Cruisin' Caribbean

Oct 2013 · 1 min read

After our visit to Salt Lake, we took a cruise to Honduras, Belize, and Mexico. It was supposed to be a big family event with several extended family members, but for various reasons, each had to back out except for my sister's family and mine. So our two families continued enjoying time together. :)

The cruise left out of New Orleans and lasted one week, with a day at each of the three ports, and a few sea-only days. With plenty of fun things to do on the ship for adults and kids, including a kids club, karaoke, and great food, we were anything but bored. We enjoyed the fact the many of the staff were from Bali, and even ran into to several people who were from Ubud, including one of our waiters, Ketut.

Here is a picture of us on the ship.

On the cruise shipWe had lots of fun singing Karaoke and performing.

P1170018Our first port of call was Roatan, Honduras, where we drove around a bit to see the town.

Roatan, HondurasThen we swam at a beach that was pretty dirty because of a recent storm. But they eventually cleaned it up. See?

Roatan, HondurasMy sister and her boyfriend Casey also got engaged! Congratulations, guys!!!

P1160930In Belize, we went cave tubing, which was a blast. Yes, it's riding an inner tube down a river and inside caves. With a guide.

P1000024In Mexico, we stopped at Cozumel, where we swam and played with dolphins! Such beautiful, intelligent, and playful creatures.

It was a very fun trip -- so great to spend time together, and the kids had a blast, too. Here are more pictures and videos of the trip. Next up: New Orleans. And then I want to write about some other exciting projects I've been working on lately.

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  1. the mom · Oct 19, 2013

    Caribbean Cruise: The Musical!

    I so wish I could have joined all of you on the cruise, especially for all the music... thanks so much for the video. Really fun to hear all of you singing and playing. Aysia is going to have to start working on her on own performance piece soon :)

  2. Jennifer Pearce · Oct 19, 2013

    It was a very special cruise in many ways, not only for the fun activities, Ashley and Casey's engagement, and of course the karaoke, but most of all for the amazing company. And, an extra big thank you to Ashley for planning it all out for us. We love you!

  3. Irene · Oct 21, 2013

    Beautiful places, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ! I especially loved the singing on the video. THANKS !

  4. Kristin · Oct 22, 2013

    I love the pictures and video!! Thank you for posting them! Looks like you had a great time. I wish we could have gone, too, but what fun for you and Ashley & families to enjoy the week together!

  5. Your beloved sister · Oct 22, 2013

    This was so incredible. I had such a great time with you guys!! What a fun vacation to spend with you. Thanks for posting about all of it. And Jen- I was happy to organize stuff. I'm just glad most of it went according to plan. Haha. Love you all!

  6. Graham · Oct 31, 2013

    Was that a Carnival Cruise? I've been on ships for 7 years and don't recognize the decor...

  7. Brandon Pearce · Oct 31, 2013

    Yes, it was Carnival.