1. Wake Up
2. Breakfast
3. Lay Out
4. Lunch
5. Lay Out
6. Shower
7. Dinner
8. Sing
9. Bed
10. Repeat
There were two highlights for me...
1. Having Ryan be able to be apart of this very Bogdan Family Tradition. Being on a cruise is what I know for Christmas. We've done it so long that it feels unnatural to be in IL for Christmas. It was great to have Ryan be able to experience that and all of the excitement that my family attaches to it. To put it in perspective of just how big of a deal this family cruise is to my family... we've already booked and started talking about next years!
2. It was really nice to have 5 people on the cruise instead of just 4. That's really for the whole vacation part of the trip, but I especially noticed it on the cruise. When it's just the 4 of us my mom and I spend all of the time together, Elliott spends time with his new friends and Dad spends time relaxing. But when there were 5 of us, sometimes Ryan and I would hang out, sometimes Ryan and Elliott would hang out, sometimes mom and dad would sit together, sometimes mom and I would sit together... there are just a lot more options of mixing things up with 5 than with 4. Plus I really enjoyed seeing Elliott and Ryan get a long so well...
 |
| Dad giving Ryan and Elliott a poker tutorial! |
 |
| The three kids at dinner! |
 |
| Elliott's serious about his food |
 |
| Oh the food... look at that lobster! |
 |
| On our way to the Piano Bar... notice the kit kat pocket square! |
 |
| Winning our Ship on a Stick in the Piano Bar! |
 |
| The 5 of us at the beach... notice mom's flamingo stance! |
 |
| The three men again |
 |
| Ryan eating 14 oz of beef! Probably more than he's eaten the whole year in Ecuador! |
