Our Vacation

Here are some pics of our vacation. It was AMAZING! We seriously had such a great time, and we were able to do so much. Snorkeling, Parasailing, touring the ancient ruins of one of the 7 wonders of the world Chichen Itza, watching a bunch of different shows including a fire show, a mayan show, a Michael Jackson show etc. The weather was fantastic, the beach was white and soft, and the service was beyond anything we've ever had. Everyone was so eager to help you, and bring us drink after drink. They just came to you while you were sunbathing or swimming, or walking the beach, it was great. The food was also great, so much variety, and so much of it! So much for working so hard to look good in that bikini!!! And the best part of it all, it was all free! I'm really proud of Caleb for getting this trip. There were 100's of people from his company there, but all of them were either customers or higher up in the company. Caleb was 1 of only 2 store managers to win this trip in the WHOLE company! Way to go Caleb. Anyway, I could talk and talk about how great it was, but I just like looking at pictures more anyway, so here is a little bit of our trip for you. Sorry, the pics kind of posted backward from the order we had them, but that's ok.
Standing on the beach. It was PERFECT!

I just got done swimming in a Cenote, or a sinkhole. It was crazy cool. 50 meters deep, and totally fresh.

Walking down the 91 steps into the earth to reach the sink-hole.

A picture from up-top of how deep the sink hole is before the water even starts!

Here we are in front of the Pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza. It feels sureal to look at this and think we were really there!!! This was our favorite part of the trip. We did this on our Anniversary. It was so cool to see the amount of knowledge they had, their cultural history, and the astronomical science they used in everything! Wow, if you ever get the chance, go there, or read up on it. AMAZING! (this is the completely restored side.)

Here is the side of the pyramid that has been restored as best as it can be. Pieces of stone were missing when this was discovered probably due to people in the neighboring Mayan communities taking stones to build their own homes etc.

The Observatory. This is cool, because this is where they observed(obviously) astronomy to be able to create the mathematical and astronomical wonder...the pyramid! Seriously, it's crazy how they built that thing. All in sync with their mayan calendar...I won't go into it, but really, I would suggest reading up on it. It is completely fascinating.

This is a picture of the ball court. The biggest ball court ever to be discovered among any ancient mayan ruins. It was interesting to find out how the ball game was played, and that actually it was played as a fertility worship. Also interestingly enough, the captain of the team to win was decapitated as a sacrifice, and they considered this a great honor! (I wouldn't have been a very good athlete in those days I'm afraid!)

Another picture of the Temple. Isn't it sweet?!

Here is a bubble bath in the jacuzzi gone wild. We didn't realize just how many bubbles we'd put in until we turned on the jets and the bubbles kept going up and up and up! This is Caleb sitting flat on the bottom of the tub. That gives you an idea of how full it really was!

Here is us shopping in front of Coco Bongo, a great club in Cancun famous for it's impersonations.

A guy that was a fabulously talented painter. We had him paint pictures for both of our girls. Well worth it!

Look at that amazing blue water!

Here we are with some Mayan warriors after the mayan show. They were actually the actors from the movie Apocolypto. Don't they loook tough?

Just a picture of one of the 756 pina colada's we drank all week long! You just can't resist when they take such amazing care of you!

My hottie on the beach:)

A beautiful flower. The colors there are so lucious and bright.

Drawing in the sand. Something everyone has to do when your on the beach right?

Swimming. Swim time was FUN!!

the next 4 picture are of us parasailing. That was crazy. 350 feet up in the air, nothing but the breeze on your face, and a vast view of the ocean. Incredibly relaxing and totally thrilling!




Here is a picture of Ponchito. He is a pelican that lives on the pier. The parasailng guys were snagging little sardine fish with a hook and some line, and then they were feeding him. It was cool to be right there, and Poncho was really friendly. He is catching a fish in his mouth in this picture.

By the beautiful beach...

On the roof of our lobby.

Room Service! We didn't realize it would be that much...haha!

Our first night after getting there. This is looking out from our balcony.

And another view from our balcony.

And I will stop there. I'm too lazy to upload more pictures from our snorkeling, or the ones of us with Parrots on our head. But you get more than the jist of our trip. It was fabulous. It was so good to be away, and now it's great to be back. Emersyn and Adelynn both did great, and now they are happy we're home. Emersyn took a bottle, and now that I'm back, she took me back just fine. I'm so grateful for that, because my heart was aching so bad when I had to leave her. Everything turned out just as we'd hoped. More than we hoped. It was a dream.