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Are you sick of seeing Jamaica photos yet?! I have a million because we spent 5 days there capturing the full destination wedding experience for Katelyn & Derek. That is one of the neat parts of this as well. We don’t just get to cover the rehearsal dinner and wedding, but we also grab snippets of the full trip as well. We tagged along with a boat trip for snorkeling and jumping at Rick’s Cafe. We shared many meals with the entire group. By the end I felt like we knew each person that traveled with us!

Today I am sharing a bit of the resort and the trips we took during our time there. Jamaica is SO beautiful. Quick note- I HATE HATE HATE swimming in the ocean usually. I rarely do in NC or even Florida when we visit. But I LOVE snorkeling and swimming in the ocean in Jamaica. The clear and calm waters just win me over every time. In fact, snorkeling is my favorite part! We got to see so many cool things this time around from a sea snake to starfish and we even got to pet a sea cucumber! It was by far the coolest thing we did the entire trip! I can’t wait to go back and do it all again!

 

We stayed at Beaches Negril this time.

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This is the boat we took out with the group…
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Travis and I enjoyed sailing the Hobie-cats a few times as well!
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That water is so beautiful!!!
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I LOVED the towel art mixed with flowers from the resort!  Can I just make a bunch for my house!  haha!

And the right here is our room.
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This was our favorite dining spot.  Right on the beach.  And that bar had the BEST drinks!  I am not a drinker at all, but I did consume a few dirty bananas and Bananas paradise from right there!
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my kids would have loved the little waterpark.  Travis and I did enjoy the lazy river many times!
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I spy my cute hubby doing his video thing!!  🙂
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I think I could live in one of those right there and be just fine.
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I wish I had underwater camera gear but this is the best I could do to capture the fish from our snorkeling trip!
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I love how the resort celebrated Katelyn & Derek’s big day with a sweet message in the pool!
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We had fun hanging with Katelyn & Derek’s friends and family all week!
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We can’t wait to head back to Jamaica one day!  It is stunning!  Thanks again to Katelyn & Derek for taking us along on your adventure!

 

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  1. Margie McNeill says:

    Amazing!

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