Here comes the Cruise

I have been super busy with piano festival stuff and our Blue and Gold Banquet this week. We also got a new computer, which also delayed me a bit. But I'm excited to start posting about our Disney Cruise. It won't all fit on one post, so here it goes.....

We were stressed when the worst ice storms since 1985 arrived the day we were supposed to leave for Houston. The airport was closed all morning but luckily our flight wasn't cancelled, just delayed. We arrived in Houston really late but were so excited it didn't matter. We decided we would spend the night in Houston and then drive to Galveston the following day. We waited in line for a long time for our rental car once we flew in. The people were really lame and the lady proudly told us that we could choose any car in the full size lot. I thought, gosh, that's nice. We will let the kids choose. Unfortunately there was only one and it was a total grandma car. The kids were laughing their heads off. Then we found one more that was a jeep. We made it to our hotel at 1:30 am and were exhausted. The next day was spent sleeping in, going to find some shorts for Savannah and meeting up with one of my mission friends. We got to Galveston in the evening and explored the city a little bit. It reminded me of what New Orleans would look like. There were a lot of people saying "sir" and ma'am". We got another hotel and got prepped for the Disney Cruise that would start the following day.

At the airport ready to go!

Ms. Savannah reading the paper while waiting for the flight

Notice the row of empty spots....and she happily said "pick any car you want in the full-size lot"....whatever!

Glad we found this car instead.

Laughing about the situation

I got on facebook and told Elder Suarez that I was in Houston because I remembered he lived there. Within about 20 minutes he left work and met us where we were shopping. We went with him to lunch at Olive Garden. We had some good laughs over mission memories. He is a cool guy. 

Chillin at the hotel 

I got on my droid and looked up "fun things to do in Galveston' .  LaKing's confectionery popped up as a place not to be missed. It is an old fashioned candy and ice cream shop. Everything is made homemade on sight. It was amazing!

Standing in front of rows of rows of candy and chocolate

Look how beautiful!

Ice Cream

This was called a sand dollar. It was kind of like a turtle with carmel, chocolate and nuts.

My girl found a horse to eat her ice cream cone on.

Yummy

I LOVE to read but don't get a chance to very often. When I go on vacation I always spend time reading.

They are cuddled up and can hardly wait for the cruise!

This is in the cruise terminal waiting for our number to be called so we can get on the ship. With all the people that would be boarding I was shocked at how seamless it went. The wait was short and all the check-in stuff was really organized.