Mini Honeymoon

Gosh, I've been seriously slacking on this whole blog thing.  My new goal will to post as least once a week, but we'll see how that goes...

Anyway, I've super excited that we booked our mini honeymoon to Lanai! We decided to do a short but sweet trip for a three nights the week after our wedding so we can have some alone time and enjoy being married.  We're calling this our "mini" honeymoon since we plan to go on a "real" honeymoon sometime in 2013 (hopefully in January) to Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.  I can't wait till we start planning that trip.  It's only been three months since we came back from our "pre-wedding moon/last big trip before we move to Hawaii" and I'm getting that travel bug again. 

While in Lanai, we'll be staying at the Four Seasons in Manele Bay.  Th resort looks sooo pretty!

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As for wedding updates, we are getting our save the dates printed soon so we can send those out in the next couple of weeks.  I was planning on sending them in January but being at it's the 27th I guess that's not happening. 

For our save the dates and invites, I ordered a return address stamp from the wedding cafe and I'm really excited to use it. (sorry don't mind my poor attempt to white out our address)

Last week I also received this in the mail last week...

I wanted this ever since we got engaged and now it's mine! I am one happy girl. :)

groomsmaid?

In a couple of months, I'll be in my first wedding (well okay, I was in weddings before as a flower girl but that doesn't really count) not a bridesmaid but a groomsmaid. My best friend Brian is getting married and I am lucky enough to be in his wedding party.

Brian and I have been friends since I was in college but we are totally not sure how we met or how we became friends. Over the past 10 years or so, we have been there for each other through messy break-ups and heart breaks. I was there when Brian starting dating Wendy and he was there when I started dating Dan, and now we are both planning weddings! Crazy huh? We have that type of friendship that even though there are times where we don't talk for months and when we do finally catch up we pick up where we left off without missing a beat.  I love that about us.

I'm so excited to see him get married and be right there. I'm also really lucky to say that Brian designed our save the dates and wedding invitations which I absoluately love. He is also a DJ! So if anyone needs invitations or a DJ for wedding or any type party, I can refer you. :)

Super old pictures of us that I found...circa 2004-2005

World's Best Island

According to Yahoo! Santorini, Greece is the world's best island.  Santorini was so beautiful and a must see if you travel to any of the greek islands.  It's a small island so rather than renting a car we rented an ATV, which Dan loved since he was the one who drove us around.

This leg of our trip was very relaxing.  We walk aimlessly around Fira, visited the little shops and local wineries, laid out on the beach, and enjoyed what the island had to offer.  We also went on a semi private  catamaran cruise which was amazing! There was two other couples and two crew men and we sailed for about 4 hours.  We got to swim in the hot springs of the caldera and eat a home-made meal made on the boat. 

Our last day on the island it rained so our ferry to Mykonos got cancelled.  Since it was raining we didn't mind saying on Santorini and just lounged round.  By this point I was ready to head back to Seattle.  I have to say three weeks of traveling is probably my max.

Having drinks and watching the sunset

Red Beach

Our transportation around the island

Doesn't this look like a postcard?

The views were AMAZING!

Donkeys...our other method of transportation.

Relaxing on the cruise

Our three weeks in Europe was a trip of a lifetime!  I can't wait for our next adventure. :)