Welcome Home!!

I just found these very sweet pictures when I was looking through my computer and remembered I had not blogged about them yet!  When we got home from our honeymoon my parents came over to our apartment with us to take pictures of Jake carrying me across the threshold.  

I love that we did some very traditional things around our wedding!! I am also thankful that my parents would come to our apartment around 9:30 pm just to get these special pictures!

Playa Mujeres, Mexico Honeymoon Day 5

After a relaxing day at the pool, it was time to come in and get ready for dinner.  Normally for dinner we would go to places that had outside seating because...lets be honest...we really didn't want to get ready and we could go in our swimsuits!  This particular night we had scheduled a special dinner.  It was the last night of our honeymoon and the resort gave us a honeymoon dinner at the restaurant of our choice.

While we were getting ready, I had been wanting to take a picture with our bath robes all week and didn't want to forget!  Funny thing is... you can see Jake's shorts in the picture! HA!

Going on a walk before dinner, Jake found a pretty flower and made me take a picture!

Waiting for dinner we asked someone to take our picture.  This stair case was beautiful!  The lobby is at the top and at the bottom there were a few small shops, a restaurant, and a big bar.  This place was huge! 

Waiting for our reservation, we had a few more virgin strawberry daiquiris.

This was our honeymoon dinner.  Our table was in a secluded area in the restaurant so we could have a more private dinner.  All the other tables had only white table cloths, but we had rose petals and our waiter lit the candle.  This was so fun and I am glad we waited until the last night because we were able to talk about our whole week and reflect.   

Look what we saw after dinner on our way back to our room!!!  These guys were ALL OVER THE PLACE!!  We saw them all week!  This time we finally had our camera and were able to take a picture!

 Our honeymoon was AWESOME!!! Not a day goes by that we do not talk about or remember something that happened on our honeymoon!  Neither of us had ever been to a resort like this before, but I hope one day...not anytime soon...but one day we will be able to do something like this again!

Playa Mujeres, Mexico Honeymoon Day 4

Day 4 we enjoyed a little adventure.  At the water sports booth, they had a package called "Two for Two."  Two people could pick two water sports to do for a set price.  We decided we wanted to go parasailing and jet skiing.  

Life Jackets on....CHECK!

Waiting for our turn!

Taking pictures while waiting for the other couple to finish their ride!

Finally our turn!

This is going to be fun!

UP!...

UP!!!

AND AWAY!!!

Big Splash!

Next was our Jet Ski rental!  This was so cool!  I have never driven a Jet Ski, so this was definitely an adventure!

And we are off!  Jake drove for half the time and I drove the other half!  

Playa Mujeres, Mexico Honeymoon Day 3

Day 3 of our honeymoon was spent relaxing around the pool!  It was awesome!  The only plans we had was for our massage that was later in the afternoon.  

This picture was taken off of our balcony.  We spent much time hanging out by the pool and on our terrace.

When we went in for lunch, we looked at the daily newsletter and Archery was one of the activities they were doing early afternoon.  Jake really wanted to do it, so off we went.  My form is not so good!   

Look at that form!! Jake came in 3rd for the Archery contest!

Our Spa appointment was later in the afternoon.  After archery, we went back to the pool.  Drank a few virgin strawberry daiquiris and continued relaxing.  The big, white, circle building is the spa!  We spent about two hours there getting our couples massage!  Jake did not enjoy the couples massage as much as I did!  He enjoyed the scalp massage the best and I enjoyed the whole thing!

While we were getting our massage, it rained pretty hard for about 20 minutes.  When we were finished with our massage, we went back out to the pool and everyone had cleared out!  It wasn't time for dinner, so we walked around a took a few pictures

Look how pretty the clouds were after the rain as the sun was setting!  Playa Mujeres was such a beautiful place!

A little blurry, but still beautiful!

Playa Mujeres, Mexico Honeymoon Day 2

Jake and I had a deal while we were on our honeymoon.  We each got to pick something we really wanted to do.  Jake wanted to go Deep Sea Fishing and I wanted to do a couples massage.  Sorry, no pictures from the couples massage.  We took the day and relaxed by the pool until it was time for our appointment.  

Anyway, back to deep sea fishing.  This was a really cool experience.  Putting my fears aside, this was something my husband wanted to do.  I mean, how many times does an individual get to go deep sea fishing in Mexico?

Cloudy Sun Rise

When we finally found the perfect spot, Jake was first up.  

The fish gave him a pretty good fight...

but Jake won the fight!  

Now its my turn!

This is the biggest fish I have ever caught!

Not touching it but I'll point at it! HA!

On our way back, the sun came out and the water became this beautiful turquoise blue!

On the way back!

Look at all those fish!!!  Despite what they look like here...these were beautiful when they were first caught.  They were such bright colors!

 Thankfully neither of us get sea sick because the boat ride was pretty rough.  These were some of the biggest fish I have ever seen up close! What fun memories we made together while out at sea!

Playa Mujeres, Mexico Honeymoon Day 1

This week is all about our Honeymoon!!

We had to be at the airport by 6:00 am!  CRAZY early, but we made it!

AHH Finally on the first plane around 8:00 am!

I have not flown very much, so when we were taking off I had my camera out! I didn't even realize I wasn't supposed to! opps!

Look how tiny the houses are!! 

Pretty Clouds

Loved seeing the shore line while up in the plane!

When we got to the airport, our travel agent had arranged for our ride from the air port to the resort.  We enjoyed seeing signs for our resort!

The closer we got, the more detailed the signs were!

FINALLY the entrance!  We had to go through two gates and they had to check our names off a list.  We felt very safe! 

We came up to this circle between gate #1 and gate #2.  This was the bumpiest ride ever!  It was one of those, "Well this looked neat...until we had to drive on it!" 

The Lobby.  When we signed in at the front desk, it was the first time I officially signed my name as Lauren Goetze! 

Next, they gave us our room key and our bellman showed us where our room was located.  When we walked up, we had a Honeymoon banner!

The first thing I saw after walking into our room was the Jacuzzi!  I was super excited about this!  There was a curtain to the inside of the room, and a sliding glass door so we could open it at night.  

In the cabinet is the refrigerator and if you notice the stairs, that leads you to our private terrace (more pictures below) 

Our bed with our towel animal!

Beautiful bathroom!  I LOVE all the marble!  To the right is a double shower that is also all marble! 

On the balcony!

OUR PRIVATE TERRACE!!!  We had a private pool and two day beds!!! OHHH yeah!!! This was AWESOME!!! ohhh and room service would bring us food to the terrace! SOO cool!

My awesome photographer husband took this photo! 

  These are the pictures we wanted to take before everything looked "lived in" to show how beautiful our room was.  We LOVED where we went on our honeymoon and would HIGHLY recommend it!