You know I’m on the hunt to Find Beauty every day.

But on a cruise ship to the Bahamas with your 2 favorite people in the world, beauty just pours from every corner! 

• A road trip that starts before sunrise
• Breakfast out
• Naps in the car
• A 70 degree day in January
• Christian’s exclamations of “Awesome!”
• Childhood amazement at an aircraft carrier
• Touring a sub with a Navy Seaman who served on it
• Pelicans
• Sailboats
• The Charleston, SC bridge
• History you can still touch
• That I don’t have to sleep in a triple bunk
• Remembering when a Coke was a nickel
• Photo opportunities all over the place!
• Anticipating a great vacation
• “Dude”
• Raiding hotel vending machines
• Kids Eat Free restaurants
• Room Service
• An Amazing Broncos Playoff Win
• Waking up everyone in the hotel with your Overtime celebration
• Cruise Day!
• Mom & Pop delis
• A morning in Charleston
• “Dad & I are buddies until the end of the world. Which could be this year.”
• Seeing the ship in port
• Dolphins in the harbor
• Funny diving seabirds
• Trying (& liking) new foods
• Lots of Rest
• Lots of Play
• diet desserts that taste good
• Christian’s super cool pull-down bed
• A full moon over an open ocean
• Teaching Christian to spot Orion in the sky
• Sleeping on a ship
• An old Indian woman eating ice cream on a deck chair
• Nothing but ocean on every side
• All day for play
• Not needing to know what time it is
• Time to read and a good book in hand
• Reading for pleasure
• Getting dressed up
• A formal family photo
• Indulgent foods — once in a while
• Fruit Loops in a china dish
• On deck before sun-up
• Sunrise over Nassau
• Atlantis
• Aquariums
• Watching fish move – deliberate, but effortless
• Baby sting rays
• Clear blue/green seas
• A water slide on a cruise ship — not just for kids!
• Naps on the beach
• Conch shacks
• snorkeling
• Nothing but the sound of my own breath
• A Bahamian sings Lady Antebellum
• Watching Christian make good choices with the trip $$ he saved up
• Meeting the people who handmade your souvenirs
• A shower after the beach
• Rosy cheeks after a day in the sun
• Dad braves the waterslide. Christian could not be more thrilled.
• Running out of room in on your week’s gratitude list spot and writing in the margins
• Tropical plants
• Fountains in the Atlantis resort
• A Lego Atlantis toy bought AT Atlantis
• Towel Animals
• A riot of color in the Bahamian market
• Thom asking if “I Found Beauty” today
• Unique flora in other parts of the world
• The motion of the ocean
• Umbrella drinks
• A date on a ship
• Beatles music
• A Filipino Beatles Cover Band – Awesome!
• A room full of adults with glow sticks and “Hey Jude”
• Playing Monopoly as a family (on a ship)
• An umbrella in your milk
• Singing & Dancing waiters
• A massage therapist from Macedonia who calls  your shoes “flippers”
• A facial – on a ship
• 7 complete days with my 2 favorite people on the planet
• Perfect January getaway weather
• Almost 500 photos and knowing it would take 5 million more to really show all the highlights
• Looking forward to another one … someday