Cruise to the Bahamas

I have been telling people I was 30 all year long. I have know idea why I am so excited about turning 30 when most people I know didn't want to cross over to their third decade.
Turning 30 is  a big deal in my eyes, I thought that people would take me more seriously in my career because of a silly number. Well it turns out a number is nothing if you still look like you are 19. The more I announced that I was 30 the more shocked the looks became. So glad that I have good genes.

Anyways, I wanted to do something special for my birthday because my birthday is always overlooked. I typically ignore my birthday and do something special for Nick on his birthday ( 8 days later)

This year we went on a cruise with Leigh and Anthony and had the best time!

We met at the Miami airport and waited FOREVER for our hotel shuttle, but that was okay because we were able to talk.

We had a great night's rest and great relaxing morning.
Waiting for the Uber..

We purchased Faster to the Fun passes with our cruise so we bypassed all the lines!! It was so worth it. We were so excited to get on the boat.. can you tell?

Once we got on the boat we found our rooms and changed into our bathing suits then we explored the ship.
Our room had a door to Leigh and Anthony's room! So cool!!!

We watched as the boat left the port. * as a side note, I put sunscreen on Nick every half-hour*

Our first morning we decided to wake up and watch the sun rise. We also played a crazy round of windy putt-putt. Nick made a hole in one! We thought it would be fun to do this every morning so we made a goal.... a goal that we totally didn't keep :/

Turns out our first day was at sea and our formal dinner was that evening so we got all dressed up. Our server for the whole cruise was Mr. Sticky and he took three pictures of us and it turned out that the third picture he took was of himself. This man was an amazing server!

We had few hangout spots on the boat as we enjoyed the piano bar and karaoke room.  

Grand Turk was our first stop. We got off the boat pretty early and did some shopping and swimming! We also went snorkeling here.. I don't have any pictures of that because I didn't want to bring my camera. Leigh had her GoPro so hopefully soon I will get the result of that excursion. While we were snorkeling we saw a nurse shark and Nick spotted two Flounder fish. 

Next stop was Half Moon Cay, Our favorite island. The island is owned by the cruise company so there wasn't anyone there bothering you. In fact, our servers got off the boat and cooked hamburgers and hotdogs for us on the island. The island didn't have a port so we had to take a boat to get on and off.  They called this process "Tendering;"  I didn't feel very tender.

 Nick and I went exploring and found a cute little crab.

 I wanted to dive into the water so badly, it was crystal clear.

 Going back to the Ship! What a great day of just sitting in the sun and swimming in beautiful water.

Our last island was Nassau and guess what??? It was my birthday!! I spent my birthday exploring Nassau!! What a treat! 

 We hit the main history parts of the city early in the morning .

Then we started to walk to the place I wanted to eat lunch.  As we were walking this sign was randomly on a building.

I knew we were walking the right way when we found a sign! Fish Fry... HERE WE COME!! I had read all about the conch salad and I had to taste it!

walking... walking.. and more walking.. FINALLY we made it! Cool local refreshments.

 and finally my conch salad! It was delicious and surprisingly spicy.

After we did some more shopping and then back to the ship to get ready for my Birthday Dinner. My dinner was so great. I couldn't have been more happy. 

 I even got a birthday card delivered to my room from the Carnival Cruise peeps and Leigh sang happy birthday to me.

Seriously I didn't want this vacation to end. We had such a great time with Leigh and Anthony and it went by way too fast. I'm so grateful that my little sister and my husband worked together to plan this for me. I love both of you!

I will leave you with a picture of this genius holding his Trophy (A piece of ship) that he won in a show because of his smart brain... and because of his smart sister-in-law yelling out the answers!