cruisin'

we have recently been the recipient of truly generous friends...God worked in some seriously mysterious ways, enabling andy and i to go on a 4 day cruise (with joey and kyle) and get away for some much needed rest. the trip was made possible by others ...having nothing to do with us, and came at a time that we desperately needed a break. we are so grateful to those who were so generous to us....

our royal caribbean cruise ship...Majesty of the Seas

leaving miami...

first stop was in key west, florida...

we walked over a mile to this point...the southern most point of the continental u.s.a.

only 1 mile away from the edge of the continent...

this was pretty much andy's attitude the whole trip...his motto for the cruise was "eat everything, finish nothing" .... he did his best to fulfill that as he ordered at least 2 (sometimes 3) appetizers, entrees, and desserts....each night. there was never a shortage of food. twice we even ordered room service after a full meal...just because we could!

we both conquered the rock wall...

2nd stop was the bahamas...it was raining when we arrived, so we sat at the very top of the ship and did some reading while we waited for the rain to pass over...

visiting the atlantis hotel...we always feel the need to take pictures by things (such as a dragon) that we think the boys would really like...

we rented scooters to ride around the bahamas. this part of the island was pretty fun. it was right by the atlantis hotel...but the rest of the bahamas was not so safe feeling. and there was lots of traffic, so i was pretty nervous, but it was an adventure!

3rd and final stop was at coco cay island....royal caribbean's own private island. it was by far my favorite day...spent the day laying out, shopped a little, played some beach volleyball, and just walked along the shoreline. it was so relaxing...the perfect day to end on!