Cruise Part Three

We had family members join us on this cruise. It was fun to hang out with Cousin Junith and Blythe (Jackie's cousin and 2nd cousin) from New Jersey and Junith's friend, Sherry. They were so much fun. Michael hung out with them the whole week when he wasn't with us. The last night of the cruise, he and Blythe sat on the top deck at the front of the ship and watched as we passed the oil tankers and laughed at all the stupid drunk people. We played 5 Crowns and the Dice game with them. We laughed every night at dinner and enjoyed each other's company.

The kids sat at a different table, but right behind us so we could keep our eyes on them. We made sure to notice the boy, "Power", who appeared at dessert to sit with the girls. Brittan and Nate hung out with the 15-17 age group at Club O2 and we hardly saw them at all during the cruise. Lindsay and Rachel were in the 12-14 age group and seemed to always have a huge group of girls and guys surrounding them. They all made good friends while they were there.

Mike was really excited that he was old enough to play in the casino, so we decided to teach him how to play responsibly. We went with him to the gaming lessons; taught him how to give himself a limit to play with; and then played Blackjack with him. He seemed to have fun and did quit when he lost his allowable amount. Martin and I did pretty well in the game, considering we just learned how to play in February.

We enjoyed some of the comedy shows and musicals on the ship. We went to the pool a few times with the kids, but mostly we just relaxed and had a good time being together with friends and family.