Phillips Five: Our Christmas Cruise part 1

On a Friday morning January 4th we got up early, drove to California and boarded our new home for a few days. The girls were so excited to be by the ocean. Going through all the security checks I could tell was a little intimidating for the girls, but we made it through just fine. They just wanted to get on that ship.

First thing when we got on the ship we headed to the buffet for lunch. After all the best part of a cruise is the food. Right? They really enjoyed just being able to have whatever they wanted whenever they wanted. After lunch we took a tour of all the fun things to do on the ship.

The water was beautiful and everyone was looking for animals in the ocean. Avery and I did see a sea otter but other than that there was just a lot of birds. In fact we tried to eat our lunch outside on the decks but those darn birds were getting a little too close for comfort.

There was a miniature golf couse on the very top of the boat which had these fun heads all over. They all wanted their picture by them. Abbie of course had to throw in a nose pick.

They had fun music playing as we toured the ship. It's amazing how big these cruise ships are. It really is a little city floating on the water.

Aliza was much happier when she was the photographer. She did a pretty good job too.

The stage where they do all the big shows was obviously a big hit.

Abbie loved being in the library (pictured below). There were a few times when she went there to read or we all played games together.

The library totally reminded me of something from a Harry Potter movie.

Our first night they were so excited to have a towel animal and chocolate on their pillows. Our room was squishy with a queen size bed, two over head beads on each side of the room and a roll away bed. We all slept well each night though. When the cruise ship first took off most of us were a little sea sick but we got used to it pretty quickley.

The weather was not the best, but you cant expect Summer weather in the Winter I suppose. The temperature was actually really nice, but the wind blew the entire time. I don't think it mattered the temperature with that cold ocean wind blowing. Brrrrrr So swimming wasn't as fun as we would have hoped, but they got in and tried a few of the water slides.