jamaica!

so....i talked 4 friends from my neighborhood into going on a girls trip to jamaica with me {well, 3 friends and one husband who surprised his wife}! we got back about a week ago. the trip was A-MAZ-ING. we all had the time of our lives. here's a picture overload from our fun getaway...

in the chicago airport {why the beads? i picked everyone up that morning & greeted them with jamaican colored necklaces :)}...

amy & i on one of the flights...

eating breakfast in our swim suits the morning after we got to our resort {from this point on we lived in our suits! we were in the water non stop :)}...

our resort had a water park. we all felt like little kids again!...
cute amber lounging in the lazy river...
and amber's cute toes as well...

i stacked all the tubes onto mandy. {like i said, we acted like little kids again :)}...

i loved all the bright colors everywhere...

the view of part of our resort from the top of one of the water slides...

part of the water park from above. so. fun.

amy & katie on the upper boardwalk :)....

i want to go back...

the sunsets were always AMAZING...

rasta time...

some of the performers one night...

the drink my cute friends brought me while i was on the phone with ben one night in the lobby...

i loved the chairs in this part of the lobby...

i surprised everyone with sea shell bra's :)...
having smoothies at one of the wet bars...
all the girls...

the pirate treats i brought for 'pirate night' :)...

mandy's standard optical add :)...

ok. we had SO MUCH FUN acting like little girls and going down the water slide every day. we kept going down in trains..and would laugh SO HARD at the bottom because we would all land on top of each other!...
the water was unreal!...

snorkeling...

i brought rasta hats from home for everyone as a surprise. we were all dorks and wore them around. we had so much fun though, and that's all that matters :)...

havin' fun on the paddle boats...
this is my FAVORITE pic from the trip...

laying out in the warm sun...

i literally fell asleep floating in this tube. it was so relaxing. mandy and amber decided to adorn me with flowers :)...
pirates in the caribbean...

we went to the nurses station to take some pics. it was the coolest little building...
being pirates again...
all our toes on the beach one night...

i love these next couple of pics i took of mandy and amy...

we loved the virgin drinks...
and ate A LOT of fresh pineapple!...

mandy again {she was a great model :). she was always a good sport and would do what i told her to do..hehehe!}...i brought boa's for everyone to wear one night. hehe...

some of our dessert...

dancing the last night {there were performances every night...we would always get up in front of everyone and start a dance party :)}...

4 am in the montego bay airport... going home :(. come back, come back to jamaica...

we all had SO MUCH FUN. the trip was awesome. now it doesn't seem real that we even went. I LOVE YOU amy, mandy, katie, & amber! thanks so much for all the jokes, laughter, memories, and FUN! good. times.