Report on my CRUISE!!

So the Bahamas were pretty incredible!!! There was a group of 32 of us. I think about 20 of us from Nashville and 12 from Utah came out. I, along with the girls in most of my pictures - Lori, Stephanie and Sarah - flew to Ft. Lauderdale and took a taxi to the Port of Miami. We were supposed to leave at 5 and didn't leave until a little after 6 because there was a ginormous rain and lightning storm. The storm sort of put a damper on our bon voyage party but we didn't let it get us down. Friday was spent eating, karaoking, dancing, and basically living it up! We went to bed around 3:30 and woke up at 7 to find ourselves at the Bahamas. We ate breakfast on the ship and then headed off into the sun. Well, it wasn't overly sunny, in fact pretty overcast but still warm. We played in the water and laid out on the beach most of the day. We also went shopping at the marketplace there. We had to be back in the ship by 5:30. That night we ate dinner, went to a comedy show, went to another dance party, got some professional photos taken, played games with our group and stayed up late again. We went to bed around 3 again and woke up at the Norwegian Island. This island is owned by our cruiseline. When we woke up we went down for breakfast and then went to Sacrament Meeting in the library of the cruise. We got permission from our Bishop! It was great to be able to feel the Spirit so strongly while on the same ship as drunk partiers. We spent another awesome day spent on the beach. I played volleyball, swam in the beautiful and warm ocean, laid out, ate great bbq, etc. We had to be back on the ship by 4:30. Once we got back on we went straight to the pool and laid out some more and watched the bands play. That night we got dressed up nice and went to dinner at an Italian restaurant. The food was sure tasty. Then we went to another show. Did more karaoke-ing. Went to another dance party, etc etc. The next morning we got up and ate breakfast and then took a taxi back to the airport where we sat around all day. We all think we gained 12 pounds over the weekend. It was so fun to have so much food anytime of the day. The cruise was AWESOME and I'm definitely gonna go again sometime. Below are just a few pictures captured. I'll try to get some pictures from Lori's camera to post, she has some really good ones.
Here we are in the taxi on our way to Port of Miami.

Finding our way around the ship - perfect time for a picture. Lori, Stephanie, Sarah & I.

One of the new friends we met. Kappi.

Eating at our Italian restaurant. Stephanie, Lori & Sarah.

A group of us ready for the dance party.