Mexico

I'm finally getting around to blogging about Mexico! I have never been anywhere tropical and it is definitly something I want to do again! I was so lucky to get to go for FREE! Yes, free! A long time family friend of ours owns a business where she gets free trips as incentives to sell certain product. Well, she was able to get a free trip for herself, her best friend, my mom, my sister and ME! It was so much fun to spend a few days relaxing, laying out, swimming, EATING, and being responsibility free! I can't wait to go somewhere tropical with Dallin and my little family. I think vacations are such an important part of life. They create such wonderful memories and you're able to have fun as a family. The only problem is they're so dang expensive!! We've decided we will live in our cozy, little house forever if it means we can take family vacations! Going on vacations are way more fun than living in a fancy house! Unless there's a way to do both........hmm......


white sand, turquoise water, straw huts...doesn't get much better than that!

This was the path back to our room. We saw all sorts of creatures!

The gorgeous pool that we took late night swims in! :)

Our crazy group

right: Toni (family friend), me, my mom, my sister, Toni's best friend, Toni! Funny, huh.

Senioritas!

We decided to leave the resort and see what the downtown shopping was like. Definitly a culture shock. We left our gorgeous, 5 star resort, went 2 miles down the road and saw major poverty. This little boy, Pablo came running towards me, climbed up on me like a monkey and started kissing my face!! I asked if I could take a picture with him, he was so cute. We gave him 5 bucks, which made his day.

That balloon animal on our heads is suppose to be a penguin..I don't see it..

We went to this water park called Xcaret one day and saw these cute dolphins putting on a show and playing with the visitors. We saw parts of the ruins, got to go swimming in a undergroud tunnel/cave and saw lots of turtles, gators and tropical birds.

awww....the food.... all inclusive is the only way to go. I ate my heart out and drank about 562 virgin daqueries/pina coladas/dirty bananas each day. Yes, I had a drink called a dirty banana-I'm cultured now.

It was a much needed good time for my mom as well, considering the rough 2 years she has had. I can't wait to go back!!!