Day 2 & 3 and Astoria Oregon

Tuesday morning was greeting the Princesses. We were second in line.

Ariel

 Cinderella

 Belle

 Elsa & Anna

After greeting the Princesses, it was time to go ashore.

Selfie with the cruise ship.

 The port was next to this hotel. It was a nice day outside too. Just light jacket weather.

 Here is a better view of the port.

It was surprising how many businesses were closed on a Tuesday morning.

Considering a cruise ship with thousands of tourist coming ashore.

We walked through a little mall with an antique store in it.

We found this box of Wheaties with the Mariner's being featured.

 I know I was kind of excited with the find. I texted Scott these pictures.

Figured he would be the most interested.

It was tempting for a moment to buy it.

We didn't.

Walking around Astoria was a nice change. We needed the exercise. We were eating a lot!!

Back to the ship and the pool and slide for the kids. 

 Dinner tonight was in Tiana's Palace.

Very New Orleans vibe going on.

A live band and singing. It was too loud and crazy in here.

Plus the menu was getting to be on the weird side.

 Mima dressed up for the evening.

The restaurant handed out mardi gras beads for everyone.

 The saxophones on the table were the kids menu. 

These are pictures from Wednesday.

More poolside action.

 Tonight was Pirate Night.

 Mima dressed up, but Blake came as himself. They did have these pirate hats at the tables.

 Here is Sofia with Mima.

This cruise was pretty low key and we enjoyed each day without rushing about.

Disney Cruise Let's begin

Fred and I started the journey Sunday morning. 

We flew out of St. George Airport. 

It's so slick to just drive 10 minutes down the road and hop on the plane.

We made it to Vancouver B.C. It took almost two hours to get through the immigration line.

Other than that, everything else was great.

It was rainy and cloudy in Vancouver. We hung out in our room and ate downstairs at the 

White Spot Restaurant. 

 It was delicious!! 

We shared a White Spot Club 

and a Classic Apple Pie with Ice Cream.

Here we are in our hotel room. It was a nice place.

Monday morning we took the shuttle from the hotel to the pier.

After going through all the lines, we made it to this point hoping to spot Shannon & Brian.

As you can see, we did.

The kids were entertained with food while we waited for our turn to board the ship.

 Off to a great start.

Here are pictures of our room. We got an inside cabin this time. 

Figured we'd save the money.

This is actually our favorite room so far on any of our cruises. 

It just felt bigger. The only drawback for us was there wasn't much of a shelf in the bath.

 There were a ton of drawers and cabinets to store our stuff in so it made up 

for the lack of shelf in the bath.

 This bed was so comfy. I slept pretty good each night.

First thing the kids wanted to check into the Kids Club.

These are the coolest wash stations. 

Stick your hands in the tunnels and water and soap spray for 20 seconds.

Little Miss is shy.  

 It's a sweet gig. They text you when anything comes up with your child or to tell you they want to be picked up. Fred and I were "authorized" picker uppers.

 Our first night for dinner was in the Animator's Palate.

This was my favorite of the three restaurants we ate at. 

Disney caters to the kids 100%.

Even if what they wanted was not on the menu....they would bring it to you.

 These two ate lots of pizza and Mickey Ice Cream Bars.

 Looks like spaghetti tonight though.

Cruise Day One over. Total Success!!

Wrapping up Idaho

 Fred has the pictures on his camera I hope of Sunday.

Garrett received the Priesthoood and was ordained a Deacon on Sunday.

His great grandpa Burke ordained him. 

My Dad really wanted the opportunity to ordain a Great Grandson.

It was very thoughtful of Corinne and Ben to ask Garrett how he felt about that. 

Garrett said yes. 

On Monday we had the family over to our hotel to swim before we checked out.

 Here we have Father and Daughter supervision.

 This is Richard and Henry. 

  Here is Garrett, Spencer & Henry.

 I actually am not sure who this is. Either Garrett or Richard.

 Ben doesn't love swimming, but he goes willingly all the time with the boys. 

 Next was lunch at Burger King.

The big boys sat with us. Richard and Garrett.

 Must have selfie!!

 Here we have the other table with the rest of the Fam.

Ben & Spencer and Henry by Corinne. Plus Garrett in the foreground.

 These two can eat!!

Next was the park. Here's Henry. 

  Ben and Richard and I think Spencer on the swing.

 Swinging Garrett.

 Then we moved onto skating.

Here is Garrett and Spencer.

 Henry and Mom.

 Ben with Spencer and Richard.

 Ben and Garrett. We watched. 

I just don't want to risk falling and actually hurting myself in some permanent way.

And last, but certainly not least.

ICE CREAM

Mom and Henry.

 Spencer & Garrett.

Corinne and Ben, Richard and Henry.

 Grandpa with Garrett & Spencer.

We split up here. They went home and we headed to the airport.

It was a wonderful weekend. Celebrating wonderful events.

Baby Shower and Priesthood Ordination!