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On Saturday, we returned from our wonderful 9 day cruise, much to the happiness of our four furry kids! We really had a great time, and I would recommend taking a cruise to anyone! It was great having our meals already paid for but still being waited on and having a huge variety of options. There was entertainment every night, including comics, singers and jugglers! Visiting the four islands was also very nice. I still love St. Maarten and found a new love in St. Thomas!

Our cruise ship, Explorer of the Seas. It was huge! On board there were over 3,000 passengers, not including crew. I must admit, my fears of sea sickness were not founded. You could barely feel it!
Every night there was a different towel animal on our bed! Here is our elephant. My favorite was definitely the lobster! I am trying to convince my husband to do this for me, but so far no luck.
This was the night we decided to eat in the nice Italian restaurant on board. Love my family, even if my brother needs a haircut!
We toured this fort in Puerto Rico...the Fort of San Juan. I swear we walked about five miles that day, but it was worth it. The buildings were beautiful!
My brother and sister-in-law played Bingo on board almost everyday. It wasn't cheap either...$55 a game. Bingo certainly has changed over the years. You can see they are holding a blue board. The days of marking the numbers is over! Instead this is an electronic hand held that can keep track of 30 cards for you! You don't do anything but sit there! Crazy! Even though they paid so much, it was worth it, because on the last day Sarah won the jackpot prize of over $2,000!
Our last night on board ended with a gorgeous sunset! We couldn't have asked for a better ending to our vacation. I have so many more pictures (over 400 to be exact), but I would be here all day! I will try to post some more throughout the summer.

For now, it's back to work here. Michael has only 8 more days off until he reports to the unit and works for them for the remainder of the summer, and meanwhile I am still at the restaurant. I still plan on relaxing as much as possible and gearing up for a new school year! I can't believe how fast the time goes. Maybe I will plan my next cruise too!