When David’s sister, Liz, and her boyfriend, Jason, got engaged last year, we were so, so happy for them! They had been dating for just about 4 years, and we had been lucky enough to spend a bit of time with them on our previous trips to North Carolina and during our wedding. Jason is HILARIOUS and is just an all-around great guy and we were so excited for them to get married. Liz decided that she wanted to get married in The Abacos, which is one of the Sierk’s favorite vacation spots and a beautiful backdrop for a wedding. David’s parents were all for this idea, so his dad got to work on booking a house for us all to stay in and arranging flights for everyone to get there. It was all he could talk about for the whole year – I’d say he was super excited to go back! 🙂

It was just a family affair, with us, Liz & Jason and his two boys (Garrett and Owen), David’s brother, Matt and his girlfriend (turned fiance!), Jennifer, and David’s parents, Dave and Shari. Dave found a house that was perfect for all 10 of us to stay in together, and we were all set!

David and I flew from JFK to Ft. Lauderdale, where we all met up and stayed one night, before flying from there to Treasure Cay, which is one of the larger islands in The Abacos. Dave ended up chartering two planes to get us all there (each plane had a max of 9 passengers, so we couldn’t all go together…bummer!), so we got to leave from the private airport. Made me feel like a celebrity! 🙂 (We actually flew out of the same airport when we went in 2010.)

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