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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Bahamas Part 4

Water park Wednesday! We spent the day at the warter park. The Atlantis has the water slide called Leap of Faith where you drop straight down and go through a shark tank. I took pictures of everyone doing the free fall drop and have to say the pictures are pretty funny.

Pre-drop shot

They conquered that slide

Relaxing after a full day of sliding

Bahamas Part 3

I'm starting to get my days blurred so I've begun grouping the pictures into activities, somewhat in chronological order:

Swimming with the Dolphins was one of my favorite things we did. They are such a friendly animal for the most part. One of the activities we did with the dolphin is we were able to hug and kiss them, there was one dolphin that doesn't like to kiss people and had a tendency to bite. Good thing that we didn't get that dolphin. It's interesting to see the trainers interact with each dolphin, they know their personalities so well. Wetsuits are super attractive by the way.

All the guys went golfing one day while us girls got massages in the spa. After our massages we all came to the same conclusion that the Bahamian masseuses were not as careful about keeping you covered during your massage :)

On Tuesday we had 40 mph winds and it was pretty chilly. We went to the Straw Market it Nassau to do some shopping. Not too much to buy, especially when the people refer to you as "hey you girl", huge turn off to me spending money.

Isn't he handsome?!?

Bahamas Part 2

We spent the first day of the New Year at the beach...

Some of us kicked our feet up in the air

Some of us laid in the water (that's Evelyn sitting on the beach)?

Some of us laid out and enjoyed getting a winters tan

Some of us went on walks to look for pretty shells

And found some

Some of us acted tough in pictures

And some of us kissed at sunset

Not a bad way to welcome 2012...hopefully in return this year will treat us well :)

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Bahamas Part 1

After realizing I have a bajillion pictures I decided to break our trip up, not sure how many parts I will end up with, but that's the fun in blogging. There can be as many parts as I decide :)

Day 1: We took a red-eye flight on Thursday night and got into the Bahamas at noon on Friday. We stayed at the Cove Tower at the Atlantis Resort. We checked out the room, and then threw on our bathing suits to catch a little sun.

The water is so gorgeous, the sand is so soft and powdery, I think kept thinking "why isn't California in the Bahamas?"

One of the highlights of day 1 was running into Magic Johnson in the concierge lounge, I saw him walk in and stared and told Chad "OMG look who that is" right as he walked by, he stopped briefly and said hello to all of us.

Day 2: New Year's Eve

There is so much to do at the Atlantis, 11 pools, different beaches, a water park, snorkeling, etc. We spent the day doing a little of each of those activities.

To ring in the new year we went to a dinner/show/dancing party. It was a blast, I don't get my husband out on the dance floor very often so it was a treat to dance all night with him. Right before midnight we went outside and watched the most incredible firework show. The whole show looked like a "grand finale" that I have seen and then the grand finale was something else.

I'll leave you with a little video that Chad made for the guys. This song was played at the pool everyday and became the joke of the trip.

More pics to come

Friday, January 6, 2012

I'm Back, and 2011 Highlight Reel

I can't believe the vacation is over! We got back late last night and I have so much catching up to do. So far I have unpacked all my luggage and cleaned my house. I still have a long list of things to do, blogging being one of them. Before I start my series of Bahama Posts I thought I would do a 2011 Highlight Reel.

January: NYE in Las Vegas