Memorial day weekend 2013

We went camping overnight with Scott's sister's family and some friends.  The picture above is of Scott with his cute nephew McKay on their mini motorcycle.  It looks like one of our other nephews is hiding behind them too.  We had a good time riding on their ranger with them.  We also saw a rattle snake.  That scared me just a bit.

Bahamas Cruise

Scott and I went on a cruise to the Southern Caribbean.  We went on the Carnival boat Victory.  We went to three different ports; Freeport,  Half Moon Cay, and Nassau.  We've been on one other cruise together with Scott's family to the Western Caribbean six years ago.  We went on this cruise to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary.

As we're leaving Miami, Florida on the cruise boat.

In Nassau, Bahamas we went to a resort called Atlantis.  It was the most amazingly beautiful places I have ever been.  It has one of the largest aquariums in the world.  It also has a fun water park that goes through it.  A couple of the slides you get to see sharks swimming around you as you go down the water slides.

Every night you would get a towel animal on your bed with a couple of chocolates.  We couldn't agree what this one was.  We found out it was supposed to be a bunny.

froggy

This is the biggest fish I've ever seen in my life.  It was way bigger than even the sharks that we saw.

Dolphins are my favorite animals, so I couldn't get enough of them.  You could swim with them, too.

There was this eight year old boy that was dancing on this stage by the pool.  That boy could shake his hips. He was a really good dancer.   He danced for hours up there while everyone was watching and cheering him on.

They have a lazy river there but they also have a rapid river too.  This part a giant wave pushes you on the tube.  I'll be honest, I fell off a couple of times.

King and Queen

I hope we get to go back to Atlantis one day.  It was a blast.

These pictures are of Half Moon Cay.  It's a private island that Holland America owns.  It was gorgeous that day and we had the whole island to ourselves.  The beaches are so pretty in the Bahamas.  White soft sand and crystal clear, blue water.  We both did some snorkeling there.

Riding in the tender boat to Half Moon Cay.

Scott getting his shade on.

At dinner one night on the cruise boat

elephant

We also went to Freeport, Grand Bahama.  We rented a scooter and toured the island by ourselves.  They drive on the left side of the road there.  So it was hard to get used to driving that way.

This is at their national park.  It was really pretty there.

Gold Rock beach where they filmed Pirates of the Caribbean.  We had the whole beach to ourselves that afternoon.

It was super shallow all of the way out there.  That is Scott out there waving.

He's kneeling right there.

puppy

In Freeport we went to the Garden of the Groves.  It's a botanical garden and was so beautiful.

Cave at the national park.

Beach in Freeport.

seal

garden of the groves

Last day of our trip in South Beach, Miami.

8 Year Anniversary

Scott and I were married on March 11, 2005.  We just celebrated our 8th anniversary yesterday.  It was Scott's normal day off from work but I had to work.  So Scott came out to where I work and took me to lunch.  He surprised me with a rose and some chocolate covered popcorn.  We had told each other that we wouldn't buy each other gifts because we booked a cruise to the eastern Caribbean to celebrate.  So I was pleasantly surprised.  Yesterday night we cooked crab legs and artichokes to celebrate while watching the Bachelor season finale.
I can't believe that we have been married for eight wonderful years.  It has gone by so fast and I am still in love with him as much as I was, if not more than the day we got married.  I'm so excited to go on a second honeymoon with him soon.

Scott's 30th Birthday

Scott wanted to go Skiing for his 30th birthday.  Brittney's family all has passes to Park City Mountain Resort.  They were so nice to take us with them.

Scott with his birthday dessert at Baja Cantina.

Brittney gave Scott an I Pad mini for his birthday.  We also went to Olive garden the night before his birthday with his dad and grandmother.  Scott's mom was out of town on his birthday, so a week before she took him on a shopping trip to Fashion place mall.  I can't believe my husband is thirty.  I know I'm not to far behind him.  I hope there are many more wonderful years together.