Cruise

Hey kids,

Daddy here.  Mama and I got the distinct pleasure of celebrating 15 years of marriage this year. To treat ourselves, we decided to go on a cruise.

You guys stayed with Grammie & Papa while we were gone and had a blast. The Saturday before we left we went to 5:30 Mass and saw a lady that brought hers dogs, INTO MASS!! The next day we left the house at 4 a.m. and drove 9 hours to the Port in Long Beach. There was a pee story which I will not tell here, haha.

Our ship was awesome. It had a ton of cool stuff including a miniature golf course and a water slide.


 

Mama and me wanted to spend some time relaxing by the pool. The first day we were there, we went out to the pool and this guy asks Mama if she wanted a drink. So she orders a blue, fruity girly drink and I asked for a beer. The guy says to me, "Do you want a bucket?" I have never been so sure of an answer to a question in my life than I was to that one.

Everywhere we went at all times of day there was always something to eat. So after a bucket of beer, we got something to eat. Every night when we got home our towels were folded into the shape of something new and different.

 These guys are good. Our  room was pitch dark, so we fell asleep fast.

The next day, we got up and went ashore via a ferry to the island of Catalina. The town of Avalon is where we stopped.

 We walked around for a bit and decided to use Google to see if we could find a Catholic Church. We found St Catherine's and took a few photos.

We continued to walk around for a few more hours and Mom got a cool sweatshirt and I got a cigar. We found a small tap room and got some beers. They even had a Josh wine, lol.

After a short little adventure it was back to the boat to chill by the pool with a bucket of beer, till it was time to get something to eat.











That night, it was fancy night on the cruise ship so Mom and I got dressed up and went to dinner.

The next day, we were in Mexico in the town of Ensenada. It's the first time mom and I have been out of the country in a long time. The area we got dropped off in looked kind of sketchy, and a guy serenaded Mom while we had a tall can.

We walked along the street for a while and Mom thought we were going to get mugged, we did not. We eventually found the street with all the shops on it.

We bought an awesome little purse that said Mexico on it for Izzy. We found a fat little Day of the Dead Guy for Alex. And then, we found Guillermo's shop. We looked around for a bit and finally decided on what we wanted which came out to about $38. Guillermo ran my credit card and the amount said $500! He told me it was in pesos because the symbol only had one line through the S, but if you look at the symbol that it just showed on the screen, that only has one line through it. As you can imagine, I was suspect.

He assured me that it was only $38 and the 500 was actually in pesos. I decided to trust him as it turned out he was right. Thank goodness. We continued walking the streets of Ensenada, until we met an older gentleman having a beer on a bench outside a 7-11.  I went in and bought a tall can for 28 pesos.


Mom thought the guy was an undercover Federali and was going to arrest me when I started drinking. Spoiler alert: He did not. So after tall cans and shopping we decided that was enough excitement from Ensenada. Back to the boat and time to get something to eat and another bucket of beer.

Our next day was just a day at sea so all we had to do is eat and hang out by the pool. This was mom and my favorite day on the cruise ship as we just got to enjoy each other. I have to tell you guys, after 15 years of marriage, I sure do love just hanging out with Mom. She's my favorite person on the whole planet.

Our final day of the cruise ship was only about a half a day because we docked at the Port of Long Beach fairly early in the morning. We got all of our stuff together and had just enough time to get one last something to eat before we had to get off the ship and make our way home. The 9 hour drive home from Long Beach seemed even longer since our vacation was over. However, Mom and I are very blessed to have you guys had the great life that we do.

So even if we only get to take a cruise was every 15 years, we still consider ourselves lucky. I love you guys,

Daddy