10 year anniversary cruise!

Casey and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary (March 7, 2000) on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship! This was our first time cruising and can I just say, "I love, love, love, loved it!" To start the trip we drove to Vegas and stayed at the Renaissance hotel. We met up with old high school friend Amber and her husband who live in Vegas and had a blast going to dinner at Casey's favorite steakhouse called "The Steakhouse". This restaurant is in the middle of Circus Circus (which is such a dump), and it is super nice and has been voted best steakhouse 30 years in a row. It is hilarious that it is located inside Circus Circus, but while we were there we went up to play some of the circus games Casey loves to play. I started telling our friends how he plays this game that is impossible to win and how he has wasted so much money playing it, and "bam" he won it! In my face for sure! He had some cool prizes to choose from and he insists on this oversized monkey the size of me! On Sunday, we finished our drive to Cali and boarded the ship. The ship was massive! I mean, I had heard these ships are huge, but I really had no idea! It had an auditorium bigger than my highschool's, it had an ice skating rink, pools, basketball courts, miniature golf courts, a casino, a strip mall, rock climbing walls, movie room, spa, not to mention the enormous dining room and buffets! Our first stop was Cabo, which was beautiful and as I enjoyed filming all the beautiful scenery and Casey swimming in the ocean, and then we went to a little restaurant and I went to get my camcorder out of my bag to film the cute servers who were serenading us, and my camcorder was gone! My brand new $500 camcorder I just got for Christmas a year ago was gone! I still don't know what happened, but I pretty much freaked out. Casey kept saying that it was just a camcorder and not to stress, but I had a bunch of footage I hadn't downloaded and I was so devastated! Needless to say, I tried to enjoy the rest of the day, but I finally had to just go back to my cabin and have a good cry about it. By dinnertime, I was okay, kindof. The next day we ported in Mazatlan, which we personally wonder why they port there. It was pretty run down and dirty, at least what we saw of it. We walked around the empty beach front for probably 7 miles and then we were done, we jumped in a cab and drove back to the ship and enjoyed the rest of the day snoozing by the pool. The next day was our favorite. We ported in Puerto Vallarta and had the best day. It is beautiful there and my good friend Sara told us about Pipi's, an amazing restaurant. It was the best mexican food ever. After we ate there we both went to a massage place and got a couples massage for 90 minutes for only $35 each! We strolled along the boardwalk and looked for souvenirs to bring the kids. Casey bought them new ponchos (the ones that remind me of what was popular in the 80's). He also found Cy and Hadlie t-shirts that have sharks whose mouths flip open and have fish inside the mouths, they are pretty funny and Cy LOVES his! We watched some fishermen fish on a small pier and saw puffer fish for the first time. On the ship, we enjoyed lots of amazing entertainment, and we met lots of new friends. At dinner, they place you with other guests, and we were fortunate to be placed with Bruce and Elizabeth. Bruce was celebrating his 50th birthday, and the two of them were so much fun. We were also seated with a nice couple from Korea (although they live in Canada now). The language barrier made it difficult, but they were very nice. Craziest thing, I ran into my friend Beth from highschool. She and her husband were cruising with all her siblings and parents. Small world sometimes! The dinners were amazing, and you could eat all that you wanted. I think we tried about every entree and every dessert availabe on that ship. :) We loved the trip, and I can't wait to cruise again. The only thing I would want to do next time, is have some friends come with us. When we got back to California, our friend Amy got us into Disneyland. We walked around for a couple of hours and realized we still felt like we were on the boat so the motion rides were not sounding fun. We also realized that Disneyland is way more fun with the kids. :) We drove back to Vegas and stayed in the new tower at the Palms. That was a NICE room! Especially after spending the week in the small cabins on the ship. We drove back home on Monday, and were anxious and excited to see the kids. Thanks Cuckoo for watching them, and for all my family and friends who pitched in to watch them and help out! We had a blast, and I am grateful for the 10 years I have had with this incredibly hot and funny man! Never a dull moment when Casey's around and I sure love him!
Casey and his giant monkey.


This is the day I lost my camcorder, you can still tell I had been crying. So sad!

Picture of the pool area from one of the rooms in an upper deck.

Thanks Amy for driving us and getting us into Disneyland!

Looking good in Puerto Vallarta!

Beautiful Cabo

These sea lions are not afraid of people. I had some great footage of them on my camera.... doh!

Our ship

Casey's favorite part of the ship, at the very front, with the wind going 90mph! He's the king of the world!

Puerto Vallarta