Is There Really Sex After Kids? Giveaway with Jill Savage
Published February 9, 2010PRAYER PLEASE: As I was preparing this post about Jill Savage on Monday night, I got an email telling me that she had been admitted to the hospital with chest pains and stroke-like symptoms. It turns out she has blood clots on her lungs and will need to be put on blood thinners and observed for a few days. Please pray for her and her family! Thanks so much.
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Well moms….does your “To Do” list look somewhat like this?
- Get kids up and ready for school
- pack lunches
- check homework
- change baby
- do three loads of laundry
- mop floor (again!)
- feed dog
- get groceries and go to post office
- referee siblings squabble
- scour sinks and tubs
- give baths and locate pj’s
- scrub baked-on grease off of supper pans
- turn into sex goddess in 6 seconds flat and make hubby happy with a little horizontal fellowship
- collapse in bed
- get up the next day and do it all again….
Whew!!! I am tired just reading that list!
Well, cyber sisters, my dear, nearly decades-long friend Jill Savage knows all too well the demands placed on a busy mom. Demands of motherhood and demands of marriage. She penned a book just for such women that answers the question Is There Really Sex After Kids? (Don’t worry dads….the answer is a resounding yes!)
Here is a little bit about her straight-shooting and practical book:
What’s happened to our sex life now that we have kids? Many moms may not ask this question aloud, but Jill Savage knows from years of leading Hearts at Home conferences that no workshop subject will more quickly fill a room. Having children in the home alters the sexual dynamic between husband and wife. Going from making meatloaf to making love, from practical mommy to passionate lover, all in one crowded evening has its own set of unique challenges.
Is There Really Sex After Kids? is written by a mom, for moms, and is filled with practical ideas. This is not a clinical book on sexual technique, though readers will find some creative suggestions. It isn’t a counselor’s text, though it contains the sage wisdom of a mentor and friend. It is a woman-to-woman discussion—a true insider’s look—at what works to build intimacy outside the bedroom and improve intimacy inside the bedroom.
This practical guide helps women rise above frustrations and disappointments to restore intimacy, pleasure, spontaneity, and passion in their marriage.
Today Jill has graciously agreed to offer a signed copy of this book to one of you who leaves a comment. And since she talks about the struggle moms face going from making meatloaf to making love, I’ll throw in a cute, heart-decorated oven mitt (for the meatloaf part) and some Bath and Body Works P.S. I Love You Spring Fling Lotion (for the making love part!)
Simply leave a comment today telling us where you and your hubby went on your honeymoon. Drawing will be random. Oh, and you may leave a comment on any or all of this week’s Valentines posts until Sunday at midnight EST. All of the winners will be announced on Monday.
I’ll start us off with today’s comment.
Todd took me on a tour of many Bed & Breakfast Inn’s in Michigan’s northern lower peninsula and then across the Mackinac Bridge to the upper peninsula. Then we took a ferry to charming Mackinac Island (a quaint, frozen-in-time island, famous for fudge and where the only transportation methods are horse-drawn carriages and bicycles!) We stayed in the Grand Hotel (where the movie Somewhere in Time was filmed) and then crossed into Canada to take a color train tour.
We always planned to replicate the trip on our 25th anniversary, but that is only 1 1/2 years away in June 2011 and instead, we’ll probably be knee-deep in college bills and both boys’ baseball seasons! Hmmmm…well, maybe for our 30th….
Now, where did you and your hubby go on your honeymoon? (besides to bed, I mean 
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Well, as very young, broke newlyweds, our honeymoon was not spectacular but it was special to us! We traveled to the mountains of Tennessee and spent some time in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg and stayed in a cute honeymooner cabin! Oh what I’d give to have a break now to go visit that cabin!
We traveled to Banff, Canada to go skiing. In my attempts to get the cheapest fare possible I didn’t realize we would have three layovers and it would take us over 12 hours to get there. But when we finally arrived, it was breathtakingly beautiful. We rose early every morning to ski and were treated to spectacular sunrises on snow-covered mountains. Twenty years later we still speak of it with a wonder in our voices. God has been so gracious to us.
