Our First Cruise!

We finally took our first cruise together. We went to the Bahamas (Nassau and Cococay Island) and Key West. Jason and I went with some of our best friends, Matt and Stacy, over the week of Thanksgiving. Our ship was Magesty of the Seas on Royal Caribbean. It was around 80 the entire week and beautiful! The ship had lots to do like entertainment and comedy shows at night. We stopped in Nassau first and took our own tour of The Atlantis hotel. The center part of the hotel (arch) is actually a suite that is $30k per night, four night minimum. We relaxed on the beach and saw the water slides that plunge people through a huge aquarium of sharks. Very cool!! The next island we went to was Coco Cay. Royal Caribbean owns this island. It was gorgeous. While walking along the ocean, sting rays and reef sharks swam right next to your feet. Our last stop was on Thanksgiving day at Key West. We did a glass bottom boat tour (saw four dolphins jumping by the boat) and sailed right by the Bermuda Triangle. The picture of Buoy 13 represents the beginning on the Bermuda Triangle. We also walked around Duval Street. It was a great cruise and we would do it again!

Us on the top deck:


Pool side!






View of Miami as our ship was leaving.. next stop.. Bahamas!!






Stacy and I after we got ready for our first dinner on the cruise. We were in with the band!





The first full day of our cruise. We arrived in Nassau and in the background is the famous Atlantis Hotel!




















We had way too many great pictures to post on here! It was hard to choose. I think we took over 300 total. Check them out on our picture website-
On Fotki

Heinz "Talking"

FEA Day

Jason and I met up with 12 of my favorite work people for lunch at this little italian restaurant from heaven... called Olive Garden!! :) Afterwards, I was peer pressured to the movie theater to see Paranormal Activity. This was the scariest movie I have ever seen. I almost walked out of the theater twice. I woke up last night for every single noise I heard!! Glad we saw it during the day. We came home and watched almost the entire season 2 of Friends while we were packing. Here are some pictures from our "goodbye lunch"... I will miss everyone at Family Eyecare!!

Sedona, AZ

On Saturday, we drove up to Cottonwood, AZ and met Rob, Sharon, and Lily for breakfast at a cute local restaurant. I'm so glad we got to hang out with them again before we all move out of Arizona! Lily gets the award for being the happiest baby we have ever met!!







After our breakfast, Jason and I drove on to Sedona, only about 15 minutes from where Rob and Sharon live. We wanted to have one last day of hiking in our favorite place before we move. We ended up hiking the Jim Thompson Trail, which was about 4.5 miles total. It was a good thing we changed our minds from some 7 mile trail we were going to do at first because we were done after 4.5 miles!!

Sunrise

I woke up this morning and let the dogs out on the balcony to get some fresh air. Here is what I saw:
Beautiful! Looks like our state flag.