Who Recapped Their Tropical Vacation Better? KB or KB's Sister?

6/25/2025

The short answer is Kyle did. His Instagram reel of his vacation to Hawaii is so funny that I watched it at least 10 times.

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But on a recent 10-year anniversary trip to the Virgin Islands, I tried my darnest to recap the whole experience as well as Kyle. I have a highlight on my Instagram page which I'll share at the end, too. It'll have all the music and videos if you rather consume my recap there.

So who did it better?

Day 1 Notes

Woke up at 3:00 am to make our 5:30 am flight.
Almost missed connecting flight in Charlotte. Had to run. Felt like I was in Amazing Race. My dream.
Made flight. Sat next to 50-60 year old gentleman. Immediately started talking to me.
Wife is a dolphin trainer AND a DJ. It’s like he knew I LOVE dolphins and moderately like DJs
Wanted to read my book, but he was so nice and his travel stories were good so I wasn’t annoyed.
Showed me probably 100 photos and 2 videos on his phone.
Eventually, there was a lull in conversation, and I reached for my book.
Watched the in flight simulator and snickered to myself like a 7th grade schoolboy when we flew over Cockburn Town Obviously that town is not part of the Virgin Islands.
Virgin joke tally - I
Landed and shared a taxi with other tourists. They all said St John is the better island. We are staying on St Thomas. For 10 minutes had a crisis that we chose the wrong island. Could you say that I was doubting Thomas??
Bad joke tally - I
Then reasoned that St. Thomas is probably still good but St Johns is just the cherry on top.
Virgin joke tally - II
Got some of the best fish tacos from the bar. Left me saying I want, “More, man.”
Virgin joke tally - III
Bartender said I had a small head.
Not an innuendo tally - I

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Lauren Barrett is a multi-passionate mom working to help all people become their best selves and build positive relationships with the people around them. She has a degree in deaf education and a Master’s in Reading Education. She is a high school teacher of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing, a former cross country coach, a writer/author, and a full time mom to an amazing 6-year old and 5-month old. Lauren is a 3x author, including children’s book,Henry’s Hiccups, and parenting guide Now What? Mindful Checklists for Life’s Hard Parenting Moments. She is a blogger at Lauren Barrett Writes. Currently, she is grieving her loving mom’s unexpected death and devoting her time to helping people learn about grief, insomnia, and anxiety in honor of her mom. She loves her faith, running, visiting MLB stadiums with her husband, chocolate, scrapbooking, pretending she would actually do well on the Amazing Race, re-watching The Office, listening to Bobby Bones, and helping out all moms. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, James, and son, Henry. Follow her on her blog and get her free kind for sleep and anxiety, Stress Free Sleep.

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