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.:)
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| 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. |
Grace and I were poor and in grad school when we decided to
go to Philly for a conference. We
arrived very early in the morning to find out that we would have to sleep on
the floor of a Salvation Army in a rough area of town at 9pm that night. In
the meantime, Grace had hooked up with some friends who were visiting from Chicago
and we were able to finagle staying with their mutual friend’s parents in a
nice area right outside of town. The dad
took us to the train station when we needed it and both parents took us out to
eat. It was WONDERFUL. I am constantly amazed at how God provides.
