Lancaster Ladies Cruise

Ever since I started dating Haas his mom had been saying that she wanted to do a girls trip. They were going to start the tradition back when Haas was in high school and they had gone to california but a couple months after they returned his mom found out that she had breast cancer. For some reason after that they talked about a girls trip but never went through with it. Last spring we finally decided that it needed to happen. We decided that the perfect time to do it would be for my mother in laws birthday. So off we went for a cruise to the Bahamas.
We all flew into Ft Lauderdale where we met up with my mother in law and father in law. That was so great since they decided to be snow birds and move to Florida for the winter. I hadnt seen my mother in law since nov and my father in law since Oct. We all went out to Outback Steakhouse that first night before we made it an official girls only trip.
On that monday morning we got up and took a shuttle to Miami where we boarded the ship and set said to the Bahamas!! It was my mother in laws birthday that day so we got the waiter to sing happy birthday to her and she got a cake along with her regular cruise dessert.
We woke up the next morning docked in Freeport but it was really only a little straw market so we decided to have it be a boat day and we went and laid out by the pool. There was a little bit of a cold front so it was a little chilly to get in the pool. I decided that since it was a vacation I needed a nap. My sis in law (and cabin buddy) Erin joined me and we ended up taking a 3 hour nap. LOL it was so needed!

Next stop was Nassau which was pretty cool. We took a shuttle boat over to Paradise Island where Atlantis is. We were so excited to go look at the aquarium that you see so much about but they had it blocked off for hotel guests only. Bummer it was still pretty even though we could only go through the casino. So we went back to the main area of Nassau for a little shopping in the straw markets. Then it was back to the boat for a little pool time since the weather was so nice!!

Every night the ship had shows that you could go to so we would go to one of the shows before dinner. They had a hilarious comedian and amazing singers/dancers. It was so much fun to go to the shows and we all looked forward to them.
Our last port day was to a private island that is owned by Norweigen cruise line. It was all of our favorite day. All of us rented clam shells that go over your beach chairs so we could lay out and not burn. We rented them but it just ended up being a spot for all of our stuff because we stayed in the water the whole time. The water was so clear you could look down and see the fish swimming around and see the sand and shells under the water. I could have stayed there forever it was so beautiful.
We had the best time and it was really relaxing but I was happy to come home to my boys