First things first . . . the day we boarded the plane to Jamaica. We arranged for a friend to take us to the airport early the morning of September 30. I set the alarm clock to go off early enough to give me time to take a shower and get all the last minute things together before Brian got to the house, but I forgot one critical thing—to actually turn the alarm on! Easy, right? WRONG! I totally forgot to turn the alarm clock on. We woke up to the dogs jumping out of the bed because someone was knocking on our door. That someone was Brian . . . coming to pick us up! Yikes! It was like a fire drill in our house that morning. The good news is I already had pretty much everything packed with the exception of our toiletries so there wasn't much left to pack. After a few laps around the house, we were out the door and on the way to the airport. Brian was such a nice friend—he knew how nervous J was about flying so he greeted him that morning with a Gentleman Jack and diet. An important detail not to be forgotten! HA!
Once we got to the airport, we checked in our luggage and headed to the airport café where we were greeted by Jason's aunt and uncle, who were headed to Jamaica with us a few days early. A short while later, we boarded the plane and headed to Atlanta, where we met my aunt, uncle and cousin, who were also headed to Jamaica a few days early with us. All flights to Jamaica were great and J did wonderful!
Here we are on the plane . . . we had just landed in Jamaica and were so happy! I was so happy to be in Jamaica getting married and J was so happy that the plane had touched ground!
Upon landing in Montego Bay, we had an hour bus ride to the resort. The ride certainly made for a lot of laughs (and scares!). What an experience!
Once we arrived at the resort, we were in Heaven! We were greeted by resort staff and two of our guests, Sandra and John, who had arrived in Jamaica the Sunday prior. We were taken to the concierge suite where we were handed the most delicious island drinks called "mesmerizers" as we waited to be escorted to our honeymoon suite.
After we settled in, we grabbed a bite to eat (where J was introduced to his love—jerk chicken) and enjoyed the daily afternoon shower.
The next morning, we enjoyed the daily breakfast buffet with our guests and then met up with Uncle Teddy, Stephanie and Cara on the white sandy beach and played in the crystal blue ocean (with drinks in hand of course!) while we waited for our Thursday bus-full of guests to arrive—my in-laws!
Thursday night, we just hung out around the resort and ate at the buffet. We played in the x-box garage and went to the beach party. It was a nice, fun, low-key night, which is just what we needed before all the wedding festivities began.
Here is Bryson proposing a celebratory 'cheers' – too cute!
Us hanging out at the beach party
Stay tuned for the arrival of my family and our friends, and our Friday fun!
