Caribbean Cruise

Ethen and I just g0t back from our cruise. We had a blast. Ethen pretty much wore me out on the first day. We discovered every nook and cranny on the ship that day. The ship we were on, the Carnival Liberty, had a miniature golf course, a basketball and volleyball court, and a waterslide. He was sooo excited. We had three days in port and three days at sea. Each day at sea, he went to the kids club and played with the kids. Each day the kids club closed from 12-2, so I took him out to the pool and he wend up and down the waterslide for two hours. He loved it. I took some really cute video of that. Every day we were in port, I had planned shore excursions. The first stop we made was Ocho Rios, Jamaica. There, we took a Timeran from the docks to Dunns River Falls. It is a 920 foot water fall. There, we joined about 15 other people and climbed up the middle of the waterfall. It was so cool, we were actually in the waterfall climbing up it. Afterwards, we took the Timeran back to the docks, then I took him down to the beach. He played in the surf for a couple of hours. Next, we stopped in Grand Cayman, in the Cayman Islands. There, we went a dolphinariam and turtle farm. At the turtle farm we saw lots of giant sea turtles and baby sea turtles. Ethen was able to hold several of the baby sea turtles. Then, we went right across the street and were able to get into the water with a dolphin. We were able to touch it several times as it swam by. Then, one at a time, the dolphin swam up to us and we held it and gave it a kiss, then shook its fins. Ethen absolutely LOVED that. At first he was a little scared, but he got over it very quickly. Last place we stopped was Roatan, an island off of the coast of Honduras. There, we went to a bird and monkey sanctuary. We held a giant Macaw, it sat on our shoulder. Then, we went into the monkey area. Ethen had one of the monkey sit right on top of his head. Several times the monkeys would climb up his arm and sit on his shoulders. Another of the monkeys placed a handful of sunflower seeds on top of his head and then just sat there and ate them.... right off the top of his head.
We were so ready to get back home, though. I missed Emilee sooooooooooo much. It was hard to be away from her for so long. Ethen and I needed some time though. He has been having a difficult time. Well, I am including some pictures. I hope you enjoy.