birthday cake on the ocean.

my family planned a cruise for my dads birthday so we celebrated with cake on the ocean for my dad's 60th;) it was supposed to be a surprise but when my dad started planning the same cruise trip for mary jo we ended up having to tell him haha. this was the boys first cruise and we were excited to take them on this little adventure. we had 24 of us and it was seriously so much fun with such a big group. aaron and I have been on this cruise a few times before but getting to experience it with the boys made us feel as if it was our first time all over again. there is just something about getting to experience the magic of our adventures through the eyes of our boys. we saw shows together, attended a dr guess story time, as well as a green eggs and ham themed breakfast. the boys danced the day away on the lido deck and there was even a build a bear on the ship that we naturally could not miss out on. we had our fair share of rain and wind that made it a rocky ride a couple of the nights but nobody got sea sick and the boys had a blast. we are so thankful to my family for such a fun trip. pretty sure we need to do a disney cruise with the boys next;)

our cruise story. because I am currently obsessed with making these videos haha.

all packed up and excited.

all matchy- matchy. lets do this.

such cute shirts mj had made for our whole group.

showing off the backs of their shirts. aydens pose makes me laugh everytime i look at this.

a bit of a rush to get there but we finally were boarding the ship.

chelsea made these ridiculously cute personalized banners for each and every room.

the whole gang.

getting this party started as the boat departed long beach.

rainy morning breakfast on the patio.

i almost died when i spotted these shirts a couple months prior at old navy. they definitely ran this ship haha.

we surprised the boys and had our room decorated in the suess at sea theme after breakfast the first morning.

surprise!

some of the goodies that were included along with some stuff grandma had brought for the boys.

the sunset was amazing from our room.

one of my favorite moments.

after the crazy storm on friday we were surprised to have the most beautiful weather on saturday.

arcade fun with aaron.

dylans picture taking skills;)

the green eggs and ham breakfast. I was so happy to find these dr suess shirts the day before we left at target so they could wear to the breakfast. dylan picked out which shirt he wanted for himself and ayden that day.

such a cute breakfast with the cutest decor and cutest food for the kids. thank you mj!

the menu.

the boys both decided on the truffle tree pancakes.

cat and the hat arrived along with sam I am and thing one and thing two.

formal night dinner in their cute little jackets.

build a bear on the ship. this was right before we knocked the entire backdrop over haha.

dylan's santa shark and ayden made a dinosaur shark.

these boys danced for literally hours on the lido deck with a bunch of friends they had made. dylan and his pop locking moves cracked us up. we had random people tell us at dinner that they enjoyed watching his hip hop moves as well that day haha.

decorating our room to surprise pa on his actual birthday. the boys were super cute wanting to make sure everything was just right. they lines up all the party hats and necklaces and colored their pictures and love notes on the windows and mirrors. the next morning they made sure they passed out hats to everyone.