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After a not-so-pleasant week of work, this momma right here is quite thankful for her time at the hair salon right now. As I sit here, I'm working on our video compilation from our October 2018 cruise 🚢 preparing to upload that set of videos and photos to YouTube. Putting this video together, has reminded me that 2018 has been 🙌🏾 AMAZING for My Cruising Family in cruising, land vacationing, and everyday life!!! This year, our travels took us to Guadeloupe, Antigua, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts & Nevis, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad &Tobago, Grenada, St. Maarten, Anguilla, St. Barthelemy, the Bahamas, Curacao, Bonaire, Aruba, Panama, and Colombia. 🙌🏾 Whew!!! 🤔Hmmmm... may pull together a My Cruising Family year in review series. 🤷🏾‍♀️ We'll see 🙏🏾 Our sincerest thanks to those of you who have been following, commenting, encouraging, and inspiring us throughout the year 💖 #RealTalk #RealMoments #NotEverythingIsAGlamourShot #Blessed #Thankful #ThankfulForLife #ThankfulForFamily #ThankfulForOurBlessings #ThankfulForMeTime #MeTime #ReflectionsAtTheSalon #YearInReview #2018 #MyCruisingFamily

Why is there a picture of a wedding dress on my feed? Well, while I have scaled way back on cruise planning for others, I have focused in on my family more and more, and I am super excited to be planning our next family cruise, which will be in 2019, and will also be an intimate celebration of our 10th Anniversary, which will include our vow renewal! For our destination wedding over 9 years ago, we customized the ceremony by having our friend and minister officiate, we also selected the very particular menu and music for the reception. However, my wedding dress and our rings, we did not customize. I bought my wedding dress, a snippet of which is pictured here, from a regular wedding dress chain, although beautiful, it was not a customized dress... and we bought rings from a regular jewelry chain. We did not look into customizing any of that stuff. We simply wanted our wedding to get here, and we simply wanted to be married to each other, which isn't a bad focus at all. I say all this because, now as we approach our 10th wedding anniversary, we acknowledge that we have been through a lot, this is no "cookie cutter" marriage, and by God's grace, we are still standing. We want our vow renewal ceremony to express that. We have now invested in custom wedding rings, which fit perfectly, and include personalized inscriptions, to present to each other during our vow renewal ceremony. It has been a pleasure working with @lordsdiamonds! Thank you! I am now also working with @anomalie to customize my dress for our vow renewal ceremony. 11 months and counting to Vow Renewal Day! #10thWeddingAnniversary #CustomWeddingRings #CustomWeddingDress #VowRenewalDress #QualityDiamonds #QualityJewelry #ILoveMyHusband
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#LookingForwardTo2019 #MyCruisingFamily #VowRenewal #VowRenewalAtSea

December is here! It's the most wonderful time of the year! For many reasons, December is my favorite month! First and foremost, in December, we celebrate Christmas, the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. We also celebrate my birthday and the birth of my firstborn, AJ, who turns 8 years old this year! After putting blogging and travel planning on pause, recently, I have been blessed to spend more quality time with these little ones, like our time out and about today, enjoying the 1st of December 🤗🎄🎁🎂🎉❤ #Thankful #DecemberBaby #MomOfBoys #ILoveMyFamily #LoveToTravel #LoveToCruise #MyCruisingFamily

From our family to yours, HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I am thankful for life, love, family, and, of course, travel! During our recent wedding anniversary trip, Allan and I enjoyed our time on the ocean, visiting new countries, celebrating our love, and celebrating God who has brought us through ups and downs and who is faithfully always with us. During that time, and honestly, even leading up to that time, I had already started to reflect on my many roles… daughter, wife, mother, friend attorney, director, entrepreneur, travel planner, blogger, and budding social media presence… and, honestly, I know that a jack of all trades is a master of none. So, with a spirit of thanksgiving for all my gifts, talents, and abilities, I had to revisit how I use my time and what I prioritize. After work and on weekends, I had been researching trips for others, discussing potential trips with others, sorting through photos, preparing social media posts, reviewing educational opportunities within the travel industry, and researching my family’s travel opportunities. Things that, by themselves, I enjoy, but when squeezed into an already full calendar of day care and school drop-off and pick-up, a demanding full-time job, and the desire for the very best for my sons, some of those other activities have become a bit much. I need to pull back from some of the My Cruising Family, LLC work to focus on my actual family’s daily needs and experiences. I have really been yearning to be present with my 3-year-old and 7-year-old sons. So, as you can see, my Instagram posts have decreased a bit for now, and I am experiencing more presence with my family. For that, I’m thankful! I’ll likely pop in again during my favorite month, December! I’ll also likely pop in, here and there, during 2019, as we are planning an amazing 10th anniversary celebration, and we will likely share some elements of that here! As we enter my favorite time of year, as a December-baby and Christmas-lover, I encourage you to hug, kiss, and love on your family and be THANKFUL EVERY DAY! #Thanksgiving #Thankful #HisWife #MomOfBoys #Mompreneur #ILoveMyFamily #LoveToTravel #LoveToCruise #MyCruisingFamily

