our first port on our cruise was to the beautiful island of grand turk. only 7 miles long and 1 mile wide, we enjoyed our time on this little island. grand turk is the 3rd best place for scuba diving in the world because of it's drop-off. as you can see in the photos, the water is a light blue around the island and where you see the contrast in color to dark blue is where the huge drop off is, hundreds of feet down. the water was crystal clear around the beach. kevin snorkeled for the first time! he was itching to go scuba diving, so his next goal is to become scuba certified.

^^ hipster baby (my cute little niece!)

we had such a fun christmas with kevin's family this year. it's been so fun getting to know all of his siblings and their spouses and the best part of being married is automatically gaining adorable nieces and nephews!

since we did the cruise together this year, kevin and i decided on only stuffing each others stockings for christmas. he did a pretty good job getting me things that i love! it's a good test to see how well you know each other, and we passed it.

also, we magically had a little bit of snow on christmas day! i hope all of you enjoyed the holidays and spending time with those you love.

now let's bring on the new year!

we made it back to oklahoma safely and enjoyed our time in the caribbean! i will definitely be updating this blog with lots of photos from our cruise. i also thought i would start a new travel series of the places we visit since we're planning on being world travelors (europe is definitely happening this summer!) 

i can't believe christmas is in two days! and we still have christmas shopping to do... merry christmas!