Cruise!

Yes, that's right! We took a cruise in August with our 3 boys and a BUNCH of other family! My Mom, cousins, and my aunt and uncle convinced us to come on it and we are SO glad we did! Jordan said this week that it was his highlight of 2011. Here we are in New Orleans about to embark on our ship.

Elijah's bud, Hudson (my cousin Jenna's little boy) was there too.

We had a lot of really nice dinners!

Jaron actually told me last week that this was one of the highlights of his 2011...jumping off the top bunk of his bed in the tiny room we stayed in on this ship. We have a bunch of videos of all 3 boys spending a lot of time jumping, wrestling and playing on this bed.

Here are Tanner, Jordan and Jaron playing legos.

Decorating their own cupcakes!

And of course, playing in our room with underwear on their heads...

Cary and I enjoying one of many nice dinners.

My sweet Jaron giving me hugs...

Our first excursion was to a little town in Mexico where it was pouring down rain...

Our second excursion was to Honduras, and this was the BEAUTIFUL beach we got to visit.

Elijah taking a nap...

The boys loved playing in the sand.

The Pierce 5 overlooking the beach in Honduras

Our 3rd stop was to Belize, and Jenna and I took Jaron, Elijah and Hudson to this spot. There was a playground, great food, and hundreds of shells that the boys spent a couple of hours collecting.

Also Jaron spent a lot of time "fighting" this "bad guy tree" with a stick. :)

With our sweet Jaron after a long day in Belize. By the way, the rest of the group went either scuba diving or zip-lining. Fun!

After zip-lining, Cary and Jordan found these CUTE soccer outfits for Jaron and Elijah. They LOVE wearing them!

This also was a highlight of Jaron and Elijah's trip- the "wakey wakey man." Every day at breakfast (which was early for these 2) this guy from Jamaica would be saying "wakey wakey!" in a Jamaican accent for everyone coming into the dining room. The boys had fun seeing him every morning and showing him their "wakey wakey" jump.

Here we are outside the ship.

Building sandcastles in Cancun, Mexico.

The boys stocked up on these little "luchador" figurines to put on the sandcastles they built.

Here are my Mom and I at dinner one night. Thank you SO much, Mom, for inviting us to come on this trip! It was awesome!

Jordan and Tanner

Jordan and Cary

Again, on that super-fun bunkbed. Jaron also has "piratey," a little stuffed animal guy that Jordan got for him on the ship with all the tickets he won at the arcade. So sweet!

Jaron and Elijah (and piratey) on the ship for the last night of the cruise.

Eating at the Japanese restaurant.

This trip was fantastic. Super fun and most of all, great to be with our big, wonderful family. That was the biggest highlight of all!