Day at Sea and Castaway Cay

We had a day at Sea as we traveled back up towards Florida.  Austin (white shirt) and Scott (red shirt) both had a great time playing in the pool.  We took it easy that day.  

That night, we ate at Animator's Palatte.  They had each person draw a picture and then they animated it on the tv.  Sadly, Kate and I were in the bathroom.  We were pretty sad, but it's a good excuse to go on a cruise again!

Our last day, we stopped at Castaway Cay, Disney's private island.  It was gorgeous, clean, and had so many things to do.  Melissa and I went snorkeling together for a little bit.  The water got a little dusty because of all the sand getting kicked up.  We saw a lot of fish and even some fun Disney things--from Finding Nemo and things from a shipwrecked Mickey Mouse ship.

The kids loved playing in the sand.  Austin loved this tube and floated around on it for a long time.  Scott and Kate went on the slide (not pictured) a few times and loved it.

There was a shuttle to take you around the island.  The big picture is Austin and I when we arrived.

 For our last night, we went to Palo, one of the nice restaurants on board.  It was incredible.  The food was so good--and this is after a week of eating yummy food, so the fact that food still tasted good was saying something

We went with these lovely people and had a nice time!

After Palo, we went back to our rooms and frantically packed.  The next day, we woke up at 6:30 (4:30 Utah time) and got home at about 10 pm.  It was a LONG travel day, but all 4 kids did so good.  No major meltdowns, nothing.  Then we settled in for a long week--back to reality.  Scott's face pretty much sums up how we were all feeling.

One highlight not pictured is David--he was the host of a lot of the shows we went to and was so funny, we got such a kick out of him!  He really added a lot to the trip.  This cruise was so fun, the kids still talk about it all the time (it is June as I type this up).  We dream about it, and hope to be able to go again!  I think my favorite thing was that we got to go with about 30 of us.  It was so fun being together and strengthening those relationships.   What a party!!