The Rest of January!

Here is the rest of our January fun!! All the selfies and added fun we had going on! 1st off I'm back at the gym! Finally after way to many years away! lol We also got Penny a gym membership! She is beyond hyped to go! Begged us for several weeks/months! lol We finally got her one and it also gets me there because she is so excited to go that it pushes me to go! So it's a win win! We love meeting daddy, bff Jackie and bffffffff Chad there! So if you have a LVAC membership hit me up and we can meet you there too! I need all the pushing and support to get me there and keep my momentum! Wahoo! Starting our year off right! 

Cash money balling!!! He is on 2 teams! His club team- Hawks and his school varsity team- Eagles! He's a hustler and loving every min of it! The varsity team is challenging but it gives him good experience! Most all players on his team and the teams they play against are 4th and 5th graders! Huge tall kids too! lol He's the little fast one! lol He does a great job keeping up! Fighting hard and hustling every game! So proud of my Cash Money!

Cute Piper! Cute Ruby! We have been celebrating Piper all month long! Birthday Month!

Amazing church experiences! Piper got asked to talk in primary! She did such an amazing job for her first time! Penny helped her give her talk! So grateful for big sisters! Penny got put into the 12/13 class presidency in YW! She is the 1st counselor! So proud of her! Adi is the President and Reagan in the secretary! Fun group of cute girls that get to plan activities and see over the rest of the 12/13 girls! They  are going to be so amazing! Penny also got asked to sing at the youth annual meeting! Such a fun group of ym and yw that sang! I loved being a part of the planning and practicing! They did amazing! Brought the best Spirit right in to the meeting! I love testimony in music!

Fun School walls and doors!! I made the wall in the hot air balloon! lol Cash made his door as Michael Jordan! Fun with friends! and Penny got and award at school! Wahoo! Killing it this month! lol

Church selfies! I love taking a pic every Sunday as we walk in if we aren't running to late! lol Auntie Eryn also completed braces on my cute niece! So  I had to add them to my monthly collage! Love my sis so much! She is the most amazing Orthodontist! So if you need braces! Let me know and I will get you connected with Dr. Ence! She is fabulous!

Last but certainly not least I have to give the biggest shout out to my HONZ!!! American Stitch is growing!!! He purchased a new warehouse! Triple in size! More machines going in very soon! He really is so amazing! He has so much drive and passion for his business! So proud of him! He does so much for our little family! Cash even got to go down for a few nights after school and help daddy get the floors cleaned! Daddy is always teaching our kids and getting them to work! I love it! He has another week  of cleaning and electrician work and then it will be time for the big move! I will post more pics as we move the shop over! Way to go Honz! Way to go American Stitch! Oh and can we talk about my Honz's new beard! HOT!!! Loving the new look Honz!

 

Winter Ball!

Beautiful Penny all dolled up for her 7th grade Winter Ball! Just love this one so much! Growing up and such a beauty inside and out! Hair curled! Makeup on! The perfect dress! My cute little cowgirl! She was ready to hit the ball! 

She loved being able to decorate for the dance! Dropped her off at the school at 10am and she was there busy decorating and having a blast until 2:30pm! She loves helping and being involved! Love her! She even stayed after to help take down the decor too! What a trooper! She had an absolute blast at the dance! She has such a great group of friends that is growing in size! She is a friendly one and is always having a blast with all her friend groups! She loves living life to the fullest! Love my happy beautiful girl! After taking down the decor I picked her up and then dropped her off at the after party! lol These kids have too much fun! What a night! 

 

Granny Piper!

100 days of getting Smarter! Little Granny Piper! You are just the cutest!!! She loved getting all dolled up to look like a Granny! She had so much fun picking out all her accessories to wear! lol She had every thing off by lunch time! lol Such a fun day! Love working and being able to be apart of all the fun!! Can't believe she has been my little kindergartener for 100 days! They had a such fun day full of just playing! Doing all things that included 100! 

