Honeymoon

For our honeymoon Brad and I decided to go on a cruise. I had been on one but Brad had not. I love cruises and wish I could go all the time! Seriously where do you get food, hotel, and entertainment all included in one price? Side note, one time as a kid Brad got sea sick. If I would have known this prior to us booking the cruise I would have vetoed the idea, but luckily for us neither of us got sea sick and we both had such a great time! 

First Day on the Boat

We picked a 5 day 4 night cruise to the Bahamas and Royal Caribbean's private island Coco Cay. It was so nice to have Brad all to myself for a whole week without any distractions! As soon as we got on board we headed to the dining room to get some lunch. After lunch we changed into our swimsuits and went and laid out at the pool. Brad had gotten burned the day before at the beach so he wanted to lay in the shade. We spent a few hours at the pool and watched as the pool deck filled out. Of course before we could leave the port we had to do the drill so we headed to our muster station and probably stood there for 15 minutes. After the drill we headed back up to the pool for the departure party. It always amazes me to see how fast people get drunk and how much money they spend on cruises just on alcohol, but they sure do make things more entertaining. On my last cruise the formal dining was kind of a bust but Brad and I decided to try it out. We ended up loving who we were sat with and ate there every night of the cruise. After dinner we headed to the Welcome Aboard show. The shows are my favorite part about cruises, well that and the towel animals! :)

Coco Cay

Formal Night

Tuesday we arrived at Coco Cay. We woke up in the morning, went and had breakfast then got on the ferry that took us from the ship to the island. The water is so clear that you can see the fish swim up to you. This time we were the only ship at the island so there were actually chairs and hammocks that were open. We spent the first half hour snoozing on the hammock then decided to go lay out near the water. Brad was pretty bummed that there were not any waves so we decided to walk around the island to see what we could find. We ended up finding a stretch of water that didn't have so many people snorkeling so we went out and played in the water. It was fun to see all the fish swim up to us. Once we got back on the ship we went and got ready for dinner. It was the captains dinner so we got to get all dressed up :) After that we went to the show of the day and then to the honeymooners gathering. There were about 6 couples and they had raffle gifts but we didn't win anything but we did get chocolate covered strawberries and a cupcake. It's a good thing we had already decided to take the stairs instead of the elevator or else we would have come of the ship as fat kids. haha. When we got back to our room we found a towel monkey waiting for us!

Bahamas

The next day we were at Nassau, Bahamas. I was on a mission for my mom to get knock off Coach bags because on our last cruise we made such a bargain! So we headed to the Straw Market. However, the government has given them a nice building and now regulates what they sell in the Market. So now there are no coach bags to be found. We ended up looking for 3 hours and decided to call it quits, as we headed back we saw a local and decided to ask her if she could show us where to get knock off bags, she ended up taking us down an alley and the mission was accomplished. After that adventure we were ready to go back on the ship and relax.

The next day was a day at sea so we enjoyed pool time, the $10 sale on board, shows, and spending time with one another. We had such a great honeymoon and were sad to see it end. Now we are getting all settled here in Washington! :)