We got kicked off the boat Friday morning! One more buffet breakfast and then we made our way off. The van battery was dead but otherwise all was well and we drove to Las Vegas!
The hotel had an aracde in it, also a bowling tournament and a theater and a magic show. We went to the magic show and we played at the arcade. And we met up with the Falabella’s for dinner 🙂
Horse Back Riding! We got picked up and drove about an hour – the tour guide told us all about the things we passed and then she dropped us off at the ranch with the spanish speaking cowboys! We got all fit for our horse ride! And took off!
We were all pretty nervous about riding horses but it was fun! Tiago and Millie and Ray all had one of the guides with them. Rose’s horse kept wanting to eat. We went up to the mountain look out and then back down. I think we all really liked it.
Then the van took us back into town and we shopped and ate tacos. The Mexican people swarmed us and tried to get us to buy bracelets and trinkets and hair and everything!
The girls got their hair done and bought a few bracelets. The boys got Poncho’s and Tiago got a Messi jersey! Then we made our way back to the boat for dinner and night life!
Before dinner we snuck in a game of Laser Tag! and after dinner we took Millie and Tiago to the kid zone and then Benji, Packer, Cali and Rose all sang karaoke!!
Another amazing Day together as a family!
CATALINA ISLAND!!
We ferried over to the island and ran to the golf cart rental and snagged a 6 man and a 4 man cart! Only Ben and I could drive but they gave us a map and we went across the island. We enjoyed the sights and the views and had fun seeing the island for the golf cart!
Then we NEEDED Donuts:
And found our way over to the miniature golf course! Where we all played all 18 holes!
Then we headed to the ice cream shop and enjoyed ice cream on the beach!!!
Then it was back to the boat – a long ferry line and we made it – dinner and fun and then bed!
Rock Wall
Everything was pretty packed – like the sport court and the flow rider – but we found some fun and some buffets!
We hit the water slides! They had a double tube ride and a mat ride. I loved the mat one but the tube was fun cause you were with someone else. Cali and Millie got stuck on the tube ride on the first day!!! And then we ran in to Dave and Lenore!!
We went to the front of the ship to explore and see our bedrooms!
Dinner – we had the early dining: Formal Night! and Ben had everyone try escargot.
SILENT DJ – the dance was fun because you had to have had phones and then the 2 dj’s were battlong to get you to listen to their song. All Silent. Stutz’s were there too.
It was such a fun day. Mixed in with ice cream runs and doing whatever sounded fun!
We left the hotel and headed to the cruise port – Royal Carribean! We got there pretty early and found our rooms and THE ICE CREAM!!
We were early so we explored the boat and tried the icecream, mini golf, sport court, ping pong, water slides!, hot tubs and pool!
We had a nice dinner that night. The kids had fun deciding what to order and trying new foods. Millie was especially fun to watch order 🙂 That evening we explored the boat and watched the ice skating. I went to bed early and exhausted with Millie and Tiago. We decided to have Mil and Ago and Ben and I in a rooom and then the 5 other kids were in the other room!
We planned a cruise for us and the kids! We’ve been looking forward to this and so so excited. The boys got home from High Adventure on Saturday. We packed the car. Went to sacrament meeting and then started driving to LA to the port! We stayed at a hotel outside of LA – played cards and ordered pizza.
The Dad and Benji and Packer are on High Adventure so we spent an afternoon at the Provo Rec Center! Maren and Quincy came with us.
Rose and Ray doing early morning soccer with Udine! 6am-7am every morning! hello summer.
The week of soccer tryouts is my worst. I had to detach myself and just trust that everything will work out and the teams will be made and life will go on. They run around and wear themselves out and try to show up for all the coaches and all the teams. . .
Tiago had his team – didn’t make the first team but made the second easily. He is a star out there and LOVES the game – Surf with Jake McKay.
Millie and I decided to do our Rec team one more season 🙂
Ray still has his AA team with Ben which has been wonderful. We tried to go Club but that didn’t happen so 1 more year.
Rose went to all of the tryouts but Surf ended up not having her team from last year 🙁 Avalanche and La Roca gave her offers though. She chose La Roca with Ellie and Gentry. I think it will be a South A team.
Cali also did all the tryouts. When it came down to it Brian didn’t offer her a spot on their Celtic team. He cut about 5 of them and kept a small roster. Cali was devestated cause she LOVES that team. She accepted a D1 offer with La Roca!
So, we survived another year! We are all playing soccer and we will jump into this new season!