High Schooler

Well...it's here. Where did the time go? Rebecca started high school this past Wednesday. She said her first day was scary. She was scared an upperclassman would dump her in a trash can. She was happy that didn't happen. : ) She loves her teachers and looks forward to Friday Night Football.

I started my 25th year of teaching.

Carnival Cruise-Day 3

Day 3 of our cruise started off with a glitch. Wednesday was supposed to be a stop in Cozumel, Mexico. However, Tropical Storm Dan decided it wasn't meant to be. We were awakened by the sounds of our cruise director, Marky Mark, that due to the tropical storm, we were being rerouted to Freeport, Bahamas. We were VERY disappointed about not going to Cozumel. It was the the reason we chose this particular cruise. However, when life gives you lemons, we make lemonade. We were happy that we would get to visit another tropical place. Eric and I had visited Freeport on our first cruise. But it would be a first for Rebecca. Due to the change in plans, we spent Wednesday at sea. We ate a late breakfast(along with the other 2000 passengers). We decided to look at pictures from the night before, visit the casino, and check out the gift shops. Along the way, we got asked to play in a game of Family Feud with some other families. It was quite amusing. Both teams "won" and were awarded a very nice, 24K plastic ship on a stick. : ) Rebecca decided she wanted to go swimming, so she went back to the room to change. Eric and I wandered around. We went to the Dynasty Lounge and played bingo and watched the Newly Wed Game. When we returned to the room, we found Rebecca sound asleep. She never made it to the pool. We ate dinner in the dining room again. After dinner, we went back to the Dynasty Lounge and watched Minute to win it and a reverse scavenger hunt. We went to the pool area for the Monster Party, but Rebecca wasn't feeling good, so we called it a night.

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Parasailing in Key West

Before we ever left for our trip, Rebecca and I spent hours researching the cruise and excursions we could take. One that really interested she and Eric was parasailing. I, on the other hand, was not interested at all!! We booked the excursion after we boarded the ship. We decided they should do it first thing so we could spend the rest of the time in Key West doing some shopping/sight seeing.
We met the guide when we got off the ship. She put us on the "train" to take us into town to meet another guide. There were 4 others going on the parasailing excursion. I watched Eric and Rebecca ride off on their adventure and I walked around Mallory Square. Here are the pictures one of the guides took of Eric and Rebecca's adventure on the wild side:

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Carnival Cruise-Day 2

Our first full day started off with a port in Key West, Florida. None of us had ever been there before. The boat ported at the Naval base. We had to take a "train" to the center of town. Eric and Rebecca had an early appointment to go parasailing early that morning. While they went parasailing, I walked around a few of the shops. We met back up and walked around town. Rebecca got a henna tattoo. We ate at Sloppy Joe's bar. I tried their signature sloppy joe. It was yummy. We found Jimmy Buffet's original Margaritaville restaurant. Since we had already eaten, we went to the gift shop and bought t-shirts. It was really hot, but we enjoyed the excursion. The most interesting fact I learned was that US Hwy. 1 begins in Key West. Hwy. 1 runs through Lexington County. Tuesday night was Cruise Elegant night for dinner. We all got dressed up and enjoyed a delicious meal. We caught the tail end of a show and then called it a night.

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Carnival Cruise-Day 1

We went on our first family cruise last week. What a wonderful vacation. Here is a slideshow of our first day.

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The $5000 Smile

Before:

After:

After 2 years and 8 months, she was finally able to eat corn on the cob. It was the only food she wasn't allowed to eat that she actually didn't eat. She's not too excited about the retainer, but her smile sure is pretty.