After St. Thomas, we had a day at sea where we went to a workshop to learn how to make towel animals, along with some other less interesting activities. It was a very relaxing and fun day.
Each night, we had a set dinner table with the same group of people. Each of the three other couples had been on at least eleven cruises. It was fun to get to know them. Two of them were lawyers, and one is a dentist. For dinner we had delicious lobster tail and steak.
One of our waiters was very fun. We called him YumYum, since he was the one who served the sweets at the buffet line during the day, and whenever we walked past he would say in broken English with a heavy Indonesian accent, "Do you want some yum yums?" Sometimes all we could understand was "yum yums."
After dinner there was a dessert extravaganza with all kinds of yummy treats. The chocolate fountain was probably our favorite.
That night we found this on our bed. We think it was a gorilla. Any other guesses?
The main stage on the boat was quite elaborate. They claim it was the second most technologically advanced stage in the Caribbean. The Disney cruises have the most advanced stages. The performances were pretty good.
Our last stop was at the cruise line's private island in the Bahamas, Half Moon Cay (pronounced Key). We wished we could stay there forever.
This pirate ship was of the newest additions to the island. It is a bar.
One of the excursions available was horse back riding on the beach. We didn't do it, but saw them ride past.
The beach was beautiful. The sand was so fine, it was like walking on powdered sugar.
We spent a little time snorkeling in the beautiful water.
That evening on the boat we witnessed a beautiful sunset.
And that was the end of our cruise. We spent the next day in Ft. Lauderdale and went to the beach there. It was nice, but after what we had just witnessed it was not too impressive so we didn't take any pictures.
Flash forward to this week. Brooklyn has been saying some funny stuff lately. For example, whenever she finds a ripped book or anything else that's broken, she'll say, "Try to fix it. Maybe tape?" Earlier today after a poopy diaper she suggested, "maybe have a bath? Maybe swimming?" The voice she says it in is very cute and hard to portray in writing.
We were surprised this weekend when we both got released from our church callings and were asked to be ward missionaries. It's kind of bittersweet to leave our old callings. We liked doing what we were doing - Jen was in the Relief Society presidency and Kyle was in the Sunday School presidency and taught the 13-14 year-old kids. These were the longest callings we've ever had - Ethan was barely a year old when we got called.
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