cruise-la-la

i haven't had acces to the internet so i have a lot of updating to do,

 so much has happened and changed.

like...the best vacation in history...we both have been waiting for 4yrs for this, spence has promised me since the first day of med school that once he graduated he would take me on a cruise.

we laugh now because i have been working since we moved back to utah so really i took him on a cruise.

 the flight to miami from phoenix...i hate flying, i get sick and ocd about people touching me. luckily this time i was flying with a dr so he gave me some meds to keep me relaxed

(don't worry they are all otc)

 spence is the best trip planner, he got us a great hotel right on the beach in miami as we had a night stay waiting to get on the cruise ship.  this was spence's first time touching the atlantic ocean!!

we even cruised A1A beach front avenue

 then it was on to the cruise.  i want to document this trip well as it will be the last vacation we get for another 3-4yrs. spence and i couldn't get over how BIG the ship was, 11floors, you name it the ship had it, from a water slid, to mini-golf, to bball court, to big screen out door theatre, in house theatre, it was pretty amazing.

 we hit up key west in fashionable style....we rented bikes for the day and cruised around. spence and i made a point to bike around the entire island. it was hot and muggy but we had a blast cruising around town on bikes.

 ernest hemingway is one of my favorite author's, so excited to stop here, my favorite book is old man and the sea that he wrote in key west.

 (i have been to two of his other homes so this completes the list)

 beautiful beaches and beautiful clear water. spence jumped right in and i got my ankles wet.....i'm more than scared of the ocean, i'm horrified of it.

tropical oasis! so gorgeous

 and if you have talked with anyone that has been on a cruise all they talk about is the.....food.

so hear is spence tasting a few things from the buffet.  it was really gross how much food was there, and how we all ate non-stop, but it was also nice to go on excursions all day and then come back and food ready to go.  i loved the 24hr soft serve ice cream! spence loved 24hr soda service.

 of course we layed out and got some sun (i was covered head to toe in sunblock but its still fun to lay in the sun) spence read the whole trilogy of hunger games in 5days while on our trip.  i lost my book somehow on the trip and wasn't able to finish....i'm still wondering who was lucky enough to walk off with my book 'born to run'....it will be a cruise mystery.

 played a BIG game of chess, and went to many shows in the theatre room. this place was huge 3 stories and great sound system.  we loved the comedy shows, and the 80's throw back night.

it was so surprising how many activities they had on the ship 24hrs a day.