Day 3 San Juan, Puerto Rico

We spent the day laying out and arrived into port at San Juan around 5p. We were to leave at 12a. My mom and Jalani were off for a evening of kayaking so that left the rest of us not really knowing what we were going to do but we were excited for whatever the day was going to bring. I was actually surprised at how many high rises there were in San Juan. It was a fun place to tour around for the day but not the first place I would choose to go back to.Here's some of the group waiting for them to give us permission to get off the ship. It was fun to watch us pull into the ports.

We are ready to head off the boat. We have decided at this point that we are going to go to a place called the fortress. It's a fort that goes down the one side of the island. We were going to have to walk to it but once we were there it had awesome views of the water and the island. You could see the cruise ship from one side of it. Rob decided since there were all sorts of signs when you come off the boat that had names of tours and taxis that we would be "team pink". Rob of course was wearing a pink shirt but was the leader.

Matt and Angela modeling the sign of where we were headed to!!

The family

The boys hanging out at one of the spots that had a great view of the water. Though it was a little scary since there was nothing blocking you from falling into the water from there. After touring the fortress we decided to check out the shops around town and then meet up at Senior Frogs for dinner and drinks.

Everyone got a "yard" drink and then we all had to take turns of taking our picture in front of them all. We headed back to the ship after dinner but not before some of us ladies decided we needed the temporary tattoo.

Loralei's tattooMy tattoo, it's hard to see but it has a flower with a MK on the bottom since it is Matt's initials and it was soon to be mine.

Day 2

The first couple days we were on the boat it was a little cool. It was a little cloudy and the wind was blowing but we tried to lay out anyway. My little sister wanted a tan so bad she layed out with a sweatshirt and a towel.The second night on the cruise was a formal night. It was pretty fun seeing everyone getting dressed up. It's not something we get to do everyday. To top off getting to dress up we had 2 hair dressers in our party so we all took turns going to Melissa's room for some hair fixing and poofing. Loralei thought having "Lynden" hair was great by the end of the cruise. Aaron thought he better join in on the hair fixing and got a turn also.

Day 1 on the ship

After making it to the ship, the cruise line got us all checked in quite quickly. We were off to tour the boat and of course get our first drink. Matt was excited that he got his first drink with an umbrella in it. Those farm boys are so easy to entertain:). Lunch was served as soon as we got on the boat so we all ate and toured the boat a little more, and of course we tried to get a little sun while waiting for the boat to leave port. The Bride & Groom

Siblings


Once we left Port of Miami it was a little hanging out and then dinner was at 8:15p for us every night so we all headed to our rooms where our luggage was waiting and got ready for dinner. Being the first night we all had a couple of adult beverages and we were ready to start the vacation.

Feeling better

Okay since I am finally feeling better and back to work I thought I better get to catching everyone up on the trip and of course wedding. Yesterday was already two weeks for me being a married woman and I haven't even got to talk about all the fun we had. There are so many things to talk about so it may take a couple weeks and a few posts to inform you of all the fun we had and great pictures.

We left for Miami on the 9:10a flight on March 6 out of Bellingham. We had 6 of us in our group on the first flight. Tami, Jalani, Melissa, Carl, Matt and I were traveling all the way to Miami together. Brandon and Rebecca were on the first flight with us and then went on to other connecting flights. It was quite the send off at the Bellingham airport since I work there. The girls at the counter were excited to see us, then when we went through Security (TSA) they got me really good with quite the funny prank. When heading out to the plane I saw one of my favorite Horizon Pilots who happened to be taking us onto Seattle. By the time we left Bellingham we had all kinds of announcements made on the plane congratulating us. I think everyone else on the plane was getting a little tired of it. Tami and I were crying on the plane laughing so hard at a lady who kept falling asleep in front of us. By the time we got to Seattle we were all ready to start our vacation. I happen to know a lady in the board room in Seattle so we got to sit in there and wait for our next flight. We were on our way to Miami at 1:20p on a direct flight. Melissa and Carl were in first class on that flight so they made it known that we were getting married and Matt and I were given some free adult beverages thanks to our friends in front. The flight felt really long but we finally arrived in Miami at 10p their time. We all headed to our hotels and then met at Denny's for dinner. Saturday was our day to head to the ship. It felt like forever for our shuttle to get there to pick us up.

Sneak Preview

Okay so here is a sneak preview of the wedding with a lot more to come. The wedding was awesome, the cruise was great. I have lots of pictures to share and I haven't even received Melissa's pictures yet. Everyone made it home safe but we have quite the group of us that are sick including me. So when I feel better I promise to be on top of getting you more pictures and all the stories. Enjoy the few I posted!!