Family Vacation with the Gorringe's

We had an awesome trip with the Gorringe family over our Christmas break. Mom and Dad were awesome they gave us a cruise trip for Christmas and it was awesome. Zac and I decided that it would be fun to do a pre vacation, vacation so we went to California a few days early and just hung out in Newport Beach and Laguna for a few days and did a little shopping ate some great food and did a lot of relaxing. Zac's brother Andrew and his fiance also joined us early.

Our first major thing we did was hang out on Balboa Peninsula for New Years Eve and we ate had great food and just hung out on the pier. The next day we rented a car and drove down to San Diego and went to the zoo. Oh my goodness it is the best zoo I have ever been too I absolutely loved it and the best part about it is that even though there was a lot of people there it didn't seem like it because it is so big!

Sunday we hung out around Newport and went to lunch at a great Mexican restaurant called Javier's the food was great until I found a wrapper in my food...but don't worry my lunch was free and they gave me a new one.

On Monday we hung around for a bit and packed our bags and we and boarded the cruise ship it was awesome to just be on the boat and go exploring and see everything and of course eat. The water that night was a little rough but it was so fun! We had a great dinner and our waiter, Ragu, and his assistant, ChaCha, were awesome! We then decided to go to the show they had that night and Andrew was one of the contestants, it was so funny.

Tuesday we woke up and we had a great breakfast and then got onto a little boat that took us to Catalina Island were we rented tandem bikes and cruised around the island....oh man those things are a workout but they are awesome when you go down hill because you cruise. We then did a little shopping and while us kids were walking around we found a telephone booth which kept us busy for a good 20 minutes and everybody that walked by couldn't help but laugh at us. We then got hungry so we went back to the ship and ate food and then we took naps and played games.

Wednesday we woke up in Ensenada Mexico. We had a great breakfast and then got off the ship and did a little bartering with the locals and made away with great buys and met some awesome locals.

Thursday we were on the ship the whole day so we lounged around did a little gambling and played lots of games and ate lots of ice cream haha.

All in all it was an awesome trip and I cant wait to go on another cruise!