Happy Election Day U.S.A.! I hope those who can vote, did so today, or will do so before the day is out. I took this photo as we strolled through the neighborhood on our way to the polls. As this airplane flew over, in cloudy, rainy, New York City, today, I daydreamed of what family travels we will embark on next. After voting, I came home and cancelled travel plans for March 2019 😔 Nevertheless, I am excited about other significant travel ✈🚢 we will enjoy in 2019 🙏🏾😍 #Thankful #ThankfulForToday #ThePresentIsAGift #ExcitedAboutTheFuture #CheersToTheFuture #MoreToCome #TravelPlanner #CruisePlanner #TravelPlans #CruisePlans #MyCruisingFamily

Our Pullmantur Monarch cruise came to an end on Monday, October 22, 2018, as we arrived back in Curaçao where our cruise had begun a week prior. It was an overcast day, but beautiful nonetheless. We walked through Rif Fort and crossed the Queen Emma Bridge, venturing out a bit further by foot than we had done the previous week. When we returned to Curaçao on October 22, 2018, we were prepared with a Port Shopping Map that we had received onboard the Monarch and coupons for free pendants, charms, and bracelets, and we surely collected these trinkets by the grace of God. Although Curaçao offers a lot of shopping opportunities, we did not buy much more than some small souvenirs for loved ones and colleagues. Nevertheless, it was nice to window-shop and even look at a number of interesting pieces of jewelry, many of which were being offered at discounted prices for cruisers. We highly recommend strolling through Punda and the shopping area. #Pullmantur #PullmanturMonarch #Curaçao #Dushi #RifFort #DutchCaribbean #NetherlandAntilles #SouthernCaribbean #SouthernCaribbeanCruise #Wanderlust #VacationGoals #Baecation #JetBlue #SafeTravels #AnniversaryCruise #MyCruisingFamily

Our Pullmantur Monarch cruise came to an end on Monday, October 22, 2018, as we arrived back in Curaçao where our cruise had begun a week prior. It was an overcast day, but beautiful nonetheless. We walked through Rif Fort and crossed the Queen Emma Bridge, venturing out a bit further by foot than we had done the previous week. When we returned to Curaçao on October 22, 2018, we were prepared with a Port Shopping Map that we had received onboard the Monarch and coupons for free pendants, charms, and bracelets, and we surely collected these trinkets by the grace of God. Although Curaçao offers a lot of shopping opportunities, we did not buy much more than some small souvenirs for loved ones and colleagues. Nevertheless, it was nice to window-shop and even look at a number of interesting pieces of jewelry, many of which were being offered at discounted prices for cruisers. We highly recommend strolling through Punda and the shopping area. #Pullmantur #PullmanturMonarch #Curaçao #Dushi #QueenEmmaBridge #Punda #DutchCaribbean #NetherlandAntilles #SouthernCaribbean #SouthernCaribbeanCruise #Wanderlust #VacationGoals #Baecation #AnniversaryCruise #MyCruisingFamily

Our Pullmantur Monarch cruise came to an end on Monday, October 22, 2018, as we arrived back in Curaçao where our cruise had begun a week prior. We enjoyed breakfast onboard and then disembarked. It was an overcast day, but beautiful nonetheless. We walked through Rif Fort and crossed the Queen Emma Bridge, venturing out a bit further by foot than we had done the previous week. When we returned to Curaçao on October 22, 2018, we were prepared with a Port Shopping Map that we had received onboard the Monarch and coupons for free pendants, charms, and bracelets, and we surely collected these trinkets by the grace of God. Although Curaçao offers a lot of shopping opportunities, we did not buy much more than some small souvenirs for loved ones and colleagues. Nevertheless, it was nice to window-shop and even look at a number of interesting pieces of jewelry, many of which were being offered at discounted prices for cruisers. We highly recommend strolling through Punda and the shopping area. #Pullmantur #PullmanturMonarch #Curaçao #DutchCaribbean #NetherlandAntilles #SouthernCaribbean #SouthernCaribbeanCruise #Wanderlust #VacationGoals #Baecation #AnniversaryCruise #MyCruisingFamily

