<br /><br />Good morning all&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Well, I went back through the dock this morning after my first full day being a &quot;Crazie&quot; and one word comes to mind:  WOW&#33;  You all are very gracious people.  How do you have time to reply to so many messages?  lol<br /><br />I&#39;d like to specifically thank Mary Lou, Cheryl, Steve, Jackie/Tony, Andrea, Martha, Kevin, Jim, and Sue, (along with Joey and Deb already) for the warm welcomes yesterday.<br /><br />Kevin - sounds like you have alot of experience for what I am planning, I&#39;m sure I&#39;ll be tapping into that while we put our trip together with the boys.<br /><br />Sue - you mention you&#39;re heading to Indiana this weekend?  that just happens to be my home base..I&#39;m in Kokomo...your sister anywhere close?  <br /><br />My wife and took our two youngest out last night to celebrate her braces coming off her teeth and took the opportunity to introduce the cruise idea to the boys as a goal for next year&#39;s school work.  They were initially lukewarm  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ohmy:" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" /> to the idea, but we quickly realized that they have no real idea of what a cruise is like (eventhough DW and I have been on 3).....they have only seen them in commercials&#33;   But when we started explaining what things they can do, and specifically letting them know they&#39;ll have LOTS of non-parent time, they were coming off their seats with excitement.   So, hopefully this carrot will be the thing they need to reach some of the potential we&#39;ve seen in them in regards to their schooling.<br /><br />I look forward to staying active here and hopefully I can share some of my experiences in order to be of some value to you all as you have already been a warm addition to my week.<br /><br />God Bless.<br />Gibber