Family Reunion Cruise: Days 1 & 2

 For Christmas this year, we gave our kids a cruise, along with all of their cousins and Grandma Lisa & Popp-e. This is the first big vacation we've had where everyone came! The kids have been counting down for months. We sailed from New Orleans on a 7 day cruise on the Norwegian Getaway. It was our first time sailing Norwegian, and it was a pretty fabulous experience!

Day One was flying to New Orleans and then checking into our hotel across from the cruise terminal. Day two, we spent the morning site seeing in New Orleans, riding the trolley, seeing Jackson Square, and of  course eating beignets. We also returned to a restaurant we really enjoyed when we were in NOLA in 2021 for our family trip. The gator bites were a big hit again 😝.

We boarded the ship in the afternoon anf commenced exploring! The kids wasted no time in trying the ropes course, far above the sea and sky, and getting their first (of MANY) ice cream cones. 

 

It was pretty neat to sail down the Mississippi River!

Sorry the pictures are out of order! Hard to put them the way I want them on my phone!

Just for fun, here's our family in the same spot in 2021 and 2025. A few of those kids have really grown!