Honeymoon Day Two ~ At Sea

Today was a relaxing, low key day.  We slept in, had an amazing breakfast (all of Melinda's meals are made to order Gluten Free - how awesome is that?), toured the ship, played a lot of scrabble, ate some more, rested and then dressed up for Formal Night.

Oh how I love a man in a suit.

I am loving my new Nikon DSLR.  I'll try my best not to drop it as I have a history of doing on many occasions.

A goodwill gesture from our new friend in Guest Services.  Our garment bag was rolled over during transport which translated to broken hangars and wrinkled dirty formal clothes.  Nothing that a little dry cleaning didn't fix!

Tomorrow is Costa Maya, Mexico.  We have a lot of exploring to do....

Honeymoon Day 1 ~ Setting Sail from New Orleans

We made it to our Honeymoon Cruise!  We flew out of The ATL and took a shuttle to the Port of New Orleans.  Once through the embarkation process we explored The Norwegian Spirit ~ our hotel on the sea for the next 7 nights.

Happy one month anniversary to Timinda!

Our inside (economy!) stateroom.  Take a left off the elevators, passed the quarter sized cigarette burn in the red carpet right next to the big suites and you'll find our humble abode.

We had a good laugh after reading our Happy Honeymoon sign and seeing the I Love Lucy bed arrangements.  First (of many) calls to Guest Services to have them arranged into a King sized bed.

Holy N'awlins Saints loyalty.  Every TV onboard was tuned to the big game.  (Oh, and they lost).

We're looking forward to some LIVE nightly entertainment.  The cruise director is a bit used car salesmanish (I can get you into that low mileage 2000 Oldsmobile today) but we appreciated his enthusiasm.  The singers and dancers created a great Welcome Show.

 

And Melinda is VERY excited about the Broadway Tribute. :)

After our Lifeboat Drill (and a few rounds of singing the theme from The Titanic) we were ready to say good-bye to the outside world and start our Honeymoon!

Bon Voyage!

Georgia ~ Day 3

I know I'm nine but I think Butts county is a funny name!

After Mama Jean and I were all done getting our hair styled at the salon we headed to watch our nephew TJ's champion football team play this morning.

We drove through Timothy's old neighborhood and stopped by the house he grew up in.

After The Wedding Reception in Jonesboro (photos and a blog coming soon....) we met the entire family at Buckner's a good ol' down south buffet.

The "little boys" had so much fun together

Happy wife = happy life.  A little fatherly advice

TJ and Uncle Bo

Thank you to everyone for a wonderful day.  The reception was perfect as was our family dinner.

Tomorrow we set sail for our Honeymoon cruise in New Orleans! :)

Georgia ~ Day 2

Up and at 'em.  Timothy on Uncle Teazey's Tractor.  Too bad it's not green or he could sing, I'll take you for a ride on my green tractor...



Timothy in his dad's truck

The two lane empty roads remind me of my itty bitty small town roots.

Timothy took me to see his dad's grave.  Oh, how I wish I could have met and known that man.  His family says there is a lot fo his daddy in him, and for that I'm so grateful to Mr. Blalock.



We met my family at Zaxby's for lunch.  Mark and Andrew were especially impressed with the chicken strips!



Tim at The Dwarf House in Forest Park.  He managed this Chick Fil A.  It was my first time sitting at a sit down Chick Fil A.  They made my meal to order ~ all Gluten Free.  Now if I can just get the California CFA's on board!



My sweet nephews ~ Mason and Caleb and their new loot courtesy of LaLa and Uncle Bo. (Well, Uncle Bo picked it out.)

Caleb built the 3D Star Wars puzzle after working diligently and patiently.

Mason's all tuckered out.

Tomorrow is The Georgia Reception.  I'm excited to meet so many of Timothy's friends and family.  I've heard so much about them and it will be nice to meet more of my new extended friends and family!