Just look at all the cute old granny's and papa's! lol It was such a hoot seeing them around the school! Great day! Happy 100 days!

 

Sand Dunes!

Sand Dunes! Our 1st trip out for the season! What an amazing 1st trip out it was! Our circle of trailers was huge! So many great friends and family came out to play! We arrived in the evening on Friday and stayed until early Sunday morning! So it was a quick trip but that didn't stop us from riding hard! lol

Piper drove the mini razor for the first time! She did so good and was getting good by the time the weekend ended! Cash and Penny learned how to ride on their new quad! They both caught on so fast! Riding so good that they were riding in the smaller dunes! Cash  was still loving her motor cycle too! Penny also loved driving our big razor around! Just on the flats giving rides to kids! 

Honz had a blast riding too and I even had the wildest ride of my life in my brother Ryan's new razor! Holy Moly! He had me up in the high dunes, bowls and jumps I have never been in before! lol I just closed my eyes! Totally wild! The new razor is such an amazing machine! Smooth ride and extremely fast! We got new helmets and gear for Christmas! I'm loving my new street bike helmet with the built in face cover and shades! No more goggles! No more switching to my contacts for just 1 ride! I can wear my glasses with my new helmet! It's so on and so high end! lol

Ruby was such a good girl! She would explore but would stay around camp! It was so nice to be able to let her just wonder with no leash! She loved to sit in one of the chairs by the fire! lol She is the best! 

So much fun! We had a wonderful time riding, eating and chit chatting! 

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We can't wait to get back out there! The kids are hyped to get riding again! Love our memories together with great friends and amazing family!!

 

Defy!

No school for a day we head out to play! We meet fun friends from school to play too! We had such a great morning at Defy! Lots of tricks and flips! They each had a blast!

We met Piper's friend and Cash's friend there! They had a blast! 

Best buds!

 

Disneyland Girls Trip!

Oh my goodness this was a fun day!!! I have never done a girls trip since I have had kids! It's hard for me to let go of the motherly duties! lol But I'm sure glad I did! It was a super quick day trip! Jackie and I flew out on Friday morning to John Wayne Airport! Ubered over to Disneyland! Spent the whole day with the most amazing women! Then ubered back to the airport and then flew back home! We were back home by 8:30pm! Super quick but super fun! I have never laughed and ate so much in such a short time frame! We only used out geanie one time! lol and only rode a total of 5 rides all day! Didn't do Disney the smartest but man was it fun! lol Happy 40th Birthday Melissa! You are so fun to celebrate with! Love al these amazing women so much! When's our next girls trip! lol

"Still  got it!" lol I asked a cast member about a single rider option on Indiana Jones and before I knew it he had escorted me and my girls over to walk down the fast pass lane cutting everyone and straight onto the ride! Had no idea I has such mad skills to get us to skip the 2hr wait line! Holy Moly! It was so feaking funny, amazing and awesome! We laughed the whole rest of the day about my "new boyfriend!" Seriously so freaking funny! Best quick trip to Disneyland girls day ever! 

 

Disney On Ice!

You didn't think we were done celebrating Piper's 6th Birthday... did you?! lol Cause the fun is not done! Wahoo! Lol We have taken Piper to Disney on Ice with Bre's family for several years! Just one of the many traditions we do together! :) But this year Bre and I only took the small girls! Just Piper and Navy! Little Besties! We made them feel extra special all night! We had dinner together at the Taco Stand! Then surprised them at the Disney store at the outlets! They each picked out a princess Barbie! Next up... Show time!

They changed the whole show and all routines! We were hyped! Now we wished we had all the kids! lol It was so amazing!

So much fun eating treats and watching the amazing performances!

The girls absolutely loved the whole show! They sang, squealed, and clapped the whole show! Pure joy radiated off of them! I loved taking her out on our special birthday date! Piper is such a delight! We love you so much PIPER! Can't wait to see what next year's show will be and we must bring all the kids! lol Penny and Cash would have loved every minute of it! Next year for sure! Happy 6th Birthday Piper!

