Caribbean Cruise starting in San Juan

Friday night we put the kids to bed and then headed to the airport.  We drove there with the Francis' and met the Denney's and Johnson's at the airport.  The Forstner's were on a flight with Delta. The flight to North Carolina was rather uneventful and I slept the whole flight.  We ate some breakfast then flew to San Juan.  It was awesome flying from freezing cold to sunny, hot, Puerto Rico.  We headed to the boat, checked in, dropped off the luggage, ate lunch and then headed to tour San Juan.

And why not do 2 minute planks in random places every hour on the hour.  We just followed Brett's lead.  Plus, we were about to indulge in food for a week, so we should probably do something to help our bodies.

Loved the old cobblestone streets

The gravesite by the water was really cool

There was an awesome huge field in front of an old fort.  Perfect for flying kites.

We went back to the boat ate dinner, hot tubbed and called it a night.  I think we were all beat from the red eye flight.

When I woke up Sunday morning I walked out onto our balcony and I couldn't believe the view.  It was gorgeous-sunny skies, blue water, and a cute little town.  We were in St. Thomas.

 I decided to get in a quick workout, grabbed some breakfast and then we headed to church.  I think it's fun to visit churches in different places.  It was fast and testimony meeting; it was amazing to hear the branch member's testimony to feel such a sweet spirit.  The man who conducted the meeting has served in the branch presidency since 2002-that's impressive.

Of course there were lots of visitors at their branch.  There was a guy from Utah who got up and spoke about the humble circumstances of the branch in St. Thomas and the huge stake centers he attends in Utah.  Really so embarrassing?! That's why I prefer to say I'm from Texas, not Utah.

We headed to the beach after, relaxed, read, ate, swam, snorkeled.  It was a perfect start to our vacation.

First Beach Day

Snorkeling

This was my favorite day for snorkeling.

My hot hubbie checking out the sea creatures.

Nothing like a little coconut water.

Best smoothie ever! Starting the trip off right.

After the beach we went for a drive to a lookout point.  Not sure if this was what we were looking for, but it was pretty.

Emily and Tony came to hang out in our room before dinner.  We got this gorgeous picture from our balcony.  

When we booked our cruise, I wanted to just get a regular room (because I don't like to spend money), but Mike thought it would be fun to have a balcony.  I am so glad we got a balcony.  It was so nice to have breakfast out there, read, relax, just hang out there.  

The girls at dinner. Lots of fun conversations happened around this table.