Disney Cruise Part 2

We spent one day at Cozumel, Mexico.  We hired a guy named Moises (who, he assured us, was NOT the "original Moses" haha) who drove us around in his van.  He showed us some really interesting parts of the city (schools, LDS church, markets, neighborhoods) and taught us a lot of about the culture.  It was very eye opening.  The homes are so modest and humble.  Everyone sleeps in hammocks too because of the heat.  It made me realize how fortunate we are here in the United States.  Moises drove us to this super nice beach/resort area where we snorkeled and played in the beach and in the pool.  We all had a great time! 

 

Heading back to the ship...

Here are some more pics from on the ship.  The kids really enjoyed swimming in the pools...

The two that made this whole trip possible, Bart and Michelle, so cute...

Dinners were always an event to look forward to.  The food was yummy, the company was great, and the service was incredible!  Our servers Freddy and Helen were awesome.  They even cut up the kids food! 

Auntie Tegan and the twins...

Josh was sure enjoying his ice cream, he didn't even notice that it was on his forehead!

The whole fam...

One of my favorite things on the ship was the Broadway style shows, I was SO impressed!  We went to three of them, The Golden Mickeys, Toy Story, and Dreams.  The cast was incredible, their voices were amazing.  The props and sets were amazing too...and to think this is all happening on a ship, in the middle of the ocean!  Craziness.  The kids all loved the shows too, Tyce's face whenever he would see a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse character was priceless.  "For the safety of those around you no photography during the show" so I have no pictures of them but here the fam is waiting for one of the shows to start.  We always lined up early so we got awesome seats for all three shows...

Grandpa let each grandkid pick something out from the gift shop, Tyce completed his Mickey Mouse Clubhouse stuffed animal set by getting Minnie and Daisy...he was so excited and slept the whole night with his arms wrapped around them all...

More to come!!!

Disney Cruise Part 1

For our Christmas gift this year Morrills took the whole family (minus Christine who just had a baby and didn't want to bring him on the cruise) on a Disney Cruise of the Western Caribbean!!!  We have been SO looking forward to this trip and it was everything we expected and much much more.  I took quite a few pictures so I'll do a few posts.

 

We had to get up about 3:30am for our flight but the boys woke up so excited it didn't matter how early it was!  Here we are waiting to board...

On the plane, my boys are such seasoned travelers they could probably fly on the plane alone and be perfectly fine (in fact tonight in the shower I heard Jackson talking to himself "for safety reasons, please keep your baggage with you at all times"  Hahaha)...

We flew into Miami to meet up with everyone else who had flown in the night before from Utah and Oregon.  Here's all the cousins, my three and Jackie and Tyler's three...Cole, Kate, and Luke...

 Tyce and Kate were too cute together...

Boarding the ship proved to be a challenge because apparently the birth "certificate" that I've used for Tyce for the past four years is actually just a birth "record" from the hospital and is NOT proof of citizenship and they would not let him board.  It was a stressful couple of hours in which Tyce had to watch everyone else board the Mickey Mouse ship while he sat with mommy and daddy and waited.  He was a good sport and, after much stress and money, we were eventually able to get one faxed to the cruise office.  AH what a relief!!!

We dropped our stuff off at our rooms and headed to the deck for lunch outside! 

 Foosball...

Words cannot express how excited Tyce was to see Mickey Mouse.  If you know him at all you know he is OBSESSED with Mickey and all his clubhouse friends so this was just paradise for Tycee.  Here he is the first night with Mickey...

Goodbye Miami!  We're off to set sail around the Caribbean!  Yes I took this picture and no I didn't edit it and no I'm not a photographer...but it turned out pretty didn't it?!

Josh lost a tooth one night at dinner, he wrote the tooth fairy a note telling her it was ok to explore the ship before she dropped off his money, haha too cute..



Tyce, Jackson, and Cole seeing Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates for the first time...

The boys LOVED the towel animals the maid would leave in our room every night, this night was a dog...

Tyce was giddy with excitement to see Pluto...

Waiting in line with daddy to see Chip and Dale...

The obligatory, look I'm laying out at the pool and here are my toes picture...

The weather was perfect the entire trip...mid 80s, slight breeze, super sunny...GORGEOUS!!!  Apparently the week before us it rained and next week it is supposed to rain so we got LUCKY!!

More pics to come!!!

Christmas!!!

Christmas Eve, per tradition, the boys got to open their gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Morrill.  Obviously the Disney Cruise is our big gift but she still sent them ornaments...

 

 ADORABLE Grandma's Camp memory books...

 And new jammies!

We always let them sleep together on Christmas Eve, Tyce was SO excited because he always has to sleep alone, poor guy.  They stayed awake until almost 10pm and looking out the window hoping to catch a glimpse of Santa, his sleigh, or the reindeer...

 Christmas morning they woke up about 7:15 ready to go downstairs!!!

 Tyce was ecstatic about the Pluto stuffed animal in his stocking...

 Santa brought Tyce a Jake and the Neverland Pirates Ship...

Santa brought the twins each two guns that shoot a million discs at a time (yes they're all over my house and yes they annoy me and yes I'm trying to be a good sport about it)...

 I'm thinking maybe Santa brought them each two so that daddy could use one and get in on the fun...

 Josh counting his money from Grandma and Grandpa Bybee, my kids LOVE "dollars"!!!

Tyce loves puzzles and is really good at them, Grandma and Grandpa Barraclough got him a few...

They also got the boys new razor spark scooters which were probably the most popular present they got...they LOVE them...

 Mommy and Daddy got Josh a suit coat he's been begging for...

The boys each bought gifts for each other and I thought it was hilarious that Josh and Tyce got each other the same thing!  A spider-man ball!

 We also got them each a sword and shield...

 Parker and I were spoiled by my parents with See's Candies and gift cards to SHOP!!!

 My mom got the twins new Oregon Duck jerseys...

 And she got Tyce the "awesome wace twack" that he's been asking for...

 We got Jack a Trio Castle...

It was an awesome Christmas, we had the boys each open one present at a time which really slowed things down which I enjoyed.  They were thoroughly spoiled and very happy!

We had our big nice meal on Christmas Eve so I decided to go out to dinner that night, not realizing that most restaurants are closed on Christmas!!!  We had like three options and chose TGI Fridays.  The service was slow and terrible.  The boys were so tired and hungry waiting and waiting and waiting for our food...

 Tyce was in a good mood though...

 Josh cheered up once his ribs came!!!

When we FINALLY got home the boys crashed...

 Parker had to work the next day so I took the boys to the park to try out their new rocket launcher...

 And their new foxtail...

 Tyce hard at work on his ninja turtle puzzle...

Jackson's Christmas jammies were too big so we exchanged them for these...I think he looks so cute in them...

 The boys in some of their new clothes...

Oh so much fun we've had!!!  I couldn't handle the Christmas mess anymore though, last night we took all the decorations down, tree outside, and cleaned the whole house.  Now there's just toys everywhere but I can deal with that one more week (I hope) until they all go back to school! 

WE LEAVE FOR OUR DISNEY CRUISE IN 13 DAYS!!!!  So excited!!!