 

Happy 6th Birthday Little Miss Piper!

Oh how we love this little one! Happy 6th Birthday little Miss Piper! Your Birthday has finally arrived! You know how we do it over here! We celebrate for a couple weeks leading up to the big day! :) She woke up to balloons, décor and presents! She was so excited! I can't believe she is 6! Where does the time go! I remember when Penny turned 6 and Piper was just born! Wow! So crazy! This little Piper is the sweetest! She is my quiet and calm one! She can however get nasty if needed! lol Salt and Piper! lol She goes with the flow and happy! Very determined and when her mind is set.... especially if it is on shopping you better just take her cause she won't stop asking until you go! lol She is my little side kick and loves to shop! My little honey badger! She absolutely loved opening all her presents and we loved watching her!

She hurried along fast because we had to get off to school! Her birthday was the first day back to school from Christmas break! She was however very excited to be at school on her birthday! So that makes it nice! 

She wanted to wear her birthday headband at school! Her amazing teacher celebrated her very special birthday in her classroom! Piper got to pass out cookies and goodie bags! Her little friends were so excited! I even went down and got her for lunch! We got to have lunch together and she was so excited! She had a the best birthday at school with all her friends! Love seeing her smile just beam!

We ended her birthday at Ojah for dinner! For each of the kids birthday they get to pick out what restaurant they want to eat at on their special birthday! She picked the "cook in front of you place!" lol So that's just where we took her! She got to eat sushi and shrimp too! She loves the seafood! Daddy's girl for sure! We sang to her again and she made another wish! lol Love my Birthday girl so much! We hope you had the best birthday day ever! I'm so lucky to be your mom! Can't believe how fast she is growing up! 

 

Build A Bear Birthday Party for Piper!

Oh my goodness! Still celebrating this little sunshine since the cruise! lol Happy 6th Birthday little Miss Piper! We didn't have to got back to school until the day of her birthday so we decided to have her birthday party the day before when there was no school! Yay! All she wanted was a Build A Bear Birthday Party! and let me tell you what... it was the easiest birthday I have ever planned! They did it all! It was a great pricing too! Piper had a blast! When we arrived they had name tags and birthday hats ready to go! 

Next before getting started with the bear making Piper opened her presents! She was so excited and got so m any fun new things! 

The next 2 collages are the ones building their bear! They even had a sign that said Happy Birthday Piper! She was on cloud nine! Loving her life!

Pics with all the bears!

The boxed them up and rang the bell! Wahoo! Then Build Bear Employees all snag to her! She had so much fun and so did all her cousins and friends! 

Big group shot with the giant bear and one pic outside the store! Piper said she never wants to forget this day! She said it was the "best day ever!" Love her so much! Thanks to all who came and celebrated her! You all made her feel so special! 

After Build a Bear party I took the girls to Canes and met up with Bestie Sue neighbor and her daughters and kids for lunch! Then back home for snow cones! The party continued with Pizza for dinner and birthday cheese cake with my bestie neighbors! It really was the best day ever! Happy 6th Birthday Piper Rae! You bring us so much joy! You truly are loved by so many!

 

New Year's Day!

We were up early on New Years day for church! What a great way to start the new year learning about Christ! Before we headed off to church our little elves left one last gift for the kids! The kids got games and a snow cone machine! Wahoo! The snow cone machine makes the best snow ever! It is so fine like dust! It's truly amazing! The kids are obsessed with it and made several snow cones all day long! All the neighbor kids are still in town which means play time and having fun continues on 24 seven! Mav fits ight in and they all have a blast together!! Happy New Year everyone! We are starting it off with a bang! 

Happy New Year 2023!

