{read take me away {part one} here}

While we were sleeping away our first night in St. Lucia, our new {angry} friend Chantal was making a way to introduce herself.

And when we looked out our doors, this is what we saw…

But why let a little storm rain on our honeymoon parade?  We had breakfast {for 10} delivered to our room and began making plans for the week!

With the package Gary selected, it allowed us to work with some private concierges who gave us recommendations for excursions we were interested in and they took care of all the reservations for us. It was so nice not to have to worry about the details, especially post-wedding details!

On Tuesday night we headed to our first dinner and said a few prayers for good weather the rest of the week.

Those prayers were {thankfully!} answered when we woke up to sunny skies on Wednesday!  Since our excursions were planned for Thursday and Friday, we spent most of Wednesday by the beach…

by the pool…

eating pizza…

taking a quick boat ride…

and snorkeling around the bay!

After all of our fun-in-the-sun, we ended the day with sunburns, pasta, two desserts, and full hearts.

Not to mention, this handsome sitting across from me at dinner…