A Day to Celebrate!

On July 8, Chad and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary!  I can't believe it's already been 4 years!  Weren't we just planning our wedding like 6 months ago!?  Every anniversary before we have also taken a quick weekend trip or an overnighter somewhere.  This year, I had bigger and better plans in mind!  About a week after getting back from London in January, I was already feeling that little itch I get once in while that usually means I need to go another trip somewhere.  I've worked hard on pushing it away since we obviously needed to save up more time off from work anyway.  I also had lots of conversations with my mom about family vacations we could take in the future- VERY far down the road anyway!

One night while hanging out in front of the tv after work, I saw a commercial for some killer deals on Carnival Cruise Line.  I didn't think much of it at first, but I kept seeing the commercial over and OVER again for about a week.  With Chad completely unaware, I started looking through the deals online.  And then it hit me- I could buy a cruise as a gift to Chad for our anniversary!  After lots of discussion with my mom and my friends and coworkers, I took the plunge!  I just couldn't pass up the deal that I found and with some good connections, also am getting some killer deals on airfare. 

For weeks I had to keep it a secret from Chad and it was killing me!  The very day that I purchased the cruise I spilled the beans about 4 or 5 times.  Anyone that knows me knows that when I am trying to keep something like this a secret, it's pretty near impossible for me to not explode!  But somehow I did it and at dinner on our anniversary, I gave Chad his gift.  So come the end of October Chad and I will be sailing of to the Bahamas for 4 days!  I've cruised quite a few places, but have never seen the Bahamas.  Can't wait to be in the crystal clear water and dig my toes in the sand!