Thursday, October 13, 2011

Mexico

In September Brad and I, along with Brian and Sarah and her brother Adam and his wife Karen, went to Mexico. We started talking about doing an all inclusive this year in honor of our 10 year wedding anniversary. We opted for the 5 night stay, the others stayed for 7. Since this was the longest I had ever been away from the girls I figured 5 nights would be a good start:)

We went to the Secrets Silversands in Rivera Maya. We had an amazing time and I would love to go back. Get ready for potential photo overload below.:)


Sitting at the airport in our bus waiting to go to our resort. I loved the Corona tower.

The view from our balcony.

These little geckos were all over the place. Especially at night.



Hanging out one night after dinner. This night all the girls decided to wear flowers in our hair:) (Thank you Stef for your assistance in this:))
The boys playing some pool.

Part of the lobby.



Another lobby view. They had a bar in the middle and a lot cushy lounge chairs and couches all over the lobby.



My toes in the water on the beach:)

A bar on the beach. We spent many evenings their playing cards and hanging out.



Pre-dinner couple photo shoot. Just like Prom...haha! The boys loved it:) Just one more...


Brian and Sarah



Adam and Karen



Me and my hubby. Loved the infinity pool:)



We went deep sea fishing this day. We were super excited as it was just our group on the boat. However I ended up getting sea sick, as did Sarah:( Karen kept it together pretty well and the boys all handled it great. One barracuda was caught, I spent 4 hours trying to focus on one spot in the horizon to keep my hanging over the side moments to a minimum. The waves were 4-5 feet when we got out to middle of nowhere and needless to say it threw the boat around pretty good. I have never been seasick before so I was a little surprised. After we got back I took a 4 hour nap and felt much better:)


These iguanas were also all over the place. Some would even get close enough to eat from your hand. You had to be careful though because they had sharp little teeth.



This was a crew on the catamaran we went on one day. It was so fun. We got on in the morning, went snorkeling, to an island for lunch, another island for shopping, had some fun dancing and relaxing on the way back and were dropped off late afternoon. A great day!



Saw this flag while leaving the shore on the boat. I think it was the biggest flag I have ever seen!



Sarah and I on the boat.



I saw these pirate ships while we waiting to board the boat. They were pretty cool looking! I wonder if Captain Jack was anywhere to be found?



When we got out of the taxi at the marina I saw this Sponge Bob poster that was printed in Spanish, of course. I thought the girls would get a kick out of it.



Happy 10 year wedding anniversary and a great vacation!!!!