Day 4 Honeymoon (Wednesday)

Day 4 was our second stop. We ported in Belize. We didn't was to spend a lot of money on excusions so we decided to only book one. We used that 1 up in Cozumel. I was so excited to see Belize. I have heard that it is an amazing area. Just before we left, someone said not to carry a purse because I won't come back with it. So, I made note of that. At each port there was a large shopping area for tourists. So we shopped around there, went through their mall, and checked out the scenery. We arrived at the gates to leave this tourist area and see their country. Nope, didn't happen. Men were hovering around the gates YELLING for us to come see them. So we turned back around and went back to the main port area. We decided to eat here are check out some Belizian beer and food. We ate at the Sandpiper. This was our first and last time at that. Anyways, I still have heard that Belize is very beautiful. So i would go back, but next time book an excursion. Also, we were afraid that each port was going to be like this one. We wanted to be able to experience each country. So we booked an excusion at our remaining ports, haha. So much for saving money. You only live once right! :)

We have massages booked at 4:30. It was a couples massage that I got a good deal on. I had a good time, Danny felt a little uncomfortable, haha. I think our salons here in Avon are better though. We went to see a newlywed show this evening, it was hilarious. And then we stayed up super late , in this freezing auditorium to watch a comedy magic show. They really do have something going on all the time on a cruise ship.

Day 3 of our honeymoon (Tuesday)

Danny & I with Funship Freddy

Today, we docked in Cozumel. We had booked the helmet sea trek excusion. It was fun. I am definately glad we did it, but I will never do it agian. We put on the helmet (that weighed 75lbs.) and dropped 20 ft below to the ocean floor. Obviously we were in a shallow part of the ocean. We were under water so I wasn't able to use a digital camera. Sorry, no pictures. We held all kinds of fish, fish swam around us, saw a ship wreck, etc. I just felt a little claustrophobic...ok very claustrophobic!!


Today I discovered there is a sushi bar from 5-8:15 every day. How exciting! So you bet, I was there every day! We also went to the casino for a short while each day. Danny never won. The last night we were there they left me a message saying I had a credit in the casino. So, I have no clue how I got that. I never saw that I had won anything. On well, I am not complaining. There were late night comedy and magic shows that we would go to also. They were fun. Note to self: inside the boat they keep the air conditioner set to like 60, bring warmer clothes next time! Top deck of our boat



Our formal night. You know me, this is as dressy as I get!

Day 2 of our Honeymoon (Monday)

Not sure if most of you know, but I lovvvveee breakfast foods. Monday Danny and I got up and ordered room service for our breakfast. They didn't really have a whole lot of "hot foods," but it was enough to fill us for breakfast. Then at noon, we went to the breakfast buffet. YUM! This was more like it.

We checked our mailbox just outside our room and found a flyer. We had raffle tickets to a painting auction. They would have prizes and free champagne. Between this champage, and my wedding champagne, I think I've decided I dont like Champagne at all, haha. Anyways, the auction ended up being way to pricey for us. So no new paintings in our home.

At 2:00, we were exhausted and lazy, so were ordered room service again. This time we got all kinds of food. I wanted to try a few different things. Hey, it's free right?! I took a picture of the receipt because I could not believe that they do not charge you for this.

Room service comes in every morning and does their typical hotel room cleaning. Then in the evening they do the same thing and leave you a fun little towel animal. We were so excited each night to see what they left us. I couldnt believe our room would get cleaning 2 times a day too!

Here is a picture of one of the staircases. Everything on the boat was so elegant. Reminds me a Vegas!

Day 1 of our Honeymoon (Sunday)

Sunday, September 13th, we arrived in Tampa, Florida midday. Danny's Aunt Carol and uncle Frank picked us up from the airport. They also had their grandson Ryeiley with them. He was a hoot! We were on our way to the Port and stopped for lunch at McDonalds. From Tampa airport to the Port was about a 30 minute drive. As we pulled up to the Port, I noticed our boat. I was in shock! I didn't know it was going to be that big. I began to get nervous for the first time.

So we pulled up to the port. Carol and Frank had to drop us off at this point. A man met us, and had us look up our names to find our cabin number. We were #5222, and we wrote this on a tag on our luggage. They then took our luggage, and sent it to our room. We had to wait in a few long lines to board and make sure we were legal, haha. These lines went pretty fast though. Finally, we boarded the ship. As soon as we got on, there were people wanting to take our picture, people passing out activities and coupons for the week, etc. It was a little overwhelming. We had no clue where to go. So, we said well, we need to get to our room, and the first place to check is probably the elevators. So that is where we started. There are a few sets of elevators, so it was confusing on where our room was depending on which elevators we took.

