Dominican Vacation

...The next morning we were in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic!  GEORGEOUS!! 

 

 We left the party and drove to Dallas.  I was still under the impression THAT was our final destination.  We drove past everything in Dallas and kept on going!  Finally, at midnight, we pulled into a hotel near DFW. Josh told the concierge that we needed a shuttle at 4:30 am.  While I am processing all of this, he threw my passport at me and told me the real vacation plans.  The next day, on four hours sleep, we flew to the Dominican.  We stayed at the Iberostar Grand Hotel Bavaro.  It was beautiful!  After lots of coffee, we started a relaxing vacation!

 

 The room was magically clean every time we re-entered. I especially liked the creative way they cleaned up my jewelry!

When we weren't eating or sleeping, we were right out here at the beach.

 

 There was a market right up the beach where we got our souvenirs.  This is Josh haggling with an art dealer.

Happy purchase!

The majority of visitors in the Dominican surprisingly are from Europe.  The stereotype was true that several of them dress for the beach differently than we do.  One day we had front row seats for several photo shoots.  We, along with some other fellow Americans, decided to do our own pictures in the "cool" spots...only we had on swimsuit tops and the men shorts not speedos ;)

Excuse our cheesiness, but so funny to us!

  Thank you to my sweet husband for the thoughtful surprise and to my family for keeping the kiddos so we could get away!!  Maybe we can go again for the 40th!