Mexico

What a trip! It started out shaky but turned out to be perfect! If you haven't been i highly recommend it, esp if you get to stay at the Aventura Spa Palace, where they treat you like royalty! I felt completely pampered and was doted on 24-7. From the pina coladas to the spa treaments to the pool side chips and guacamole I never had to lift a finger. It was heavenly! and even more heavenly was the fact that daniel and i only paid for our flights there. Thanks mom and dad and gma &gpa! And thanks to mom & dad lawton for watching the kiddos. we owe you big!

Don't get too overwhelmed i actually left out the other 500 pics:) Here's my photo journal. Enjoy!

Saturday-

*landed in Cancun, husbandless with mascara all over my face

*wished my dad a happy birthday in person!

*watched the Samba show at the resort and was humilated to stand up front and shake my bum for all to see.

Sunday-

*laid out

*venured out to XPu-Ha

still no Daniel.... at least i have my momma!

Monday-

*wished my mother happy birthday in person

*attended a water aerobics class

*had a manicure and pedicure

*found out the person in front of Daniel at the passport office was the last to recieve a passport for the day.

*spent my parents' anniversary with them at Playa del Carmen

this guy kept me company while Daniel was away

Tuesday-

*hung out at the pool and beach

*Daniel finally arrived

*went to the spa for our back massages

*saw a magic show

Wednesday-

*swam with the dophins

(and by swimming i mean giving kisses, shaking flippers, riding on his belly, having him push my feet as i flew through the water...basically the best part of the trip as far as I'm concerned. Unfortuneately we lost the $20 picture so you'll just have to take my word for it.)

*Went to Tulum

(Anicient Mayan ruins with a gorgeous beach!)

If you zoom in on our faces you can tell which one of us was a born dolphin trainer and which one is just trying to please his crazy wife.

Thursday-

*Xcaret

-snorkeled through underground rivers

-held parrots

-watched a few Mayan rituals

-melted watching a Mexican cultures dance

-pet a Ray...gross never again!

just washing my hands...

Friday-

*Chichen Itza

(one of the new 7 wonders of the world)

Simply AMAZING! almost spiritual.

the sporting arena-players try to get a ball through the ring without using their hands...the captain of the winning team was decappatated...nice.

ahh yes and the above picture brings us to Friday night and Saturday morning where Daniel and I spent alternate hours on the toilet after eating the only non-resort food of the trip. What would a trip to Mexico be without Montezuma's revenge eh?

Saturday-

*laid by the ocean eating white bread and gatorade

Sunday- * had my last fresh smoothie and pina colada *read my book by the pool *...and flew home Perhaps on a rainy day I'll post a few of the artist shots, for now hope you enjoy my cheesy side:)

about that passport...

Daniel's passport was damaged so as we were about to get on the plane they told him he couldn't go. I've been here in Mexico since Saturday adn he's still stuck in Houston :( Not exactly what we expected. Hopefully his new passport will be finished by tomorrow and he can come enjoy the last half of our all inclusive resort stay. I feel awful for Daniel and I totally balled my eyes out at the airport but I am here with my parents and drinking pina coladas at the pool everyday so really I ask for no pitty... hope to see my hubby soon.

Adios...

passports? * check * swimsuit? * check * teary-eyes saying goodbye to my kids for 8 days? * double check * And we're off to Cancun!

Look...."UP"

Can you guess what movie we saw?

Kolby called it the movie theat-er-later.

I loved this movie! I laughed, I cried... ahhhh good stuff. Not to mention the squirrel jokes...right up my alley.

My sis-in-law organized a bunch of friends to go. The theater was packed and it was all too funny to hear so many kids' responses during the movie.

Kolby and I had special bonding time which is always fun because it reminds me of when he was the only child and i had more one on one time with him. He sat so still and was completely into it. He freaked out once and said he wanted to go home during a "fight scene". He told me the grown-ups were not being very nice. My sensitive boy:) I must confess too that we were not "green", our 3D glasses came home with us.

MMMMMmmmm

Did anyone else enjoy their tasty freebie?

My Movie Stars

Today i skipped the gym and decided to make a little time for silly play time. In the midst of trying to get ready for our trip, I've been kinda busy with last minute details, organization projects, and running a billion errands. I'm glad I took an hour to just play, otherwise how would I have caught Olivia teaching her dolls to say prayers over tea time or kolby creating his own monster jam show. I can't wait for a vacaction but I gotta admit, I'm gonna miss these little guys. They kept asking me to take video clips of them....perhaps they're movie stars in the making.

I hope she acts this way at stake dances too. I suppose the manly voice just comes when you're talking about Monster Trucks

Not so lady-like

Last week Olivia saw me painting my toenails. She said, "I want toes!" I was tickled pink to have girly time with my 2 year old. She's been putting on her make-up with me for months now and I was beginning to think, how cute that she is so girly and lady-like. Yesterday I went to get her out of her crib when I noticed she was chewing on something. I knew there wasn't anything in her crib or within reach when i put her down and she wasn't eating anything before. I asked her what was in her mouth. Then I gagged. She pulled out a soggy bloody bandaid that used to be on her scabby knees. The most disgusting part is that I never did find the other one.