Christmas in the Carribean

What  a great way to spend Christmas break.  Our family flew to Miami on Saturday the 19th and then boarded the Liberty of the Sea, ocean cruiser owned by Royal Carribean.  What a great time we had.
We were joined by Warren's sister's family. Helene and Larry Arnett and their two children Scott and Anna.

We had a great time.  Our cabin was great.  It included a outside deck where we could look out at the ocean anytime we wanted.

The kids had alot of fun just being on the boat the first 2 days.  All you can eat food and cookies and they really loved the flowrider which let them boogie board and surf board on a ship.

Our first port of call was Labadee, Haiti.  It rained most of the morning but finally cleared up so Warren, Leigh and Marie got to go riding on jet skis and the rest of us played on the beach.

second port of call was Ocho  Rios, Jamaica.  We were met by the Richardson family.  Leigh had lived with them as a missionary last year.  They took us to Dunn River Falls and they were a wonderful family.

Our 3rd port of call was St. George, Grand Caymen.  We got to swim with dolphins and Sarah and Marie both got their first kisses bestowed by a handsome male, his name was Capernicus.

We also got to visit a Sea Turtle Farm.  The kids all got to hold different sizes of young turtles.

Our final port of call was Cozumel, Mexico.  We visit the Tulum Mayan ruins and spent Christmas day on the white sandy beach. White Christmas afterall.

Back on the ship we had a formal dinner night in the main dining room and dressed up for it.  Lobster and prime rib was served. Yummy

We had a great vacation.

We came home to snow and have had 8 more inches since last night. lots of fun but I miss Jamaica.

Brian gets his Eagle

Even though Brian earned his Eagle Rank in Boy Scouts back in April, he wanted to wait until his brother Leigh was home from his mission to award it to him.  We finally had his Eagle Court of Honor the last week of November.  Of course when the Clyde's have a party the weather doesn't cooperate and we had a great blizzard that night, but alot of family members still braved t he weather.  Thank you so much.