Western Caribbean Cruise - 2010

We love hanging out with our children and their families. Besides having tons of fun, the purpose of this trip was to celebrate Chris' 40th birthday. Most of our family was able to go and we thought a lot about those that weren't able to go with us; Jeff, Bridget, Cece, and Leah.

We flew first class (thanks, Matt) down to Orlando and then a shuttle to Port Canaveral on Friday, January 22nd. We spent Friday night at the Radisson Hotel at Port Canaveral.


From the balcony of our hotel room we could see our cruise ship, the Carnival Dream.


This is a picture from the ship and the NASA Cape Canaveral Area


John & Heather

Three of us had adjacent rooms so we were able to share 2 of the 3 balconies.

As the ship was leaving port, this is the look Caleb got when he saw his first dolphins.

Enjoying the sun on the top deck. Caleb, Hannah, and Katie

Matt and Kyla

Matt, Sarah, Heather, and John

Katie, Chris, Hannah, and Caleb

Hannah and Sue

Rooting for the Vikings on Sunday night.

Matt, Chris, and John

Katie and Heather

This is our first stop, Cozumel, Mexico.

Kyla, Hannah, Paige, and Caleb on the balcony.

Sarah & Matt

Kyla and Paige

This is Isla Roatan, Honduras. This is the memory Sue will bring back to Minnesota.

Here we are enjoying a drink at "Fat Tuesdays".

Sue and I are leaving our ship and heading to Belize City, Belize.

This is Bob with Irvin Longsworth, a friend of Carol and Mark Davis. Irvin hosted a tour of Belize City for us.

Kyla and Paige with braided hair.

John & Heather at our dinner table.

Hannah and Caleb in their Carnival robes.

Celebrating Chris' 40th birthday at dinner Thursday night.

Caleb, Chris, and Katie

Hannah celebrating her dad's birthday by having some of her own chocolate.

Heather dancing with the waitstaff Thursday night.

Kyla, Paige, Sarah, and Matt after dinner on Thursday

Paige

John and Heather

Paige & Kyla

Sue & Bob

Paige, Kyla, Maitre D, Hannah

Chris, Katie, Hannah, Caleb

It was a great trip!

Christmas 2009

It was a great Christmas starting with plenty of snow as you can see from these pictures.

There were 18 of us together for Christmas so we ate in the four season porch and the dining room. Always more food than we can handle; lutefisk, lefsa, smoked ribs, potato sausage, boiled potatoes, salad, perogies, cabbage rolls, rice pudding and pumpkin pie.

Here are Jeff, Chris, Matt, and John doing the dishes after the huge meal.

Getting ready to open gifts. Here you can see Jeff, Sarah, Matt, Carrie and Ole, and part of Bridget and Cece.

Heather, Sue (holding Leah), and Kyla

Sue's parents, Peggy and Floyd

Paige and Caleb

Jeff and Bridget's dog, Ole.

Kyla, Hanna (foreground), Caleb behind her, Paige behind Caleb, and John.

Hannah learned how to roll her eyes.

Hannah, Sue, and Leah

Bridget, Jeff, Cece and Ole

Back - Sarah and Matt, Front - Paige and Kyla

Heather, Leah, and John

Chris with Caleb and Katie holding Hannah

Bob & Sue's family

The grandchildren; Cece, Kyla, Hannah, Caleb, Leah, and Paige

Hannah, Paige, Peggy (holding Cece), Caleb, Floyd (holding Leah) and Kyla

Of the miracles of Christmas, here are 18 of them.

Hope you all had a great holiday season!

Bob & Sue