Mexican Cruise

Day One- 

We drove down to L.A. on Saturday and got on the ship Sunday afternoon.  It was pretty crazy dropping off 4 families and LOTS of luggage at the curb in front of the cruise terminal.  Grandma Joni and the moms had the responsibility of corralling 10 kids away from the street and all sorts of other mischief they like to get in.  We were really excited to get on the ship and we made it through all the necessary lines to finally get to our rooms without too many meltdowns.  My nephew Caleb and Caedmon spent most  of the time on the ground wrestling and the other part of the time being told to get up and please stop.  If I haven't mentioned before, we went on this family cruise as a gift from Ryan's parents.  Our party included, Grandpa Chris and Grandma Joni, Uncle Spencer, Uncle Yuri and Auntie Kristi and Nikolai (5), Aleksei (4), Anneliese (2) and Mikhail (1), as well as Uncle Kevin and Auntie Lacee and Caleb (2) and Delilah (9 months).  Our family rounded out the gang with Ryan and I and Gavin (10), Delaney (8), Liam (5) and Caedmon (2).  So that's 19 people total!  Even better is that the kids outnumbered the adults by one AND 8 of them are 5 and under!  And no, those smiles weren't forced, we were actually having a great time.

Ok, say cheese, and we can get on this ship- CHEESE!

Waiting to get on the ship. 


Outside the cruise terminal- it was cold that day!