Have Passport, Will Travel

If you've been here awhile, you may notice we Delle Faves love to travel!

{I still have several trips to still blog about...oops}

When we travel, I try to stay as organized as possible!
We usually go through our one travel agent at Liberty Travel,

and she always hands us a little red leather folder which holds all of our key papers.
This time is a bit different, and we didn't have to do anything other than fork over money....

It's a weird feeling!

I am really looking forward to seeing how well twenty-something of us

board a plane, stay at a hotel, climb aboard a cruise ship, island hop on 3 different islands,

and safely return on a flight home a week later.

I'm sure we will manage, but it's the largest group I've ever traveled with!
I have been doing a lot of self-talk and deep breathing, as you see...
I'm the type of person who worries about everyone else.
I don't know if it's the big sister, future mother instinct, or teacher in me...

I can easily get so wrapped up worrying about how everyone else is doing,

I will find myself not having a good time and stressing out my husband.

He has so kindly pointed out this flaw, and I have worked to better myself.

If someone doesn't have a good time this vacation, I vow to not worry about it!

I have one job:

Don't worry about a thing!!

If I'm happy then hubs will be happy and honestly, in all the meddling I've done in the past,

trying to make others have a good time, or trying to fix things wrong for them, I just waste my energy.

We are all adults and I'm sure something will go awry; it's a destination wedding.

We are relying on mother nature to allow us to get to St. Thomas.

We are hoping that we dock there and have enough time for everything.

There are twenty something of us all going, 

something is bound to happen.

Oh well!

So, some may think it's selfish, but really, when I look back on this vacation,

either I can say, wow I had a great time, or aw man I wish I hadn't gotten so upset about...

Who  knows, this may be the last vacation hubs and I get sans kids.

What I have also learned, is what should go into a carry on bag.

Carry On Essentials:

• snacks {granola bars, crackers, dried fruits, pb&j sammies, nuts--as long as you're not international}
• reading material: books & magazines
• iPad-with a movie or two downloaded for viewing
• headphones to listen to movie
• lifesavers, mint & fruity
• Gum for ear popping annoyances 
• IN CASE THEY LOSE YOUR LUGGAGE, HAVE THESE ON HAND:
• medicines/vitamins
• a change of clothes: shirt, underwear, shorts/jeans, socks 
• some makeup
• anything else you cannot live without that is allowed to be on board

We have also realized that they never weigh your carry on, so load that baby up!

If you have a weight limit on your suitcase, try and pack an extra bag for the way home, so that if you

do buy some goodies, you can easily tote them home and have hubs carry on a bag.

You're allowed a purse & a carry on, so if hubs has a backpack, I say that's like a purse,

so he can still carry one more bag woot woot!