Sunday, July 31, 2011

Fancy Dining, Rock Climbing, Ice Skating and more!

There was so much to do on the cruise! Here are some of the highlights.

The ship's rock climbing wall was no joke, about 50 feet high. Kyra, age 7, made it to the top - several times. Amazing! (John and Katie made it too.)

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Here are the men, out for a late night.

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Hanging out poolside with King Julian from Madagascar (the movie.)

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Katie, serving John a lobster dinner (there's a backstory.)

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The kiddos and Grandma, doing their version of cruise trivia in the Champagne Bar.

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Yes, there was an ice rink on the ship!

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Daria with our towel monkey, courtesy of the room steward.

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Our beloved waiter serves Kyra a steak.

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Pop-pop and his buddy walk the promenade.

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Julian reads on the balcony.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Haiti

Our favorite port on the cruise was Labadee, Haiti.  The beach was fantastic and we all ate a picnic lunch together.  Julian also ate more sand than a human should.

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From Haiti

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Cruisin' Together, Part One

Our Caribbean cruise last week with the whole Lesmerises family was fantastic!  In fact, Julian is in a bit of withdrawal - he loved all the attention.  Here are a few pix from our first day and a half at sea.

Julian and Uncle Doug dancing on deck:

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Mommy, Julian and the ubiquitous bottle of sunblock:

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Our whole good-looking bunch, on the first formal night:

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Snuggles

Sometimes I just like to snuggle with my mommy.

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Watermelon

Guess what, everyone...I have a new favorite food!

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Cousins Cookout

On Sunday we had a lovely afternoon cookout with the Hoffman cousins, including our newest cousin, Akivah. Happy birthday to bicentennial baby Miriam (born July 4th, 1976) and to Aunt Sandy (July 5th)!

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Back to the Beach

We had a fun holiday weekend at the shore with Zaydah and Glo Glo, cousin Mattie and soon-to-be-cousin Michelle, and family friend Barbara. We went to the beach...

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...shared some good stories...

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...played with our friend Zia...

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...and did lots of other fun stuff.

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Happy 4th of July, everyone!

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