Our Break From Reality: 5 Year Anniversary Trip to the Maldives

May 9th-20th, 2013

So you could definitely call this our dream trip. The place we have longed to travel to...that is ever since we had the privilege of visiting Bora Bora on our honeymoon! I guess you could say that wet my husband's appetite for tropical destinations, because anyone who knows him knows he already had a love for traveling!

This trip had been at the back of our minds for a while wondering if we would truly every go...if we could ever justify it, leave our kids for that long, or spend that kind of money to go so far. There's no quick way to explain it all but here is a brief synopsis of our wonderful 5-year anniversary trip of a lifetime and how it all transpired =)
1. Accumulated lots of HHonors and Starwood points!
2. Checked flights for a solid 8 months and found an incredible deal on airfare on a random night in January!
3. Depended on wonderful grandparents to love our girls well while we were gone for 12 days!
4. Benefited greatly from HHGold perks such as free breakfast buffet every morning, fresh fruit on arrival, and plenty of other nice touches!
5. Enjoyed an amazing, ultra relaxing trip as a couple. We were spoiled, but our "reality" is a wonderful thing to come home to- we have been blessed immensely!

The truth is that it is going to be more than impossible to put into words just how incredible this trip was and just how breathtakingly beautiful the Maldives were! Truly..we have never laid eyes on somewhere more beautiful here on Earth. We will just let the pictures speak for themselves. And on a side note, NO it was not in OUR plans to travel to the other side of the world at 14 weeks pregnant with baby number 3 on the way, but sometimes we realize that OUR plans are not HIS plans...thankful to have such sweet time with the perfect man for me before our life becomes a tad bit more wild than it already is!

 

 

 

 

I also can't say enough just how blessed of a woman I am to be married to this man! Such a tangible picture to me of God's grace on a daily basis. I don't know where I would be without his leadership, his wisdom, his love for me and our girls, his selflessness, his graciousness towards others, his forgiveness...he has so many endearing qualities that only help my love and affection grow stronger with each passing day. Thank you Lord for the earthly blessing of a Godly husband! He helps usher me into a deeper relationship with you and for that I will always be eternally grateful!

 

 

 

And just to survive the trip home, we planned a quick stop-over in Qatar! Broke the LONG, LONG journey home up nicely and we had such a fun time together unwinding from an already relaxing vacation =)