My husband has always been stellar at surprising me. When we were dating and newly married it was tickets to my favorite concerts, earrings hidden on stuffed animals, nice dinners and, the one thing I joke is my love language, travel. Vacations, staycations - if you surprise me with a vacation I'm pretty much goo. Since having our sweet Grey, its obviously been harder to surprise each other with spontaneous getaways. However, for my 36th birthday this past week, my husband was able to pull it off in grand style. And it was lovely! He had gone early to Cibola Vista Resort and Spa one day after getting off work before coming to pick up Grey and I and set up the room to contain birthday decor, balloons, fresh red roses, a vegan cheesecake and had packed the refrigerator in our penthouse suite (Arizona hotel rates are AWESOME in the summer, so you can get BIG rooms for lower prices!) for dinner and breakfast the next day. The dreamy decor was modern farmhouse which made me feel right at home! The penthouse suite contained a full kitchen, dining area, living room with pull out sofa, a balcony with grill a huge bathroom and a king bedroom with its own large vanity area. The beds were soooo comfy and the place felt homey and luxurious at the same time. Having booked two nights, Doug planned on us spending the next two full days at the resort which was the perfect length. It was nice having this room because we grilled steaks for my birthday dinner and it was nice to have him grill them right on our own patio while Grey was able to play in the living room with me and we didn't have leave the room. After dinner we explored the grounds a bit and made our plan for the next day. We slept in a little, which was so nice, and woke up and cooked a fresh breakfast of eggs, bacon and fresh fruit right in our kitchen then we headed for the pool for the day! (The hotel also has on site games, tennis and a full service day spa.) ![]() The resort has two pools (one that is adult only, and then the large family pool) however, even when Doug and I stayed here kid-free, we opted for the family pool because it's the larger of the two. The water was PERFECT and Grey loved that it was a wading style pool so he could walk around and play in the water. The water slide is for older kids but it is awesome and was busy all day! They also hosted food trucks the weekend we were there and played a movie on the lawn the night before we checked out which was fun to watch while we were swimming! It was such a fun filled weekend in the sun and we can't wait to go back. Have you visited Cibola Vista or a Blue Green property? We would love to hear your favorites as we are Blue Green Sampler owners and have some points to use! *this post is not sponsored. This was a vacation we paid for ourselves.
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07/05/2019
7/9/2019 05:53:18 pm
This looks like a seriously incredible place to stay. I giggled when I read the name of the resort, because I just watched "National Treasure 2" with my nephews last night, and they discover Cibola (aka the City of Gold) in the movie. So it reminded me of that right away!
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7/9/2019 06:48:29 pm
Happy birthday! What a beautiful place to stay!
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7/9/2019 10:00:16 pm
I love a nice surprise especially when it’s a vacation! 🤗
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Emma
7/9/2019 11:36:50 pm
This resort is just gorgeous 😍 love the modern farmhouse decor, the suite sounds like it has everything you could need! Such a sweet surprise and weekend to remember :)
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7/10/2019 07:10:31 am
What a fun surprise, Mandi! This looks like an amazing trip. And how luxurious is that room! There's nothing better than grilled steaks on vacation. :) Happy birthday!
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