We were very young and didn’t have much money. We just stayed in the honeymoon suite of a hotel not far from where we lived. That was almost 21 years ago.
We also went north to Canada–British Columbia. We spent a few days in Vancouver, doing city things, and a few days in the woods in a cabin on a big lake, where we went horseback riding, canoeing, and just relaxed.
We spent our honeymoon in a B & B in Charleston, SC. It’s still one of our all-time favorite vacation spots, especially now that we live in the frozen tundra of Minnesota!!
Praying for Jill and her family!
Matt and I went to Vermont and Montreal, Canada. So fun skiing and touring these great places. The highlight of the week for me was our wedding night when as a nervous, virgin bride I came out of the bathroom dressed in my gorgeous wedding night attire, half-way expecting with fear, my new husband to attack me. Instead, he took my hand and we knelt at the foot of the bed as he prayed and asked the Lord to bless this most intimate and delicate area of our marriage. He DID!!
We were married in February, when it is COLD in Michigan! We took a four day cruise to Mexico. We really enjoyed it and said we would go on another cruise on our 10th anniversary. Well, we celebrated 15 years last week and have not made a second cruise. Maybe for our 20th!!!
My husband and I got married on Saturday 27 years ago, he graduated from officer training on Tuesday and we headed straight to Pensacola Florida to begin flight school. We spent our first night there in an empty apartment, but we were young and in love. We finally went on what we considered our “honeymoon” 10 years later to Arles France without our children and had a wonderful time just being alone and walking through the town. We now have 3 adult children and 4 adopted little children and no time to be empty nesters, and we are not so young, still in love and love the path that God has for us.
When we got married my husband had just graduated from college and I had just started a new job so we couldn’t go anywhere so we spent our “honeymoon” at home. After the guests left to go home and we had our apartment to ourselves we spent a couple days just being together with no one or nothing going on. We wished would could have gone somewhere but hopefully when we are married 20 yrs we can take that honeymoon.
Well, we have yet to have our “honeymoon” — I had the flu on our wedding day and we ended up in the ER after the reception because there were no other doctors in town that were open that late. We ended up going back to Raleigh and staying at the Quality Suites…..I slept through most of our 3 nights there, feeling better just in time to return to our apartment and real-life. We are going on a big trip later this year for our 10-year anniversary, but we have to take our 4 year old along. I love her dearly, you know I do, but, well….oh, well. Maybe next year!
We went camping outside of New Braunfels, TX alongside of the Guadalupe River. We went tubing, basked in the sun, slept in the tent…and did I mention…I got poison ivy? Ha! Also one day the pastor who officiated our wedding spotted us while he was canoe-ing down the river with the church youth group. He stopped by to chat, talk about continuing marriage counseling! On the way home we had to stop at a health clinic to get some meds and creams for my poison ivy covered legs. So unlike most of you, I don’t want to relive my honeymoon although it was a great way to start our marriage since things could only improve from there!
We didn’t have a honeymoon
We said we’d do something at 10 years – that’s next year 
another young & very broke couple, We spent our honeymoon in SC, same place as our wedding and this coming August we will celebrate 15 Yrs. Doesn’t really matter where you spend it or if you had much as long as you are together……..
Thanks so much
We went to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia in Canada. Beautiful. Loved it. Such special memories!
We spent 2 nights in Myrtle Beach, SC and then on a whim, my sweet huisband said, “Let’s go to Disneyworld!” So we did! Had a great time. That was 15 yrs ago.
Would love some time alone now- have a 8 yr old, 6 yr old and 4 month old. We have only been out on 1 date since the baby was born. Hopefully we will get another date night soon!
We went to Hawaii. That was 9 years ago and it was wonderful.
We were young, broke and foolish and took a trip we couldn’t afford, but it was still wonderful. Three days at Disneyworld and four days in Aruba.
