Martin Family Reunion Cruise- Part 2

 Our first stop of the cruise was to Catalina Island, and we loved looking out at it from our balcony:

We had to wait awhile to get off the ship:

Catalina Island was so cute! The kids liked to pretend they were holding the cruise ship on their palm:

All of us went snorkeling at Casino Point, and while the kids were scared by the cold rushing water right at the entry, they all eventually got in and snorkeled and enjoyed it:

After our snorkeling Ryan and a lot of the rest of our extended family went scuba diving in the kelp forest. Ryan said it was really cool!

While the others were scuba diving, we walked around Catalina Island, went shopping, and got some ice cream:

That night was "wear white" night for the formal dinner, and I though we did a good job:

Out the window at dinner we also saw a ton of dolphins jumping by the ship for like 5-10 minutes- it was really cool and was Hyrum and Ryan's favorite part of the cruise!

After dinner we did our traditional Martin Family talent show, which was mostly just a video we put together before we left, with a few in person additions:

More table soccer:

The ocean and moon was beautiful at night:

The next morning we stopped in Ensanada, Mexico where we went to the beach:

There were a lot of cool shells and sand dollars to find on this beach:

After the beach we checked out this historic mission building:

And we got some gelato:

And the girls went shopping a little bit, while me and the boys went back to the ship:

Ivy's new stuffie had a towel animal friend when we got back to our rooms:

We checked out the family steel drums, which were fun to play:

Hyrum checked out the very front of the ship and thought it was awesome:

After dinner, me, Ryan, and Hyrum went and listened to the pianist and then played some shuffleboard:

There was a really beautiful sunset over the water that night:

We enjoyed an interactive game show as a family for one last activity together before deboarding the next morning in California:

The next day we drove all the way home to Utah, but we made one last stop in Beaver, UT to check out The Creamery. It was SO good! We will definitely be stopping there again.

It was such a fun cruise, and so fun to spend so much time with the Martin family! We all loved it!