why not?

Two weeks ago we began a journey that we thought would be pretty laid back and easy-going. Hmmm...not so much. Our flight was delayed and then after 3 hours in the air, landed safely back in Chicago, not MIAMI. Thank God AK is a good schmoozer and was able to secure a flight for us first thing friday morning or we would have not made it to the ship in time!

Luckily, thankfully, we made it to our beautiful ship in time, Royal Carribbean's Radiance of the Seas (a much smaller ship than we have been on in the past but still really, really great) and thus began our wonderful anniversary we-can-finally-leave-ella-and-won't-be-able-to-do-this-again-for-a-long-time-since-the-baby-is-coming trip. Here are some of the highlights:

first night of the cruise

view of our ship from coco cay

self portrait on the tiny boat that brought us to the island

the GIANT iguana that tried to kill me...or at least scare me to death

formal night


our ship parked next to the newest ship, oasis of the seas...looks so tiny:) next time we're going on oasis...why not? as royal carribbean would say
finally at Atlantis Resort! (what a handsome man he is)

a great shot of Atlantis (see that middle section connecting the two towers? that's a private suite that goes for $25,000 a night!)

last night:(

goodbye cruise!