- March: Iowa for Ashley's bacherlorette party
- April: Iowa for Ashley's bridal shower
- May: Iowa for Ashley's wedding
- June: Minnesota for Jim's wedding
- July (1): S. Carolina for Brendan's family
- July (2): Las Vegas for girls' reunion
- October: Des Moines for Shanna's wedding
- December: Midwest for Christmas
So it shouldn't come as a surprise that we're already starting to carve out sometime in early 2013 for a just-for-us trip. Don't get us wrong-- we LOVE seeing all of you! Especially when weddings or Vegas are involved. :) But it's probably time to make time for ourselves.
Since we want to travel in early 2013, our choices are somewhat narrowed for us. As much as I love Europe, Brendan was only OK with another European adventure if skiing or hiking was involved. (Apparently the non-stop sightseeing action of Italy was only fun once for him. <g>)
I'm not a big skiier (I barely know how to stop)- and we're interested in traveling somewhere a little different than our last big adventure - so Europe was crossed off the list.
We considered Hawaii, but that's also a nice family vacation with being in-country and with direct flights from Seattle. So we're pocketing that vacation for when we have little ones.
We considered going to the southern Caribbean as a honeymoon but were scared off by September's hurricane season. But after spending a little time (ok, maybe hours...) searching on TripAdvisor, Wikitravel, general Googling and travel book browsing, I'm starting to become smitten with the idea of crystal clear waters, a culture that neither of us has experienced, and learning more about this part of the world that we've never been remotely close to.
We're eyeing St. Lucia right now, but I'll keep you updated!
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