Jared and Kristi Craft: Cruises, snow, anniversary and everything else in between

Well, I have put "blogging" off for a while and so I have so much to catch up on. We have had a very busy year so far. I'm definately not complaining because we've been fortunate enough to get alot of much needed vacation time. We decided about a year ago that we would probably be to the point of needing a vacation by the time we celebrated our 3rd anniversary. We celebrated our anniversary on the 13th of January and we left for our cruise on the 17th. We started off the weekend by taking colt to my parents. It was VERY hard to leave him knowing we wouldn't see him for another week. We both just tried to keep our mind on other things. We left very early Sunday morning. We picked up some friends in houston and began our journey to Galveston. We went to Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozumel. It was a wonderful vacation. We went with our friends that we actually met on our honeymoon 3 years ago. They live in Kansas so we don't get to see them very often. It was so nice to spend time with each other. It was also nice for JAred and I to get some alone time. Don't get me wrong. We missed Colt terribly. In fact, by Friday night I was wishing is was already Sunday so I could be holding my sweet boy. We all survived the seperation though. Colt had a great time with my parents, Uncle Zach and Aunt Margie, Grammy and Grandad and Uncle Joe and Aunt Jaime. I'm not sure he even realized we were gone. So, we had a great time and are thrilled that God has been able to bless us enough to enjoy a vacation every now and then.
Well, I felt that one cruise this year wouldn't be enough for me so I decided to go on another one 10 days after we got back. Okay well, it was planned. My mom told me several months ago that she wanted to take me and my sister in law on a "girls trip" and the first weekend in February was the only weekend we could go. Wednesday night, we flew to Orlando. We stayed at the Airport Marriot. Thursday, we drove down to Port Canaveral. We boarded the ship. We had a great time. I will say I have never felt sick on a cruise until this one. Thank goodness our room was in the middle of the ship so once I got to our room, I felt fine. It was a smaller ship and the waters were really rough. We still had a good time. We went to the Bahamas. Once we got there, we went to the Atlantis hotel. We had the most amazing experience of swimming witht he dolphins. I've always wanted to do this but it is so expensive for 2 people. Well, this time i only had to pay for me, so we were able to experience the dolphins close up. It was amazing! While I was on this cruise with my mom and sister in law, Jared was at home playing mommy and daddy. I think it was a really good experience for both of them. Jared really did a great job being a single parent. He did tell me I couldn't go away again for a long time. LOL.
Well, I haven't even been home a week and we had a snow storm here in Texas. I have never seen so much snow in Texas in my lifetime. We have 11 inches in our front yard. It was so much fun playing in it this morning. Colt wasn't really sure what to think of it. He could hardly walk in it since it was up to his waist! Schools were closed today. Jared went in a few hours late. The only bad part is now we have to make it up at the end of the year. Boo! Oh well, we made some great memories today.
Well, I hope I haven't bored you too much. I'll try to not wait so long until the next post.

The roses Jared sent me on our anniversary.

me,mom, margie

us again leaving the Bahamas heading back to the ship

These aren't in order. This was in the big Golden Chair at the Atlantis

me being silly looking like i'm kissing the fish.

At dinner

Jared and I getting heading back to the ship in Cozumel

Our friends

Notice there's only a picture of me with the Sting Ray. Yes, I look a little scared but it was fun. You won't find any pictures of Jared b/c he was in the water less than 5 minutes. And he certainly didn't get near any sting ray. Maybe he was the smart one!