Brock Haili Grace Maggie HANSEN: March 2010

well we are finally home from our cruise ! We had such a good time. Here is our day by day review !!!!

DAY 1 (Flight & Boarding)

We woke up real early to be able to make it to our flight. Phil was so nice to drive us to the airport and make sure that we were all taken care of. We got our tickets and walked to our gate, when we got there, there were all these big tall athletic men sitting around. Well we figured out that they were the Basketball team that the Jazz had played the night before ( and beat !!!) I didnt take a picture of them because I didn't want to be one of "THOSE" girls. When they called our flight number to board they basically sent us OUT BACK and put us on one of the smallest planes in the whole airplane. it probably held about 30-40 people. so I was pretty nervous. But we made it to long beach safe and took a shuttle over to the port. and had a couple of hours to burn before we needed to get on so we walked around and took some pictures

We made it on the ship & put on our suits and LAYED OUT !!!!!

DAY 2 ( DAY AT SEA)

This was our first WHOLE day at SEA. I was so suprised that neither of us got SEA SICK or anything. We basically laid out the whole day and read our books. so kind of a boring day but a boring day that we really needed to have !! Also Brock and I went really really cheap when it came to booking this cruise because we figured that we werent going to spend any time in our room except to sleep. This night we went and ate at the GOLDEN PEARL .... it was delicious!!!! And we had the best waiters EVER!!!

Me on the top bunk

Brock on the bottom bunk

This little guy was on Brocks bed when we came back from dinner

Us on the Carnival Splendor (PS. I hope that everybody looking at these pictures love us to ignore our beach bodies (or lack of ) xoxo)

DAY 3 (DAY AT SEA)

After our first day at sea we were kind of ready to have a day off of the sea but no such luck for us. this day we basically did the same thing that we had done the day before BUT !!! i had the hardest time figuring out the boat and finding exactly where i was and where i needed to go etc!! it was tough.. Somehow Brock and i found this little deck where there were only about 2 or 3 other couples. where the wind barely blew and it was just perfect. it reminded me of the titanic deck where jack and rose spit off the edge and her mom caught them. and yes we spit off the deck too......

On "our" deck

Ice sculpture demonstration

This is what all the decks looked like

THE OCEAN !!!

Brock coming down the water slide

This picture is for JILL !!!!

getting frisky on OUR deck

CuTE little Elephant

DAY 4 (PEURTO VALLARTA)

YES !!!! finally LAND !!!! At this port we got to go on a big ZIP LINE !!! we were all the way at the top of the mountains !!! here are some pics of our day

while we were walking back to get on the ship we came across this mime. and casually sat and watched for a couple of minutes..... well somehow the guy picked me out of the crowd and brock pushed me into the action.... the only reason we have pictures of me is because after a little while Brock was brought in too !!!! he made us do some crazy things that we would usually never do but we did..... (this really is a longer story if you really want to hear it all call us and we will let you know)

Brock and Tommy Penrose ( our friend we met from ALASKA )

BROCK gettin hit really hard by a wave

Our monkey !!

DAY 5 MAZATLAN

This really wasnt our favorite spot. It was basically all shopping and we really arent into that sort of thing but we probably walked 10 miles !!!!

DAY 6 CABO SAN LUCAS !!!!!

THIS WAS OUR FAVORITE !!!! we only got to spend 8 hours here but it was well worth it... We got a tour around what they call lovers beach and divorce beach and they took us out to see the sea lions and then dropped us off on a beach. we had been wanting to go parasailing the whole time so we finally did it !!!! I was so nervous at first but it ended up being so so so much fun !!!! i will upload videos later.. Also as soon as we got back on the boat I go sick... So my dear sweet husband took care of me. skipped dinner at the Golden Pearl and got me some buffet food. and he took care of me all night !!!!

DAY 7 we were back on the boat again all day... I was still pretty sick so I just read my book. Poor Brock continued to take care of me. He is such a good husband and I love him more then ever !!!! So i rewarded him and........ SENT HIM TO THE CASINO..... hahaha he had fun.

Day 8 We docked at 9 in the morning and ended up getting off of the ship around 11. and our plane didnt take off until 6:45 so we went and checked our bags and then went to the mall. and for the first time we took a bus !!! we didnt really know how they worked but we figured it out with some help from the locals ....... when we got back to board our flight Delta had overbooked our flight and we were the lucky ones that got to stay in long beach another night with compensation. $ 400 a piece to use at delta, a hotel for the night, transportation, and breakfast. so we thought it was a pretty good deal. we just had to catch a flight at 6:45am we woke up at 5 to catch our shuttle. barely made it though security checks and onto our flight !!!!

Over all we had a great vacation! We met some really amazing people from Alaska and had so much fun getting to know them and spending time with them. Also it was so good to get away for a little bit and just have some time together. BUT.... next time we want every body to come, so yes if you are reading this you are invited to !!! we think a cruise would be so much fun with a lot of friends and family.

lastly here are some random eyecandy pictures for your viewing pleasure. Like i said before please dont mind our lack of beach bodies. after looking at these pics we have decided that school ruined us and now we are going to hit the gym !!!! so just take these as before pics !!!! We love you all and hope you can join us for our next vacation !!