Connie: 2011

Every year me and my best friends along with our husbands get together for a Christmas dinner a week before the actual day. It is crazy how fast time passes, I practically grew up with these girls. They are like family and the fact that we still are very close with each other is great. I am so thankful to have such wonderful friends in my life.

Having some tacos

Me and Michi having some tacos and margaritas..hehehe. If you know me and are noticing the bottle on the table. The answer to the question you are thinking is yes we did finish that bottle, and another bottle that Gricelda brought and a bottle of whipped cream vodka..lol...that is just how us girls do it ;)

Like Amanda from Sex and The City 2 says"We made a deal ages ago. Men, babies, doesn't matter. We are soul mates."

We did a secret santa exchange with each other

Gricelda and Michi got each other...Michi some really HOT shoes and Grici got sweaters and nail polishes

I got Mercedes...she loved her 49'ers sweater!

Mercedes got Kim..she loves candles so it was the perfect gift for her

Kim got me..I loved my necklace and make up bag

Me and Yasmine

Me and Rosalinda

Me and Grici

Our little family...I couldn't get Leah to look at the camera

My mama and the girls..they love my mama cause she is the best!!!

The cruise line that we cruised on was Carnival, the ship was the Valor ;) The ship was enormous it had 11 floors, a spa, gym, three pools, a huge screen tv on the deck, two formal dining rooms, three lunch rooms, two theaters and so much more that I can't recall. It was fascinating seeing everything on the ship being that neither of us had ever been on one.
Our experience on the Valor.....

I took this picture on the bus arriving to the Port Of Miami

In line to board the ship

On the deck...I could not believe my eyes..we were like little kids at toy store in amazement because we had never been on or seen anything like this before

My first drink on the ship...it was called "The Fun Ship"...what it had in it I don't remember but it was mmmmm delicioso

We got on the ship about 12:30 and were not allowed to our room until 1:30..so I got a drink and Sam bought a bucket that he carried everywhere after that

Our room

The lobby

The elevators in the lobby

Lobby stairs

Sam by the elevators

One of the three pools on the ship

The deck at night

They had movie nights on the deck on the big screen TV

Our view while we ate lunch for the first time on the ship while at sea. We woke up very late that day after we left Miami so we did not make to breakfast :(

It took me a minute to adjust to the moving ship especially when looking out the window but then I got over it...and I loved so everyday when we ate breakfast or lunch we sat next to a window :)

On the side of the ship

Sitting on some lawn chairs

Relaxing while enjoying the view

At the casino messing with the hairs on the samurai statue...lol

Sam's statue didn't have any hair to touch

Enjoying the view of the sea

Enjoying a beer at the Bronx Bar

On elegant night...all dressed up ;)

Sam ordered a steak medium rare but this is what he got...morel like rare. I think they just put in in the microwave for one minute and said done..lol. He ate the whole thing and did not get sick :/

Enjoying some drinks

Cheers!! My shiny disco ball drink..hehehe

I loved my disco ball drink!!!

An Elephant

They cleaned our room twice a day..ounce in the morning and then at night. Every night they made animals with the towels. So every night coming back to the room after we would be out and about..I would be excited to get in the room to see what they had made :)