"Have joy in the home.  Have joy in your husband.  Have joy in your children.  Enjoy the journey." ~Marjorie Kay Hinkley~

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Our Cruise

Hartman and I were able to go on a 7 day Caribbean Cruise on Royal Caribbeans Amazing Liberty of the Sea, which is an unbelievable ship. I earned a free trip from Heritage Makers as one of their "Top Achievers." How cool is that! Needless to say we had so much fun!!!! This was our first cruise, and felt so spoiled with spa treatments, 24 hour room service, awesome shows, dancing, ice skating, miniature golf, rock climbing, flow riding, excursions, snorkeling with stingrays, fine dining, shopping, personal tour guides, costume parties, room attendants (by the way I miss someone turning down my bed for me every night), games, hanging out with other crazy Heritage Makers, learning about new cultures, reading Twilight & having discussions with fellow Edward Freaks (as Hartman calls us), laying out, relaxing in hammocks on the beach, watching the sun set, sexy legs & belly flop competitions by the pool, no schedules, & most importantly SPENDING TIME WITH MY HUSBAND! Thanks to our moms for watching the girls! We sure missed them, but it was time well needed! Sorry about all the pictures & videos, there was just so many memories!!!! It was a blast!!!
This ship is currently the largest cruise ship!
Jamaica
Hartman stopped by the Jamaican Fire Station. It's crazy how they have that brotherhood no matter where they are from!
Montego Bay, Jamaica shopping area
Jamaican Bobsled Cafe
There were 14 decks & a beautiful promenade & theater on board!
70s Disco Dancing Night, along with another 80s night! (Walk like an Egyptian Mary)
Hartman liked the sports facilities on board: rock climbing, gym, basketball, miniature golf, & his favorite THE FLOWRIDER
Hartman got really good at the flowrider! In fact, he'd go out at night with some of the others & ride it after I was in bed! (I'm getting old :)

Labadee, Haiti...My Favorite! This was our first port & we woke up to this beautiful bay! We took tenors out to this private island!


The local market! The Haitians were beautiful people!
Hartman is a hard core negotiator. He would get them down lower than anyone could! He probably gets that from living in Mexico. It was quite entertaining. They could be pretty aggressive at times...
Hartman jumping off cliffs
Ah, this is the life!


Dining

When we first set sail. You can see the Miami skyline in the back.

Hartman's favorite spot on the ship. I swear that boy could live in the hot tub! It was cool because it hung out over the water from the 11th deck!
Sunset with Miami in the back
Famous Couples Costume Party! None other than
SARAH PALIN & JOE THE PLUMBER
Okay we thought we were so clever, but there were two other Sarahs at the party! However the husbands were different! We had John McCain, Todd the hunter, & my favorite Joe the "plumber." Excuse the cheesy thumbs up in every picture!

Some of the girls
"I can see Russia from my house." "You Betcha!
Faith Hill & Tim McGraw & Palin Power
My Favorite Hugh Hefner & the Girls Next Door! (Love ya Mark & Mary)
Hartman loved to go out to the deck at night & watch the water. We'd always got so creeped out about falling over!
Cozumel, Mexico! This was the island we'd really love to go back to to vacation! It's probably a lot like Cancun! Plus Hartman can speak the language!
We only got flashed twice. One I'm sure Hartman wishes could be permanently erased from his memory :)

Mayan Ruins
Hartman at Cozumel's only Fire Station. It was fun to hear him talk to the FF's in Spanish!
Wendy McGee & me on formal night! She's an Emerald Executive with HM (the top consultant) & the biggest sweetheart ever! Love her!
A few of the studs on board!
Storybook Coaches by Day...Crazy Cruisers by Night!
The "pageant pose" (This one's for you mom). Too bad I don't have the pageant body anymore:)

Grand Caymen! HDS snorkling!
Laying out on the sailboat while Hartman snorkeled
Hartman & Mark (yea man) Hartman with his GPS. He took that thing everywhere!
Some of the HM crew. We were 3 miles out from Grand Caymen at a sand bar swimming
at Sting Ray City.
Swimming with Sting Rays. To my surprise I wasn't scared at all. They were really cool! We even kissed the sting rays!



Hartman in action on the Flow Rider (he loved it so much, he wants to open one in Vegas :) I won't show my video, I might embarass myself!
The craziest Hula Hoop Russian Ice Skater. She's awesome! Can you believe they had an ice skating rink on board. This show was our favorite!
HDS snorkling in Grand Caymen
Emily Jamming out to Rasta Reggae in Jamacia. This video to me is funny. We are on the tour van in Jamacia & the driver is playing, what else "reggae." I didn't know Hartman was filming, but the whole van is just sitting there zoned out, & I'm like loving the Reggae vibe. I just couldn't resist! It was awesome! Our driver was cool! Yea Man

The most beautiful views of Haiti & our ship! This was my favorite place!

Hatian Dancers