Visiting Jess Pt.1
Boy! Does it feel good to be in the City of Fountains again my old stomping grounds for a few years and especially to see Jess!! Our first weekend together was so nice I really think I'm going to have a harder time leaving next week than last time!I got in late Friday night and we just pretty much went to bed. Saturday after Jess was done we went out to dinner to Outback with all the guys from the office which was fun! Then Jess and I went to see "Get Smart" which is hilarious!
Sunday we decided to head downtown. It's so hard during the summers because Sundays are never for this kind of stuff, but when your husband does summer sales Sundays after church also become a fun day. What can I say?
We decided to go and see the National WWI museum which was really cool. We spent a good 2 hours in there and still didn't get to see it all because they closed early.
We were driving downtown and happened upon this cool graffiti! So we had to stop!
Ok for any of you who met my old doggie or saw pics of him..tell me that is NOT a graffiti version of Mr. Higgins? haha
So our first two days have been fun and I am currently awaiting his arrival tonight! I need to think of something good to make for dinner since he hasn't really had a good home cooked meal since he left. Not that I'm a chef or anything but it'll be nice for him to have me cook instead of him having to when he gets home late! Read more...
In chronological order, the fall that Jess and I were engaged we went on a cruise for his old pest control company that he worked for the week of Halloween. It was the first vacation I had been on with him, and we weren't even married yet! But it was really fun, and even though I roomed with this total diva girl who worked in his company I still had a blast! We went from Long Beach to Catalina and then to Ensenada, Mexico. Halloween night was a huge costume party on the boat, and Jess wore this beyound hysterical outift as a 70's personal trainer. It consisted of a wig, mustache, sweat band, lightweight total 70's zip up which he wore completely opened, and MY volleyball shorts. And when we showed up at dinner that night I kid you not when I tell you that no one from his company even recognized him! But once they figured it out everyone was laughing so hard people could hardly eat!
Secondly, you can't forget our honeymoon! Don't worry I'll keep it G rated kids :) We flew off to beautiful St. Maarten, a French/Dutch island in the Caribbean. It was gorgeous! We rented a little toaster car and drove across the island to our beautiful resort! Sam and Mary as a wedding gift lent us their timeshare so not only was our trip amazing it was cheap! We had a blast starting our eternal lives together snorkeling, eating lots of fruit and soaking up the sun! And despite all of the nasty europeans who were there and not clothed we made the best of it!
Pretty much my favorite trip ever so far was our trip back to Jess' mission in the Dominican Republic with Sam and Mary, and their two friends. For 2 wondrous days we explored Santo Domingo which is where Jess was his whole mission. We saw the 3rd world side of the island which was very eye-opening and heart breaking, Christopher Columbus' supposed burial spot,and even got to see some of his friends who were still there! Then we drove up to the Northern part of the island to our resort for the remaining 8 days of our trip! We had a blast going to the beach, playing sand volleyball, kayaking, kitesurfing, and even drove into the jungle and climbed up 27 waterfalls which we could then slide down like a waterslide! It was such an amazing trip and I can't wait to go back!
And finally our most recent trip was the Homeshield Cruise this past fall. We sailed from Miami to Nassau where the amazing Atlantis resort is, and then off to Coco Cay which was Royal Caribbean's own private island. Then from there we went to Key West, and that was an experience I'd like to forget! We landed right in the middle of a thing called "fantasy fest" which is almost like their own Mardi Gras. It's a huge celebration that attracts alot of gay and lesbians. Now don't get me wrong I have no problem whatsoever with the gay community, but I felt a bit uncomfortable at how many naked and pretty much naked people were walking around! And like mardi gras, women were flashing for beads. In fact Jess and I stopped at a red light in front of a very popular spot to do so and that was the LONGEST red light EVERRRR haha! So, we decided to stop at a cool pirate place for lunch and went to go see the bottom of the US, and then just decided to go back onto the boat and swim at the pool for a while! But besides that our trip was so fun! It was a great end to a really hard summer and very well deserved by Jess and all the other guys in the company! 
