Well, Marlina and I got to do something that I have always wanted to do. We got to surprise the kids with a vacation. I am talking full on surprise here. We dropped the kids off at school for the day, then showed up at the school office at 10:15 to pick them up. They had no idea of why they were being called to the office. We loaded them up in the car under the guise that Dad had taken the day off and wanted to go to Galveston. As we crossed the Causeway bridge, Katie looks at the cruise boat docked and asks, "Hey, when do you think we will be able to go on that cruise boat?" We looked at each other sheepishly and changed the subject. First stop, the Olympia Grill on the Strand. This is where the Murphy's walked in. Trent and Trish walked in with both of their kids and we all got seated together. At that point, we told the kids to turn around and see what was on their chairs. The ladies had put together a backpack for each of the kids. Inside the backpack was a pair of sunglasses, some sunscreen, a travel journal, an envelope with $75 spending money, and a note that read "See that big boat anchored up right outside? Here is your ticket, now lets go get on board!"
The cruise was set for one day at sea, one day in Cozumel, and one day at sea. The first day at sea was quite windy. Luke was a bit disappointed as the Sports Deck was shut down due to the high winds. Even the water slide was closed. However, we still managed to have some fun and the kids and ladies picked up First Place in the on-board scavenger hunt. We ended the night with show about music through the years. We loved it as the kids cringed as we danced along to the sounds of ABBA and Barry Manilow.
We got up and we were in Cozumel. It occurred to me as we headed out on our excursion that our kids had never been in water where they could see their feet. Boy are they in for a treat.
On the next post, I will fill you in on dolphin encounter excursion.........
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