Let me first preface this post by explaining a few things. First, because I lost a lot of personal files when my computer crashed (pics for our business always get backed up immediately, but I’m always lacking when it comes to backing up my personal pics), I lost all my cruise pics from my camera. So all the pics you see are from my Dad’s point and shoot; and secondly, they haven’t been photoshopped either (just a little Lightroom edit). I was really bummed out when I discovered that the pictures from my camera were lost because I had a lot more “artistic” images from Mexico that I would love to share, but oh well. I need to at least be thankful that I still have some photos from our family trip.

We had a such a great time on the cruise. It was such a last minute booking for my family, but I’m so glad we got to go.

Here’s a pic of the ship, the Carnival Fantasy in New Orleans, LA.

You’ll notice that my dad isn’t in most of the pics because he was the one taking the pictures. But here is my mom, my brothers Jordan (far left) and Matt, and myself:

The entire family (again, sorry for poor quality, but its the best we have):

At night after the parents and little brother went to bed, Matt and I met up with Miranda and her brothers to p-a-r-t-y (translation: hang out, laugh at drunk people, and try to dance). Here’s us rocking out to YMCA:

Oh yes, we are so gangsta:

The cruise was a 4 night cruise, so there was only one port stop. But I loved Cozumel the first time I went on a cruise, so I wasn’t complaining to visit there again. Here’s us at Senor Frogs (again, without Dad):

For our shore excursion, we booked a beginners scuba class where you actually get to go about 40 feet deep and dive around a beautiful reef. I absolutely LOVED it (my ears gave me some problems from the pressure, but I didn’t let it ruin the fun). I just need to move by the water…after my surfing experience this summer (can read about it here) and now having gone scuba diving too, I want to do both all the time .
Me suiting up:

We payed a little bit extra to have an underwater photographer (sorry, I don’t know her name or if she even has a website, the boat captain contacted her) come down with us to take pics, and it was well worth the money. These underwater photos are some of my favorite from the trip:

The whole family:

Me and Matt:

Jordan among the reef:

And here’s some pics of the wonderful and beautiful underwater life:

I don’t know what this is, but it just looks cool:

An eel peeping out:

For my overall grade of the experience, a BIG thumbs up!

We’ll be posting some pics from a recent senior shoot, so stay tuned!

- heather