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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

CRUIZIN BABE

So it has been pretty long since I blogged but a lot has happened. First and most exciting is that we went on a CRUISE! It was so amazing. We went to Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozumel (Tulum, Myan ruins). It was so amazing. First we spent two days at sea and did what Bowens know best...GAMES. We so much enjoyed going with my family and having time to just be with each other. Jamaica was very different from what we thought it would be, it was by far the greenest and hills but very poor. It made us grateful for what we have. We had the opportunity to snorkel and loved every minute, it was our high light of Jamaica. The water was perfect! There are Spencer and I enjoying the ocean. Oh, Jamaica! Next we landed in Grand Cayman and oh the delight! We had a blast riding on these scooters across the island. It was really hot but wait till we got to hell! There is an actual placed called "Hell" and it was HOT! I think the highlight of the whole trip was our stop to the Turtle Farm. If you didn't know Spencer is in love with turtles which has been passed or forced on Lukas. Anyway it was amazing, we got to hold the turtles and take pictures with them it was amazing! I was trying to catch one when


Spencer said to
just grab and hang on tight. I did and the turtle just about pulled me in, my bag fell in and I felt so stupid, needless to say the turtle WON! I really enjoyed riding around on the scooters and had such a BLAST in the Grand Cayman, maybe that is why it is GRAND!
Next stop Cozumel but we had to ferry over to the main land Mexico to get to the ruins of Tulum. The "boys" had lots of troubles on the way over, green was illuminating our little table. But they got better and we had to do quite a bit of traveling that day but it was worth every mile. The ruins were amazing and I was so happy we had decided to go. We went to a city of Tulum. Our tour guide told us that on this one spot the people believed that God had visited them and that the temple was now the "Temple of the Descending God" and He would come again in that very spot. I got the electrifying feeling and goose bumps. The temple was amazing, we were not allowed in any or to climb into the ruins but you could feel the power and secrets it wants to share, it was brilliant. i loved every second. There were so many things that were symbolic, I just can't go on forever. It was great! We truly enjoyed this vacation and Spencer has not let me forget for a second that he wants to go on another one! I was so happy to be with my family, I missed them so much! We had such an awesome time and I am so grateful that we could go with several people making sacrifices to make this wonderful! THANKS, you know who you are!