A first for everything!!

First time on a plane together, first time in Miami, first time on a cruise ship, first time in the Bahamas, first stamp in our passport, first time eating frog (yes we ate frog), first time in Jamaica, first time in a bobsled, first time zip lining, first time to Karaoke in public, and first time to get sniffed by a dog for drugs!

We had a delicious breakfast in bed before we headed out to the Bahamas! We had delicious food everything on the whole entire cruise! All you can eat food 24/7.... man I ate such a variety of food all week it was amazing!! Not only did it all look very delicious, but it looked like it could all be on the cover of a magazine it was so pretty!!

Inside our cabin it was very nice! We had a big window where we could see out into the ocean and a TV that they played different movies on, we watched a little bit of Thor, and Pirates 3.

Look at the color of the ocean and I swear i didn't photo shop it either!!!  At first I was really excited to go kayaking! We went kayaking over the summer down the river in Moab so when we signed up I was like I can do this it won't be like the big rapids. Well then we were riding the boat to the end of paradise island and the tour guide was like, "Balance is key, don't tip over," and he was telling us about these posinous fish to avoid and coral that would make you itchy and I didn't even want to get in the kayak let alone snorkel in the ocean. But, I did it! My stomach was in knots for the first 10 minutes we were in it and I think I yelled at John a couple times because he was making the kayak go from side to side, but other then that it was great!! It was so cool to see everything underneath us! The water was so clear! I really wanted to see a fish like nemo.... but I didn't =( I did see a fish like dori though! It was neon blue! So pretty!! So when we were getting out of the kayak I told John I don't want to snorkel, but I know you do so I will watch you and take your picture. He was a little sad I wasn't going to do it, but he said okay. He got all his gear on and was getting ready to get in when the tour guide said, "You have to try, once in a life time, you in the Bahamas ya man? and I will take both your picture" As you can see he persuaded me. I swear I couldn't breathe first time I put my head under the water. I don't think I have ever been in the ocean that deep before. My heart was racing and John was having the best time of his life! His smile was so BIG!! He said see it's awesome! He was so cute though he took my hand and didn't let go the whole time! I do have to say I am so glad I did it!! Once in a lifetime is right!! To see all the fish in that clear of water was so BEAUTIFUL we saw schools of fish! I saw more blue fish and bright yellow! Those were my favorite. I was getting comfortable towards the end when the guy yelled five minutes left. John said, "It's okay we have a little more time," then he put his head back under... so I put my head back under.... and then I saw this giant fish..... I mean it was huge and the heart started pounding again and I came up from under the water and John said, "It's just a fish...." Let's just say I was done I told him I want to go back to the rope and get back in the boat.... He took his sweet time getting there but we went back in!!

It was so BEAUTIFUL in the Bahamas!! I just had to take pictures of myself! This is after we snorkeled and we were heading back to Nassau. I also got some great pictures of our cruise ship on our way back as well!! We were on the boat Carnival Destiny!

So of course we only planned on doing the one on shore excursion in the morning and buying one souvenir each and then heading back to the boat for lunch... until we saw all of the scooters for rent! We still went back to the boat changed and had lunch, but then we rented the scooter so we could go around the island and over to the Atlantis resort! I mean I made it all the way to the Bahamas I had to see Atlantis it is on my bucket list and when would I ever make it back there again??? That is a pretty good argument right... John couldn't say no... He wanted to drive the scooter too!! He was a great driver, I mean he even had to drive on the opposite side of the road and everything. The weirdest thing was having to turn and the traffic on the streets were insane! It was really fun to get to experience life on the island though... we even saw Mc Donalds and KFC! On the bike I am wearing my very cute "Bahama Mama Bag!!" That is what the lady at the stand told john. She needs this bag so she can be a Bahama Mama!!!

Kind of sad to say the Atlantis was nice, but it wasn't as great as I thought it was going to be. Not like the way they make it in the commercial at all..... It is actually kind of old looking and I don't know I was a little let down. They did have a really fancy mall on the inside and a BEAUTIFUL private beach don't get me wrong... I don't know what I was expecting though... Oh and I almost forgot what happened on our way there. So we were driving over the massive bridge that connects the two islands together. You see the Atlantis isn't on Nassau it is on Paradise island. The guy who rented us the scooter told us how to get there but he did not tell us that you had to pay one dollar as a toll when you got to the other side. Well us not being the smartest coconuts didn't have any money and the Lady on the bridge in the booth was not happy... you see it is a one way bridge and she wouldn't even let us in just to turn around and go back on the other bridge. She was getting more upset every second and  ready to call the police I think so that is when I got off the scooter went to the car behind us and said sir, "We are on a cruise ship here and rented the scooter so we could come see the Atlantis and we have no money with us it is all on the ship, could I borrow a dollar??" I was scared about what his response would be... and he said, "No problem, you in Bahamas and he gave me a Dollar!!" Oh I was so greatful!!!! I felt relieved for a minute I thought we were going to prison or something.... I kid you not the lady was getting very, very angry I walked back over handed her the dollar and she was on the phone and then she hung up and let us in.

 

We had to leave our mark in the Bahamas!! I made John write our name in the sand and of course I could not leave without proof that my husband held my hand on the beach in the BAHAMAS and kissed me!! Awwwww how romantic!!!! right?? Well after our brief romantic moment we had trouble getting the scooter to start again. So even though the guy said you didn't need any gas with the kick start. John asked me to give it a little gas... Well I swear I only did it a little bit... and John got it to start.. and before I knew it the bike went flying into the curb right ahead of us. John freaked out at me and apologized later. I know we were both just worried we might have damaged it and he overreacted a little. But, all was well! No harm done and we hit the road again!!

Right when we were getting ready to leave I had to take a picture in this big... well I don't know exactly what it is, but I love the color orange!! And of  course we had to go find out where we could get our passports stamped. I was so sad because I thought we weren't going to be able to get a stamp when John heard rumors that their was somewhere you could right by the ship dock. So we asked a couple people and...... We got our very first stamps!!!!!