Aaaah, Aruba. Jonathan won his company’s President’s Cup Award this year—he’s been eligible so few years because his department kind of gets grouped in with all of the corporate/home office employees, this was such a special recognition for him. And, I love these kinds of awards, because I get to reap the rewards, too. These trips are the absolute ideal vacations for Jonathan—it’s an all-expenses paid excused absence from work. The company CEO and VP of Sales, plus several of the sales reps from Jonathan’s region, were on the trip as well, so he never felt like he was missing anything at work, or that he’d return to a big inbox full of work. This year’s President Cup trip was to Aruba…but, I’m sure you’ve already guessed that. I had never been to the Caribbean, so this was bonus for me. My parents came up to watch the kids and Jonathan and I left for an amazing 5-day weekend trip to Aruba.
We stayed at The Ritz-Carlton Aruba and, if that wasn’t luxury enough, we were treated to torchlit gourmet dinners on the beach, small group day trips (we went kayaking and snorkeling with underwater sea scooters and then we rode ATVs around the island to a natural pool), beach- and poolside waiters always there to take a drink or ceviche order, a sunset catamaran cruise, and presents in our room each night (thank goodness Jonathan had room in his suitcase for that YETI cooler). Aruba definitely lived up to its motto—it was certainly One Happy Island for us. And what a great way to help Jonathan and I celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary. Can you believe the color of the sea there??? These are mostly iPhone pics.
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