We found our room and it was great.

Our room was great! I expected it to

be super small, but it was perfect for us.

We basically just checked out the boat. We found the "welcome show" so we watched that. It was a comical introduction for everything that we needed to know for the week. Once the boat set sail, we were all called to the deck for a safety test. It was fast and easy.

We went to our sitdown dinner that evening. There were 3 other couples at our table. They were all on their

honeymoon. Later we found out that there were 128 newlyweds on our boat. September must be a popular wedding month!

At 11pm we found the top deck. It was completely black and windy. It was so scary not seeing what was past the railing. We weren't about to find out! We went back to our room and decided to check out the room service. We got all kinds of food and it was free. I couldnt believe it! I love free stuff.

Thank you everyone

We wanted to thank everyone again, for coming to our wedding. It meant so much to us that many of the most important people in our lives were there to share our special day with us. The weather was great, and everything turned out wonderful. Thanks again for coming, and thank you for all of your wonderful gifts. We did get a great gift that didn't have a card attatched. So, hopefully whoever the gift is from, is reading this. Please let me know if it yours so we can give you a personal thanks. It is 2 pictures frames. They are identical. They are black with 4 boxes for pictures, like a collage. They are in a white gift bag with pink hearts. The front of the bag has a bride and groom in a pink car. Cute bag too!

Love,

Message from "The Duggers"

So we've been a little busy lately. So, sorry you haven't heard from us. We are working on changing the website around to post-wedding. It's so weird. This site was to follow us along our journey of us getting married. Now were finally married! Now you get to follow us on the rest of our lives together. You don't have to hear about what we booked for the wedding, or what we bought, or colors, etc., etc., etc., haha. We feel like now we have our lives back. Danny had time to mow the grass today. Dana had time to vacuum. Yeah, you don't want to know how long it's been. We have even watched a movie this weekend. Woohoo! So, we need to get back to the Colts game. We will write more soon. GO COLTS!

It wasn't my plan, but this turned into a Thankful Thursday post

Well, some of you may have heard we had more bad luck! I think I had the scariest 8 minutes of my life. To make a long story short. 3 Black men driving a 2000-ish silver Monte Carlo came to our house Tuesday at about 9:50am (please make note of this and watch for their car). One of them knocked on the door and it startled me, so I didn't answer the door, but I had Danny on the phone. We have had some weird things happen at this house, so I didn't think to call 911. I was upstairs watching them through the window. Maybe 5 minutes later, I heard one of those sounds that you know exactly what it is when you hear it. Someone kicked the back door in, it swung back and put a hole in the wall. Immediately the security alarm went off. I didn't know this at the time, but it looks as though they ran off as soon as the alarm sounded. Since I didn't know that, I grabbed my phone, called 911, and ran and hid in the closet. It was about 8 minutes from me calling 911, the cops getting to the house, searching the house, and them coming to get me. I think it was really like 12 hours! But my cell phone says the call was 8 minutes long. Sure the heck didn't feel like it! So I was hiding thinking someone was in my house and they were going to find me and take me. When the alarm goes off, the company calls Danny. So I am so lucky he did not have them disarm it, I am so lucky that I called him when the men were at the house earlier. Danny was at the hospital with his mom and they said he couldn't leave, so he called almost everyone he knew to come check on me. Including my uncle who lives in Kokomo....Danny must really have been freaking out to call someone an hour away, haha. My laptop was sitting right there on the table, my purse was on the kitchen counter. That is why I think the alarm went off and they ran. They could have easily gotten away with alot! I am so lucky to be alive, and we are so lucky that just the back door needed a little bit of work done to it. Then I'm thinking, what else is going to happen to us!!!????

Well, hopefully our luck has changed. Danny ordered an alarm pad and siren for the upstairs which is costing $375, which is alot of money right now, but we just so happened to get a check in the mail for $170, and $200 from his parents. So we can definately afford it now. Carnival called offering us to upgrade our room for $200. So that $200 was a gift from his mom to do that upgrade. I called our travel agent and he let us upgrade for $20!!!!

Maybe someone has been testing our relationship (and my sanity). If it weren't for Danny I think I would be having some serious mental couseling. We have had some rough things to go through this year. He is my better half. He makes me a stronger person. I am so lucky to have him.

I am thankful for Graydon, who rushed over to check on me and let Danny know that I was ok. Thankful for Danny Stahl who fixed our door. Hopefully if someone kicks our door in again, their foot is going to break!!!! Also thankful for Ellen who let me come to her house at 7:30am because I was afraid to be alone. And, very thankful to have people that care about us.

On a more positive note: We are getting married in 1 week! I am soo excited!