50 Years...

Happy 50th wedding anniversary to my grandparents!! Marriage is the picture

of God's love for us! My grandparents are such AMAZING people!! I'm so glad our family has such a wonderful model of marriage!! Our family got together and went to Chaumette winery in Ste. Gen. It was beautiful and we had an amazing time!!!

A VERY Memorable Vacation!!!

Cancun, Mexico
July 7, 2011
Our family decided to take a trip to celebrate my grandparents 50th Wedding Anniversary! Jared asked his parents to go with us on the trip. We all went up and stayed all night Wednesday night near the airport so we would be ready for travel on Thursday morning at 6:15 AM. This was Jared's parents first time flying so they were nervous. My grandparents had flown before but it had been a while. After a short plane ride we were in Cancun...and it was raining. We got our baggage and headed out to meet our shuttle to take us to our resort. We stayed at the Golden Parnassus Resort & Spa. It was all-inclusive and had a lot of entertainment. Needless to say, when we got to the resort we were all ready to check-in and go explore the resort....only to find out the resort was overbooked. Even though we had our vacation planned months in advance. The lady at the front desk told us this happens often in Cancun (this would be our last trip there for sure!) So I got a little heated and asked her what we were supposed to do. They sent us to another resort called Temptations Couples Resort just for the night. I told her the only way we would do that is if they upgraded our rooms the next day when we returned to Jacuzzi suites...which they did! So we all loaded up in the shuttle headed to Temptations. Well let's just say this isn't a place you would want to go with your grandparents and in-laws. The resort was a nude resort....complete with a sexy pool, in which you could perform acts with each other as long as other people didn't mind. Our rooms were very nice...but had a "Sexy Light" that illuminated the room red and the walls were covered in full length mirrors. Needless to say we ate dinner there and rested in our rooms, praying that the night would pass soon.

 Early the next morning we all got up and headed back to our resort. Our rooms were ready!!! They were wonderful rooms complete with a jacuzzi tub overlooking the balcony. Boy, was I relieved. AND the sun was shining so bright. We put our stuff in the room and headed out to the ocean! The Ocean was beautiful and more rough than the ocean we experienced in Cozumel. Jared and his dad enjoyed boogie boarding. My Grandpa spent most of his time jumping the waves. Me, Grandma, & Rhonda spent all of our time sun-bathing!!

Jared and I decided to rent a jet ski. So we did that one afternoon. Well I got the bright idea out in the middle of the ocean to switch and let me drive for a while. In the process of switching drivers, we flipped the jet ski. Jared says the look on my face was priceless because I was so scared! I just kept imagining a shark being below me.

What a rush in the airport once again, going through customs and running to the right plane in time! Not to mention my grandpa who got sick the night before we flew out with diarrhea. He was so weak, but managed to run with us through the airport. Run being the key word...our plane was already behind and we had around 25 minutes to go through customs and get to our next plane to St. Louis! Houston airport is massive!!

For the most part, we had a blast! It was so nice to experience a vacation with both of our families! Despite all of the set backs it was worth it!!! Happy 50th to my wonderful Grandparents!!!