Crusin with my Baby

We arrived in Florida late Thursday evening and got to spend a couple days there! It was so beautiful!

 

Just got on the ship in Ft. Lauderdale and waiting to depart

 

Josh in Nassau Bahama's watched while I played in the Ocean

Oasis of the Seas is the world's largest cruise ship

 

This was the first thing we saw when we boarded the ship...sweet

 

our first formal dinner

Paul and Racqual Leavitt...Paul won the minature golf tournement and was proudly displaying his medal

Cinnamon Leavitt on the flowrider learning to surf is pretty hard

 Don Whipple and Matt Kynaston

 

Chad, Cinnamon, Don, and me boogie boarding

 

Our ship is on the right...we were all amazed at how much bigger our ship was because we thought the ship next to us looked huge

Snorkeling in St. Thomas! We LOVED it, but after this cove our underwater camera stopped working, so I didn't get us with the sea turtles! That was so AMAZING!!

This is a fort on the French side of St. Maarten. It is now owned by a man that is very rich and owns the casino's on the island! This was next to the place we did the Extreme Zip Line! It was the best zip line course I had ever been on!

Trying to get a picture of the monkeys, but we were too far away to get any closer 

 These next pictures are of St. Maarten! My oldest brother served part of his mission this island, so I took a lot of pictures for him.

 This is the border marker between the French and Dutch Side of St. Maarten

 Me trying to find some cool sea shells for the kids while Josh laid on the beach and took pictures!

 Catholic Church in St. Maarten

 This was right by the beach and there were people everywhere and Josh was so ready to get back on the ship! I however enjoyed the different kinds of Island Music that was playing

 This is a steel drum and it was crazy what this man could do

 Coconut tree

This yacht was by our ship when we got back...it was super nice

Dodji was one of our waiters and he had the best laugh and the loudest clap...I loved it

Every night we had these cute little towel animals left on our bed with chocolate

 

 Paul and Josh are boyfriends at heart...they couldn't stand to be away from each other!

 The International Men's Belly Flop contest...it looked so painful

The kids with the surprises we brought back for them! The boys loved the pirate costumes and Tenley loved her purse, hat and soft backpack! It was too cute to watch the excitement on their faces when the surprises came out!

 I know it was a total picture overload, but this is made into a book every year and I wanted to be able to have all our photos in it! Josh's work took us on a 7 day cruise and it was AMAZING and so much fun! We hung out with 6 other couples and had a great time exploring the boat, watching all the shows, and playing lots of games! We stayed in Florida for two days before we boarded the ship, so we were gone for 9 days! It was a great vacation, but we missed the kids and were ready to come home and see our little kiddos! Our first port was the Bahama's and it was our least favorite spot.  I was very scared there and was so glad that Josh was with me.  It really made me appreciate America and all that we have been blessed with in this country! The beach was the prettiest there and once we got to the beach I felt much better and we did enjoy our time there! Our next stop was St. Thomas and we LOVED it there! We got on a boat and went out to a little cove to snorkel! It was so fun! We got to snorkel for 50 minutes in the first spot and we saw lots of fish there and one sea turtle! The next spot we also had 50 minutes and we were literally swimming right next to sea turtles.  Unfortunately, my camera stopped working, so I didn't get any pictures of the turtles, but there were others who did and I can't wait to get a copy of their pictures! It was a really neat experience and I stayed in the water until it was time to leave! Our last stop was St. Maarten and we had a lot of fun there too! We did the Extreme Zip Line and boy was it extreme! It was about 1 1/2 to 2 hours long and it was AWESOME! We got to see some monkeys, but couldn't get close enough to get a good enough picture! After the zip line, I wanted to hang out at the beach! We ate lunch at this place called Bottoms Up and it was so good! We did a little shopping and then played at the beach! I found shells from each beach we visited and brought them back for the kids! I love swimming and could have played on the beach until we had to leave, but Josh doesn't really love all the hoards of people there, so I only made him stay for a little bit! I wanted him to enjoy the trip as much as possible! Our last two days we were at sea heading back to Florida, but that is when I really explored all the places I hadn't been on the ship! It is amazing that a ship can have so much in it! You definitely never had to be hungry and we loved the 24 hour pizza place! I ate all the pizza I could! I tried to take the stairs as much as possible and I finally gave up on trying to get Josh to take the stairs with me and would meet him wherever we were going! The food was so good that I had to try and do something to not gain a ton of weight! I think I did pretty good! What a wonderful vacation and such a blessing to be able to go with such fun and good people!