Cruisin' on Thursday

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Thursday was spent onboard the entire day.  After breakfast, the kids wanted to swim.  They discovered that the rubbery surface under the water slides were very slippery and started to run and side on it.

We met up with Grandpa for a round of mini-golf.  

When he got a hole-in-one, Grandpa did a dance on the wall to celebrate, reminiscent of the dance he did for our neighbors years ago.

Mom called a family meeting to share a book she had made with the testimonies of our parents and grandparents in it.  Crying was involved.

Later, while the kids went to the Kids Club and the teens went to hang out with friends, Dave and I played a digital scavenger hunt game with Lee, Melissa, Bo, and Maddie on our team.  The Jenkins got a little competitive and beat all the other teams soundly, winning a gold medal made of plastic.  I think we got all possible points - except getting a picture of a man in a bikini.  We had some time before dinner, so I took Camryn and Anna to watch a children's dance team perform, while the boys went to the buffet area to play games. It was like watching an episode of Dance Moms.

We hung out that night at the karaoke party.  The girls sang with their new friend Amanda,

and Cam sang too.  She wasn't feeling well so it wasn't her best performance but she did end up having a fan. Ryan and I sang "You Light Up My Life"  for my mom, to remember all the times when we sang along with her while she played the piano when we were little - it was one of the few songs she could play.  Mom even joined us on stage to sing.

After karaoke, we met up at the buffet for some last goodbyes.  We weren't sure if we would see each other in the morning and we wanted one last round of ice cream cones and shared our favorite parts of the trip.

The Cousins Cruise was a great week.  We loved spending time with our little family and our big family.  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!