We went to Toronto. We had hoped to go on an Alaskian cruise but after paying for the wedding, that was not an option. We had a great time though and saw Phantom of the Opera.
We went to Disney World in Florida. I’d been 3 times, but my man had never been. The best part was the 12-hour drive there & back. Seriously. We had long talks and lots of laughs. Nearly 17 years later, we still laugh about that road trip.
For our honeymoon, almost 24 years ago, we didnt have any money to really do anything. But we have made it up over the years. Not to anywhere extravagant but special trips away for just the two of us.
My husband and I traveled to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. We stayed there for a couple of days. Then we went to Chanttanooga, TN for a couple of days. We were married in the fall so it was really beautiful with all the leaves changing colors.
Like many other posters, being frugal was important and we did not have any money for a traditional wedding. To save money, we did a planned elopement in Estes Park, CO for just the two of us at the Stanley Hotel and then we then went skiing for our honeymoon in Winter Park, CO afterwards.
We stayed in a old cabin (that belonged to his Great Aunt) up in the mountains of North Carolina. We also visited Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge, TN. This July we will be married for 15 years. Wouldn’t trade those years for anything. There were a few rough spots, but God grew us through them and I couldn’t be more thankful.
We spent the first part of our honeymoon at the Homestead in Glen Arbor, Michigan. We went to all of the little towns up there – Leland, Suttons Bay, etc. We spent the second part in Petoskey – it was just what we wanted!
We were broke, too … LOL!
We honeymooned in Williamsburg, although it did not matter where we were b/c we were finally MARRIED!!!! 
We didn’t have much money so we stayed in hotel not far from where we lived. I keep giving my husband ‘hints’ that I want to rededicate our marriage and have a ‘real’ honeymoon when we reach 20 years. (it’s been 17, so 2012 is the year)
3 glorius days at the Hilton in Niagara Falls almost 33 years ago. It was great! We were just two young, dumb kids with very little money. When we got back we found out my husband had been laid off from his job. (The first of many times that would happen.) God has watched over us all these years and I love him more today than way back then.
We spent the week in Bar Harbor, Maine. It was gorgeous and we had such a fun time!
We went to a cabin that belonged to a relative, in north Georgia. I had joked about “getting snowed in.” Well, it wasn’t a joke. We did get snowed in. The Pastor who married us said he expected our marriage to last after this experience. It was interesting, our relative finally had to come get us out with snow chains – in Georgia!
Our plan changed somewhat. My sweet hubby’s brother gave us tickets to Colonial Williamsburg…and they were to be waiting for us when we arrived. But, our tickets were nowhere to be found. We ended up detouring to Busch Gardens and took a day-trip up the coast to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. It was awesome, even if it wasn’t totally planned.
We went on a Caribbean Cruise. We said we’d never travel any other way again because we has so much fun. But kids came along and we haven’t been back on a cruise since. Maybe for our 10th anniversary we will
We spent our honeymoon at our townhouse! My husband had to go to work the next night (he worked third shift) so we didn’t have time to go anywhere. We’ve always promised ourselves that we will renew our vows, and then take a “REAL” honeymoon!
We went on a Caribbean cruise together – very romantic and a first-time experience for both of us. Our first day we fell asleep on lounging chairs on the deck while watching the sun set. We even won a contest they had for newlyweds. We still laugh about my motion sickness and having to miss lobster night and our adventures aboard a pirate fun ship. Now, almost 19 years later, we’re planning a mission trip to Guatemala with our two children and know that this trip will definitely top the cruise.
We spent 10 days in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. I was so proud of my husband for planning the whole thing and saving his money to pay cash. It was definitely a memorable honeymoon…for many reasons
Hubbie and I went to Barbados for our honeymoon almost 25 years ago. The island was beautiful but, my goodness, what culture shock for me. I’d never been off the east coast – nor so far from home. Yes, I was homesick – but we have great memories. We would like to go back some day but for our 25th this fall, we are hoping to go to Paris:)
Thanks for the give-away!
