HoNeY mOOn HiGHLiGHtS

Our honeymoon was the most fabulous trip ever. I was ridiculously sad the day we had to leave. Rich kept the honeymoon location a secret until we got to the airport. At the airport I found out we were flying to Atlanta, then I found out we were flying to Puerto Rico. We played guessing games a lot. When we got to Puerto Rico I found out we were going to make St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands our honeymoon home! It was so AMAZING and pretty. Pictures and words don’t give our island justice. I was so giddy. Our hotel was awesome too. Rich is so wonderful. :) We stayed at the Marriot Frenchman’s Reef condo. It was brand new and super gorgeous. Our condo was right next to the ocean, and we were on like the 12^th floor, so the view was spectacular. Our balcony overlooked the sunset over the ocean. Everything was amazing. SOO every day was pretty much the same wonderful thing—exploring the island, snorkeling, doing whatever we wanted, swimming, eating, being together, Rich being funny, heaven on earth, etc. Haha :) I won’t write out every day’s detail because that would be ridiculous, but here are twenty five highlights:

1. Going to Tavern on the Waterfront for Rich’s 25th birthday dinner. He loves seafood and is awesome at the saxophone, so I found a restaurant that had a live jazz band and seafood. How thoughtful am I? Rich wanted to try mussels, oysters, snails, clams, squid, and other stuff I don’t even know what it was, so we got a sampler plate thing. I liked the squid and mussels—I think.. We both like lobster and shrimp the bestest though. Thanks to all of you who gave us Red Lobster gift cards! Awesome present!
2. Renting a scooter for the week—we named it Serendipity.
3. Our scooter helmets.
4. Going to St. Johns and snorkeling at trunk bay—rated one of the top ten beaches in the world.
5. Buying a calypso CD titled You Pan You Own and blaring it in our room.
6. Walking on the beach at midnight
7. Going to El Market and buying expensive but cheap food—like beans that were $3, and macaroni that was $2, and popcorn that was 2/$3 and milk that was $6 per gallon. Food was ridiculously expensive.
8. Getting stuck at a middle school for three hours while all the water in the world seemed to come pouring down on our island.
9. Watching Jaws
10. Hearing all of the islanders constantly screaming at each other—but in a friendly way.
11. My silver bracelet that had the gem of Caribbean in it that Rich got me. :)
12. Going to Woody’s and eating at a table that Kenny Chesney and Mick Jagger frequently eat at.
13. Rich not getting burned!
14. Working out at the club’s gym
15. The humidity! Oh my heck…
16. Exploring the island on our scooter and always telling Rich to slow down
17. Shopping at the market place and bartering
18. Having islanders stopping us and informing us about local laws that weren’t really laws..haha
19. Watching the sunset at Mermaid’s chair
20. Watching people try and back their vehicle onto a cargo boat that took us to St. Johns. Some people should not be allowed to drive…
21. Going to our vacation club’s karaoke night and watching lots of people try to sing, and watching one guy try and get Rich to sing. I’m still bummed he didn’t get up and sing to me... :p
22. Finding an iguana chillin’ under my beach chair.
23. Snorkeling for like three hours straight. I love snorkeling!
24. Flying in on a tiny little plane that didn’t have any AC
25. Cuddling :)

Vacations are sooo awesome. I think there should be a law where everyone MUST go on at least a two week vacation every year. I also think that there should be a law that honeymoons must be a month long. :) K Bye!