Last cruise post!!!!!! Are you excited??
So last time I posted, we were enjoying Christmas with some sunshine, drinks and a formal night. December 26th for me is usually spent driving all over town hitting up all the after Christmas sales. This year it was spent on a private island in the Bahamas. Don't hate!
We woke up to lots of fog-- pretty and kinda creepy out in the middle of the ocean:
A few hours later we docked at Great Stirrup Cay- NCL's private island. We knew we wanted to snorkel, and the water and conditions couldn't have been better!
ahhh, toes in the sand! I miss this.
I had a few too many strawberry daiquiris from this little beach side bar:
Mike & Rob had some giant nasty beers while we waited in line to get back on the ship. Yuck.
The next two pics aren't great- but I thought it was kinda humorous that Mike and I accidentally dressed in coordinating colors for dinner that night. Ha! Yeah, we're that couple.
And that concluded our last night on the ship!
The next morning we woke up to this view:
We were back in Miami. Boo.
We all had breakfast together and starting saying our goodbye's. Mike's family was leaving before us, so we all gathered for some pictures in the ship's atrium:
Mike and I wanted to do a cheesy pose using the ship's props- they loved this roman column thing and tried to incorporate it in all of their formal pics. Funny thing is, I actually really like this picture (you know, minus the column and the tacky marble wall)!
Mike's family left and we decided to have one last drink at one of the ship's bars:
We headed back to the room and waited to be called over the intercom. We used the ship's transfer service to the airport. It was awesome because we didn't have to worry about our luggage until we landed in Arkansas that night!
Mike decided to use the balcony one last time for some reading.
and I just had to share this picture because it shows off the messenger bag I had made before we took the trip. I found the seller on etsy and she was fantastic to work with. I have a post later this week that tells just how fabulous she is. :-)
another random pic-- we called this guy Jorts (you know, jean+shorts=jorts!) the entire cruise because he seriously wore them every day. Sometimes with a black mesh tank top. Not kidding!! LMAO!!
and one final picture from Miami International airport. I kept joking that I was so disappointed that we never saw a single Golden Girl or
Dexter.
do you like the "gritty" effect I put on the picture?? haha!
So that's it! We survived my tedious vacation posts. And it only took me about a month to do it all. It really was a great trip. I cannot wait to go back to Belize, was pretty disappointed with Miami and made some great memories with Mike and his family. All in all, a pretty awesome Christmas. :-)