My husband & I spent several days in Gatlinburg Tn in a beautiful cabin on a mountaintop in the thick of the peak leaf-changing weekend. After 17 years and 4 children later, I long for a few lazy days alone with him again……!!
We went to Eureka Springs, AR. We saw “The Great Passion Play”, took the Holy Lands walking tour, took in the Bible museum, the cave, and just shopped around and enjoy the sweet little town. Very nice and VERY affordable for two college students!
We went to the mountains in TN.
We had no honeymoon except one night in a lovely hotel… it is a second marriage for us both and came with five children between us! Grandparents babysat for the night (the kids were 5,6,7,8 and 10). Now, fifteen years later (and empty nesters with four in college), we will celebrate in July with a vow-renewal/covenant ceremony and a five day cruise to Bermuda! YAY!
My husband and I went on a 4 day/3 night cruise on the Disney Magic cruise ship for our honeymoon. We had been to Disney World twice while we were dating, so we “stepped it up a notch” and added the cruise and we were not disappointed. Sadly, we haven’t been back since. Maybe that can be arranged for our 15th Wedding Anniversary–5 years from now??
My husband and I have been married 15 years. We just celebrated our anniversary on Feb.4th. We went to Hollywood California for our honeymoon. Had a wonderful time and even ended up on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. My husband was known at the “honeymoon guy” during one of Jay’s skits. One memory of many we’ll never forget.
My husband and I honeymooned in Yosemite at the Ahwahnee…a fabulous hotel! We were engaged for 6 months but decided to have an impromptu, family only, wedding to save all the headaches of a big one. It was wonderful and the Ahwahnee honeymoon package was great too. That was almost 5 years ago and now with a 2 year old, we also struggle with finding quality time for each other. Thanks for sharing these issues so we can see that we are not alone in our efforts to make time for the right things.
We drove cross country from Utah to Wisconsin to get to his intern job for the summer. We didn’t really have a honeymoon until about 6 months later. We decided to leave our college town during Thanksgiving break and headed to Las Vegas to see the sights of the strip. We ate Thanksgiving at Treasure Island!
We were very young with no money. SO we just had a small overnight stay a few hours away for two nights. My DH was getting ready to go to bootcamp. So we plan to do something really nice next year for our 20 year.
My husband and I went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas and Branson, Missouri for our honeymoon 23 years ago. We saw the Passion Play and Holy Land tour and took in a couple of shows in Branson. Had a great time. Thank you so much for all your thoughts and Godly knowledge regarding marriage. It is something that gets taken for granted alot, but should be held with the most importance in our lives. God first, then your marriage and family. Thanks again.
My husband and I went on a cruise to the Bahamas. The interesting part of the cruise is that we “won” it by buying some cookware (which I still have today even though I don’t use it! I can’t stand to think of throwing it out or giving it away!). We “earned” hotel stays by listening to time share seminars! We even earned tickets to Universal Studios and Sea World by listening to these seminars! My husband laughs now whenever we hear a commercial about time shares!
Honeymoon?! We almost didn’t have a wedding due to the great last blizzard in 1978. My hubby missed the rehearsal (my daddy was the preacher, so no real problem there) and only made it to the church with a few hours to spare (did I mention that he had just finished basic training with the AF and they changed our wedding date 3 times in as many months?). Our honeymoon was pulling a uhaul trailer to his first base in Wyoming through an ice and snow storm. We arrived in WY to unload the trailer in the later afternoon to me waking up the following morning with double ear infections! Our wedding night we stayed at a local Holiday Inn where as soon as we were in the room, my husband was so excited to order a steak and then promptly fell asleep. I love the stories we tell about our wedding, but do NOT care to repeat it in person. However, 31 years and we are in love even more with each other!
We went on a cruise. We even won the “Newlywed Game” on the ship. Little did we know the game show would be run and re-run MANY times through out our voyage….we had some wild answers and people recognized us through out the rest of the week. It made it unforgettable!
