Caribbean Cruise-Part 4 "St. Maarten"

Our last destination...ST. MAARTEN. This was the hottest and most humid day the entire week! Even though it was HOT, we had fun walking around the shops near the port with Grammy.

Taking pictures around the shops. Cassidy took this one. :)

Bought this flower necklace that I'm wearing in St. Thomas

Grammy's such a great sport when her daughter-in-law asks her to put a hat on so I can take a picture. She's so fun!

Cassidy wanted to join in on the fun!

Cassidy found some shade

Piranha is hungry

Our Family in Paradise

Instead of excursions, we decided to go to the beach. Since when do we get to go to the beach in Colorado? We had so much fun at the beach in St. Thomas, we wanted to do it again. Instead of taking a taxi, we took the 15 minute walk outside of the port. I loved all the palm trees.

My little Iguana

We found more places to shop, near the beach. We also found a Haagen Dazs and bought some strawberry cheesecake ice cream. Yum!

Aye Matey!

All we need is a hammock

Hair Braiding, part of the experience of going to the islands

Towards the end, Cassidy had enough with the hair braiding

Our ship in the background and my cute 'Lil Island Girl

Water felt so refreshing! Aunt Katie let us take her floatie with us on our trip and Cassidy really enjoyed that. Especially riding the small waves to shore. She couldn't stop giggling. I loved watching her excitement!

Beach Bum

Jumping off the pier for fun. Daddy sat in the shade on this pier as he watched his girls swim.

Derek also walked around the area while Cassidy and I went swimming and took some more pictures

Took a taxi boat back to the pier to get back on the ship. But before we did we bought some T-shirts and a fun frame from the stores at the port. Cassidy fell in love with an iguana stuffed animal, so we had to get that too. She named him "Beanie". The rest of the time on the ship she took him everywhere with her. It was funny to see other children with stuffed animals from Kung Fu Panda, or Mermaids, Dolls, etc but not Cassidy. I love my girl who loves dragons, dinosaurs, and iguanas, oh and cheetah's.

Derek sleeping with "Beanie" for company

Caribbean Cruise-Part 3 "St. Thomas"

View of St. Thomas from the Restaurant on the ship. After we ate breakfast we took the elevator down to get off the ship. We planned to have a Beach Day. We took a taxi to Coki beach that also had an Underwater Aquarium right next door. Grammy did some more shopping. :)

Fun Dreamworks Breakfast Menu

Chocolate Milkshakes for Breakfast

We first checked out some shops near the pier. Then we jumped on a taxi. View from Taxi window. Our Taxi driver was crazy...I can't believe the narrow roads and the driver was going SO fast. Sometimes I had to close my eyes. But the view was beautiful, going up the mountain. I wish we could have pulled over to take some better pictures.

Cassidy has only been to one other beach in her life-Galveston, Texas when she was 2 yrs old. And she still talks about that experience, and LOVED it!

So she couldn't wait to get to the beach and was super excited! The beach was the highlight of our day. We were going to go to the Aquarium too but decided to just play hard at the beach. Derek and I took turns snorkeling. That was my first time, and I was so glad I did it. I loved looking at all the colorful fish, coral, and sand crabs. The water was gorgeous and so clear you could see down to the bottom. It was like being in a swimming pool. I love the Caribbean!

Galveston, Texas (2 yrs. old)

Caribbean (5 yrs. old)

Check out that hot snorkeling man!

Riding the waves, very calm waters

Sand Castle Time

I could get use to snorkeling

Cassidy could you get any more sand on you???

Sand Babe

Our Spot

Not many people at all! We were the only cruise ship at each port every-time.

Having the time of our lives...Can we bring the beach back home with us???

On our walk back to the ship. MANY Iguana's were sunbathing on the rocks near the water by the pier

Cassidy and I did some last minute shopping and purchased new bag/purses from the shops

Watching our Ship leave port, bye St. Thomas. Back out to sea. Cassidy especially enjoyed the ship horns. As she covered her ears. Smile Grammy!

I see me an island to claim. Aye Matey!

Carribean Cruise-Part 2 "Bahamas"

Our first destination...BAHAMAS

It was Memorial Day. Taking the long walk down the pier to the island. We spent a short time in the Bahamas, before we had to board the ship. So we just walked around and explored the shops.

Looking at the Atlantis Paradise Island from the pier-Maybe we'll explore it someday

What Grammy does best...Shop!

Many Colorful Buildings

Meeting a cool drummer from the Island

Straw Market- Where you can bargain shop for authentic things. Found a bracelet here for my sister Lina. I just remember Derek being a good sport looking at things with me and being the only man in the market while all the other men were sitting outside waiting for their women to finish shopping.

How clever, a coca cola can shaped like a camera

We bought Cassidy a doll from the Bahamas. She named her "Flower". Of course, she had to introduce Flower to Kaley, her favorite doll that she had to bring from home.