Family Vacation - Day 6

      On our final morning we woke up at 8:30 a.m. docked in Miami, signifying the end of our cruise.  We lazily made our way out of our room and upstairs for breakfast before debarking the ship.  I was sad to leave!  It was around 11:00 a.m. when we arrived at the Ft. Lauderdale airport and our flight home wasn't until 4:00 p.m. so we decided to rent a car and go to the beach.  We had about 3 and a half hours to play before we needed to be back.  The first hour was spent walking along the boardwalk shopping.  After that we played on the beach and in the ocean before stripping our clothes off in the car (literally) and found a place for lunch.  We ate lunch at Ernie's BBQ which was so good!  Spencer said it reminded him of Texas BBQ joints from his mission days.  The flight home felt long!  We were all just beat from playing so hard, but they boys were perfect little travelers.  We had several people tell us how impressed they were with our kids on such a long flight.  That was nice to hear!  I have to say, this trip was probably one of the best trips ever.  I loved every minute and the boys can't stop talking about it.  We will definitely be taking another cruise with the kids in the not-so-distant future!   

Fishes made out of water bottles.