Part III - More Pictures

The beautiful water. I miss it.

A tricycle out in the ocean. I wanted to do this, but hubs thought it was alot of work!

A close up of the tricyles.


Sailboats. We contemplated these too.




Getting ready to go snorkeling! We saw a shark (no kidding) about 30 feet under us. I didn't freak, but I didn't feel comfortable about it either!



The boat that took us snorkeling.

Waiting for the boat to be ready. Nice picture, huh? LOL

We saw a cruise ship.

A little looksie of the pier.



Hubs thought we should take a closeup of my makeup-less face!

Hubs, taking a little siesta on his flippers!

Hubs, ready to go!

The bottom of the boat.

We saw a TON of fish while snorkeling. It was my first time ever and I loved it (after I had my panic attack - I had to get used to breathing while my face was under water). They put out some fish food (minnows) to lure the pretty fish close to us. It was pretty cool. They were bright blue, striped, and rainbow colored - just like they are on Finding Nemo! ha! And while we were looking at the reefs and all the pretty fish...a shark (about 8 or 9 feet long) swam under us. All I could do was point at it - it's not like I could've swam back to the boat and jumped in! Everyone came up all at once and said "Shark!" It was pretty exciting, but the shark swam away. I was looking for him the remainder of the time we were snorkeling. :) But that was the only shark sighting!

Bahamas Part II

Here are a few more pictures to tide you over. Hopefully I'll be able to post more on lunch and tell some stories!

Yummy, yummy nachos! We had these almost everyday! Yum!

Christopher standing in part of a pool..thingie... Not sure what it's called.

One of the main pools.



Another picture of the same pool.



The swim up bar at that pool.

Another pool..

A relaxing spot. Those fire pits are lit at night. So, so relaxing!

The private island - we visited and it was awesome. But, we forgot the camera.

The brick oven pizza place. They make pizzas just how you ask them to!


Another pool. We liked this pool better, it was closer to our room.

The entrance into our building.

Christopher..hiding from the camera!

He decided to cooperate!

Bahamas Part I

I have so many pictures to share...and stories! I'm going have to chop all this up into several different parts... We'll start off with the small stuff. :)

Flying Through The Sky...Pretty Clouds!

Drinking a Margarita at Chili's in the Ft. Lauderdale Airport.

My Adorable Husband. He loves getting his picture taken. Ha!

Our Room @ Sandals - it needs to be remodeled! But, it's cute!





Our Balcony
They gave us robes!

Our Garden Tub - I loved it!


Shampoo, Conditioner, Aloe, and Lotion! Love it!

Part of our Mini Bar! Yep, it was all included!

More of the Mini Bar - both were restocked daily!

So, that's Part I. I know, not a ton of pictures, but I'm trying to break these up into segments that relate to each other... LOL

A little about our trip...

Friday morning we woke up at 3:45am, took our showers, checked our bags one last time, and then headed to the LR Airport! We parked in short term parking (don't ask why) and headed to check-in! Now, I had been worried this whole time about the weight of our bags, since airlines are now having you pay for your checked luggage and if you go over a certain weight limit, it cost extra. I'm not a fan of extra fees, especially if they can be avoided. So, I was a tad nervous when we stepped in line. What I didn't know is apparently those fees and weight restrictions don't apply if you fly international. I think hubs said that we were allowed 70lb bags each...or something...so they didn't even weigh our bags! So, no baggage fees! Hooray!

Our flight to Houston was pretty uneventful.

We had a slight layover in Houston before going on to Fort Lauderdale. I was pretty excited about going to the Ft Lauderdale airport, because I've never visited that one before. Let me just say, I had PLENTY of time to look around. We had a long layover and then our flight was delayed for another hour and a half or so. But, not to worry, Continental Airlines gave us food vouchers ($24 worth) and so we had a nice meal at Chili's (with drinks). Needless to say, those vouchers didn't cover but about half our bill, but still.. nice! So, after our meal, hubs and I read our books. Which is another huge thing - hubs bought a non-fiction book at the airport! I'm a big reader and well, he is not! He hasn't read a book since High School - so this was a major thing and I was proud as I helped him find a book.

Which, btw, he enjoyed his book and is almost done with it! He got something called Lords of Corruption by Kyle Mills and I was reading Killer Dreams by Iris Johansen. Which, I love her books...You should try them for a little something different. They're mystery/suspense books.

Anyways, we finally arrived at Sandals. We were picked up by our free shuttle. Our bags were delivered to our room (which is an awesome service) and we went and found some drinks! Since it was late (around 9ish) we didn't get to do a whole lot Friday night, besides relax. Which is what we needed after being in airports all day!

So.. A little about our room... It needs remodeled, but there wasn't a thing wrong with it - other than the bed was a little stiff. The mini bar was restocked every day and it was included in our package. (Hubs enjoyed that.) Also, a really cool thing is you could fill out a door hanger and check what items you wanted delivered to your room for breakfast the nex morning. It was something separate from room service and was also included. We didn't do that, because we found a great little place to eat brunch - we never got up before 10am! LOL But, I thought it was really neat that they did that kind of stuff. So, that's part I.. Part II might come later today or maybe tomorrow morning.

Sorry I didn't post more.. and gave you the boring pictures first - but I'm swamped at work! And this is all I could do on a 15 min break! Maybe I'll post more on lunch! We shall see!