All Aboard! Wood Family Cruise

Here we are ready to go! It snowed the night be left. We took the red eye to Ft. Lauderdale...not recommended...as you see some of us were tired waiting to get on the ship. We are so excited!

Day #1 - Key West

Our first day was spent at Key West. We went snorkeling out on the reefs and then afterwards Sam set up the slackline between the docks. No one make it across completely. Sam make it the farthest.

Day #2 Cozumel Mexico

Day #2 = Cozumel! We had a blast at the Tulum Ruins. I was fun to walk around all the old buildings. Afterwards we spent a little time on the beach while Sam set up the slackline. It was hot and tiring...but really interesting.

Nap time

After our long day in Cozumel some took a nap on the bus ride back to the docks! These are some just pictures that make us laugh.

Grand Cayman Day #3

Day #3= Grand Cayman. This was suppose to be our funnest day of the trip..We thought anyway. We were supposed to play with the sting rays and walk around the town. Well that didn't happen. Early in the morning we were informed that a storm was rolling in and we had to be back on the boat after only being on the island for a couple of hours. Because we had to tender to the island the process was going to take a while. Since most of the family did not want to spend time waiting in line they decided to stay on the ship while Saun, Wes, Laura and I decided they wanted to go to the Island anyway even though they knew they could not see the sting rays. Unfortunately for us, the storm rolled in earlier then expected. We ended up going going to seven mile beach and playing in the water which was really fun. The most exciting part came when we headed back to the ship and ended up waiting in line for five hours because the tender boats couldn't make it back to the ship. The ocean was too rough and some of the people got stuck in the little crammed tender boats for almost two hours. Eventually they decided that they were going to have to bus everyone to the other side of the island. So we all got on buses and met the cruise ship on the other side where we finally made it back to the ship.
Since we knew the rest of family was going to make fun of us for getting off of the ship in the first place we made up that we got to swim with dolphins and pet the little turtles. It was pretty funny. We kept the joke going until the last day. They were asking too many questions and none of our stories were the same so they eventually caught on.
Well the weather never got better and we ended up not even stopping in Jamaica so in the end we were glad that we got off the ship in Grand Cayman because otherwise were would have spent over 3 days straight on the ship.

Dinner on the Ship!!!

As most of you know eating is an hourly occurance. These pictures were taken on different nights throughout our cruise...we are not sure which nights they fall on. As you might have notice one night was New Years Eve and we had a really good time. We hung out with all the drunks, danced and just played around the ship. It was a good time.



Bryan never gets kanker sores, but for some reason on this vacation he got a kanker. All we heard at dinner was how bad it hurt. I made him put salt on it because it is suppose to make it go away...you know one of those things that makes it hurt worse so when you wash the salt off you think it doesn't hurt as bad....lol. Jokes on you honey!!!
Anyway eating was a lot of fun. The dinners were really good. The buffets, though a little bland and very pretty, were ok too.

Christmas Day!!!

The big day finally came and now it is gone. Although Christmas is always something to look forward to it feels good to have it over. On Christmas morning we did the usual wake up early and open really nice gifts that our parents got for us. Then we had a good breakfast. We had a good time but it was time to go since we had to be back in St George for work. We had a 9 hour drive ahead of us. So we packed up and headed home. This is were it got interesting. As most of you know we don't have the best of luck. We just past Filmore and were listening to Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons" when we realized that we needed to stop to get gas or we would not make it to Beaver. So we pulled off of the exit and filled the tank. As Bryan was getting in the car he noticed that the back driver side tire was low. We drove over to the air to fill it up. We pulled up behind a van who was also filling his tires. Apparently he didn't notice anyone behind him and backed right into our car. When he realized what he had done he jump out and yelled at us to turn our lights on...but they were on the entire time. He felt stupid and drove off. Luckily our car only had some small scratches. Well we pulled up to the air and we filled the tire only to hear a loud hissing sound. The tire had a pretty bad leak. So here are the pictures of us changing the tire at the Chevron in Cove Fort. It was below 8 degrees and the wind was blowing. Its just our luck to have a flat tire and get backed into at the same time as well as have it be freezing cold. Just to recap I posted the pictures of our lucky day before we left on this trip. We left for Twin Falls on Thursday night and it started to blizzard between Beaver and Cedar City. It was so bad we couldn't even see the cars in front of us. We pulled of to get a Hotel but heard that the storm was supposed to last into the next day so we turned around and canceled our trip. It took us over seven hours to get back to St. George. Furthermore the night before, I already posted it but as another example of our luck I thought I would repost it, someone turkeyed my car. It didn't get egged it got Turkeyed!!! Well anyway...we are greatful that we made it home safely and that although trying nothing terrible happened. Thanks to everyone who made this a good Christmas. We are leaving on a cruise to the Carribean this week. We are so excited.

Christmas Eve!!

Christmas Eve was spent at Russ and Diane's with the whole family. We watched TV and of course played more guitar hero, put together gingerbread houses and ate. It was fun just to hang out and do stuff together. Here are some pictures of the gingerbread contest.

Christmas Eve!!!

Christmas Eve Day!!

On sunday we went to Boise to visit the Grandparents. It was good to see them since we haven't seen them since the wedding. We ate at Cheesecake Factory while there and the only reason we are letting you know this is because if you haven't had the limoncello torte you have to try it next time you go...it is better then any of their cheesecakes. Anyway on Monday we spent the morning at my moms house in Burley. She moved into a new place and it is nice. We were opened presents and played Guitar Hero. We think we are addicted now.

Sledding at Magic Mountain

On Saturday we took Jordan and Allyson up to the South Hills to go tubing. We had a great time. We were able to rent tubes from the Magic Mountain ski lodge. I was suprised that place was still open and running. I have only skied there once or twice about 15 years ago and it wasn't good. Enjoy.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1626278350

Turkey anyone???

I don't know why I am posting this but I thought it was so strange. When I woke up this morning there was a turkey on the road by my car. Last night I heard a big thud but did not really think anything of it. Apparently someone decided to "turkey" my car. As anyone heard of this sort of thing before? I guess I shouldn't be suprised since a few months ago my car got egged in the middle of the day while I was at work. Someone doesn't like me very much...lol.. Here is a pic of the turkey and what it did to my car. Luckily the gas lid still closes and there are no dents.

Happy Birthday Suzie!!!

Happy Birthday Suzie!!! This last weekend we went to California Pizza Kitchen for Suzie's birthday. All of the family was there and it was fun. Here are some pictures of the wonderful event. Enjoy!!!

Laura and I found the battery charger to my camera, so now we have a camera again and can update our blog more often. Sorry it has been such a mess. We are planning on going to Twin Falls for Christmas and so if we do not see or talk to you we hope that you have a good Christmas holiday. Merry Christmas!!!