We went to Cancun Mexico. It was beautiful & relaxing!! However we brought home a little E-Coli bug making the week following our honeymoon give new meaning to “in sickness and in health”!
We went to California and my husband surprised me with reservations at a bed and breakfast in Santa Monica. It was a wonderful surprise and we still talk about it 15 years later.
My husband and I didn’t get a honeymoon. We were young and dumb so to speak! We had our first child three months before our wedding. We did alot of growing up in our 20′s together. By all sense we should be divorced, had we not had God in our lives, we probably would have. But we are stronger for it now. We still have crud in our lives, and are usually united. We talk of someday taking a honeymoon trip X amount of years later….we shall see!
We went to the Bahamas and stayed at an all-inclusive resort. It was beautiful and nice to have all the meals already paid for. My husband’s favorite thing (besides the horizontal fellowship of course) was the fried conch! He was such a good sport and even let them dress him up as a pirate for pirate night.
We went to Cancun, Mexico to an all-inclusive resort and slept, ate, lounged by the pool and ocean and never ventured out of the resort…a true honeymoon
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We went to the Smoky Mountains, stayed in a beautiful chalet, and spent time outdoors hiking, horseback riding, and white-water rafting.
Rick and I went to the Dunns River Sandals Resort in Jamacia. We had a fabulous time. Hiking Dunns River falls was so much fun. We shopped in a tourist section of town also, but we mostly stayed on the resort. He got the breakfast in bed package, so every morning we ate breakfast while sitting on the balcony. It was so beautiful, relaxing and peaceful.
We are both teachers and married on New Year’s Eve during Christmas break. Since our time was limited, we went to Oklahoma City and stayed at a nice hotel, went on a horse drawn carriage ride, and had a great time! We have four kids and need this book!
Well, it was our second marriage, blending our seven children. We only had one night, so we traveled to the nearest holiday inn thirty minutes from our home and stayed in the honeymoon sweet. The rest is history, and btw we now have nine children!
Steve and I went to Chattanooga, TN. When we got to the hotel we had booked, it was in a terrible section of town so we started looking for something else. We found this cute little place on the side of the mountain. It only had about 10 rooms and they definitely were not your top of the line modern anything but there was only one other couple there and they were on the other end of the building. Our balcony was literally hanging over the side of the mountain overlooking the river below. It was beautiful. We had a great trip and talk about going back again someday.
We got married over Thanksgiving weekend ’01 and I had to go fly to San Bernadino for a mtg the first week in Dec so we waited a week and had a honeymoon that could be written off our taxes (I was self employed)
At least the hotel, rental car and most meals! We spent a week in San Diego and drove to San Bernadino for a couple days for my meetings.
Karen – we are just outside Indy and every fall I tell my hubby I want to take a trip like your honeymoon! And definately a night or two at the Grand Hotel! Maybe for our 10th…
My husband and I did not have a honeymoon, I (now we) have a daughter. My first husband died, so when I remarried we had instant family. We married on a Saturday morning at 9am so we could get to our daughters spring carnival at school that started at 10am. We had fun but we would like to one day go on a honeymoon.
We went to Flagstaff, Arizona. We were married November ’04, and the weather there was actually wonderful! And because of the off-season, there were hardly any crowds. We saw the Grand Canyon and visited other neat sites. Great honeymoon, great husband, great marriage! And now two great little boys!!! Which is why I’d love to win this book!
We didn’t have a honeymoon either! I thought I would be the only one saying that so I didn’t add my comments first thing this morning. Though I will confess that we didn’t do things in the right order, we are going strong after almost 18 years. It isn’t perfect, but he’s my best friend and I love him to pieces.
I will be getting both of Melanie’s books whether I win or not. Are there any pictures in the book? It’s a standing joke around here that my husband only ‘reads’ books if there are lots of pictures… Oyyyy
Well, I’m with the rest of them. We didn’t have a honeymoon either. However, on our wedding night we stayed at this fabulous bed and breakfast in Eau Claire, WI. We played board games til the wee hours and swam in the pool the next morning. We moved to North Dakota two days after our wedding so my husband could finish his teaching degree. Seven and a half years and two kids later we’ve only been on two vacations alone and most of them involved a sporting event!
