December 2007 - For Christmas, we decided to do something a little differant this year. We decided to go on a cruise to Mexico. Those who went were Mel, Bonnie, Josh, Oz, Justin and Jessilee. We set sail from Long Beach California on Dec. 17 and returned Dec. 21. The first stop was in San Diego CA. While we were there we went down town to a huge mall and did some shopping. We also went to Sea Port Village and toured the USS Midway (now that's a big boat!) Next day we went to Catalina Island. We road a bus up the mountain a way a just looked at the scenery. We shopped in the shops and Mel and Oz went on the Glass Bottom Boat tour. That night back at the Ship (Monarch Of The Seas) we had a great dinner and later, at midnight, we had the famous Everything Chocolate Buffet. WOW!! The next day we went to Ensenada Mexico. We took a bus over to the city and walked through the town and took in the sights. By this time Austin was DONE being a tourist, so him and I went back to the ship. I insisted that he take a nap before we did anything else. He fell asleep in a chair in one of the lounges. He slept there for about two hours then I made him go back to our room. He slept another 3 to 4 hours, guess he was TIRED! Mel, Josh, Justin & Jess stayed in town and found somewhere to rent 4 wheelers. They took the 4 wheelers down the beach and had a blast!

On the ship there was plenty of things to do. They had an open air basket ball court, rock wall, arcade, food - all the time, and lots of activites for the kids. Our favorite was the karioke lounge. We had a good time there - just watching of course. In all we had a great time and plan on going again, SOON!

(PS - I know I'm going backwards in time with the last few posts, but that's the story of my life!)