cruisn'

rhett and i have had quite a ... um ... interesting fall. and we really needed a vacation. our dearest friends and family knew this and we were surprised with a WONDERFUL early christmas present of a cruise! yes - a CRUISE to the bahamas. :D so my parents graciously watched our kiddos for us and we headed out of town!

it was the most relaxing vacation i've ever taken. just rhett and me and a boat full of strangers and loads and loads and loads of all you can eat food. :D

the sunset our first night on the boat. we were still at port in florida because they were having "technical issues that their technicians were technically fixing" which they eventually did. :)

this was taken at the front of the boat the second morning - it was SO windy!! can you tell HAHA

we spent the second day in nassau, bahamas. :) this is the welcome center to the city.

we took a water taxi to paradise island (where people like oprah, nicolas cage, etc. own houses) to the Atlantis Resort. it was AMAZING!

that bridge in between the two buildings is one suite - which was built for michael jackson but he sold it back to the owner of the resort. it goes for $25,000 per night (according to the water taxi tour guide) with a minimum stay of 4 nights. and it's booked solid for the next 5 years. so go ahead and book it now he said cuz you'll have time to save up for it! haha :D

this was one of the water slides on the resort - it shot you into a tube that went through the pool at the bottom that you see - and inside that pool are SHARKS! crazy huh?

see the tubes going through the shark tank? i was so impressed - if only i had a room key so i could've tried it out...HA


another shark

more sharks


a manna ray - it was HUGE. must've had at least a 9 foot wing span.

the predator tunnel. crazy.


some scenic place at the resort.

the closest i got to the ocean. :D i actually didn't even put my swimsuit on the entire cruise...who does that?! old fuddy duddy 30 year olds! that's who. :D


our boat.


rhett won the game "last man standing" he won the game on knowing the answer to a question about the movie footloose! bahaha and what did he win? and 24k diamond encrusted plastic piece of ship. ha


my and my husband. yay!

our final day on the boat - a day at sea.


we took a towel folding class to learn how they make all those towel animals. :D and we enjoyed ourselves too!!


rhett's elephant


my elephant


mr and mrs elephant HA


mr and mrs puppy

we played puttputt - well, tried to play putt putt. the course was at the front of the ship - remember my front of the ship picture? we'ld put our ball down and the wind would roll it away before we could hit it. it was really funny. and i ended up losing - but only by 1!! not too bad with the crazy wind.



we also watch a man carve this ice sculpture in 15 minutes - it was awesome!



we also went to a few comedy shows - they were hysterical!


we also played lots of bingo (old fuddy duddy 30 year olds again i know) and lost every time, ate lots and lots and lots of delicious food. took naps every day. enjoyed um parts of the shows...some were a little too las vegas if you know what i mean. and had the best time ever. yay for early christmas presents!!



our last night on the boat.
getting ready to drive back home. we don't look too thrilled do we - HA.


arriving home and seeing our kiddos. i just love them to pieces! aren't they precious? i did miss them while we were away - probably not quite as much as i should have but hey, i was on a cruise with my husband!! what can i say? ;D
they're wearing the tshirts we got them on the cruise - when the sun hits eben's and emily jane's - they turn colors. its pretty cool! :)

pretty cool stuff huh?