Family Pictures

Bahama Cruise

We realized we needed a vacation and I took it upon myself to plan it, as a surprise for Jason and a vacation minus Hadley. We haven't been on vacation alone since our honeymoon..so it was needed! My choice..a 4 night cruise to the Bahamas!! It was amazing! I choose Norwegian Cruise Line and was lucky enough in the planning to get a free upgrade to a balcony (by the way..worth it..spend the extra money!!) Jason didn't find out until we were at the airport that morning!! So Hadley was tucked in nicely with parents for the week and we were off to an adult only vacation...words cannot say how nice it was!! I missed Hadley to pieces, but still, it was very nice to be alone!! We enjoyed the cruise part SO much we decided our next family vacation will be on a Disney Cruise..worth the money and SO much fun!
We spent the first day in the Grand Bahama Island. Our planned excursion for snorkeling got cancelled so we headed to a local beach and shopping at the Port Lucya Market. The second day we were in Nassau. We took an excursion to the Atlantis Resort. It was amazing there, the water slides and park were great! The resort is huge and we were not able to see most of it! Then we headed back to Senior Frogs for drinks and shopping in the main market. The third day we were planned to dock near the ship's private island but the water was too choppy so we spent a day on the ship..I think I was on the deck chair for 4 hours and just read (I finished 2 books on the trip!!)
Now I will say one thing..cruises..not so cheap! The cruise was decent priced..the excursions pricey..and the alcohol..well, let's just say we had quite a large bill!! So here are some pics of our vacation.

The main area on the cruise ship.

Atlantis Resort as we were pulling up to it

Towel animal we got each night!

The beach at Grand Bahamas Island

Our balcony with wine and strawberries on arrival!

The Quest game...this is an innocent picture compared to the game

Us on the grand staircase

There is Starbucks everywhere!!