Cruise-Days 1 & 2

The first day of the cruise was spent checking in and lounging around by the pool! Oh, and eating, of course, because that's what you do on a cruise, we learned.

Here's the family boarding the ship...aren't the g-pas adorable? We love 'em.

Once we got access to our rooms, we hit up the bar for a pina colada...

nothing says vacay like an umbrella drink, right?

We then walked around to check out the ship and see what it had to offer...

And finally, it was pool time! That's where we spent the remainder of the day...

by the pool with umbrella drinks and french fries. Awesome.

After several hours of that, we fixed ourselves up and headed to our first dinner!

The dinners each night were so awesome! There was a hostess that was so catering to my g-free diet, and she came to me each night to get my order for the next night. It made eating dinner so much easier and worry free. Thanks Selma! You rock! The waiters were also so much fun...they love to interact with the cruisers, and you feel like you know them by the end of the week. We were sad to say goodbye to our friend, Alex!

Day 2 was spent at our first port, Key West.

We got off the ship pretty early and went into town. We ended up forgoing the cruise-line excursions and decided to do our own thing. If you ever go on a cruise, that is the way to go! We saved so much by doing things this way...I'm talking 50+% per person. In Key West, we rented mopeds for the day and did our own little town tour. It was a blast!

Here we are at the Southernmost point of the USA! Pretty crazy to think that we were closer to Cuba than the nearest Wal-Mart...

Just scootin' around town...

The picture is a little hard to make out since we were in motion, but this is US Highway Mile Marker One. It's the most stolen sign in Key West.

Kathy & Will on their scooter...hard core bikers right there!

Obviously I had to put my toes in the water in Key West...

With my 'bodyguards' at the beach...

All the houses in Key West (and I'm sure most beaches in FL) are so cute!

Another in-motion pic, sorry.

And the brothers on their bikes...this pic is just funny.

We had to make a pit-stop at Margarittaville per Will's request!

Yummy margs...Nanny would have loved them if she had joined us.

We had another fun dinner that night complete with Nanny & Popo dancin' a little jig.

So precious!

Just had to take pics of the cute towel animals we had each night...

An elephant!

I had a hard time narrowing down pictures, so hopefully this post isn't too sporadic!

Next up: days 3&4...

are you on the edge of your seat with anticipation?? ;-)