Day 4: Port of Roatan, Honduras and New Year's Eve!

Day 4 of our cruise was our favorite day. We docked early that morning in the port of Roatan, Honduras. I have to say I was a little unsure of this Honduras thing. All I knew about Honduras was that the church used to go there on mission trips. Well, I was pleasantly surprised. We drove in a bus through beautiful green hills and jungles and then came to an incredible white sands, calm beach. The sand was great and the water even better. It was so calm that the kids were able to just play and play without getting smashed by waves every 5 seconds. It was awesome! It was such a relaxing day for all.

The drive to the beach. Honduras is beautful!

Playing in the beautiful water!

Clay & his sister, Alyssa!

Nathan is ready for some snorkeling.

Ryan, Nathan, & Clay

Clay & Ryan had so much fun snorkeling. They were able to go out and dive deep down to see all kinds of fish and sea life. Clay said it was so incredible.

Building her castle and refusing to look at mom.

When she does look, this is what I get.

It did rain a few times while we were there, but it blew over pretty quick.

This is the life!

Alyssa & I

Ryan by the cliffs.

Yes, the water was that clear and the fish swam that close to the shore. I saw some fish swim right over my feet one time.

Clay sat his drink down on the cliffs to take some pictures. All of a sudden people were yelling at him because this iguana had climbed down the side of the cliff and was eating the pineapple off his drink!

Sign of the future for sure!

Building sand castle with Mimi.

Busy working on the sand castle.

Mr. Tough Guy

Explorers!

Our bathing beauty!

The bus ride back to the boat. We sadly had to get back on the bus early in the afternoon to get back to the ship. This was how Nathan decided to go home. I'm not sure why Ryan is clutching Alyssa's beach bag like a little old lady holds onto her purse.

Pics from the bus.

That night was New Year's Eve. It was also one of our formal nights. Abby was super excited about wearing her "fancy" dress. She still asks to wear it. She does love to be fancy. We ate dinner in the dining room and then went to the hot tub. The hot tub became a nightly ritual. The kids just loved it!The 4 of us were actually exhausted that night from the beach day. So we weren't even awake when to ring in the new year, but from what we hear it was pretty fun on the boat.

They had the dining room decked out with hats and party blowers. The kids had so much fun with those. We heard alot of party blowers during that meal.

Abby & Ryan. Have a mentioned how much she loves him?

Ryan, Abby, & Alyssa