Happy New Year's Eve!!! We just got home from the cruise and didn't want the fun to end! lol So Ryan's family and my family met up at Eddie's! This has been a tradition to go to Eddies on New years Eve or New Years day with my dad for years! So we have to keep the tradition alive! We miss daddy so much! New year's day marks 2 yrs of his passing and returning back with our mama! Can't believe it! Eddie's was his most favorite place to eat! We enjoyed our lunch together! Then snagged Mav and kept him with us to ring the New Year in! He ended up staying for 3 days all the way through Monday! Wahoo! We love our Mav and love that he wants to sleep over and spend the time with us! Penny's Bestie!

2nd year ringing in the new year with the Wells! They hosted and we came a running to party! lol We have so much fun hanging out with them always! Our kids always have a blast too! We always laugh way to much and eat the best food! Such a fun group to ring in the new year!

5......4.......3........2........1......Happy New Year!! We ate, laughed, played fun games, dressed up and took lots of pics!

Love this group of friends we have! Always the best time with them! They were our fun palm beach couples trip group too! I won the game and took home the cash! Wahoo!

Cheers to a New Year!!! Wishing for a great 2023 to all! Happy New Year 2023!

In between all our New Years Party fun Penny had her own fun all planned out with cousin Mav! 1st they came to our party to eat dinner and hang out! Then it was time for her 2nd party at her friends house! Such a great friend group she has! They ate some more and played really fun games! Mav had so much fun with her friends! He's a good sport! lol Then for the 3rd party was the dance with her other friends! Penny had her first dance with a boy! lol Mav had his first dance with a girl! lol They were laughing about it! Saying how awkward it was! lol I love these 2! They are seriously 2 peas in a pod! They have so much fun together no mater where and what Penny is dragging him along too! lol They had the best time ringing in the New Year! Can't believe she is big enough to plan her own night out with friends and no mommy! lol 

 

Christmas Cruising!

Day1: Friday-Leaving LA- At Sea! We are off! Christmas Cruising here we come! We left Dec 23rd-30th! 1st time we have ever had Christmas day away from our home! We enjoyed the Mexican Rivera out of Long Beach, CA on the Norwegian Joy! My brother Ryan's family came with us! We love traveling together! Holy Moly we had the most amazing time ever! We made lasting memories! We all loved cruising! Brace yourself I took over 900 photos! Made 56 collages of our wonderful cruise! So here we begin! Top collage is arriving to Long Beach! Getting checked into the cruise! When checking in they had updated our Chad and I rooms closer together! Yes we had 2 rooms because we have a total of 5 and when we book all the 5 person rooms were all booked! So we went with 2 staterooms! They ended up being right across the hall from each  other on Deck  12! The boys stayed in 1 room and the girls stayed in  the other! It was so much fun! Ryan and his family had a balcony on the other end of the ship Deck 8! Because of the room  change we had no key cards so we got escorted on the ship to receive our key cards! Platinum, Diamond, Sapphire, Ruby status! lol At least that was the escort shuttle bus they put us on! lol 

Getting on the Ship! We headed straight for the garden café! Our rooms weren't ready so we better just start off by eating! lol Yummy food all day and week long! lol

We explored the ship! IT was all  decked out in  Christmas! Gingerbread house display was on  point! Tons of Christmas Trees all over!! Found our rooms! :)

Kicked it off with my 1st Pina colada! We freaking has so many of these! lol! We got Penny the juice card! She was our waitress all week with Pina colada, Strawberry daiquiri, Mud slides, Miami Vice, and  Coke! Of course all virgin! lol Best package ever! The Juice Package! Comes with soda too! We were living our best drink life that's for sure! lol

1st Sunset of many!! We had just started to pull out of port! We were on our way! 2 days at sea until our 1st stop!

Dinner time! We loved going to the sit down dinner each night! Such amazing food! After dinner we explored more of the ship! Got our game plan and off to bed to get settled in! Us girls then ordered room service! lol Because why not! I had so much fun with my cute girls all week! Penny was loving the room service! She ordered several different items! lol Too much fun! 

