Cruising!

So, one of the major highlights of this summer was definitely our cruise of the caribbean! I got to go with one of my very best and dearest friends, Chelsea, and her mom and aunt. It was Chelsea's graduation present and we had a total blast! I am so blessed to have such amazing friends like I do! We had many laughs and good times and made tons of memories! Here are a few pictures to try and capture the fun!

The top of our gorgeous ship, the Carnival Legend!

Dinner on the first night! The food was spectacular every single night we were there! We had late seating, so we ate at 8:15.

We went on a Jeep tour of Cozumel, Mexico and had a blast! One of the stops was at a major tequilla factory and we got to learn all about how they grow the fruits (they take 10 years!) and ferment them to become the tequilla. It was really interesting!

I'm in love with Mexico! We had a running joke because Tammy kept commenting on how blue the water was (14 shades of blue!) and we had a count going after a while. We got up to six, and that's just on the jeep!

This is one of our towel sculptures. We determined he was a thug and his name was T*Money. We had to pose with him, of course (:

This is our cave-tubing instructor in Belieze! We got to hike up through the secondary jungle of Belieze with Charlie here. He knew SO much about everything! We got to eat the stem of this plant that tasted like a sour apple and we also ate a TERMITE! (It tasted like wood, haha) And also he found Allspice growing in the jungle that we got to smell! Once we reached the top of this river and we got to tube down through the caves! We had lights attached to our helmets (mine went out before we even got started, of course! so I had a flashlight in my hands!). The caves were massive and beautiful! It was a really awesome experience!

HUGE crocs in Honduras!

Mahogany Beach, Roatan in Honduras! It was a blast and SO beautiful. The water was so clear and clean! We used this day to just relax and enjoy the beautiful beach itself!

Bes frands, fo eva. She's my sister and I love her with all of my heart!

Love. Pure love. ♥ It blows my mind to think that God imagined all of this beauty, and then created it out of nothing! What an amazing, awesome God we serve!

This is Hell! Haha. No, really, though. There's a town called Hell in the Grand Caymans that we got to go to! So now we can say we've been to Hell and back. I sent a postcard home from Hell as well. It was actually kinda freaky with all the rocks, and it was rather hot! (:

Baby turtle! We went to a turtle farm in Grand Cayman and we got to hold the turtles. There were tons and some really massive ones. This one wasn't even quite a year yet. He was so cute!

Chelsea Marie! This is our last stop in the Grand Caymans! We went out on a boat to this huge sandbar that is located right in front of the continental shelf and we got to get out and swim with the stingrays! It was a really cool experience. The guides knew each and every one of them and we got to kiss one! A kiss from a stingray is worth 7 years of good luck, so I kissed it several times! I'm good for a while (:

Our awesome waiters! They entertained us every single night and were super sweet and fun! We danced and sang and had a blast with them!

The Legend Show crew! They were super nice and put on an excellent performance each time we saw them! They had great dancers, both male and female, which is what I of course paid attention to! And the show band isn't in this picture, but they were awesome too!!

Our little elephant towel guy! He was so cute! (:

So there you go, as brief as I can be and still cover almost everything. It was a blast of a trip and I want to go back one day for sure! If you have any questions or want to know any more, don't hesitate to leave a comment! Love you guys!