My husband and I were late to the marriage scene, being 44 and 37 years of age respectively. We certainly had the money to go on a honeymoon, but my husband, the ever practical engineer, thought we’d be too tired after the wedding festivities to hop a plane or take a drive to a destination. It turns out he was right – the two days following our wedding are STILL a blur, nearly 7 years later. We told ourselves we’d take a honeymoon later. Then, of course, my biological clock was more than ticking; it was sounding like a gong!!! After two miscarriages, we were finally blessed with a beautiful healthy baby boy. Obviously, we didn’t go ANYWHERE that first year without our son. Our son just turned 5 years old and we STILL haven’t had that honeymoon. Maybe we’ll combine the honeymoon with a 20th anniversary trip. By then, our son will be 18 and on his way to college. On thinking on it, we should go sooner than that — my husband will be 64 by then and I’m reminded of that Beatles’ tune, “When I’m 64″. Do I really want to be feeding my husband on our honeymoon?
We stayed at an all inclusive resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The beach was gorgeous, the pool was huge, and the whole place was relaxing. We took an excursion where we got to drive our own mini-boat for two and then went snorkeling in the beautiful clear waters.
Because my husband and I bought our first house just before our wedding we had a very small honeymoon. We ventured to Biloxi, MS to stay at the Beau Rivage Hotel. (Only 3 hours from our hometown) We enjoyed three days of lounging around, eating out, and walking on the beach in February. It was nice and quiet. We hope to take a real honeymoon when our kids get older.
Our honeymoon was part of the wedding trip. We eloped to Destin, FL, which is one of our all-time favorite beaches. We enjoyed a relaxing couples massage at the San Destin resort, ate out for every meal, and got married barefoot in the sand. It actually poured rain minutes before the wedding, but it turned out to work in our favor…it cleared the beach for us! So there weren’t really any people in our wedding pics! I love reminiscing about this special day and trip!!
My husband and I were given a time share to use for our honeymoon. We could pick anywhere, we just had to pay for our travel and food. So he decided to take me to Aruba! It was the most beautiful island. We spent a whole week going to different beaches, snorkeling, jet skiing, and eating a nice restaurants. We had said we would go back for our 5th anniversary, but we ended up going on a Caribbean cruise instead. So now it looks like our 10th or 15th anniversary. We will never forget our honeymoon in Aruba and can’t wait to go back!
We were married almost 11 years and 4 kids ago! We went on a cruise to Cancun. What I remember most looking back is how much fun we had, just the two of us. Now it’s hard to find that time for “just us” as our kids are 6, 4, and twins that are 2.
We had a fabulous, relaxing time in Puerto Rico and have plans to one day return for another honeymoon/vacation, but this time we plan to do more sight-seeing!
We had a wonderful honeymoon in Cancun, Mexico, staying at the Moon Palace. It was beautiful, fun and VERY memorable!!
My husband and I went to Los Cabos Mexico, it was beautiful the sights the hotel the service, Yeah!!
However the hoenymoon planning did not go as smoothly as I wanted it to. But God was working in my heart… we did have to postpone our “official honeymoon” 4mos later because of my husband’s new job, even though he did not want to go at first b/c of his new job it was well worth the wait in trying to work out the honeymoon at a time that worked for both of us.
Ken and I just went over to the coast for our honeymoon. We live in Oregon so we went to a nice place on the coast and spent a couple of days and went to the Sea Lion Caves. It was very nice. We are hoping and Lord willing, to go to Hawaii next year for our 30th.
We went to Reno, Nevada for four days for our honeymoon in November, 1988…it snowed when we were there! We stayed at Harrah’s Hotel, saw Paul Revere & the Raiders (or some version of them!) in a lounge show, and had a wonderful time!
