Matt on top of the boat the first night.

Playing putt-putt on the cruise ship while we were docked in the Nassau.

The Atlantis Hotel and Casino. We got a day pass to visit the aquariums.

On the top/front of the boat at night in Nassau.

We made it back from the cruise safely. It was fun to visit somewhere new. The cruise ship was really nice with fun amenities. We ordered breakfast in our room almost everyday. There was a great show that featured 80’s music. We had a good time on land as well. We snorkeled in Freeport and went to the aquarium in Nassau. We also shopped in the Nassau shopping district which was really fun. I bought a woven purse with flowers on it and Matt got a calendar/bill holder thing that was woven out of the same materials. Then on the way home from Cape Canaveral we stopped at Typhoon Lagoon in DisneyWorld. It was an amazing water park and the perfect ending to our vacation.

This past weekend I had a cold so we stayed in and watched football. I was bummed about the Alabama game, but, it was nice to relax at home for a weekend. I didn’t even clean, which I should have, but since I felt bad I couldn’t muster up the energy for cleaning. I’ll have to make up for it this weekend.

Next week I will be in Orlando for the entire week for the Department of Education K-12 Conference. I am part of the conference staff so I imagine I’ll be pretty busy. We plan on leaving on Monday morning and we won’t be back until Friday afternoon. Hopefully the conference will be really fun and will go smoothly. I’ll probably be homesick by Friday, though. It’s hard to be away from home for that long.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Bahamas or Bust!

We're excited about our upcoming cruise to the Bahamas. We leave from Cape Canaveral on Sunday and get back on Thursday morning. We're a little nervous about leaving the country. Even just traveling to the Bahamas is complicated. We've got our passports squared away and our birth certificates ready to show we are who we say we are. I think we're going to have a really good time. It will be nice to escape for a while.

Stevie and Wil are going on a little vacation of their own! They'll be staying with my parents. I think they'll like that better than the kennel they ususally stay in. I think all the other dogs barking makes Wil nervous. They sleep really well after we pick them up, probably because they're being overstimulated by all the action with the other dogs.

Matt and I are enjoying the start of college football season. We went to the AU/Kansas State game last Saturday. I stayed tuned into the Bama game with our new Sirius radio. We'll be watching whenever a game is on!

Hopefully my next post will be full of fun cruise pictures. See you then!