Honeymoon Friends {part seis}

Over the weekend, Jason and I were reunited with our Honeymoon Friends at their house in Ankeny, Iowa. Per usual it was a fun-filled weekend complete with plenty of adult cocktails and nonstop laughs. Jason and I headed south early Friday afternoon and were anxious to get the 3.5 hour drive over with so we could see our pals. 

We rolled in to town and immediately picked up where we left off. It's so awesome to have such great friends that time isn't an issue - we hadn't seen Bill & Jackie for a year but it was just as if no time had passed. 

Bill grilled us some delicious kabobs, we settled in, had a drink or two and then hit the road for a bike ride! I haven't been on a bike since our trip to Chicago two years ago, so I must admit I was a tad nervous. But it's true, you hop on it just comes right back to you. Our ride started at the Flat Tire Lounge, a really cool old feed barn that was converted in to a bar.

 I loved the bar so much, I just had to have a tank top from there and Jackie followed my lead. #bikeflat

 After a couple of drinks at Flat Tire we made our way to the High Trestle Bridge where the view was incredible!

 After taking in the view on the bridge we were off to the Whistlin' Donkey for a couple more drinks and some snacks {aka the world's cheesiest Grilled Cheese} and then we headed back and ended our night back at Flat Tire. In all I think we biked around 12 miles. It was a great workout, so much fun and now Jason and I are bike shopping like crazy because we must have bikes. 

On Saturday we woke to perfectly sunny and blue skies - which officially broke the curse of me always bringing crappy weather to Iowa. It was the most perfect day to spend on the boat and so that is what we did! We ate, drank, swam, danced, laughed and had a blast! There isn't much I love more than a day on the boat and to spend it with good friends is icing on the cake. 

After a solid 6 hours on the boat and a sunburn to prove it...

 ...we got showered and ready and went to Wig and Pen for some DELICIOUS pizza. 

After dinner, we made our way to Firetrucker, a really cool old fire station converted to a brewery. I wish I would have taken more photos because the decor and atmosphere was so cool. 

After a couple of Firetrucker original beers, we were back at Bill & Jackie's where we stayed up until the wee hours chatting on the deck while using our newfound favorite app "Star Chart". It's seriously SO COOL! You hold it up to the sky and it tells you what stars and constellations you are looking at! Seriously - hours of entertainment! 

It was another successful reunion and we are already planning and counting down the days until our next! I love so much that we've managed to maintain this friendship because it certainly would have been easy to leave Mexico saying "let's get together" and then never following through. Just think of all the fun we would have missed out on if we didn't make the effort. 

Next up.... Part Siete! 

The Honeymoon {Day 6}

Friday night J and I had made plans to meet Bill & Jackie at our pool at 10am the next day. After the night's escapades it was an absolutely miracle that all four of us were there. 

We spent the day like the rest of the pool days, laying in the sun and swimming up to the bar for drinks. However, the real entertainment for the day started when a lady at our pool said there was a crab in the pool. There were little rivers than ran through the casitas so you could essentially swim to each of the different pool. So...of course, we headed down the path to check out the crab.

After some poking and prodding the boys determined that the poor crab was in fact dead. In an attempt to play a prank on the other patrons of our pool, the boys grabbed the crab and brought him to the pool via a towel.

Everyone, meet Senor Crab.

We decided Senor needed a smoke....

which quickly evolved in to Senor Crab needing a shot

and finally...we decided he needed to tip Juan.

"Hola! Done esta tequila! Necessito mas tequila!"

If you remember, I bought an underwater camera during the beginning of the trip. With about 14 pictures left I took it out....

Billy eating a sandwich underwater

After a few hours at the pool, the four of us paid a visit to the health bar for lunch.

This is Angel, the tiniest little guy at the resort. Jackie and I loved him so much we wanted to pack him in our suitcases. 

 and then we all walked along the beach. 

{swimming in the salt water pool}

{hubby posing}

{swimming in the ocean...which, if you know me, is a HUGE deal}

Seriously, these two were instant besties and it just got more ridiculous as the trip went on:

{so cute}

{i hate no idea what is going on here, but I love this picture}

After our last day of fun, it was time to have our last dinner.

we don't want this trip to end!

Our last night {and our one week anniversary} we had a romantic candlelit dinner for two on the beach.

After our delicious and romantic dinner on the beach we went to Juan's Bar for one last night of fun with our new friends. 

It was so fun to meet such amazing couples. J and I got to spend a lot of quality time together but what really made our trip special was the friendships we made and the amazing, hilarious and ridiculous memories we made with these awesome couples. 

After we all said our good-bye's we all went our separate ways and J and I ordered our last order of room service...our favorites from the week: Nachos, Quesadillas and French Fries.

I woke up Sunday morning feeling incredibly sick and incredibly depressed, I spent my last hour at the El Dorado Royale sitting on our balcony feeling the heat and listening to the ocean. 

Our honeymoon was without a doubt the most incredible week of my life. Our resort completely exceeded our expectations, the food was incredible, we made fabulous new friends and most importantly I had a blast and made lifelong memories with my new husband.

I really could not have dreamt of a better way to spend my first week as a married lady.