Grand Cayman. Final stop.

So on the day we were supposed to stop in Isla Roatan (Honduras) the weather was very windy. We couldn't port, so we had a cool day at sea that day. We just hot tubbed, hit the gym, read the hunger games and played cards. The next day we hit Grand Cayman!

We started the day out with a dolphin show:

Then went to HELL. That's right.

Spike:

this tiny, little hub was named after the spikey volcanic rock that was left here.

Spike and Jon:

then we went snorkeling. We walked in past this cemetery. All the peeps are buried 3 feet above ground (because of the land) and 3 feet under (still 6 feet....)

and lastly, hit 7 mile beach for some beach-side burgers and beach volleyball!

We rocked the locals out of their own house and ended up taking over the court! :)

Brett (red shorts), Jon, me, Dusty (front in white hat)

We toured the port area shopping a bit before retiring to the ship.

Un-BELIZE-able!!!

Second port, Belize. Here we are on our tender...still a little groggy. We had been to belize before and snorkeled the reef so we wanted to go more inland this time and learn about it. So we did!

We took an hour long bus ride and learned all about Belize until we arrived in this jungle! We hiked about a mile or so to get to this HUGE set of natural caves made by the river full of stilagmites and stilagtites and a few small waterfalls. It was amazing!!! Wish we could have brought our camera. :/

afterward, we ate these yummy mayan tacos that were being cooked over this open fire pit. Yum!

Here we are that night with Justin and his assistant from "Justin Illusion" magic show. It was great!!

We also celebrated a few bdays that night at dinner!

Jon trying to dance with our waitress... :)

Then we capped the night with kareoke! Our family rocked this 3 x's during the course of the cruise! I did gangsta's paradise and waterfalls by TLC.:

Jon and the boys rocked AC/DC

Fun day!

Feliz Cozumel, Mexico!!

Arriving at our first port. Cute town!

Chips n' salsa @ Fat Tuesdays

Mariachis sang to us "honeymooners". :)

Ron Jon surf shop

Mid day we went horseback riding to some Mayan ruins! So fun! Jon's horse, "Chato" was lazy. My horse was a go-getter and I actually raced the guide for a while full sprint! So fun!

here are some Mayan homes they would make from natural caves or overhangings.

We saw these iguanas EVERYWHERE on the trail and the whole trip. The locals eat them.

The coolest cave of all...this was HUGE and the Mayans had chipped the whole thing out for approx. 5-6 families. AMAZING.

in the middle of the cave was this altar with the god of fertility. Our guide said if I looked into it, I would have a baby within the next year. I told him I felt he was right. ;) Ironic?

About to get back on our ship. Here it is in all of it's "Glory"...

The CRUISE: first 2 days

(L to R BtoF: Spike, Tim, Tom, Andrew, Tyler, Dusty, A.J., Jonny

Brett, Liz, Brooke, Cassie, Mikin, Angie, Jean, Steve, Brynne)

First of all, thanks to my parents for this awesome Christmas/bday gift to all of us. There's nothing like spending time with 9 siblings, their spouses and our parents with no kids!

We flew on a red eye to Miami, FL after spending the day driving to Portland, OR to drop of our kids with Brandon and Sherry (THANK YOU) so when we got on the boat we'd had about 1 hr. of sleep. :)

first night of yummy dinners! Steak, shrimp, ribs, prime rib, filet mignon, lobster...you name it.

Angie was in a competition on the big stage and won it! Way to be aggressive. ;)

First day @ sea deck party. We watched football games on this big screen @ night.

A.J. rockin' the hairy chest contest...!

My workout buddies (my dad, too)

Our family got a little crazy when they'd sing @ dinner:

Spike had the ladies in the dining room drooling. ;)

First formal night.

my sissies

Mikin, Brynne, Cassie

Jon riding a camel in the casino. :)

Bring on 2011!!

On New Year's eve, Jon bought tickets to see this in imax 3D in River Park Square, then we were gonna hit PF changs and the downtown new year's party! For once, we got a sitter! But....she canceled last minute, so we took the boys (hey...it's only PG!)!! They LOVED it and they were so cute wearing their little 3D glasses and eating their movie snacks. They did awesome. I wish I had a picture.

But, needless to say, we cut the night short after that and went home to watch Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest (and all the performers) to ring in the new year in our sweats. :)

Happy New Year everyone!!

Resolutions:

BRYNNE: read the Book of Mormon again

have a healthy pregnancy

be slower to anger

never skip on a chance to serve.

Read and study with my kids more

de-junk (since we're more than likely stuck in our house for a while, with the baby coming).

JON:

do LOTOJA again (206 mile bike race from Logan to Jackson)

get to a healthy weight

hit quota for work

fulfill calling

read scriptures individually

continue to date wife weekly

quality time with our little family