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Here's a little recap of our cruise from the beginning of August. I, strangely, didn't take many pictures on our trip. The few I took were on my iPhone, but I am sharing a few from Lily's friend, Claudia. 

Our cruise consisted of me, John, Lily, Shelly, our niece Krissy, and Lily's friend Claudia. It was a super fun group of people and we all enjoyed our time together.

We left Norfolk early in the morning and arrived in the Atlanta airport with a 30 minute layover time. So, we dashed to our flight and boarded immediately. We landed in Ft. Lauderdale at 10 and took a cab to the cruise terminal.

Once there, we went through the ship's boarding process which was seamless and super quick. It allowed us to be on the ship by noon and enjoying our first meal.

We spent a day at sea. Had a great time in Half Moon Cay at the beach paddle boarding, swimming, and hanging out together.

The next day we docked in Nassau and took a cab to The Atlantis. We choose to buy tickets that allowed us to spend the day in the resort enjoying the all of their water adventures. It was a fun day.

We ended the cruise on Monday and had no issues getting back home. It was a great time for all of us!

4:00 in the morning and ready to go to the airport!!!

Krissy was stuck in the middle seat next to an interesting person who popped up on the ship every day every where!!

So glad we made it on to the second flight with no issues!!! Time for a bloody Mary!

We are in the Ft. Lauderdale airport and only 8 minutes from the cruise ship! Hooray!!!

Happy to be here.

Our first meal on the ship. We were fortunate enough to make it on to the cruise ship at noon.

Enjoying the balcony

Friends on a cruise

Enjoying the movie poolside

Half Moon Cay Day

Time for another movie and more ice cream

We met an awesome lady in the Ft. Lauderdale airport and her name was C. Joy she told us a terrific story of love and happiness. It truly was the perfect ending to our trip.

Summer Update

We love summer!! So thankful for the time to relax, recharge, be lazy, play games, be unscheduled, go to the beach, the pool, and just live without the schedule that will come soon enough. 

Lily handed out programs at the 2017 graduation for her high school.

 John was out of town for Father's Day, but we celebrated with my dad at his house for a tasty brunch.

We took a leisurely walk on the boardwalk after dinner one night.

Fynley has kept us entertained with lots of time snuggling and playing with her.

Lily worked as a counselor for the same summer camp this year and enjoyed her time working for them. 

Shelly volunteered at a local farm for the past few weeks. She did a great job helping with the campers and the various animals---goats, chickens, horses, and bunnies. She even assisted in the goat yoga activities.  

John bought a jet ski and we have had a great time with it. Lily completed her boating certificate and is now feeling confident enough to drive the jet ski and enjoys the wind through her hair out on the water. 

Shelly went to NC to have her braces taken off. We are all super excited for her. She had her braces on for almost exactly two years (July 23, 2015--July 20, 2017) and has been the perfect patient. Shelly has handled it so well and made numerous trips back and forth to Greensboro over the last year. 

Lily and Shelly put their Enos up in the front yard and have enjoyed hanging out in them in the evenings. 

Shelly and I visited the Norfolk zoo and loved it. So many great animals and super clean and inviting. 

We went to a Tides baseball game and had a fun time on an unseasonably comfortable evening. 

We visited the new Waterside and walked around to check out the restaurants. The girls also stopped at the Fudgery for a little dessert. We took a stroll over to the new hotel and checked out the Grain located at the top of the hotel. Great views and fun setting. 


Lily and I took a road trip to James Madison University for a tour of the school. We were both very impressed and loved the school. We stayed the night at Charlottesville and stopped in Richmond on our way home. 

We've spent plenty of days (and nights) at my dad's pool. The perfect place to hang out on the warm summer days. 

Lily's friend, Claudia, came for a 10 day visit. She was the perfect guest and Lily loved having her here. 

The girls, Claudia, Krissy, and I all went to Busch Gardens for the day and had a terrific time on the roller coasters. 

Lily had her first official senior event. She had her portrait taken for the yearbook. Wow, this is all just about to begin. 

We took a super fun cruise to the Bahamas and I'll post more about that later. 

Hoping to pack the remaining summer weeks with plenty of thrills and excitement. 

Part 3 of Cruise Photos

Our next stop on the cruise was Cozumel. The weather there was just perfect and we had a great time hanging out in the sun, snorkeling, kayaking, swimming, hair braiding, and having fun.