Home Sweet Home

We did it.  Dave and I took a true vacation.  We relaxed.  We read.  We slept.  We ate. 

And that’s pretty much all we did. 

Truly. 

Well, I guess we did a little more than that.  In no particular order, here are some details…

• Really, a lot of reading.
• We slept whenever we wanted to.  Really.
• We ate whenever we wanted to.
  • But the food was no good on our cruise!!
• The kids did really well at home with grandma and grandpa.
• Grandma and grandpa survived the week!  And have officially earned their sainthood.
• Day one-
  • flight to Miami…  So nice to just sit and read and listen to music for 4 hours.  No kids.  No worries.
  • Boarded the ship and took it all in.
  • Including a safety drill
  • Sailing out of the port of Miami was gorgeous.

  

• Day Two included some shopping on Freeport Island at Port Lucaya as well as a walk on the beautiful beach.
  
• Day Three was a highlight for sure.  We stopped at Nassau and enjoyed an awesome shore excursion.  We got on a little boat and rode out to a neat little reef where we got to snorkel.  But not just any snorkeling.  We got to use sea scooters!  Super fun!
• Day Four our day on the cruise line's private island was not to happen.  The water was too choppy for the little boats to tender us back and forth.  So we spent the day on the ship.  By the end of this day we were feeling a bit claustrophobic.  And definitely tired of the bad food.   But still enjoying the relaxation.
• Day Five was our favorite for sure.  We got off the ship in the morning and were able to spend the day in Miami with our friends, Rich and Sharon and their incredibly cute kids.  They live there and were kind enough to take the day off to show us around and bless us with their good company.  It was truly delightful.
• We went to the Everglades.  Here’s one of the baby alligators we got to see.

• I wish I would’ve taken a pic with the Finlinson’s but I didn’t.  Just to give you an idea of the caliber we are talking about, here’s a story..
• Kiara, their 6 year old daughter, was sitting across from me at dinner.  While waiting for our food she asked me, “So who are you going to vote for, Obama or McCain?”
• Dave kept teasing the kids and giving them silly answers to their smart questions.  After one of these particular answers, Kiara looks at him without any sort of smile and says, “Aren’t you funny.”

All in all, a GREAT trip.  I loved being able to just be with Dave and have no other worries in the world.  It was truly rejuvenating and I came home ready to face the world again.  A huge THANKS to all who made this trip possible!!!  Truly.  THANK YOU!!