Day 2: Saturday- At Sea! Christmas Eve! We had breakfast on Deck 15! The observation deck! It was so beautiful! So many glass windows to just sit in front of and enjoy the beautiful sight! Then more exploring! Penny had that ship down! We would just ask her where to go and she knew it! lol

After breakfast we stopped in to see Ryan's balcony suit! It was a beautiful sight! These pics are taken right from their balcony! So awesome! I also brought a present each day leading up to Christmas and on Christmas for all the kids! Matching hoodies and button down Hawaiian tees! The all loved it! Chad also made 2 different graphic tees for all of us! We wore one Christmas Eve and the other Christmas day!

We spent most our at Sea days on deck 16! The pool deck! The music was great! Fun activities! Swimming! Tanning! and Ping pong! Deck 16 was also the buffet café deck! So we were close to our eating! lol and Ice cream cones! I'm pretty sure Cash had 100 cones total for the wk! lol He was living his best life for sure! Played Bingo too! Love Bingo!

At sea and loving our life!

More ping pong! That's where we would find Cash! It was there or at the ice cream machine! lol Miniature Golf on the ship too!

Dinner time! We all wore our shirts! Merry Cruismas! lol After dinner we went to an adult comedy show! lol We checked the littles into the kiddy land while we were at the show! Piper loved it! Begged to go back everyday all day long! lol Cash liked it but ended up hanging out with Penny Mav and Chance the rest of the trip! He felt like he was too big for it! lol Piper and  I both loved checking her right in all wk long! lol It was the best!

Day 3: Sunday- Our first port! Cabo! Christmas Day! Merry Christmas everyone! The ship was full of Christmas magic and cheer! Santa was there! lol They kids got to see Santa and his elves! He gave them each a present!  Color changing Sunglasses for Penny and Cash and a little stuffed animal for Piper! They were so excited!

Breakfast at the garden café! We sat in the observation deck and watched as our ship came into Cabo! That was so cool! The kids loved the towel animals that our little maid would do each day! They saved them everyday! It was the best! So creative! My Piper would get so excited to see our room all made up to see what animal she created! The joy on my kids faces all week long was priceless! :)

Lounging on Deck 16 waiting to get off the ship to Cabo! Piper in these pics! Bikini, Sunnies and Ice cream! :) Love her so much! 

We got off the ship and got on a shuttle boat into Cabo! Quite the experience! Loved it! The kids were hyped! As soon as we were off we were bombarded with all the people getting us to go with them for their excursions! It was alot! lol We ended up taking a private boat around the front of  Cabo! Then he dropped us off at Lover's and Divorce Beach! He was an awesome tour guide! We loved it!

On our boat tour! Cabo was so beautiful! Warm water! Sun a shining!

We enjoyed the Lovers and Divorce beach all day! The waves were huge on the Divorce beach side! That's the Pacific Ocean side! Lover's beach is the small waves! The kids, Ryan and Chad had a blast in the huge waves! Empanadas on the beach! It was amazing! Never had that happen to me sitting on a beach before! lol So fresh too! The kids had a blast! Piper looked for seashells all day! Cash climbed the huge rocks and cliffs!

More pics on the Beach in Cabo!

We got off our private boat ride and hot the town running! lol We so did not know what we were doing! This guy puts an iguana on Cash with a tiny sombrero and while I'm taking pics of him I turn around and a lady has Piper sitting and braiding her hair! lol Totally a set up and we fell for the trap! But the lady was fast braiding her hair and it turned out amazing! It was the best thing we have ever done for her hair all week! I didn't have to do a thing to it! So awesome! Plus I have always wanted to get the girls hair braided like this when traveling! Penny didn't want hers done but Piper loved it! Such a fun and crazy experience! 

