First, Happy Birthday Keath! Hope it’s a great day!

When we got back from our boat excursion Sunday night we had dinner reservations at Marcus at Baha Mar. We got all cleaned up again!

This meal might have been my favorite of the trip. We started with some conch croquettes that were insane. Everything was so good! Maxwell continued his lobster streak with lobster mac & cheese…

and these two ended the meal and the trip with a sugar bang!

Monday was our last day and we let the kids order room service breakfast. The water park opened at 10:00 and we didn’t have to leave for the airport until 11:45…so why not?! They made the most of the hour they had in there!

That’s Spencer!

and that’s Maxwell!

Samantha said “no thank you!” 🙂

We made it to the airport with no issue and were even able to complete our Global Entry interviews after going through customs so now we will all have Global Entry for our upcoming trip to Paris!! Woohoo! A perfect ending to an absolutely wonderful trip! I think we can all agree that it’s better in the Bahamas!!

What we saw at the other end of the trail was this beautiful beach and the most fun beach bar ever! It was colorful and lively with music and karaoke, drinks, food, and a beach to play on! Perfection.

Even better was the fact that it was basically empty! Captain Ryan said there are usually boats lined up out in the water but there were none today because that side of the island was where the rough waters were so boats couldn’t get it. It was only our boat and two others with a big group from Atlanta that had come up and docked on the south side. We took full advantage and enjoyed some drinks, played on the beach, and swam in the water!

The water was just as pretty and as turquoise as I hoped it would be!

I mean…this makes me so happy.

The boys brought a football so easily kept themselves entertained…

as did Samantha!

The very best day!!

After a couple of hours we got back on the boat…

and stopped for one last quick snorkel…

before heading back to the marina.

We are so glad we found Captain Ryan and had an epic boat day!! It was a day that proved it really is better in the Bahamas!!

We woke up on Sunday and it was raining and a bit dreary. Robert and I got breakfast while the kids lounged in bed. I just couldn’t accept the fact that we traveled all the way to the Bahamas to see the turquoise water and snorkel and weren’t going to even get to go into the ocean! I started googling and found a boat tour company that would take us out that day! Hooray!! I had no idea what we were getting into and if it was a smart idea or if the ride was going to be miserable but…we had to give it a try.

Captain Ryan with Bahama Boat Tours could not have been nicer and it turned into the very best excursion! All of the winds and rough waters were on the north side of the island. He kept us on the south side and it was totally fine!

He knew of a good place to snorkel so we all jumped in and saw lots of colorful fish in the reef!

We then got back in the boat which Samantha could not get enough of! Living her best life for sure!

This cool kid was doing alright too…

We then docked and walked up over his hill and weren’t quite sure what we were walking to…

But then we saw this and knew it was going to be awesome!

More to come tomorrow!