i love it when we're cruising together

Well, I can officially say this is the first vacation I have ever actually looked forward to coming home from. I know that's kind of sad to say- but it's even more sad being away from the light of your life for seven days! I barely slept the last night on the cruise because I was so excited that I was going to see Sara the next day! But the cruise really was an absolute blast! We really did have so much fun- as you can see from the pics...We left Saturday around 4:00 and were at sea for the first couple days where we laid out, ate, had formal night, ate, laid out some more, ate, and had ice cream. Our first stop was Puerto Vallarta or "Porta Vularta" as Ryan likes to call it. We asked the crew members what there was to do here and they said they recommended just hanging out at the beach, which is exactly what we did. I also went para sailing, but while I was flying 500 feet above Ryan's head and over the ocean there were some other vacationers telling Ryan some para sailing horror stories they had witnessed first hand. So, Ryan passed on that. But I had a heck of a time! I've been para sailing two other times and have never been as high as I was in Puerto Vallarta. I could see the tops of every building and all of Puerto Vallarta. I loved every minute! Our next stop was Mazatlan where we took an open taxi to the Golden Zone which was supposed to be a nice place to go shopping and to the beach. So, we did a little shopping and hung out on the beach some more there. While we got bombarded buy Mexicans saying "A bracelet for you miss?" "Very cheap, almost free!" "A shirt for you sir?" "Almost free!" After that we were headed back North to Cabo San Lucas. This was one of our favorite stops- brought back some scary memories for me though. Last time I cruised here my brothers Ty, Tanner and I almost got left! We actually saw our cruise ship sailing away... So here we thought it'd be fun to rent a jet ski to take out on the ocean. Jet skiing on the ocean is a little different than in a lake. First of all- when the water would splash on us we got a mouthful of salt, but the best part was the waves. You have to find a boat if you ever want waves in a lake, but the ocean was just filled with them. Ryan drove the first half and let me take charge the second half of our ride. I think I made him a little nervous- ever time I'd start to gun it over a wave I'd hear a "Tor... Tori!" from the back. Later he told me how out of control I was and how he didn't know he had such a crazy wife. It was a lot of fun though. After our fun ride we finished up with some more bargain shopping. We made sure we each got ourselves something from each stop as well as something for our little sweetie. Then we had another full day at sea on the way back. They had some good entertainment and even better food! We were ordering at least 4, sometimes 5 course meals the whole week! Some of which included escargot, frog legs, clams, king crab legs, lobster, shrimp, steak etc. Life was great!So, that was our week long cruise! It really was so much fun, but kind of hard leaving a six month old baby behind. She actually got sick- poor thing. But they got her on some medicine and she's been doing great ever since. It was nice to get to spend some alone time with Ryan though- great way to spend Valentines week.