Anniversary Cruise 2010

The time has finally come! We left last Sunday for our Anniversary Cruise! Sunday morning we woke up early and drove up to the Long Beach/San Pedro Port to board the Mariner of the Seas on Royal Caribbean.

As soon as we got on we went straight to our stateroom to unpack and get settled in. We were so excited to be on a cruise again. We went on a cruise for our Honeymoon in the Bahamas and couldn't wait to go back. We were looking forward to a relaxing/adventurous 7 day vacation. We've been really overwhelmed with work, school, and everything else that takes up our time so we were definitely looking forward to a week to ourselves.

Sunday afternoon we were able to catch the last session of conference on Neal's phone. Unfortunately once we left the dock it cut out but we were able to get a few talks in before we set sail! :) Neal sat like this forever trying to listen to the talks as they cut in and out... he only got sun on half his face. Shame.

We had 2 full days on the ship before we hit our first port so we wanted to check out the ship to see what it had to offer. We were amazed at the size of this thing! It was a lot bigger than our first cruise. The stuff they had on there was unbelievable and we were glad that we had a couple days to hang around the ship before our ports.

Here is our dining room! We loved being able to eat here every single night. We were seated at a table of 8 and ended up having a great time with our table guests. We sat right next to a couple that was on their honeymoon so I got to ask the blushing bride a thousand questions about her dream day. I loved it... it made me wish I could replay our wedding day and honeymoon all over again. All 3 couples that sat with us at dinner were from California. They were in awe that we drove the long 6 HOURS to get to LA. They just could not believe us that we chose to drive over flying into LA. We're ghetto fabulous like that though.

Here is us at dinner on our first night there :) Heavenly father knew what he was doing when he placed us together because we are quite the team when it comes to devouring rolls and ice cream together. Aren't we perfect? haha Our table guests were probably judging us for how many rolls we consumed during our appitizer and dinner... and we always managed to top it off with a scoop of ice cream at the end. We were spoiled and got to eat our favorite foods all week long.
We have so many pictures and fun stories to share so I'll update the blog throughout the week with the rest of our cruise pictures! Adios! :)