Happy 10! Our Weekend Away...

To celebrate our 10 year anniversary Jon and I dropped the kids off at his brother’s house and then drove down to Dana Point. Thanks to his brother’s wife who ended up watching all the kids, 7 total, all weekend b/c her husband ended up working the whole time. We owe her and am so grateful to her. She is an incredible mom and aunt.

We decided to stay at the Marriott resort. Here are some highlights that we found to be hilarious. At least we find them funny.

When we pulled up to the resort the valet boy asked us if we needed help with our luggage. We simply said no. After all, we only have one bag and we can manage. As I go to the back of the van to get our bag I mention to Jon “ See anything?” I check the backseat. Yep. We have no bag. Thinking to myself "No, Mr. Valet boy, we don’t need your help since we have nothing to carry in other than my purse and a sweatshirt that I so happened to throw in the van at the last minute." Both Jon and I were laughing about this. Jon thought I would be upset. All I was thinking was “Shopping Spree!” I did think this but the reality is I'm pregnant and do I really want to buy new clothes? After we checked in we went to Target and got the essentials -- toothbrushes, paste, deodorant and swimming suits. I found some cool velvet pants in the gift shop at the resort that were only 20 bucks. Sweet deal. We pretty much walked around the resort in our workout clothes. Nice. My kind of weekend. Seriously, it's my kind of weekend. I hate pregnancy jeans.


We laid out by the pool all day Saturday. Jon set up our chairs right by the hot tub. We were the first ones to the pool so we had our pick of where to sit. When Jon started setting up our lounge chairs right next to the hot tub my first thought was “do we really want to be staring at every person that is sitting in the hot tub?” You have to understand he literally moved the chairs so that they were pointing to the hot tub. His reasoning was so we would have a view of the ocean, too. I didn’t make a big deal out of it, and I’m glad I didn’t. It was the best people watching I have had in years. As we were people watching we read our books –me “the hunger games” and jon – the last book in the series “mockingjay.”

Here are some of the highlights of our people watching/pool experiences that you may or may not find hilarious. I am still laughing. These are not in any particular order.

*Man and woman in their 50s on a weekend trip away from Miami. He starts talking to her about how deceitful people are. Obviously, by the way he was talking he felt he had been deceived by his mother and his ex wife. I still think I have seen this guy from somewhere but Jon swears it’s because he looks like Rodney Dangerfield. Could be. I just couldn’t help but think how these two people hardly know each other yet he was unloading all of his baggage to her in the hot tub. I also thought it was funny how he kept telling her how often he works out. I couldn't tell:) (so this story might not be that funny but I found it entertaining).

*Guy in black swimming shorts that were skin tight. I have seen these type of swimming shorts before but Jon has not. So when we get back to the room and Jon puts on his new black boxer briefs (remember we forgot our luggage) he says laughing “should I just wear these into the pool?” It occurs to me that Jon is not joking and honestly thinks the guy was wearing his underwear in the pool. I still am laughing almost crying about this. So very funny.

*Then there was the couple who got into the hot tub and the jets go off so the woman tells her husband to get out and turn them back on. He does and instead of pushing the jet button he pulls the emergency alarm button and it starts beeping. The wife is horrified. Jon immediately gets up to help and turns the emergency button off and then turns the jets on. Jon being the comedian that he is just tells them that “we really work for the resort making sure that people are able to use the hot tub with no problems. We are here to help.” The couple finds this hilarious and starts laughing. I too am laughing because honestly who sets up their lounge chairs 10 feet from the hot tub.

*About an hour goes by and an older woman (who am I kidding -- almost everyone at the resort was older) goes to turn on the jets and she pulls the emergency button too and it starts the alarm. I being the mature person that I am starts to laugh. I actually had to hide my face in my book because I was laughing too hard. Jon then starts laughing. Apparently he did not feel like she needed the help like the other couple did so he continues to sit and we both hide our faces in our books laughing. She eventually figured out how to turn the alarm off and the jets on.

*The 12 Year Old Boy. This is the story that makes me laugh mainly because of how awkward the teenage years are. There is this 12 year old boy who gets in the hot tub. Then about one minute later this 25 year old woman get in. She is alone at first. She is wearing a yellow bikini. She is a good looking woman with curves if you get my drift. As most of us ladies know, light colored swimsuits are a challenge to wear. When wearing them they must be of a thicker material and safely padded or lined. This woman was apparently not “in the know.” She gets in the hot tub and then comes up and faces this boy. The look on this kid's face was hilarious/ awkward to watch. His eyes get huge and he just stares at her chest out of the corners of his eyes. She is clueless. I am trying not to die of embarrassment for both parties involved. I tell Jon what’s going on and being the mature adults that we are, we just lose it and can’t stop laughing. I know. I’m mean. The woman’s boyfriend (who Jon honestly thought was her father) gets in the hot tub. They talk for a few minutes. This woman moves so she is not facing the boy anymore. This boy slowly and nonchalantly walks with his arms straight not moving , but his eyes always on her -- staring out of the corners of his eyes, to the other side of the hot tub so he can continue to stare at her chest area. I’m not sure if the boyfriend gives her a heads up that her top is completely see through or not since she gets out soon after that and leaves the pool area. The boy leaves the hot tub immediately after she does -- nothing more to see here I guess. He then goes and sits in his lounge chair and continues to stare at all the people around the pool. I told Jon the kid at least needs some sunglasses. Now the joke around here is Jon just walking straight armed with huge eyes staring at me. He’s pretty funny. At least I think so.

Well, that was our trip. We only leave our kids probably at most once a year. If that. I love how Jon and I still laugh about everything. We are still immature and everything is still as funny as it was 10 years ago. Jon makes me laugh. Always has and hopefully always will. I love him and am glad we got married. I’m glad we are still married and happy too. I am thrilled we get to share the rest of our lives together wherever we might go and whatever might happen. It is nice knowing he is the one I get to laugh with and dream with. Happy Anniversary Lover Boy! You are amazing.