The Bahamas

Aaron had 2 things he absolutely HAD to do in the Bahamas....

1. Visit the stock exchange and take a picture in front of it.

2. Ride on the water tricycles. 

One of the mornings we woke up and went to the lagoon first thing to ride the trikes. IT was perfect since we were the only ones on the water. 

Turns out he didn't love the trikes as much as he thought he would... haha we all knew that would happen, but we still had fun.

Spence and Lexi got a paddle board and we switched between both toys while my parents sat back and took pictures.

And we can't forget the stock exchange. Here's his pic at the BISX to add to his collection.

That night, we ate at one of thee best Italian restaurants I've been to. It was all served family style and at the end it looked like we hardly touched any food. We had salad, giant pieces of garlic bread, chicken parmigiana, lasagna aaaaand the best dessert....

THE TITANIC!

Basically an entire pan of brownies with 10 ice cream scoops and plenty of whipped cream on top. to. die. for.

At night the resort was lit up and so pretty! Couldn't resist not taking a thousand pictures each night. 

The next day we went to Balmoral Island to feed the stingrays. 

 They were huuuuge! It took a bit to warm up to them, but I finally held one.

They brush up against your leg like cats and love to be fed. ^This lady was a lot heavier then she looks... and she was pregnant! 

I love that my family is an ice cream/dessert family. And I love that my best friend and extended family know that.

Aaron's not really a dessert person, and can't believe we go out of our way late a night, or drive somewhere just for ice cream. I love it though.... and he can't complain to me when everyone else is around :)

I <3 Ben and Jerry's.

The Atlantis also has tons of cool aquariums around the resort... and we didn't discover these til my parent's showed us the last day!

 Gettin' brave and touching/holding a starfish!

So glad we had the waterpark to play in too! 

We played card games at night while silly Aaron went to the casino... and had the sun work us every day. 

We flew back a day later than my parents so save some significant money on airfare. 
Unfortunatley, we booked a horrible AirBnb... tiny, misleading pictures, bugs in the bathroom, wifi not working.... not great.

So we woke up early to go to the airport to start our long leg home. We spent the rest of the day at the airport and in the air.

Such a fun trip and so glad my parents were able to take us there, they are the best! Just missed David. 

Now back to business at home. Grandpa Jack is on hospice right now and could pass away any day now. My parents and David are in town right now. Grandpa gave me a good squeeze last night though and is in good spirits. He is just not able to speak because of his recent stroke and is very weak and tired. Now it's just a waiting game.