Friends and the lake

The Caymans

The first set of pictures are from a little stop called Hell, Grand Cayman. It's a real place that got its name from the natural rock formation that you can see in the back ground. It was strange being there just because of the name.

The next set of pictures are from the turtle farm. The first big turtle (sea turtle of course) weighs over 500lbs. We all got to catch and hold one. They are super nice animals. Remember finding Nemo? They have to be nice in order to help find lil' Nemo!

The third set of pictures are of us on the boat ride to feed, pet, and snorkel with the stingrays. I have more pictures of this later. It rained on us this day while we were in the water. It rained quite hard for about 15 minutes then was beautiful!

The rabbit pictures are another one of our bed guest by the house keeping. By the looks of Parker he must have thought it was rabbit season. Can't take the redneck out of a child no matter where he is.

The final picture is of one of the many boats that transferred people to the Caymans. They have a reef close to shore and want to protect it therefore the cruise ships have to anchor and transport passengers using small boats.

The Caymans was unexplainable. A real treasure and a place I would definitely go back to. The Island was very clean and the locals were gems.

Dunns River

More Highlights

The view of Jamaica from the ship.

Dolphins Cove and pirate encounter

Parrots life!

Ya, mon!

Hotel RIU

Family photo before getting off the ship to see Jamaica

Photo of me and the boys from our room balcony

One of the many animals made by the house keeping staff - the boys loved coming to the room every evening to find out which animal they would find.

I downloaded most of my pictures and I'm giving you the highlights from the first stop in Jamaica. Jamaica excursion included swimming with the dolphins and Dunns River. I will add the pictures from the river later. The boys L-O-V-E-D the water. If I have learned anything from this vacation it's that my boys would be perfectly content at any beach. They could care less about an exotic island. Swimming, snorkeling, and just being goofy was their favorite part. Carey and I both really enjoyed seeing the differences between the two islands along with the animals. Both boys really enjoyed the turtle farm from the Grand Cayman which I'm including pictures of tomorrow.

JAMAICA AND GRAND CAYMAN

A few pictures that I was able to download this morning. The dolphin swim was done in Ocho Rios, Jamaica and the Stingray (picture with Carey and I holding it) was in the Grand Cayman. The boys touched the stingray but were much to busy snorkling to slow down for a picture. Carey and Cade had their picture made with a stingray but Cade kept bobbing his head under water for a closer look. This is just a few pictures made from a cd. I have plenty more to share later.