Happy St. Patty's Day!

Today was Newport's annual St. Patty's day parade! This is by far the most fun thing to do in Newport. We have quite a few Irish up in these parts so basically everyone in a 100+ mile radius is in our town today celebrating like crazy people in the streets. Of course as usual if there are crowds of people amassed in celebration you can usually find a Coyer or two close by. It's how we roll. :)

This morning bright and early we headed over to our friend Marty's house where his lovely wife, Maribelle had cooked a fabulous breakfast and then collectively headed off to the parade. Of course we all had to make sure we had as much green flare as humanly possible, we have to fit in and all. Once at the parade it was just a mess of people and happiness. I was a very proud redhead today. :)

The pre-parade celebration

PJ with the newest member in our group Miss Mary.

Mary was pretty excited about her first St. Patty's day! :) She is so sweet.

Walking down to the parade

Downtown Newport

The ladies

Hey there


Todd and Marty and their noise makers. Every time they blew on these it blew out glitter everywhere. As you can see they are covered in it. They were a big hit.


They eventually started composing songs together.

Cute Martinez family

The fabulous Saul family

Miss Mary was too cool for the parade. She opted to take a nap instead.

me and Tiffeny

With my fabulous co-worker Amy and her fabulous friends

Does it snow in your cubicle?

When I first started at my company, I was constantly talking about how I could not wait for winter to come and hoped we would get lots of snow. This annoyed my co-workers greatly as they do not find the snow as amusing and seeing that we've had a horrible winter have cursed my name ever since. Though I have moved over to the 'snow is annoying' mind frame they still feel that I jinxed all of New England with my naive snow wishes. Ditching them for warmer pastures just accelerated their need to teach me a lesson so when I returned back to work, relaxed, happy and sun kissed, I found out that it can indeed snow indoors.

I love the snow flakes coming down from the ceiling. :)

And the back

What did you guys do?!?!?!

My co-workers are so stinking cute! I just adore them!

Let the withdrawls begin...

After a long trip home, Todd and I are back in Rhode Island in 30 degree weather wondering why no one has come by to take our drink order yet. What is more disturbing is that we can't seem to find the buffet and we are becoming a bit concerned that the homes across the street might still be there when we wake up. Oh how we are going to miss cruising.

6am in Fort Lauderdale. Bleh.

Honorable mention: Happy Birthday to my fabulous, gorgeous and completely amazing sister. We hope you have a wonderful day!! We love you!

One last pina colada...

It is a sad day; it is our last day on our fabulous cruise. :( Princess owns their own little piece of land called the Princess Cays and that was our last stop before making our way back to Fort Lauderdale. There wasn't too much to do on the island but lay out, read and enjoy your last few frosty drinks before you were forced to go back to that arctic circle you like to call home. We did the best we could to soak up as much of the Caribbean as possible today. :)

On the tender
This spot looks good

Oh clear water how we will miss you!

Our ship in the distance

Chillin' at sea

Today was another sea day. Ho hum, life is rough. :)

Relaxing in the sun.

Time for another formal night

Handsome hubs. We totally forgot our camera this night so this is all we have. :(

¡Los saludos de México!

We love Mexico, like really love Mexico. Every time I go here, I meet the nicest people, see the prettiest places and have the most amazing food and this trip was no different. Today was probably the busiest day we had on our cruise. We woke up nice and early in Cozumel and immediately boarded a nasuea inducing ferry over to Playa del Carmen. From there we got on a lovely bus where our nice tour guide gave us snacks and told us all about the history of the area while we headed towards the ruins in Tulum. Along they way we passed so many beautiful resorts and we decided that this just might be the destination of our next trip. The ruins were incredible and we had a blast walking around. Those Mayans did not mess around!

After, we headed back to Playa Del Carmen and sat down to an authentic Mexican feast. Oh how I love Mexican food. This was the best day of our cruise by far. ¡Adoramos México!

¡Hola!

¡Mi esposo es muy guapo!

I tend to get sea sick pretty easily and it took all the focus I had to survive this ferry ride.

¡Aye Carumba!

Munching on Mexican cheese puffs on the bus. ¡Adoro mi cheetos mexicano!

¿Qué pasa?

¡Ah!

Hey, the side of that building looks like a face...hmm.

Señor y Señora Coyer

Getting really excited about Mexican food

Ok, this is my only shot at good Mexican food, must choose wisely

Downtown Playa del Carmen

On the ferry back to Cozumel we noticed a Carnival ship pulled up next to our ship.

Our ship is bigger than your ship! This is the view from our balcony.

The port in Cozumel. We wish we could have spent more time there.

Back out to sea. ¡Adiós México! :(

Greetings from the Grand Caymans!

We are in the Grand Caymans! Yay! Today we learned that there is much more to this place than just where dodgy rich people hide their money...today we did a helmet dive and it was awesome! The helmet dive is where they stick an 80lb helmet on your head, filter in oxygen and let you walk around the ocean floor with very little effort. Todd immediately wanted to sign up as soon as he saw that it was an offered excursion but I had my doubts. First of all, is it really necessary to walk 50 feet underwater, far from the surface, when I can just snorkel around and pop my head up when I feel the need for some air? Second, why in heaven's name would I want to put a claustrophobia inducing 80lb plastic helmet on my head? While all valid questions Todd finally convinced me that it would be well worth it and of course he was right. In the water the helmet only felt like it weighed 15lbs or so and I got to explore a beautiful reef while comfortably breathing and holding hands with my hubs. It was so much fun. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures but here is the site for the company. We would totally recommend doing this!

Good Morning!

Out at breakfast








As our trip goes on you can see I am slowly adding on more clothes. Shame for my pale skin.



Cute hubs on the tender

Doing a little shopping

ARRRGH!

We figured we earned ourselves a beer

Then it was time for 'Caribbean night'

Party party

Hello!




Awww :)