Thinking back to our 9th Anniversary Cruise, we truly enjoyed ourselves during the week, and this itinerary offered on the Pullmantur Monarch at the price point at which it is offered is UNBEATABLE! We chose this cruise for the ports: Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, Panama, and Colombia, and this itinerary did not disappoint. However, while the Monarch looks good for her age, being that she was built in 1991 and is, therefore, 27 years old at the time we sailed on her, the ship's age shows in its plumbing issues, outdated décor in many areas, dirty carpets, and unpleasant smells that not only caught our attention on boarding day, but throughout the cruise. Knowing what we know now, would we have still booked this cruise? Absolutely! The value is amazing! My husband and I paid $1440 total for our cruise for two of us. The total cruise fare was $750, total government taxes were $500, and total pre-paid gratuities were $190. That $1440 included the wonderful Bonaire, Aruba, Panama, Colombia, and Curaçao itinerary, our stateroom, meals, beverages including alcohol, and some onboard entertainment for one week! Have you sailed with Pullmantur? For more on this experience, check out our most recent blog post from the link in our bio.
#Pullmantur #PullmanturMonarch #PullmanturPhotos #CruiseDeal #CruiseFromCuracao #CruiseFromPanama #CruiseFromColombia #DutchCaribbean #NetherlandAntilles #CentralAmerica #SouthAmerica #SouthernCaribbean #SouthernCaribbeanCruise #Wanderlust #VacationGoals #Baecation #AnniversaryCruise #MyCruisingFamily

Thinking back to our evening, exactly two weeks ago, on Sunday, October 21, 2018. That day, we enjoyed our second day at sea for our 9th Anniversary Cruise, we packed our suitcases in preparation for disembarkation the next day, and then, prepared for Gala Night which was a beautiful experience onboard. Gala Night featured photo opportunities with the ship’s captain and staff captain, as well as additional photo stations, a special dinner menu, and a presentation in the theater acknowledging the ship’s team and officers. It was excellent! #SeaDay #DayAtSea #Pullmantur #PullmanturMonarch #GalaNight #GalaAtSea #CruiseFromCuracao #CruiseToBonaire #CruiseToAruba #CruiseToPanama #CruiseToColombia #CruiseToCuracao #DutchCaribbean #NetherlandAntilles #CentralAmerica #SouthAmerica #SouthernCaribbean #SouthernCaribbeanCruise #Wanderlust #VacationGoals #Baecation #AnniversaryCruise #MyCruisingFamily

Thinking back two weeks ago to Sunday, October 21, 2018 when we enjoyed another day at sea onboard the Pullmantur Monarch. We had breakfast from the buffet, as usual. We, again, went to one of our favorit spots on the Monarch, the Atalaya Rooftop Bar, to enjoy the gorgeous views of the ocean while sipping our cappucinos. That day, we also attended a number of shopping seminars. We enjoyed our second day at sea, packed our suitcases in preparation for disembarkation the next day, and prepared for Gala Night which was a beautiful experience onboard. #SeaDay #DayAtSea #Pullmantur #PullmanturMonarch #GalaNight #GalaAtSea #CruiseFromCuracao #CruiseToBonaire #CruiseToAruba #CruiseToPanama #CruiseToColombia #CruiseToCuracao #DutchCaribbean #NetherlandAntilles #CentralAmerica #SouthAmerica #SouthernCaribbean #SouthernCaribbeanCruise #Wanderlust #VacationGoals #Baecation #AnniversaryCruise #MyCruisingFamily

Thinking back two weeks ago to Sunday, October 21, 2018 when we enjoyed another day at sea onboard the Pullmantur Monarch. We had breakfast from the buffet, as usual. We, again, went to one of our favorit spots on the Monarch, the Atalaya Rooftop Bar, to enjoy the gorgeous views of the ocean while sipping our cappucinos. That day, we also attended a number of shopping seminars. We enjoyed our second day at sea, packed our suitcases in preparation for disembarkation the next day, and prepared for Gala Night which was a beautiful experience onboard. #SeaDay #DayAtSea #Pullmantur #PullmanturMonarch #CruiseFromCuracao #CruiseToBonaire #CruiseToAruba #CruiseToPanama #CruiseToColombia #CruiseToCuracao #DutchCaribbean #NetherlandAntilles #CentralAmerica #SouthAmerica #SouthernCaribbean #SouthernCaribbeanCruise #Wanderlust #VacationGoals #Baecation #AnniversaryCruise #MyCruisingFamily

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