I am still waiting for a honey moon, 21 years later. We were married at a National Forest Service Ranger station, about 3 miles from our home, during a snow storm. After the ceremony and a small family gathering,we went home so we could go to work the next day–at that time, trapping beavers-a romantic, rustic life.
Big Cedar Lodge in MO!
When we married, we didn’t have a honeymoon. But for our 3 year anniversary, my mother-in-law blessed us with a two night stay at a great place in PA.
We went to northern MI and on into Canada.
We had a wonderful honeymoon in Maui. Then we drove from Southern California to Miami stopping along the way. We had a long distance dating relationship so the drive was moving me across country.
I am very interested in this book since we just had a baby girl 10 weeks ago and I am already wondering how to keep the intimacy in our marriage.
My husband and I flew to Anchorage, Alaska; rented a car, and drove all over the place for two weeks. We were married in mid-September, so our Alaska vacation began the first day of their low season. We only had a reservation for the night of our arrival, and after that we just stopped wherever. We always had great service and great prices. We did the same things that typical honeymooners do – took a couple of day cruises on small boats for up close wildlife viewing; walked on the beach (it was a balmy 50 degrees!); hiked in the mountains; and ate wonderful food (I gained TEN pounds on clam chowder). The odd parts included me getting “hit on” if my husband left our table to use the restroom; having a close encounter with an angry Mama Moose; and I had a reaction to allergy medication which resulted in my sleeping for the first three days of our honeymoon! Thankfully, our return flight airplane broke down, thus giving us three extra days in Alaska on the airline’s dollar. Oh yeah, and as circumstance would have it, the person assigned to the seat next to my husband on our flight from Detroit to Seattle was one of his former girlfriends. Can you say “awkward?” Many people commented that Alaska is a strange place for a honeymoon, but we LOVED it!
My husband (of 10 1/2 years now) and I were fresh out of college when we got married. He had just started his new job and I had to wait until August as I was a teacher, so we had very little “extra” money. So, we drove up to Wisconsin Dells (from Northern IL), meandered across to Lake Michigan, checked out Door County a little, and then rode the S.S. Badger across the lake to Michigan. Saw a couple of lighthouses, and eventually drove south around the lake back home! It wasn’t much according to others’ standards, but we had a very relaxing and enjoyable trip together. This past summer to celebrate our 10th anniversary, we actually recreated our trip, only camping and with our three young boys!
People thought we were crazy, but we had so much fun finding some of our previous stops and sharing them with our kids! They loved riding the Badger!! 
We went to Colorado through New Mexico. We went to Santa Fe, Purgitory, and Indian ruins in Southwest Colorado, and then up through Coloardo Springs. It was a fun adventure with lots of interesting sights along the way. I have not traveled much, so it was wonderful to form those memories and see those sights with my new hubby!!!!!!
My hubby and I went to an all-inclusive Sandals resort in Jamaica. I would totally recommend it. You don’t have to worry about money because everything is pre-paid. It was wonderful. We dressed up every night and went to the fancy (and free!) restaurants and ordered things that we could never afford to try at home. Then we would go the 24 hour hamburger hut so some “real” food because we were still hungry from trying the “fancy” food. Great memories! We now have a 1 and 3 year old and could greatly use this book!
We didn’t get a honeymoon right away because my husband is in the Marine Corps and duty called, but close to our 5-year anniversary, we went on a fabulous trip to Oahu and Kauai. We’ve been to Maui and the Big Island since then but I have fond memories of the first “honeymoon” trip.
Karen, if you do take your trip again, I can recommend a FANTASTIC B&B in Ludington MI. My parents bought it a few years ago and have been having a great adventure as innkeepers.
My husband and I were 20 when we got married, so funds were extremely low! His grandmother owned a timeshare and paid for us to use it for a week in Branson, Mo. so that’s where we celebrated our union. It was fun, though. We went to several of the attractions, took in a few shows, went shopping, and went for a dinner cruise on the Branson Belle. Since then, we have returned several times to Branson and always have a good time – only now it includes our 4 children.
