Cruise Time!

Mark and I took a cruise in May to celebrate our 5 year anniversary! We missed the baby but she was in good hands with all the grandparents. It was so fun and relaxing and great for Mark and me to be together. This was a 7 day Carnival Cruise (Mark's 3rd, my 4th) to the Southern Caribbean. Given our experience with the San Juan airport on our honeymoon, we weren't taking any chances on missing the cruise. We flew into San Juan a day early and stayed at a great resort.

Here's the view from our room. The ocean had a red flag so swimming wasn't permitted but the pool was a nice oasis!

Leaving San Juan on the Carnival Victory....

Here we are in St. Thomas at a bar we discovered last time we were there. When you are in the Caribbean and see a drink called the bushwacker, you need to try it! It is delicious but be careful, you don't realize how strong they are. It has 9 ingredients and 8 are alcoholic. My father-in-law makes a great one!

At dinner on the ship

Barbados. We took a catamaran sail to snorkel with sea turtles. It was amazing. We love Barbardos and hope to spend more time there.

St. Lucia. We took a catamran sail to the Pitons.

Even in St. Kitts you can find Gamecock fans!!!

In St. Maarten we did America's Cup Regatta. Mark did this the last time we were in St. Maarten while I went horseback riding and loved it so we did it together this year. You are in teams in sailboats and everyone has a job. Our boat won!!

The winning crew of True North

Me with Captain Ernie