In late summer we were talking about the holidays and the kids voted all they wanted to do was go on another cruise with the cousins for their Christmas gift, so we got the thing booked! We were excited to have Autumn, her kids and Art and Polly join us this time. The kids were SO excited to have another break from school - they loved the Christmas break and really dreaded going back. It was a big step backward for Loa, after having the long break and being able to be with her friends and have so much fun it was like starting over at the beginning of the school year to make her go back after the break. Having a trip scheduled just two weeks after going back was good and bad, then after the trip they REALLY didn't want to go back! But we sure enjoyed the vacation with cousins!
This time was a lot less stressful for us as we were able to drive the 7.5hrs to the port...no chance of missing a flight! There were so many tender mercies during this trip! I found out about a week before we left that the Petersons were going to be on a cruise at the exact same time and we were stopping in two of the same ports on the same days - I could hardly believe it! Krista and I arranged to meet up and surprise Blayr and Loa, it was SO amazing! They also got to spend time hanging out on the beach and it really rejuvenated Loa and made her ready to take on life again! Then only the day before we left I found out Melanie Hatch was getting on a cruise the same day we were - I was able to meet up and spend an hour catching up with her, it was so good for my soul!
The night before the cruise we also got to meet up with Helinfield, Ed and the kids and have dinner - the plus side to getting to drive! It was good to spend time with them.
I will document the whole cruise in a separate book :)
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