Family Vacation

The much needed vacation was awesome!!!

We all got up on time Friday morning and actually left the house on time. We dropped off Redd at my parents. He was to have his vacation by having an actual yard to play in for 4 days. We then went to Enterprise to pick up the car we were renting...Edgar wanted a completely stress free vacation and leaving our car in a strange parking lot for 4 days was not in those plans...the funny thing is that we were supposed to be renting a large 4 door sadan but because it was not turned back into the lot on time we ended up with a Tahoe for the same price(I drive a Yukon), so, we basically drove the same car to Long Beach. LOL!

Embarcation was strange for Edgar and I. We are sooo used to seeing it from the other side. To be standing on deck on a ship again was an amazingly, wonderful feeling. Sophia was blown away by the sheer size of the ship. Yes, we admit it Edgar and I are cruising snobs. We spent most of the first afternoon comparing Carnival to Princess and yes, Carnival came up short. To say they are very relaxed in the way they do things is putting mild. We are very used to spit & polish and a very strict way of looking and acting. Dinner that first night changed things a bit for us. The food was excellent and our waiters were wonderful. Of course, our hot button is Sophia, or as they called her "Princess Sophia". She had so much fun and we walked a lot of stairs because she loves to go up and down them. They had Carnival Campus for the little ones and she always had one activity or other going on...Bubble Dancing anyone!!! She also loved the production shows. The last night we had to sit in the very front row so she could see them up close and personal. Edgar was happy because they had a cigar bar onboard and I got my "Aroma Stone" massage. We came away from the cruise with our batteries recharged.

Much Love,
Roni