Our Disney Fantasy Cruise!

Last week, we had the privilege of spending seven nights on the Disney Fantasy with Ben's side of the family! It was a wonderful, fun-filled trip...and I think we're all still trying to recover a bit. :) I'm going to post our pictures a little different this year...only because I can't remember what we did on each day. :) So first up...all the random, fun pictures from our trip! 

Lainey, Walker and I on the flight to Florida. :) 

Lainey's very-wiggly tooth! She ended up losing TWO teeth on this cruise!

Walker, being grumpy in the terminal while waiting to get on the cruise ship.

So grumpy and uncooperative.

a forced smile

I took this picture after we had a little "talk" about our attitude.

the cute Harris family

About to sail away!

Walker LOVED the arcade on the ship! One of his favorite things! And yes, he asked to go there about 25 times a day. :) And no, he wasn't happy whenever we said that he couldn't go. 

This car game was his favorite. :)

And, because Disney is AMAZING, they somehow found peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for this kiddo on the last night of the cruise. I think he was done with cheeseburgers and fries. So, in true Disney fashion, they brought us more than what we needed! Yay for PB&J! :) 

Lainey packed an entire bag for her doll, Grace. And was responsible for carrying it (and the doll) throughout the airport and onto the ship...and then back to Texas again. And she did it!

Ella

Lainey

Both Lainey and Ella went to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique where they received full makeovers and a Disney costume to keep!

Lainey chose to be "First Mate Minnie." And...now we have a Halloween costume. :) 

Ella chose to be Belle!

She kinda looks like she's 14 in this picture.

Just touching up some sparkles on her face.

Walker wanted NOTHING to do with the glitter that was all over the girls! Nothing. He would not get near them. :) 

Family photo. Notice Walker standing as far away from Lainey as possible. Because of the glitter.

We participated in Family Fusion (a "how well do you know your family" game) with Aunt Tisha and Brooke and Kate. It was fun. But we did not win. :(

Off the boat...in St. Maarten.

Walker described the water's color as "cyan." Thank you, Minecraft. :)

Walker. One cannot count on him to be patient or cooperative. And he is also very sensitive to sunlight. He is not a fan of the sun because it's so bright...he has admitted that he likes the rainy days!

Lainey and Daddy at lunch in St. Maarten

This was our view at lunch. This is how close we were to the airport. Crazy!

Getting back on the ship after our day in St. Maarten. It was around this time that Walker told us that his feet "were almost outta gas" and they had "like 10% left." :) I had to agree with him. It was a long walk back to the boat! The kids both took naps after this trip to the beach. It was exhausting!

St. Thomas

more St. Thomas

our boat from above

Walker took this picture of me. If he was getting grumpy (which was quite often), I'd give him our underwater camera to take random pictures. We got some good ones. :)

Walker took this of Lainey. :) 

Walker has a lot of ups and downs throughout the day. Our vacation was no exception. He often tells us "I don't like this day" if we give him an answer he doesn't like or doesn't want to hear. And at one point, on the cruise, he stated that "Nobody is makin' me happy right now." (I think this was when we were waiting for our group to finish shopping for souvenirs...he was getting impatient!) 

Just an example of how amazing Disney is...every time we come into a port they service the boat in some way or another. They clean the rescue boats, they clean the windows, they touch up the paint...and you barely know they are there. :)

Castaway Cay (pronounced "Castaway Key")

Castaway Cay is Disney's private island. It's perfect.

This is Ella's hand. She was feeding the seagulls.

the view of our boat from Castaway Cay

We took the opportunity to eat at a fancy, adults-only restaurant one evening! It was AMAZING. The food was spectacular. :) Thanks, Bud and Yiyia! And thanks to the bigger cousins for watching the younger cousins!

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Our dinner on the second-to-last of the cruise was in the restaurant called Animator's Palate. As a special treat, they "animated" everyone's drawings! It was so fun! 

Walker's drawing (halfway finished at this point)

Lainey's dog :)

I think Uncle Chris' is the orange guy (second from the right).

Lainey's dog (second from left) and Aunt Tisha's girl (far right)

Uncle Greg's (far left) and mine (next to Greg's) and Yiyia's is next to mine (I think)

I think Bud's is on the far right. I didn't get a picture of Walker's...and I can't remember which one was Ben's!

our names in the credits

Lainey and Ella brought their dolls to dinner.

Ella's doll took a selfie. :)

Ben and I also celebrated our 10th anniversary on this trip! :) Our waiters spoiled us as did the guy who took care of our room! :) 

A little night swimming...notice the pool is shaped like Mickey. :)

Pretending to be royal. It was around this time that Lainey lost her lanyard (with her room key card).

But, once again, because Disney is AMAZING, they gave her a new card and reproduced her exact lanyard with the same "Happy Anniversary" pin that the staff had given to our family. 

Talent show! All of the girl cousins performed a dance. :) Super cute!

Stay tuned for more pictures! :)