My husband and I went to Las Vegas! It was a blast, but unfortunately we were using a new digital camera that we weren’t familiar with, and lost all of the pictures!
We were married 4 months ago & took our honeymoon to Myrtle Beach, SC. This was a 2nd marriage for both us & between us we now have 6 children. My 2 children are grown & on their own. His 2 youngest are 11 & 15 & will probably be living with us full-time in a few months so this book could be extremely helpful. I’m not used to having children around full-time & this will be quite a change for both of us.
Initially, we had not planned on a honeymoon. However, I surfed the net and found this quaint little bed and breakfast in North Alabama that I thought would be a charming place to go. I didn’t tell my fiance. We never even talked about it. Well, we get married and the next morning he tells me he has a surprise for me. We were going on a honeymoon to a bed and breakfast in North Alabama. Guess what? It was the same one that I had checked out! Needless to say, we had a wonderfully romantic time together. God was definitely our honeymoon planner!!! We’ve been married 11 years this upcoming March.
Great giveaway! Praying for health for her. :O)
We went to Maui, Hawaii for our honeymoon. It was amazing. I cried when we had to come back home. I wanted to stay there forever.
My husband and I went to San Antonio, Texas! My husband doesn’t like to travel so this was pretty good for us being as it takes us around 7 hours to get there!
I know this wasn’t anything spectacular or anything but it was special to us. We got lost for an hour trying to find our hotel room (it was 1 block over) so we were afraid to get out after dark. We visited the Riverwalk. It was steaming hot in July but we still had a good time. We spent one entire day in our hotel room, watching movies and just enjoying spending time with one another. On the last day, we stopped by Sea World. (not the first place you would think of for a honeymoon, huh?) We had a blast! We decided then that one of these days we would go back once we had kids and they were old enough to enjoy it. We now have a 4 year old little boy and a 1 year old little girl. Thank you Lord for your many blessings!
We spent our honeymoon in Hawaii. We visited 4 of the islands. Absolutely lovely. It is now 19 years and 5 kids later (the last one is still hatching
). I have spent considerable energy balancing the mother and wife thing. Staying lovers has been very important to my husband and I.
Hello girls! Thank you so much for your prayers. I’m home from the hospital and doing well today!
Mark and I camped for our honeymoon. We went to Estes Park, Colorado and the Grand Canyon. It was a fun trip…but I honestly don’t know what we were thinking concerning the camping part!
My husband and I went to Estes Park, CO for our honeymoon. My mom’s cousin has a house there that she let us use for a week. It was great. We hiked a lot and enjoyed our trip. We haven’t been back since but would love to take or kids there some day!
We were thinking of skiing in South America or visiting Europe, but decided to be more economical and stay closer to home instead…we ended up splitting our honeymoon between two places; Niagara Falls and Bermuda … highlights included dining in a hungarian restaurant with violinists, and swimming in a cave!
My husband and I went camping for a week. It was wonderful.
We took a short honeymoon to Branson, MO. It was a fun filled 3 days! We are planning on taking a “second honeymoon” on our 10th anniversary to TN to stay in a cabin and enjoy the mountains!
My husband and I didn’t go on a “honeymoon”. We just went to a resort close to our house for a couple days. It was 4th of July weekend and there was too much traffic for us to get into town so we ended up eating lunch at a Walmart cafeteria! Now every anniversary we joke that we need to go to Walmart for dinner!
My husband and I had started new jobs, so we had a weekend resort honeymoon in St. Petersburg, FL nearby our then hometown of Tampa. We eventually went to the Bahamas. My husband was in the Navy and loves to travel, so each trip we take is always exciting, like another honeymoon–Maui, Mexico, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Paris, London. We had our son later than most couples, and he has been a delight, now 19, and it seems we allowed ourselves to cut back on the traveling part. My husband still loves to travel, and I imagine we will do something very special for our 35th yr. anniversary this year.
How is Jill doing? Please pass along that we are praying for her!
Blessings,
Pearls