White Night on the MSC Meraviglia

 

Hello and good day, I am Dawn Gallop if you are new here, welcome. I am the mom to nine children and 15 grandchildren. I am an artist who likes to share her work to inspire others. 

I have been sharing a cruise my oldest son  and his family are currently on as of the date above. It looks like they will be coming home to a lot of snow and rough weather conditions. From all that beautiful weather to a snowy icy east coast weather. Which is not a usual in the south. Kim sent me these pictures this morning. By the way HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRUCE JR.  yay!!! Celebrate dance to the music. I am so glad I can share these photos of their lovely family. I am so proud of my children. 

Taking pictures of the fireworks. A true Gallop. 😊

Nassau 

This is a picture of Left to Right Bruce Jr 1987. Dakota (Jrs daughter) 2016

The day we brought Jr. 

Me holding Levi and Clarissa. 

Levi (hello Captain) 

This is when Jr. was a teenager and he is holding Colby. It looks like a perm cap. Haha 

Me in my Great Grandma Faye, My mom and my aunt Jan. Faye passed away in the early 80s I loved her so much. She was only 4 feet tall and a few inches. I forget exactly the height. When she was born she was so tiny this was 1882. They said she wouldn’t survive and they kept her on this little pillow for her bedding. She thrived. Very successful woman  living in Kansas her whole life. She always dressed so well. Very classy. Even as a child she was in her 80s she came to Newport News where we lived and she was still putting on one of those body girdles and dressing to the 9s. Perhaps it’s where I get the same energy. I miss her so much. I see her in a lot of places and her presence. 

Well I hope you enjoyed white night. Today it is so cold -18 with a windchill of -27 right now as I sign off. Much love and positive energy your way. 

Love, 

Dawn Gallop 

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Happy Birthday Bruce Jr. Today is your Day

In the words of Kim : We went to Nassau this morning and the kids got souvenirs. We got back on the boat early to get in the pool without the crowd. The kids and I get Gelato. Bruce and Samantha went to a specialty restaurant on the ship called Hola! It's an all you can eat taco place.  I took the kids to the pool. While in Nassau I was carrying Samantha bag because it was too heavy for her. Someone's large poodle ran up to me and attacked the bag because It had a stuffed animal keychain on it. The owner of the dog said I'm sorry she loves stuffed animals. The way that dog arranged the bag I believe she hates stuffed animals. Haha. I laughed at that too. Rosie does love to tear a stuffed animal into pieces. She goes for the squeaky noises first. 

Tonight is white night. We plan to go to the sit down dinner and then go to a theatre show called Encore. The weather has been warm we all got rather sunburnt yesterday. 

I will let you know how the tacos are. We have seen an animal at every port. A tortoise in Port Canaveral, baby owl in Ocean Cay, and a pet parrot in Nassau. 

You can see that the vacation has been a huge success of fun and sunshine. A great way to celebrate your 39 th birthday. I spent most of the day painting and tending to my plants and petting my dogs. It’s bitter cold outside right now as I type this up it’s -10 and it says it feels like -26. The wind is blowing. The boys went to get a few groceries as we haven’t been for several weeks. We are out of half and half and the boys like their half and half for their coffee. They brought me home the organic pink lady apples which I really enjoy. Tomorrow is Jrs birthday. Reminder to self! Colten whom lives back in NC where we were from. Is preparing for the winter storm to hit the east coast starting Friday morning the day of this post. School has been canceled for tomorrow due to the extreme temperatures. Dangerously low temperatures. Bruce took care of everything outside here to prepare for these low temperatures. I know it’s normal for some people. Just not the ones living here. So we have to prepare for this. 

Sending love and good vibes, 

STAY WARM 

Dawn Gallop 

 

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Jrs Birthday Cruise Continues with warm temperatures

Hello and good morning. Jrs. Birthday cruise is still in that beautiful spot at Ocean Cay island. When Bruce and I were there we bought coffee cups. We had a lot of fun on this island and I know they are too. The sunshine there absolutely gorgeous and feels so warm. The color of the water the smell of the ocean. Kim has been sending me a few pictures thru email so I could see the pictures. Thanks to Kim I can share their journey. 

Here I woke up to temperatures of 1 degree Fahrenheit. Tomorrow will be the day that is going to be dangerously cold. The weather warning says that within 10 minutes out in tomorrow’s temps you could get frostbite within 10 minutes. They are calling for -50 with the wind chill. I will let you know. It snowed again last night just another dusting. 

Now isn’t that incredible Clarissa swimming with the fish 🐠 

Beach time the water is such a great color so inviting. 

Welcome to Ocean Cay 

Samantha is such an artist she does all this herself and has done for sometime now 

Very creative it was Space night 

Space night 

Dakota the green alien or perhaps the Martian 

So cute 🥰 

Samantha will even send me pics of days when she will say this is what grandma Dawn would wear. That makes a grandma smile. Thanks Samantha ❤️

Elegant 

The fun continues 

Clarissa 

Beautiful mom and Dakota ❤️❤️

They find these ducks on the ship. They found some last time we went back in July for Levi’s birthday. Happy Birthday Jr. what a wonderful way to spend a celebration for your 39th birthday. Congratulations we love you guys so much. 

Well most of yesterday I spent time working on my art. Trying to catch my life up from being away for a week to San Diego and then the sickness. I am finally feeling better still a little on the slow on the appetite. Colten is doing better from his cut at the shipyard. Today we may have to venture out for some groceries like milk products other than that we haven’t been to the store at all since we been back. We are always eating with what we have on hand. I wish share some of the meals in another post. 

Love, 

Dawn Gallop 

 

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