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August 4, 2014

Weekend Recap

HAPPY AUGUST!!! We are in the final months of this beautiful summer sun and I’m ALL for taking advantage of it as much as possible! In my calendar, I have weekends situated where I have just a Friday wedding with the remainder of the weekend open for the summer bucket list Kyle and I put together. Believe me, we have so many more to cross off!!! I have only a few more weekends open where I can take advantage of this bucket list before we are put back inside for the winter time. There is one thing I want your help with today! 🙂 I’m at the stage in my life where I want to LIVE my life … adventure … explore. I’ve been already kind of doing that over the past couple years and definitely have continued to plan new trips for next year. The end of this year, I want to plan a trip down to the islands where Kyle and I can soak up some more sunshine and relax!

I need your help to guide us from personal experiences! What Caribbean island would you suggest going to? What hotel? Is it all inclusive? Activities to do? Kyle and I would love to take advantage of activities … anything water related? Well, not ANYTHING as I’m still scared of some things. Zip lining? Hiking to waterfalls? Four wheeling? Cost of course will be a factor, but having you suggest an island/resort will help us figure out where to go as we have been researching like crazy! 🙂 I would LOVE to take advantage of my off season with a little celebration and now is the time for me to plan! Please comment below in this blog posting of where you suggest to go. I am SO excited to plan this next trip and your suggestions are absolutely needed since it is a little overwhelming!

caribbean-mapThis past weekend was just how I described above with having just a Friday wedding with the remainder of the weekend open for my bucket list activities. This weekend was mostly spent hanging out with some friends and relaxing … honestly, not as quite as adventurous as I had hoped but with Clint and Alexis getting married just a few days ago, made my weekend!!! 🙂 I’m so incredibly happy for these two and I don’t think I could ever be more thankful for all of my SWEET brides and grooms! These two are absolutely the sweetest and it was obvious how much everyone adores them. I cannot wait to share their special day with you all this week on the blog! 🙂 CONGRATS!

clint_alexis_ceresville_mansion_marylandHAPPY MONDAY!!!

  1. Caroline says:

    Check out Sandals for a lot of those islands. They’re having some good promotions for booking right now. Lots of air credits and such. We really enjoyed Sandals Grand Riviera in Jamaica. Plenty of off site activites. There is a waterfall hike that is super popular. You can horseback ride, float rivers, etc etc. We mostly stayed on site and soaked up the sun.