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Long silence, I know but I have a REALLY good reason! We went to Mexico to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary! Where do I start?
First off I’m filing this one under priorities because this was taking care of one of my top priorities, my husband. Last spring he first started bringing brochures home but I refused to get excited, you see this has happened before and I didn’t want to get my hopes up. I’m sure many of you can relate.
We actually almost booked a trip, I think for our 15th anniversary, but then the well went out or an engine on a car went out, you know something like that and poof the money was gone.
This was really something I had to pray about and gradually and cautiously I was able to give my husband the enthusiasm he was hoping to see.
Well in June we found this fabulous resort, booked it and well now it’s a sweet memory. The resort, beaches, pools, food ,snorkeling etc… was all fabulous but the time spent together was priceless. You see, I always have something on my mind, something I need to do, but there well…we would do anything, anytime we wanted. It really was a little piece of heaven. We got to do everything and spend every moment together just focused on each other, that rarely (if ever) happens at home!
I had really prayed about all the details as this was a big deal for us. We’re not the type of people who get to do this all the time. In fact this was the longest time I’ve spent away with my husband ever. We had gone to St. Thomas for our honeymoon for 5 days and we went to Disney 15 years ago also for 5 days (of course it was 20 hours in the car there and back so technically maybe it was a week?) This was 7 days at a resort plus travel days.
Now, I will say we are very fortunate, over the years we’ve traveled with my businesses or for ministry and sometimes got to add on a day but it’s not the same at all. This was so good.
So here’s a few details to hopefully not bore you but give you a glimpse of our week. At check in we received an upgrade to a beautiful suite. Chris is still talking about how perfect the room was for us. It had a big walk-in shower (which I loved), a huge Jacuzzi tub (which Chris loved), a living room area, king size bed, and beautiful balcony overlooking a quiet pool area.
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The resort had a huge stretch of beach which we walked most days. We collected lots of shells to bring home to the kids. About 100 feet from our room we found a “secret” path to the north end of the beach. It was kind of a cove with 6 or 7 huts with lounge chairs under each. We went out there everyday and we were the only ones there. It was like our own private beach!
Our room was near what they call the swim up pool. It was a very quiet area. Most days we’d spend a few hours here and again we usually were almost by ourselves. Sometimes there would be one other couple besides us at our end of the pool. On our last day the resort was filling up more and they were several couples besides us. What a crowd. LOL.
I can’t even begin to describe the food. It was amazing. They had 7 gourmet restaurants for dinner with no reservations. We tried almost all of them. The Indonesian ended up being our best. It had a wonderful dish called Pad Thai, I have to find a recipe! The Mexican was really good too. There I had something called Mexican Shrimp Risotto. It was like nothing I’ve ever tasted. Oh, and I usually don’t like guacamole. Well, they had fabulous guacamole, now I’m hooked.
Our favorite place overall though was the open air places we ate at for lunch. Our view was amazing! We’d linger there for at least an hour, maybe two. Oh, and each meal you’d have two waiters who kept suggesting and bringing you more. If you’d ask about two things trying to decide they’d just say, “I’ll bring you both!” It was incredible!
One last thing I have to mention was our snorkeling day. We mostly just relaxed, rested and refreshed but one day we took a snorkeling tour with Edventure Tours. It was incredible. We snorkeled in an underground cavern called Dos Ojos. You had to use flashlights to see all the stalactites, and stalagmites. It was amazing. I don’t know how else to describe it. The pictures don’t do justice. We also went to Akmul Bay and snorkeled with the Turtles. I got some great pictures there. To finish we went to an inlet cove that was just loaded with fish. I don’t know all the kinds but there were angel fish, parrot fish and tons of others.
 
So if you’re husband decides to bring home some brochures act excited! It does really happen and when it does it’s amazing. Yes, it was a lot of money, but worth every penny, not so much for what we did and saw but an investment in us, in our marriage. We are pretty determined to not wait so long to do it again. It felt like we were on our honeymoon again only better. | 
