Back from Vacation! St. John, USVI

Last week my brother, my husband and I spent a week in St. John in the US Virgin Islands.  We also made our way over to Tortola, Norman Island and Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands.  Here are some pictures of the highlights of our trip.  We stayed at the Grande Bay Condos on Cruz Bay, but I forgot to take pictures of them!  It was a great week and nice to soak up some sun.

Trunk Bay, St. John, USVI

Road Town, Tortola, BVI

The Caves, Norman Island, BVI

Pirates Bight, Norman Island, BVI

The Willy T--a floating bar and restaurant

Not my boat...  it was insane.  Our boat captain estimated that it's probably worth $40-50 Million.

Soggy Dollar Bar, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

Bordeaux Mountain over looking Coral Bay, St. John, USVI

Maho Bay, St. John, USVI

Maho Bay, St. John, USVI

Trunk Bay, St. John, USVI

Cruz Bay, St. John, USVI (our condo is in the center)

Let's Go Friday

Although I don't really talk about it too much on the blog, I love to travel.  It's something that I didn't get to do much of growing up, so I've made a priority of it in my adult life.  We have our first trip of 2012 coming up in a few weeks, and I am very excited!

Like most of you, my travel go-to sites include VRBO, HomeAway, etc.  There are also tons of sites that feature exotic villas around the world.  True, there are a ton of super cheesy condos and villas, but there are also so many absolutely gorgeous vacation spaces.

Today's villas is on the island of Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos~

This is Bajacu, which means "Rising Sun."  It is a featured villa on villasofdistinction.com.  It features 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms and sleeps up to 10 in its 9500 square feet under roof and 3500 square feet of patio.  It can be rented as a whole or just the use of 2 or more specified bedrooms.  While this one isn't in my budget, it's certainly a stunner.  I love how private it is!



Oh, Pool Boy...

I know I just got back from vacation, but I'm already starting research on our 2012 trip.  Oh the choices!!  I'm just hoping for a view that looks like one of these~

And, one of my personal photos taken from the Sheraton, Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii~ 

July Recap

July was a really fun and busy month for us.  We started off the month by heading to Mexico with a friend for the week~

As soon as I got home, I headed out to see the fabulous Ms. Britney Spears accompanied by the quite-possibly more fabulous Ms. Nicki Minaj and her awesome dancers~

A few days later, I celebrated my 32nd birthday with this super-cute cake that my sweet husband bought for me~

And, last but not least, we joined my husband's family in the Outerbanks, North Carolina for a long weekend to close out the month.  It was my first trip to OBX; we stayed in Corolla.  The views were pretty awesome~

This month was not typical of our months, but we sure did enjoy it!  August is pretty busy, too.  Maybe things will slow down this fall...