This family vacation blows other ones out of the water...

Our vacation was fantastic.  We drove to Cape Canaveral, Florida and took off on Sunday to the Bahamas.  The Caribbean Sea did not disappoint...nor did the food and entertainment.  Everyone swears you gain weight on a cruise, but I think that the amazing, endless amounts of food made little dent in our waistlines while we were running up and down the scores of stairs, dancing our behinds off, and walking EVERYWHERE.

We first stopped in Freeport.  My parents and Kris tried conch fitters.

The next day, we made our way to Nassau.  We crashed a Hilton there for the day, complete with a private beach, big, cushy chairs, lunch, and a kayak.  I felt a little like royalty laying out on cabana.  I am pretty sure if I owned one of these at home, I would have a perpetual sunburn.

We dined on delicacies such as alligator, mango soup, and the most delicious vegetarian pot pie I have ever tasted.  Kris and I both obtained the recipe from the chef.  We loved the dessert so much, Kristen ordered three of them to split the last night.

Our last full day at sea was July 4.  There was a big pool party, complete with streamers, singing of the National Anthem, and pictures with foreigners dressed as Uncle Sam.  Our dinner was not complete without our foreign waiters singing "God Bless America".  Oh, the irony.



We had a family emergency and had to stop by the ER.  We had just finished our cruise and needed to go to the hospital.  Thankfully, things were not any worse, but continued prayers would be appreciated for our friend, Woody.

We continued to nurse our fried skin (ok, it was mostly me) as we then visited the Most Magical Place  on earth.  The name bears some truth.  Megan cried before we even got to the gate.  It really is an experience like no other, even if you have been there a million times.   There is some magical transformation to a kid, complete with mouse ears and a big grin, asking to go on rides again and paying a week's salary to buy something you could pay 12.3% of the price if it didn't have a certain logo on it.  We received a dusting of pixie dust while we made our wishes.  Mine has yet to come true, but I have faith (and sparkles) it will.:)

On the way home, we NEEDED to take pictures of the mountains.  So...I was hanging my camera out the window while we are on the highway and my siblings are yelling "left...right" as I am attempting to catch a few breaks in the trees to snap the sunset.  We eventually just convinced my parents that we needed to go to the bathroom.