Hats, napkins, life vests, good times...

Time for more Disney Cruise pictures!
It's a bit hard to look back at such a wonderful vacation (from nearly 3 months ago!) and figure out how to capture any of those moments in a blog. SO... I hope these random snapshots (literally) give you at least a little taste of the fun times we had!
In this post, I figured I'd just upload some photos of us wearing silly things...

-Life vests (not so much silly in and of themselves... we just look silly wearing them!)




- Napkin "hats" (Our server, Ali, made these silly things for us to wear... I think Sean has Mickey Mouse, I have Minnie Mouse, Dad has Pluto and Mom has Goofy!)





-Pirate Mickey ears (Yes, all three of us proudly wore our ears for Pirate Night!)

Disney Cruise Food... it's all good!

One of the many wonderful things about a Disney Cruise is the incredible food -- and the incredible amounts of food! You can have food pretty much 24/7... and it's all already paid for (with your ticket price)! I can't even begin to tell how how amazingly delicious everything was. But here, at least, are a few photos capturing some of the appetizers, entrees and desserts!

Here is Sean with a plate of ratatouille.... and he's giving us his best Anton Ego face (that's the food critic from Disney and Pixar's movie, "Ratatouille").


Jaiden enjoys a plate full of every child's dream dinner -- Mickey Mouse pasta with a side of french fries (minus the veggies, of course!).


Now on to dessert -- this was a bowl of light, fluffy, delicious chocolate mousse (or is it "mouse" on a Disney ship?).


I don't even remember what this artistic-looking, chocolate dessert was called, but it sure tasted -- and looked -- amazing!


Mom got some incredible meringue dessert. It also looks like a piece of art!


Here is one of the many delectable entrees.


Pirom, our head server, fixes mom's plate of lobster! (This was Pirate Night, by the way. Mom doesn't usually sport a red "Pirates in the Caribbean" bandanna.... Arrrrrrrr!)


Oh, and here I am enjoying one of my all-time favorites: a Mickey Mouse ice cream bar! Yep -- these little frozen desserts that were made popular in the parks have made their way onto Disney ships, too! YUM! (Yes.... still Pirate Night... hence the pirate Mickey ears!)

Pretty as a princess

Ok -- it's only been - what? - 2 1/2 months since our Disney Cruise... and I am just now getting to the pictures?!? I guess I did not really want to face the reality that the glorious vacation was over.... At any rate, here is the first of likely several posts dedicated to The Magic.
In these photos, you can see that Jaiden had the chance to mingle with some Disney princesses, namely Cinderella, Belle and Snow White! Her favorite is actually Sleeping Beauty (AKA Brier Rose; AKA Aurora), who, unfortunately, did not make an appearance. No matter! She had an awesome time!

Back From the Magic

We just returned from our wonderful 7-day cruise aboard the Disney Magic.... So, we're all attempting to get readjusted to the "real" world again. I will be sure to blog about the trip soon, but in the meantime, there are a few things like my job, cleaning, laundry, shopping and other random work stuff occupying my time!
*sigh....

Pirates of the... Birmingham area...?

With the much-anticipated third installment of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean slotted to hit movie theaters this month, I thought it would be appropriate to include a photo of Sean and me in the Caribbean, dressed like pirates (well, sort of!) ... at a Pirates IN the Caribbean party (from our honeymoon cruise)! What a blast!

Honeymoon highlights

So... I just realized that I never kept my promise to put up a post with some details and photos from our honeymoon!
Until now!
Sean and I had the most unbelievably AMAZING time! We embarked on a cruise to the Western Caribbean ... on the Disney Magic. And it was magic!

To name just a few of the fun things we did ... we ate delectable food all week, swam with stingrays, rode dune buggies in Cozumel, enjoyed sunsets from the ship, watched fireworks (on the boat), attended magic shows and musicals, had a "Pirates of the Caribbean" party... in the Caribbean, snorkeled at Castaway Cay and got stung by sea urchins! (Ouch! Ok. So that one wasn't particularly fun!)

Sean and I agree that neither of us has ever had such a wonderful vacation... In fact, as soon as we got home, we started planning another Disney Cruise!
Yeah. We're dreaming about it, anyway!
The fact is, crusing becomes addictive. You don't have to think; you don't have to drive anywhere; you don't have to debate about where to eat. It's pure bliss and relaxation! You can do as much or as little as you want to do....
And what FUN!