Vacations and being....Broke!

So Justin and I recently took a mini vacation to Monterey! My wonderful parent's sent us there as a Christmas present, and it was wonderful, besides me being sicky! This was just one of the fabulous views we encountered on our trip. This was our view eating lunch one afternoon. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

One thing Justin and I told ourselves this year, is we would be taking vactions.....even if they were mini. We have missed out on 2 and a half years of not doing this and we feel it is a vital part of our marriage, spending quality, fun time together. We have been so serious for 2 years and had no stress relief, that no matter what it IS happening. So far so good. We are headed to Vegas this coming weekend...like in 2 days! With our very best of married freinds Craig and Jenn! woot woot! So excited!!!!! The only problem is.....we are broke! lol...




Let me explain.......since we haven't been on a vacation in so long, we have never had to budget for one. We wen't a little crazy...ok....alot crazy in Monterey. We knew we had 2 vacations this month....but we were lets face it, DUMB! So now we are broke but going to have a fabulous time!




These are elephant seals we saw on the way up! There were thousands of them!


Justin and I are learning about how to be financially responsible...all the time.....sometimes we are good at it and sometimes we FAIL...miserably. It is life! it's a learning process all the time. We can't be right on all the time.... We LEARN from our mistakes and pray that God helps us choose better next time. What we really should be doing is asking God to bless us, and be fruitful with what HE gives us! We know we can do this. It just sucks sometimes. We do have awesome parents and family and amazing friends who help us and encourage us along the way. In the end......life is not so bad.....it's wonderful!