Back on the ship and sailed away from Cabo! We enjoyed the Footloose show and the garden Café for dinner! Such an amazing day! This day being Christmas we wore our Family Christmas Cruise Tees Honz made for us! :)

Day 4: Monday- Port #2- Puerto Vallarta! We enjoyed breakfast together! Matchy! Matchy! Oh and our favorite Washy! Washy guy! Every time you entered the garden café and dinner restaurants they would have you wash your hands! This was our favorite guy in the pic with Cash! He would sing to us as we entered the café -Washing hand songs! lol Then end the song with Washy! Washy! In a really high pitched voice! The kids loved him! He was calling Cash his best friend all wk! lol

Waiting to arrive in Port! So Deck 16 was where we were! Ping Pong and Pina Coladas while we waited! That's not so bad! lol

Lounging, tanning, drinking and eating was the name of the game! lol

We got off the ship and were in Puerto Vallarta! Of course bombarded with all the guys getting us to get in their vehicle! lol We chose out guy and piled into his van!  He took us on the longest drive around the city up in the mountains to go Zip Lining! Piper fell asleep on the long car ride! little cat nap for her! lol We were so excited to go zip lining! Wahoo! He took us where they filled the movie Predator! We literally zipped lined through the beautiful green jungle! Waterfalls around us too! 

We made it! The Predator Zip lining adventure! Even Piper got to go! She was not scared at all! In fact both my girls were not scared! My Cashy was a little nervous clipping in but got the hang of it and had a blast! My girls zipped through the jungle and never looked back! Honz and I flew through that jungle! lol! My brother's line was smoking he was moving so fast! lol Seriously so much fun! The most amazing fun experience! 

So beautful! So much fun! So glad we zip lined! Such a crazy adventure!

Then our driver took us to a yummy taco restaurant with a beautiful waterfall and spring right next to us! It was unreal! The beautiful sound of nature as we ate yummy food! Doesn't get any better than that! 

Right before we got back on the ship we shopped! They had a great flea market right at port! So much fun! I love the shopping! Beautiful hand made pieces for great prices! 

Back in the ship and sailed away from Puerto Vallarta! We enjoyed an amazing acrobat show called Duo Delight! Dinner at the garden café! Kids loving their towel animals! Another perfect great day!

Day 5: Tuesday- Port #3- Mazatlán! This was an  early morning! We were at port and off the ship by 7am! We watched the sunrise eating breakfast at the garden café! Here we go again! Getting bombarded right when you get off the ship! But we have this down now! lol Honz got us the best price for a ride to the Golden Beach of Mazatlán! lol He took us to a beautiful beach! The chairs and umbrellas were all included! That's what I'm talking about! lol

The water was warm! The sun was shining! Perfect day for a relaxing beach day!

Honz ordered us the most amazing chips and guacamole! We laid around and ate! lol Piper searched for beautiful sea shells all day! Cash was in and out of the water and played football with the big boys! Penny had a photoshoot on the beach! lol 

Penny's amazing photo shoot! lol! Honz with his yummy food! The food in Mazatlán was the best!

I enjoyed watching the kids play! Eat and shop the ladies that walked by with their handmade bracelets, anklets, earrings, rings, and dresses'! Honestly anything you can think of they were walking along the beach selling! The kids all got a custom name braclet! Loved watching her make it! Fast and amazing! 

Ate some more! The best tacos! Chad loved the Mexican cokes too!

We had the cutest lady tag along with us to the Golden Beach! Her name was Joana! She was so sweet! You can see a pic of her with Chance in this collage!  She came on the cruise with her sister and her sister didn't want to get off the ship so she was by herself and joined us to keep her company all day! lol She was great company too! The kids loved her!

Headed back to the ship we road in the cutest little cars with the best stereo systems! lol It was so much fun! The kids absolutely loved it! Nothing like taking in the whole fun experience of Mazatlán! Wind in your hair! Beautiful sights as you drive through the town! 

