Jamaican Vacation

Oh vacations.  Why must they go so fast?  Our 5 nights of fun, sun, and celebration in Jamaica went oh so fast but were oh so fun.  We flew out super early (5:10 am!) on Friday, December 5th.  It was a super early morning but we were at the resort in Montego Bay by 1:30 pm that day, so it was worth the early morning!  We were greeted with this view!

  

Welcome to Paradise!

We spent Friday getting settled in.  The wedding weekend got kicked off with a cocktail hour at 5 pm.  Luke and Courtney had 74 people travel to Jamaica for their wedding so we had quite the big (and fun!) group!

Phil and I at the welcome happy hour

 The highlight of our time in Jamaica was definitely the wedding.  The day was beautiful and you could just tell how happy and excited Luke and Courtney were. Courtney looked stunning in her vintage wedding gown. 

My groomsman and I. 

When it came time to sit down, I had a sort of epiphany.  The other person I was sitting with asked if I thought there were certain sides for the bride and groom and I realized that this is probably the first wedding I've been to where I felt like I belonged on both sides.  Phil and Luke are college friends so their relationship goes back 10+ years, but I met Courtney and Luke at the same time and have gotten really close to both of them.  It was neat to have that realization.

Seaside vows

The beautiful bride and I

After the wedding and dinner that followed, we headed out to the beach for the wedding dance.  It was an eerily beautiful night!  Phil and I were on the dance floor for the entire wedding dance and had so much fun.

Luke and Courtney's first dance was extra special as Courtney's brother-in-law sang it while playing guitar.

Besides the wedding, there was lot of relaxation, 2 excursions (snorkeling off a catamaran and visiting a lagoon area with water that glowed in the dark when you swam it in), swimming and lots of reading while soaking up the sun.

This was our first beach vacation and we gave it two thumbs up.  The weather was perfect, the resort was beautiful, the friends were traveled with were fun, and we both came back refreshed and relaxed.

And it didn't hurt that we got upgraded to first class on all of our flights!

Look at all that leg room!

Now it's back to reality but luckily we have the excitement of the Holiday Season to help ease the post-vacation blues! We are already talking about where we want to go next, though!