Our Carnival Friends....

Mark and I also met some very wonderful people on the cruise. Unfortunately, we didn't meet them until mid-week but we really enjoyed the few days we did get to spend with them. The two couples we met were, Maria and Joaquin Galindo, and Mandy and Mike Underwood (honeymooners)! Maria and Joaquin are from Miami, FL and Mike and Mandy are from Jacksonville, FL. We were sad to leave them but are looking forward to all meeting up again someday and until then we are keeping in touch via e-mail! Miss you guys!
We also sat with some wonderful people in our dining room! Patrick, a.k.a Grandpa, Marissa and Cara. Those girls took to Bryce and Dylan from the first night! They were so sweet and the boys loved them. They reminded us a lot of our Alyssa and her friends the way they treated the boys! We are also keeping in touch with them via e-mail! Tell Grandpa hello girls! We miss you!

Bryce loved swimming in the pools on board the ship, other than the fact that the water is ocean water that is pumped in each day. He did not like the salt water at all.
Dylan on the other hand enjoyed the 24/7 ice cream machine the most. He would find anyone he could to get him a cone!
The boys also loved Camp Carnival. They made new friends and did many activites! They were Shrek and Donkey in the below picture. The camp counselor was laughing because Dylan was missing an ear and noticed that it had been chewed off! Leave it to Dylan! :)
The other picture is Mark and me in St. Maarten. After snorkeling at an old ship wreck and another reef, we boated over to the French side of the Island and went to the downtown shopping area. It was so beautiful!

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More vacation pictures.....

Billingsley vacation 2006

We just got home Sunday from vacation. I must say we had a wonderful time! We took the boys on a cruise. We were on the Carnival Valor for 7 days! It was amazing. The boys loved it. We left from Miami, FL and went to Nassau, Bahamas. Then, on to St. Thomas, USVI and St. Maarten, NA. The boys got to play in the water with dolphins at Nassau. Then we spent the day at Magen's Beach in St. Thomas. Mark and I spent a day by ourselves at St. Maarten on a boat going snorkeling and shopping downtown. Enjoy the pictures!