was watching my kids have a water fight with a dolphin! It was a day full of moments I will forever cherish!