First Day at Sea & Key West

Goodbye Galveston!

Here is Cruise Director, Andy. He quickly became one of our favorite people and was easily the most funny person or show on the trip. 

A entire cruise ship to explore, including all the types of food you can imagine, pools, water slides, hot tubs, friends, games, shows, and an arcade and Nolan would have been happy to spend 5 hours a day on the mini golf course. 

My first round included a whopping 3 holes in 1! From then on, we just played the round and the winner was whomever got the most holes in 1. The wind and gentle rock of the boat could be extremely helpful or the reason we missed any of our shots. 

Let the duck hunting begin! We learned that people hide and find ducks on cruises and brought a few of our own that I had 3d printed at school. Both boys ended up with over 20 ducks. I need a picture of our final haul, but here are the first couple we found. 

How much ice cream can one eat in a week? Let's find out!

First Port Stop: Key West!

Time for our bike tour!

6 miles!

First stop on the bike tour.... the beach! 

Lots of pretty scenery

We stopped at parks, piers, and all kinds of places. 

Southern most point of the continental United States. 90ish miles to Cuba!

The Carnival Dream

Our bike tour ended at the best little shop you ever did find. 

From there we walked down to the harbor. 

The Collins Wedding!

 Aw, I just ran across this quote and it reminds me so much of Jennifer and Zach, and of course my own journey with my hubby/best friend.

    “Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.”     – Franz Schubert.

We started the fun with a reception at Axecade with friends, family, pizza and axes. :)

We boarded the Carnival Dream the next morning. 16 of Jennifer and Zach's guests sailed on the cruise, plus we had about 40 more people attend the wedding and then get back off before we set sail from Galveston. Jon performed the wedding and it was so punny and sweet. In other words, perfect. 

Ollie working on his smolder. 

After the wedding and the reception, we got to set sail! On to Key West, and then the Bahamas!

May!

5K! Ollie finished 4th overall and first in his age. Nolan finished 1st in his age, and Jon 3rd in his! Daaaang! 

annnnd I walked it and Seth slept in. :)

Ollie's last 7 on 7 games.

Jon's co-workers had a night out with the dress code theme of Canadian Tuxedo. Ha!

GC friends BBQ

Date night to see the 502's with a burger stop at JewBoy's. Next time anyone comes to visit, you MUST ask for us to take you to JewBoy's. Suuuuch good burgers. 

We were definitely in the older percentage of the crowd. 

502's!

 

Awards and Last Day

Nolan's last day of 2nd

Ollie's last day of 7th

Seth running to catch the bus for the last day of 9th. ;) 

Cooper and Ollie, A honor roll.

Ollie's BBF Bekam all dressed up for awards.

Ms. Kassing and Nolan

Owen and Nolan

Liam, Owen, Nolan, and Christian

The whole crew!