Catch that boat!!!

Our Spring break was a few weeks ago, and what an adventure it was. We had planned on going to Puerto Rico, and up until on the way to the boat, did the kids figure out we weren't going to Puerto Rico. A couple of days before we left, Ivan and I decided to go on a cruise instead. We called around, compared prices, and got a pretty good deal, but I said, let's not tell the kids. So, we kept it a secret until we were in the taxi from the airport in New Orleans to the dock to get on the boat. When we were making our reservations, and comparing prices, 1 or 2 people told me, that we could start getting on the boat at 3:00 and it left at 5:00. We got to the dock at 4:05, thinking we were doing just fine on the time, and the boat was un-tied, and pulling away from the dock. After spending a couple of hours in the boat terminal, it was determined that really the only option we had, was to catch up to the boat. We spent Monday night in New Orleans, most of the day Tuesday was spent in airports. Since we fly stand-by, we have to do carry on for all of our luggage. And if the airplane allows it, a lot of times we will gate check our luggage. When we got off the plane in Houston, Kimball's bag was not at the gate check to pick up. We let Kimball go and try to find it, and partly because of that, and partly because we were now flying on a different airline, we missed the flight to Progresso, Mexico. We spent Tuesday night in Houston. Wednesday morning we flew to Cozumel, Mexico. We spent the day kind of relaxing, and playing on the beach at the all-inclusive resort we stayed at. The next morning when we woke up, we could see our boat from our motel. We did some souvenior shopping, then got on the boat around 1:00 Thursday afternoon. It pulled out of dock at 4:00, and we stayed on the boat until it got into New Orleans on Saturday morning. So, all in all our Spring break was pretty stressful! We wanted to go on a relaxing vacation when we got back! Marshal was thankful he was in Florida with his cousin. Quin was in military school.

Entertaining the kids in one of the many airports we were in


Yeah!! We made it to Cozumel!!.

After souvenir shopping, before getting on the boat.

Putt-putt on the top deck of the boat.

Ours is the one on the left.