Ah, Beautiful Daytona!! Love love Love!! The Next morning we finished the drive to Fort Lauderdale. We raced through check- in and explored the levels of the boat. Then enjoyed a nice sway from the waves that night as we ate dinner and went to bed. :) We woke up in the Bahamas
Day 1- Coco Cay, Bahamas
A private Island the cruise line uses
On the boat ride over
First thing we did was set up our spot and went out into the water! We had to walk through a bunch of short seeweed to get to a sand bar where lots of people were exploring the water. (Brad and Garrett both stepped on some type of sea urchin and got some kind of needle's in their foot. :( poor guys, they are currently still in his foot.) The sand bar was about 100+ yards. off shore and the water only went up to your knees for a LONG time. Along the edges of the sand bar and the seeweed there was a lot of sea life. We all got empty snail shells that are beautiful and pink inside! Some of them still had the snails in them, some had crabs. We also found a giant star fish, a couple baby star fish, some random animals that we don't know what they were, a baby lobster, a sea cucumber, a sting ray, lots of fish, and 4 small sharks!!! (Brad saw them all)
I was so excited when I saw the first baby shark. My mom pointed it out and I started running towards it to get a closer look! I couldn't believe there was an actual shark! Later Brad went back into the water with goggle's and saw three more. My mom and I ran out when he saw them and we got to see 2 of them, only 5 ft. away! It was amazing! Sharks are still my biggest fear, but these were only babies and the water was only up to my knees. I figured I could take it out if it attacked.
Took some lovey dovey pictures with my love!Played Leap Frog
Connor and Brad dug a tunnel, then Brad volunteered to be buried in it!
Loved the sand some more
Formal Night
So to be a part of the family you have to try escargot. Brad and Valerie officially joined! They didn't think it was too bad either!
Enjoying the night!
Day 2- at Sea
Played family competition gamesWatched the Belly Flop competition- this is the first guy, he should have won.
Went rock climbing, 200 ft. above sea level
Dinner was excellent that night cause mom got 3 meals! haha, and we got 2 desserts each! The food was so good! Babu (our head waiter) was always very helpful. If you couldn't make up your mind he'd bring you both, or all three. :) (Mummy had help in finishing her meals too)
Creme Brulee, and the Chocolate trio!
This post is super long, so that's all till next time!
Georgia received it's first snow on Christmas since
This glass of water represents what you drank when you lost!! Everyone was SO loaded on water after that game. I think Natalie and Brad had to pee 4 times in the next hour or so after playing?!
Yes, we pimped out in this while we were there.... Don't get one!
It was so cute! We also played with more adorable children! (Carter, Addilyn, and Preslee), Addilyn was especially cute since she was always looking for me, playing with me, and wanting to be next to me! haha Love her! (It probably won't last forever, sadly) and of course Thanksgiving!! We went to Aunt Margaret's house and had a delicious feast! I got to meet the Wyeth side of the family! :)
Brad carved the turkey too! :) Good job babe! The day after we had to leave and head back to Idaho... boo! We are glad we made it safe and with only minor delays, and never got caught in any snow storms. It was a wonderful first thanksgiving together! :) We missed all the family that couldn't have been there! :(
We're Pro's. haha. It was a nice fall day get away! :)