The Hartsocks: Sweet Summer Vaca!

No beach trip for us this year. Instead we took the girls on a 4 night cruise to The Bahamas. We spent one day at Royal Caribbean's private island Coco Cay, on day at the beach in Atlantis, and one day at sea. When we got back to Port Canaveral we spent the day (as in, the entire day) at NASA. Ben's favorite part of the trip. Consensus was, we had a GREAT time, the girls loved it, we played in some great clear water, and we spent lots of time together. Just what this quality time girl needs!

Sweet girls in bed. We drove down the night before we set sail.

Breakfast at IHOP before heading to the port!

In the port terminal waiting to board!

We're on!

Checking out the deck

First stop, pool and hot tub!

Dancing machines!

Safety drill

Setting sail

Our room, tight, yet effective. We all slept well and no one fell out of a bunk onto us, nor did mommy or daddy bang their heads in the middle of the night.

Day 1: Coco Cay

Lots of beach time, building sandcastles, following the fish in water and searching for creatures on the rocks.

And a hula hoop contest!

Fancy dinner night

Day 2: Atlantis

First some play fighting that turned into serious fighting (for Lindsey at least) while waiting for our bus to Atlantis

We made it to the beach! We had waves here which put some even bigger smiles on these girls faces!

Then a stroll around Atlantis to see all the different aquariums. Such a neat place to see!

Each with their souvenir. Lindsey, a stuffed animal (or course) and Whitney wanted this "camera" from the beach vendors made out of an aluminum Fanta can that has a little character that pops out of the lens when you push it. She named it Sandy.