Travel & Vacation: Spending Time with Our Family

Someone’s looking pretty chipper first thing in the morning.  Karlie loved that her bunk bed was above ours so she would lean over when she woke up to see if we were awake yet.  Most days she was up at 6 am and ready to go!

We most of the day in Jamaica but later that afternoon and evening we had fun on the boat.  It was a more relaxing day, we played cards by the pool while the kids swam, talked, walked around, did activities, and went to the Love & Marriage show after the kids were in bed for the night.

Relaxing and playing cards with Josh, Dad, Mom, Lee, and Jake on the pool deck while the kids were swimming.  The girls realized we were by the “Sprinkles” ice cream machine playing cards and stopped swimming long enough to have an ice cream cone.

Karlie on a mission!

Brina pushing Nicko in the stroller down the hallway

A guy from the table next to us brought over glow sticks for the kids.  Nicko loved his!

Sweet Karlie girl

Brina enjoying her dessert

Eeek! There’s a bat in our room!  The girls reassured me that it was okay because the bat was really just a folded towel.  They thought it was pretty cool!

The Royal Promenade was all lit up at night.  It looked beautiful.  This is one end of it.  It had stores and restaurants on the main level and room balconies overlooking too.  They head a couple different dances, parades, and various activities at night in this area too.

The “Travel and Vacation” series is an insight into our trips together as a family and ways we relax.  Life is short and we were thrilled to have the opportunity to build memories with family and explore of of the most amazing places during our time away.  Explore with a good attitude, look for fun, and it will be an awesome trip jammed packed with positive memories.  It is refreshing having some time away from the regular routine.  Make it a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet new people and learn.  You just might see or try something new that takes your breath away!