Top 10's from our Thanksgiving Cruise

After waiting WWAAYY too long, I'll catch up a little of the Scott Parry family happenings. Over Thanksgiving, we had a fun if short Royal Caribbean cruise from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico and back. Along with just being together, these were some of our favorites:
1. The Flowrider. Scott and the kids rocked on this one (it's actually the reason why we chose this ship). We rented the Flowrider out in the evenings, and they surfed and boogie boarded and had a lot of fun.
2. X-Terra Park in Cozumel. It was impressive (and we are not usually Mexico fans). We did 2 well-organized courses of zip lines (12 zip lines each), got muddy in crazy amphibious vehicles, swam through underground caves, and hit our heads (mostly Lyndon, who is 6'5") and each others' boats on cool stalagtite formations :)
3. Teen dodge ball. This cruise had fun activities for teenage boys who enjoy hitting other people--and it was legal! When one boy complimented Connor with: "You're a f---ing bomb!," we realized we weren't in Kansas, I mean Utah, anymore.
4. Eating. We got on the boat hungry and went straight to the buffet. Really, we may have set some kind of record here (the boys with at least 3 trips back for more food--just about every meal)!
5. Watching football games in the hot tubs. It was Thanksgiving weekend, after all.
6. Treats!!! My favorite foods include the word chocolate and come after the meals, and the cruise didn't disappoint. Scott liked the strawberry shakes from Johnny Rockets best, he and I tried some of the gourmet cupcakes, and even our boys who aren't eating sugar desserts this year found a selection of sugar-free treats every day!
7. Warm weather = reading by the pool. 80 degrees on the 1st of December = NICE.
8. Movies and shows. Any time we wanted a bit of down time, there was something funny to watch.
9. One dress up dinner. The boys ordered just about everything on the menu when they learned it was possible.
10. After the cruise, we had some extra time so went to an Alligator Farm outside of Ft. Lauderdale. Our little air boat and the not-shy alligators next to us didn't disappoint.