Life's Helmet

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Cruise - Day 1

This last week my family took us on a cruise to Mexico. We had a total blast! Due to the large amount of pictures that we took, I've decided to break it down into several different posts. The first day of the cruise we boarded the ship and spent the rest of the day exploring the boat. Here are some of the overall highlights of our time on the cruise ship:

One of the best parts of the cruise was without a doubt, THE FOOD! Imagine being able to eat all of the food you could possibly want! It was absolutely amazing! At night we got to eat in the more formal dining room. Due to some booking errors, we ended up getting our very own dining room with our own personal waiter and assistant waiter. The food was SO good! We felt pretty special since we were the only people in the dining room, the assistant waiter just stood by our table the entire meal. The best part was that it was a 3 course meal and we could choose WHATEVER we wanted and AS MUCH as we wanted, and it didn't cost us anything! Talk about heaven on earth!

One of Ryan's favorite channels on tv is the Travel Channel. A couple months ago Ryan saw a special about cruises. In the show, the host talked about the towel animals the cruise line left in her room. Ryan thought that was pretty sweet so you could imagine his excitement when we found towel animals in our room.

One of our favorite things to do on the ship was the shows at night. We had soda cards so we got to sit on the balcony enjoying free drinks while watching the shows.

Another highlight was seeing a few "D" list celebrities. On our cruise we saw "Mad Mike" from MTV's 'Pimp My Ride' and Marcedes Lewis from the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

The Gene Machine

When we were at Dave & Buster's, they had a machine called "The Gene Machine." Ryan and I decided this would be a great opportunity to do a trial run and see what our kids would look like before giving it a go in the future. See the results below:

Hmm...maybe we should hold off on kids for
a while. (If this doesn't get our parents off
our back about kids, I don't know what will!)

Dave & Buster's

Ever since we first heard about Dave & Buster's, we've been dying to go. So last night we finally made it over there and had our night of gaming. We had a blast! I've gotta admit, that place is pretty amazing!

We didn't end up making the best deal.

One of Ryan's favorite games was a game where you have to roll your ball and make it into the hole in order to make your horse run faster and win the race. The entire time we were there, there was a little kid playing the game. He would offer a dollar to anyone who could beat him. When Ryan beat him on his first try, he offered Ryan the dollar. When Ryan refused to take it, the kid told him he was stupid for turning down the dollar when he had the chance. Ryan went on to beat the kid three out of four games, every time offering his dollar. I'm not sure whether Ryan liked playing the game or talking to the kid more. Let's just say that by the end of the night, Ryan had a new best friend.