2 years!

Hello everyone!

Last weekend David and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary! It was an early celebration, but we weren't going to be together on our anniversary (booo,, long distance..) so it seemed like a good time  =)  Boy, time has really flown by, and it has truly been an incredible 2 years together.

cutie pie  =)

sorry, i'll try to keep the cheese level down,, but I mean, there's going to be some cheese involved. it's an anniversary post after all!  haha

Even before we were dating, I remember how he would randomly show up at my apartment with medicine whenever I was sick.  He has always been the sweetest guy, and whenever I have issues or complain about something, he always tries to fix everything for me =)  now I gotta be careful about what I complain about  haha   but I feel so lucky to have spent the past two years with him.

Anyway, to celebrate, we went to Indochine at Nizuc!  The lighting was very dim, so the pictures aren't so great, but we had a great time!

such a beautiful restaurant!

We began with a little soup, which was perfect for the chilly evening that we were having,

then a little curry dish that they brought out in a pitcher and poured for us around the little group of delicious veggies in the middle.  I had never seen curry served that way before!  haha

For our main course, we ordered lamb  =)  It's becoming a tradition to have lamb during our anniversary because we had it last anniversary as well!  haha

so yummy!  =)

we wrapped up our dinner by being our normal goofy selves and enjoying some fried ice cream and another delectable creamy goodness  (I totally forgot the name of that one haha)

It has been a wonderful 2 years, and I can't wait to explore more lamb dishes in the future with this guy !  ;)

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

--Janny

Nizuc Resort and Spa

Hello everyone!

We spent a couple of days at Nizuc in Cancun for D&D's wedding, and all I gotta say is, D&D have impeccable taste when it comes to picking their  hotel!  =D  

Our stay was amazing. We had so much fun, and definitely left wishing we had spent more time at the resort.  So let me show you around a bit!

David and I really liked the fact that Nizuc was so private.  Most of the other hotels open right onto the main road, and especially when you get a bit north on the '7' the hotels tend to be really crowded together.  Nizuc is tucked away all by its lonesome in the lower corner of the '7' behind a giant wall, and that makes the whole resort really quiet and peaceful. 

The front gate is pretty far from everything else (actually, the whole resort is pretty spread out), so everywhere you go, you get shuttled around in golf carts.  Anyway, this was the first view that greeted us when we got to the lobby to check in.

hello, gorgeous!!

After checking in, we were given a very thorough tour of the resort by their amazing staff, and then we hopped onto a golf cart to head to our room.  The staff at Nizuc are by far the most attentive and friendly I have ever experienced.  They were very courteous, yet were also able to joke, laugh, and have a friendly conversation with us which put us at ease right away. 

They were  going to give us a tour of our room as well, but we figured that would be unnecessary, so we were left to explore our room ourselves.  My favorite part of the room!

And this was the close second  haha  

I think the staff really try to call the guests by name so everywhere we went, or whenever we called them, we were greeted with "Welcome, Mr. and Mrs. ___", which made us laugh.  Not yet, Nizuc, not yet. After the first few times though, we gave up correcting them and just rolled with it..  haha

After unpacking, we went to go explore Nizuc's 3 different pools and its private beach!

We kept wrestling with the time difference (even though it was only 2 hours, and then later, 1 hour different) and was up at the crack of dawn every morning   haha.  but it wasn't too bad I guess since we had this gigantic pool to ourselves in the mornings!

David got me a GoPro as our anniversary present, so we decided to give it a whirl during our time in Cancun. My computer doesn't have a video editing software, so I will have to do some video editing later, but here are a few of the photos of our mermaid(man) experience courtesy of the GoPro!

Cancun has the strangest weather.. It would be sunny one minute, then cold, cloudy and stormy-esq another... so we left our mermaid selves behind to dry off, and warm up a bit in the intermittent sunshine! 

ahh man.. I could have stayed in this gazebo/bed/lounge chair thing all day...

chillin at the private beach...

We were feeling rather chilly after our beach/pool excursion, but we had some amazing Mexican hot chocolate to warm us up when we got back, so all was well in the end!  =)

If you are ever going to be in Cancun, we highly recommend staying at Nizuc!  and actually spend some time there...  That's the one thing David and I wished we had done more. We were so busy exploring the outer world that we didn't actually get to stay inside Nizuc very much, but next time, we plan on exploring the resort more because there's plenty to do within the resort and spa! =)

We don't completely regret leaving the resort though because Cancun is a beautiful place with lots to do, so stay tuned for more of our Cancun adventures to come!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

--Janny

D&D Wedding!

Hello everyone!

Last Saturday, David and I traveled to Cancun to celebrate Donovan and Dianna's wedding! Dianna and David were each other's first ballroom dance partners (before she started dancing/dating Donovan and waay before David and I started dancing together), and they have known one another for over 10 years!  What I find to be so special about the Berkeley Ballroom group's friendship is that they have all gone their separate ways, yet they all gather every time one of them gets married, and despite the fact that it has been so long, they all seem to pick it back up right where they left off. Anyway, Donovan and Dianna are really a great couple; they compliment each other so well, and it's completely obvious how much they care for one another, so it was really fun to go celebrate this day together with them  =)

It was an incredibly beautiful evening, so here are a couple of the photos of their breathtaking wedding!

the beautiful bride  =)

gosh, their vows just had everyone bawling it was so touching... but weddings are overall a joyous occasion, eh?  

and yay! they are married!!!

then off they went to take amazing photos, I'm sure, so a few of us went off to do a bit of our own photo-taking!
with my guy  =)

and then Pamela/Ted and Janny/David did a bit of switcheroo...

with a few of the ladies!

with every single person I met of the Berkeley Ballroom group, if I guessed that either they were taught by David, or they were David's old partners, I was probably right  haha  so here is the lovely Stephanie, David's 2nd partner  =)

and beautiful Jessica!  David's 3rd partner  haha

It was an incredibly sweet and beautiful evening, and I hope you will join me in congratulating the newly wed couple and wishing them all the best as they embark on this next chapter of their lives!  =)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Janny