Christmas in The Bahamas!!

Christmas in the Bahamas!!
I've been uploading these pictures all day and wanted to post more but this is what you get kiddos!!

It was totally fun but very different than what I'm used to! I love sleigh rides, skiing and snow! BUT..we opted for something different this year and here we go. NOT BAD!

We arrived in the Bahamas to this!

Not too bad eh? Swimsuits, coverups, drinks! It was SUCH a change considering Charlotte was bracing for a snowstorm.

Our first night we headed to the Atlantis Hotel and Casino. It was DECKED out in Christmas decor.

Before dinner - pictures by the tree. WAIT for IT. This becomes a trend friends.

Dinner at the Seafire in the Atlantis' Marina Village(which BTW has mega-yachts..more on that later)

SUPER expensive but in my opinion..worth it.

Brad's response?

"Let's call the cops because Wally(Dad) got robbed!" Even so he enjoyed his nice steak, sides, apps, wine. THANKS MOM AND DAD!

Me, Brad and my rents. This is an after dinner picture in front of the A. As I've said before, my camera does crappy at night.

Then onto the casino at the Atlantis -- nice sculpture. Reminded me of VEGAS' Bellagio.

I had to get a shot of the Tabasco slot machine. Two of my old college roomates are part of the T family. One of which reads this blog. Hey Mar!

Christmas Eve was a blast! Brad and I had a bit 'too' much fun. Here's our tree shot this night.

Dinner with a nice wine. Always nice..

Entertainment was provided each night by the pool. Here's Brad and my madre.

Me and my rents out for after dinner cocktails.

Brad getting his 'party' on. Not going to lie. Brad partied like a rock star this night. I went to bed around midnight and he got home at 3:30AM. Good times..Good times.. At one point I woke up and wondered where I was and why he wasn't there? hahaha!

Christmas Day with Santa at the pool. Loved that they had something for the kiddos!

Santa got his groove on with the traditional Bahamaian band. It was their version of 'Mardi Gras' while we were there.

It was 85-degrees Christmas day in Nassau. Brad and I took to the slides at the hotel! Mom has the pictures of me getting my slide on.

Nice to be on the beach on Christmas Day when there is 7-inches of snow on the ground at home! Here's my Mom and Dad.

Christmas night dinner. Our infamous tree picture.

Then on Sunday we took an excursion to the Blue Lagoon to hang on the beach and chill out.

Beautiful but the bad weather rolled in once we got off Nassau.

We still saw people swim with the dolphins even though it was 60-degrees, pouring down rain and windy!

The dolphins were too cute!

Who knew they could be so trained?

Our thumbs up on the way home despite it being cold and rainy. BOO!

We got back to the hotel and decided to nap, chill out, watch a movie, surf the net and drink. Brad gets tired of pictures! haha~

THEN..he ran into a celebrity. No kidding..I thought this dude was Steve Spurrier at first but found out it's some TNT NBA announcer. Can your hubby name this guy? He generally dresses a bit CRAZY. Not this night.

Drinks and apps.

Drinks and apps was interesting because we ran into two of the guys Brad spent the night at the craps table with.

He came back to the room talking about how he had met 'two young bucks' who were partying down and using the crap table as a bobsled like in 'Cool Runnings'. Nice!

Brad recognized them and they asked me if I knew he had been out all night? LOL!!! Of course.

Weird thing was they were also from the DC area -- like Brad. Fun hanging with them. They were there with their family for Christmas too.

Monday it turned chilly and we spent the day at the Atlantis again at their aquariums.

Nice but overrated.

Back to the Marina Village for lunch. Big yachts GALORE! Brad and I both agree we need to make millions.

And..finally at last...Brad got his conch-fritters. Overrated too.

The last night was low key. Naps,movies, more cocktails and time with my rents.

Awesome Christmas indeed!!! We ALL agreed though that 5 days was a bit much. Even my Dad said 4-days in one place is enough. But even so it was FANTABULOUS and I can see us doing it again.

Thanks Mom and Dad!! We LOVE you!! Happy New Years!!!!!!!!!!!