Panama canal cruise 2009

This Thanksgiving we went on a cruise through the Panama Canal.We started our trip by flying to Ft. Lauderdale Florida. We spent the day exploring the city then set sail. We spent 2 days at sea then went to Aruba and played on the warm beach. The next day we arrived in Cartenga,Columbia. I didn't enjoy this port it was a little scary we just went to the Hard Rock and walked around downtown. We were at sea one more day and had massages and the kids played and won lots at bingo. We also ate lots of food. Then we went to Limon, Costa Rica and went zip-lining for the day. It was so much fun. We had the best time. We all would love to do it again. This was Thanksgiving day. We went back to the Island Princess and had lobster, shrimp, turkey, steak 3 different ways,many types of dessert and a great show in the theater. We continues on to Ocho Rios, Jamaica. There we went 4 wheel driving around the island an tasted all the fruits and veges they grow. The grapefruits are very sweet and everything was delicious. Then we went to Dunn's River Falls and hikes up the waterfall. We had a wonderful time. We ended up that day with Red Stripe beers at Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville. Then 2 more days of sailing and eating before sailing home from Miami. We had such a wonderful time and many great memories that will last a life time. I hope our boys remember this trip fondly. THANKS GRANDMA for the amazing trip!

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Stay tuned for our next adventure!!!

We are headed to the Panama Canal on a cruise for 10 days. We are going to Jamaica, Aruba,Columbia and Costa Rica! Look for pictures to follow!

the rest of the vacation

the next 6 days we went to each of the parks some we went to a few times. The first park was Animal kingdom. My kids loved the safari ride, Expedition Everest, Kali river rapids and seeing the parades. We ate dinner in the park at the Yak and Yeti restaurant. Pan- Asian it was good. I had steak and tempura shrimp and so did Harry.We also had fried rice and Joe had noodles. It was good.The next day we went to Magic kingdom. We had a fun time comparing the rides to Disneyland. It was Harry's birthday and it rained all morning. We had a fun day. We ate Harry's birthday dinner at the Grand Floridian Resort. The most elegant resort in Disney. We had steak again and cocktails. It was nice. We went to downtown Disney.All shops and food. I don't need to go back there again. The next day we went to Hollywood studios. We saw lots of shows and rode Tower of Terror, Star Tours and Toy Story Mania. It was nice but I wouldn't need to go back there either. We had to do it one time. For dinner we went to the Wilderness Lodge. It was beautiful. We ate at the Whispering Canyon Cafe. It was the most fun dinner we had ever eaten. We started with shakes Chris had cotton candy, i didn't think it could be good but it was awesome and I had chocolate/caramel,yummy!! Joe had a smoothie and Harry had plain vanilla. We had great BBQ and if you asked for ketchup 20 bottles were run to your table. The waitress threw straws at us and they did a wooden horse race around the place and the hokeypokey. Very entertaining!!!! The next day was Epcot. We enjoyed walking around and Chris got to have his picture with all the characters.They have a character named Figment(of the imagination) we loved his ride and Chris collected all of his pins. Very cute. This night we ate at Boat wrights at the Riverside Hotel in the port of Orleans we rode boats around and had prime rib for dinner. Lots of good food.The next day we went back to Epcot but in the morning we played in the pool/water slide at our hotel. The kids loved that. Instead of a big dinner we had a big lunch at the Coral Reef restaurant in Epcot. The whole wall was an aquarium. My kids loved watching the sea turtles and rays swim and the diver as well. Again we had steaks and sea food. For dessert we had chocolate volcanoes and also mango sorbet with cookie sea horses. Yum Yum!! For dinner we had fish and chips in England and watched the special fireworks/laser show. Our last night in the parks we went back to Magic Kingdom. We rode every ride and saw all the shows. Very busy day!! We had a character dinner at the Contemporary hotel. We rode the monorail to it. We ate at Chef Mickeys buffet. The food was just OK but we could see the fire works and Chris got to meet Mickey and all his friends. He also got to join in the parade so he said it was the greatest night of his life. That made us happy. We left for home the next afternoon. It was a nice trip. THANKS GRANDMA!!!

day 1

On this vacation we never told the boys where we were going.They thought we were just driving in the car. We woke up early in the morning on Friday,March 27TH and drove to the fly-a-way, then they knew. We ate breakfast in the airport then were off to Florida...Disneyworld. We stayed at the Coronadao Springs Resort. 80 acres, 1 mile around the lake. When we checked in the lady told us the room was right around the lake to the right and asked if we needed a bell man but it sounded so close we said we could walk. We were all dressed in jeans and sweaters, it was 90 degrees and humid and it took 30 min to walk and find the room. It was a beautiful room and a lovely hotel. We had dinner in the Mesa Grill the food was fantastic.

our Disney world Vacation

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VACATION TIME AGAIN!!!

Can you feel it? Vacation time!!! We are leaving tomorrow to spend the night in the valley so that we can get to the airport early for a flight to Florida Friday morning. I am so excited. Disney world at last!!! It is my dream. I hope the kids have a good time as well. They still don't know we are going they think we are going to Disneyland for 1 day, San Diego, and Mexico. I make an album when we get home. The day we get home from Florida, we come home switch suitcases and go back to Vegas for the weekend with Joe's whole family.

Las Vegas

This is our latest weekend get-a-way. We went to Vega$ and had a great time! Joe had a race to run there.
We stayed at Paris.



The boys asked for a limo ride.

In front of Mirage Volcano.

Chillin at Jimmy Buffet's