Back on the ship we went to the dinner restaurant! After dinner we watched the Beatles Story Show! It was so much fun! I sang every song! lol Love the Beatles! Reminds me of my dad! He loved them! The 3 big kids played card games while were at the show! They had a blast! The 3 amigos! lol Another great day and already more than half way through our wk! Sad the time is going by to fast!! lol

Day 6: Wednesday- At Sea! We are back at sea! We ate at the 50's dinner for breakfast! The tables were cars! lol The kids thought that was so cool! lol

We laid around on Deck 16! Played lots of fun board and card games! Honz and Chance when on a crazy slide ride! So fast they said! lol 

Bingo time! More eating and playing! 

Dinner time already! We ate at the resturant for dinner! We got to see our bff Washy! Washy! 

After dinner we went to another adult comedy show! Checked Piper into kiddy land! She went in a running! Loved it in there! When we picked her up she had fallen asleep playing! We had been on the go for 6 days straight! lol Sweet baby so tired! The kiddy land people lover her! Our show was so funny! Laughed so hard we tears coming out of our eyes! lol Great day at Sea!

Day 7: Thursday- Port #4- Ensenada! We enjoyed breakfast at the garden café! Got to see bff Washy! Washy! To start our morning off! lol 

Waiting to get into port at Ensenada! Took a pic of our amazing maid! She brought so  much joy to my kids heart all  week with all her creative towel animals! 

Pina colada for me and Piper! Ping Pong for Cash! He has gotten so good playing non stop all week long! lol Looks like we will need to get a ping pong table at our house! lol

Ensenada here we come! Ryan's family decided to stay on the ship! So it was just my little family that got off and had the most amazing adventure in Ensenada! We took a shuttle bus to a tour guide bus! This bus took us around the town and then to a blow hole and giant flea market! There are only 3 blow holes in the world! Ensenada is one! Maui Hawaii is one and Australia! We have see 2 out of the 3! Looks' like we need to go to Australia! lol

We made it to the blow hole! Not as bog as Hawaii's but super cool! A fun adventure in Ensenada! The kids  loved it!

We ate yummy tacos of course with the most beautiful view!

Got our shop on! Crazy giant flea market! It was well over a mile long of bargain shopping! I had a blast! After the shopping and tour we took a horse and carriage ride to get more tacos! lol The kids had fun riding along in the carriage! Taking in  all  these awesome experiences as we travel!

This taco shop looked over the harbor! We could see our ship as we ate! Right before we got on the shuttle back to our ship we had to get get homemade churros! So yummy! Piper ate 1 whole bag all by herself! lol The rest of us shared the other bag! lol

We got on the ship and found my brother! They were in the same spot as we left them! lol The kids all swam and hot tubbed for our last night on the ship!

The Last show was called Elements! We loved it! It was a dance and acrobat show! Beautiful and entertaining! Then we went to our last dinner! Can't believe how fast the time goes! Once Christmas was over we started celebrating Piper the rest of the week! She will turn 6 right after the New Year! So at our last dinner we had them surprise her with a cake and we all sang Happy Birthday to her! She was so excited! Just beaming and smiling from ear to ear! 

Day 8: Friday-Leaving the Ship to head home! All good things come to an end and even amazing things! Our Christmas Cruise was spectacular! We made the best memories ever together! Wouldn't want to travel with anyone else! Love my brother and his amazing family so much! We travel and mix well together as a while! We woke up early on our last day! Enjoyed our last sunrise as we ate in the garden café for the last time! Then it was time to exit the ship! It was easy peasy! Grabbed out luggage and we were off! 

But the party didn't end at the ship! We drove over to Chaparral riding store! Got all geared up for the dune season! We are all ready now! lol Then Del Taco in Barstow! We met the founder and owner of all Del Tacos! Can't believe it! Mr. Ed! He was a delight! We let him know how much we love Del Taco and how much we eat it! Ryan eats at Del Taco almost every day! lol Ed smiled! He loved it! It was such a fun end to our amazing Christmas trip! 

We loved our Christmas Cruise! We had the most amazing time of our lives! Can't wait for our next adventure together! Thanks honz for working so hard to make it happen for our little family! The kids loved it so much! Lasting memories were made for sure! Merry Christmas to all!