Well, last year we went on our first cruise, it was Carnival Horizon and we sailed through the Caribbean and had a wonderful time. We knew we wanted to cruise again and last April we got a great deal to book a Norwegian Cruise so we booked the Norwegian Escape throught the Caribbean for this Feb. vacation.
Then November came and Jeff got laid off from his job. The trip was paid for and we had insurance so we contemplated if Jeff would go with the boys and I, as would be able to get his portion of the trip back. It's been so tough on us, on him, not being able to find a job yet and we really were back and forth on what to do. I really wanted him to go with us, as who knows when we will be able to vacation again as a family. Jeff decided he would come along, and we really had a nice time.
We flew in to Orlando on Friday and spent the night as our cruise left from Port Canaveral on Saturday. We brought the kids to my old stomping grounds, Hooters! It was funny, Parker couldn't believed I worked there and was embarrased and Dylan just kept telling dad not to look!
As for the cruise we enjoyed the delicious food, singalongs at the piano bar, plenty of drinks, bowling, arcades, a great show called The Choir of Man, ropes courses and ziplines, waterslides and pools, the endless soft serve ice cream, Parker's new found love of chicken wings and all of our island visits. Plus I won $400 at Deal or No Deal! I was super excited. I also was able to finish two books during the week! I decompress a few times of year and "Vacation Laura" just loves to relax and recharge. Maybe this was just what we needed to change things around for us :) Fingers crossed that now that we have had some sunshine and rest a new great job will pop up!
We got home to enjoy some surprisingly warm weather with the family! We celebrated my nephew Axel's 9th birthday with some flag football. And of course our girl Reba and our boy Otis were very excited that we were home! Shout out to Brit, who was our house and petsitter for the week! If you are in the Manchester area and are looking for someone, just email me and I will send you her info!
I hope you all had a great week and weekend!