Aruba

This is post is LONG over due... but better late than never! :) For my graduation trip myself and two of my favorite people decided to take a trip to the Caribbean. We didn't know where we could get to... but we decided on Aruba (we were very careful considering the reason Aruba has been ALL over the news). I love going on trips with these two because they are always so relaxed and chill. After all, after working your ACE off for 4 years, who wants to go on a stressful vacation, not I. So, we got on the plane to JFK, then to Aruba and arrived there on Saturday afternoon. We spent 3 nights and 2 1/2 full days. It was amazing. We laid on the beach, played at the pool (this is what we did most of the time because of the wind... VERY windy. When we were on the beach you felt as if you were being pelleted all over your body with the little grains of sand, so the pool was our choice for relief from the bloody hotness) and walked around downtown. I feel like I should have all these funny stories to tell, but in reality it was just a nice, relaxing vacation. We had A LOT of fun and saw an amazing beach, I didn't get badly sunburned and it turned out to be one of my favorite vacations, because that is what is was, a vacation. Anyway, I am posting some pictures of how amazing it was. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed the experience.

These pictures are COMPLETELY out of order, but no matter. Pringooools were out favorite treat there... and this is Anna and I at the Aruba airport waiting to arrive in Atlanta. We ended up getting stuck in Atlanta for the night, but we made a new friend and they let us stay at their house for the night. It was fun... and I can officially say that I have been to Atlanta... well Fayette ville. Which is where part of Sweet Home ALABAMA was filmed... good thing Alabama and Georgia are so close together...


This is my coveted sunglasses picture of the beach in Aruba... Blue Skies and White beach... amazing. The look on Anna's face in this other picture is the PERFECT look to describe how my fun we had... I mean how can you not laugh at her face.

This was us waiting for a ride to the Casino. I wone 10 dollars on a nickle machine. (this is BIG news... because i NEVER win when I gamble... but we had SOOO much fun). As you can see, I didn't get sunburned, but whitie McWhite Anna did. :)

This is downtown Aruba... It was so cute and RIGHT on the water. I love beach towns, they are so relaxed and calm. No one is in a hurry. And this is one of the THOUSANDS of iguanas that we saw... They were everywhere. They would just walk right up to you and act like you were not scary... but Lynnsi was pretty scared... she ran away from these gentile little guys every time she saw one.

This is the beach that was right across the street from our hotel. We got a KILLER deal on the hotel and the beach was so close and amazing. We had a BLAST. The beach was relatively empty the whole time we were there... especially on Sunday. It seemed that the Island was deserted during the day on Sunday. We decided it was because of Mother's day. I think we have made it a tradition to be AWAY from our mothers on mothers day... oops. Love ya mom.

These two are of Anna and I on our first day. The beach was fun and Anna was still happy... Before the burn. haha

Here is another of the beach and then the view from our suite. It was such a nice hotel and we had a balcony. We played cards on the balcony one night... it was fun. You know you have good friends when you go on a trip together and still want to hang out with each other when you get home. I recommend Aruba to anyone looking for a fun relaxing place to go. But be aware... you may be the only people under the age of 50. :)