March 9 to 17 we went on the first family vacation with Jason's family since we've been married. It was also our first cruise. After almost missing our ship's departure, we set sail to Nassau, St. Thomas, and St. Maarten. My personal favorite was St. Thomas, where we went to Magen's Bay for the afternoon, which is ranked by National Geographic as one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. We also had a great time on the ship enjoying the food, the sun, and the activities. The weather was absolutely beautiful, sunny and 80's every day. It was really hard to come back to Michigan. The trip came to a sad end when Jason called me at work the day after we returned and asked me, "where did you put the camera?" to which I responded "it's in my carry-on bag, why?" Well, turns out it was not in my bag, or anywhere else. Apparently, I left it on the plane on our flight back. I was of course completely devestated. Not only do I love taking photos while on vacation, but I love to look back at the photos, create albums, play with the images, post them on my website.... *tear. Luckily, Audrey (my future sister-in-law) took lots of photos and sent me a CD of what she had. I'm not holding my breath that I'll get my camera back and have grieved my loss (literally, I cried for a day). But miracles happen, right?
