Cruise to the Bahamas!

I am finally posting pictures of our cruise to the Bahamas in October...our first vacation since the kids have been born! My mom stepped up to "Grammy Duty" and watched the kids at our house for the nearly six days we were gone. My sister was also a huge help and was there for the first couple of days. The kids loved it, much to my relief, and did great!

Our four-day cruise left from Orlando and stopped in Nassau and Freeport in the Bahamas. We spent our first night in Orlando and stayed at a beautiful Disney castle inspired hotel, and our room was in the turret of the hotel (with the balcony around it).

Our first cruise stop was in Freeport, and we took a bus tour that dropped us off to do some shopping and relax on the beach. I bought a few gifts and a bracelet, and had a yummy coconut drink made with coconut milk and rum. By then, any guilt I had of leaving the kiddos was gone!






When we returned to the ship, Vince decided to play on the water slides on the top deck! We also played mini-golf a couple of times on the ship in the evenings, but it was hard to carry the putter, ball, a drink AND a camera, so no pictures (sorry camera).




Our next stop in Nassau was just as much fun, but it was a larger city with a quicker pace and big city feel. We scheduled a day at the Atlantis resort, gorgeous!! It was HUGE and one day just wasn't enough to enjoy everything it had to offer. Our day pass did not include access to their massive water park, but we were still took advantage of the private beach areas (more coconut drinks, yippee!) and walked around the hotel, casino and The Dig, an amazing museum of archeological ruins and an aquarium.







And finally, a few more pictures that I took from the balcony of our suite. Not the best pictures, but I tried! :)