Jamaican Me Crazy : )

To celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary we wanted to go BIG, so we saved some money & booked a trip to Jamaica!  We left on Sunday, June 10th for a 5 night, all inclusive vaca to the beautiful island where Reggae music fills your ears & you experience the authentic Jamaican jerk chicken : )  Our top 10 highlights from the week include:

1.  Relaxation at its best!  The only decisions we had to make were where to go to dinner each night
2. Waking up when we woke up : )
3. Laying out by the pool & taking naps on the beach
4. Trying the jerk chicken & a fresh coconut- surprisingly both are not my fave : /
5. Our private champagne breakfast on our patio Wednesday morning
6. Jacuzzi bath
7. Watching the sun set over the vast ocean- God's creation shouts His existence!
8.  Good food, good drinks & good entertainment each night
9. Horseback riding in the ocean, yes that's right, I said IN the ocean : ) Bareback! 
10. & most of all, loved every minute of reconnecting & spending quality time with each other

While there we read through the short books 10 questions to ask your husband/wife every year & got real, honest answers from each other which I was so grateful for.  If you're married & haven't done this, I highly recommend it.  We are committing to asking these questions every anniversary.  We also read the book "Real Marriage" by Marc Driscoll.  My favorite part was in chapter 2 when Marc talks about the importance of friendship in marriage & he shares an acronym for it:

Fruitful 

Reciprocal 

Intimate

Enjoyable*

Needed

Devoted

Sanctifying

I starred enjoyable because I loved that section of the chapter.  Maybe because we were really enjoying ourselves being on a tropical island and all, but Driscoll writes,

"Any couple who hope to exit this life together still holding hands must be friends who have fun along the way & laugh a lot.  The big idea is that life is short.  God in His grace gives us spouses as enjoyable friends.  And He expects us to get dressed up now & then & have some fun with our friends, eating & laughing to God's glory & our good.  We are convinced that the couples who pray & play together stay together."  We really enjoyed our time together as husband & wife & will never forget this amazing vacation!  Praise God for His goodness to us!