The Honeymoon

Nick has never been on a big vacation before, so I decided to surprise him with where we'd be going on our honeymoon. Of course Nick is extremely curious and was constantly asking questions trying to trick me into giving up the secret (which I didn't of course... hehe) I think deep down inside he didn't want to spoil the big surprise because he kept his actual snooping to a minimum. He finally found out where our flight was going when we went through customs and the border agent says "what will you be doing in Orlando?" which meant I had to spill the beans right then and there! 

we started the honeymoon doing a cruise with Royal Caribbean to the Bahamas. Neither of us had been on a cruise before and it was so fun! Our room was one floor away from the buffet and I still haven't figured out if that was a good thing or not... our eating habits are still suffering! The best part was being together just the two of us with no cell phones or internet, getting away from all the distractions! We have so much fun together :)

Island of Cococay in the Bahamas. Nick's first time in the Ocean!

Our first time Snorkeling 

 The water was SO beautiful I couldn't believe the turquoise colour. You could see the entire ocean floor! We went jet skiing around all the islands and got to hold a starfish right out of the ocean. I think we had more fun taking pictures than actually snorkelling haha!

The City of Atlantis!!

We ported in the capital city, Nassau, and went to the Atlantis resort. It was BEAUTIFUL! All of the buildings and waterslides are constructed to look like an underwater city. Even the view from the top of the waterslides was breathtaking. Ocean and beach for miles! Nick had to wear a shirt the whole day after getting a wicked sunburn from snorkelling (which he was not happy about). I applied aloe vera on his sore back for the rest of the trip - poor guy.

I went on every single ride even though I was a scaredy pants....
This is the ride you go through the shark tank

beautiful aquarium inside the hotel 

Took a break from the waterslides to hit the beach!

Nick building a sandcastle that kept getting washed away

...and check out that sunburned back! 

Every once in a while I get one of these brilliant ideas...

I decided to get these ladies to braid my hair in Nassau. Nick went back to the cruise ship, I told him I wouldn't be very long. I only wanted the top braided, that way I could go the rest of the vacation without doing my hair! Wrongo. It took like 2 hours and it hurt so bad I almost had tears in my eyes a few times... It was starting to get dark and I knew Nick would start to get worried. Strange people were wandering the streets and I was getting a little nervous. That's when I saw some giant shadowed animal run across the floor behind the vending machine. "What was that??" I asked. "Oh probably just a rat, they come out at night looking for scraps". That's when I decided to burn the clothes I was wearing. For the rest of the braiding session I played "spot the rats" with myself. When we were finally done she held up a mirror for me to look at the finished product. I tried to mask my terror. I looked hideous! And much to Nick's protest I made him take out the braids that very night using toe nail clippers. What a good husband....

Universal Studios Orlando

He loves Jurassic Park so we made sure to check out all the vehicles

I was so excited about the Despicable Me ride!
Nick was such a good sport and waited like 90 minutes with me to go on it

The Transformers ride was our FAVORITE!

Harry Potter World!!

ok ok we're big Harry Potter nerds.... especially me.
When Nick and I first started dating I would read Harry Potter to him when we hung out. Apparently he loved to listen to books on tape as a kid and he would sit his head in my lap and I would read to him for hours. We finished book 6 and 7 together. So Harry Potter has kind of a special place in both of our hearts. We grew really close by sharing the Harry Potter World together!

   The Three Broomsticks & Honeydukes

While you're waiting to go on the 3D ride the line snakes through the Harry Potter Castle and you literally tour through the castle! It made waiting in line so much nicer. We saw the Fat Lady, Dumbledore's office, and some of the classrooms. The paintings even move and talk to you while you walk around, and holograms of Harry, Hermione and Ron talk and guide you through the castle.

Drinking some butterbeer and showing off our sexy 3D glasses

It was so so fun to go on our first vacation together! We laughed with each other and at each other, tried new things together and had a little R&R. We were a happy Mr. and Mrs. :)