Vacation!!!!

One Tuesday evening, Lauren, Holly, and I were sitting around talking about how we would like to go to the southeast coast - Punta Cana, La Romana, etc. One of us got the brilliant idea to go there for a vacation before Holly left, so we decided that we would go on Friday (three days later)! We made reservations for the resort, for the rental car, for taking off work, for a different resort when the first one didn't work out... anyway, every 5 minutes or so that week someone would say, "Guess what? We're going on vacation in ___ days!!!"

We did just what the sign told us to - "Conoce tu pais" means "Know your country." We also drove through the national park Los Haitises, which is gorgeous and looks like Jurassic Park! (Don't worry, I drove to the resort while they drank their Presidentes!)

Friday afternoon we got in our not-so-trusty little Fiat rental car and headed south. It took about 6 hours to get to our resort in Bayahibe. And from that point on, all we did was relax! We layed on the beach, layed by the pool, ate a lot of delicious food, drank some delicious drinks, read magazines to catch up on about 6 months of American pop culture (we didn't miss much!), took hot showers and got dressed up, went to a hilarious Michael Jackson show, and loved on each other. Sunday morning we drove a little farther to Punta Cana and layed on the beach there for a few hours before returning to our resort. Our bosses graciously gave us Monday off last-minute, Robin offered to cover Lauren's class (thank you!), and we got to stay an extra day!

The beautiful resort we stayed at. Don't you wish you were there?

We loooove the beach! Especially a new beach we've never been to!

The best part of the weekend was getting to make beautiful memories together just a few weeks before Holly left. I am so glad we went - I love Lauren and Holly dearly!

We also loooove each other and having fun together!

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