Friday, March 28, 2008

Puerto Adventuras Part 1 - pool side

We were very fortunate to go on anther holiday so soon after our Hawaii trip. This time we met up with our friends Ray and Ginny and their girls Madi and Lexi(we have to keep up tradition:-). We went to the Mayan Riviera about 15 minutes south of Playa del Carmen, where we were married 8.5 years ago. Much has changed since we were there last and I'll talk about that more in another entry. One blog entry of our trip would be too long, so I'll make it into parts.

We stayed in a condo in a resort community called Puerto Adventuras. Basically it's a small town made for tourists. The town has a couple hotels, a bunch of condos, shops, restaurants and a dolphin adventure section. We went out for a few excursions, but probably the kids favorite part was spending time in the pool. Aaron and Madi can swim now, although Aaron still likes going in his 'floaty'suit' quite a bit still.

So this blog entry features pictures at the pool:

The pool had 2 parts the blue part and the white part. The blue part, the main part of the pool was about 4 feet deep and the white part was about 2 feet deep at its lowest point as it gradually sloped from the edge. The kids could play in the white part with less adult supervision as they were able to stand. Many hours of the trip were spent in and around the pool.

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Madi liked to pretend she was a mermaid.

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Lexi used a 'floaty suit' for the first time this trip, she enjoyed the extra freedom that came with it.

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Aaron pretending to be a starfish

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Kyle enjoyed being in the hippo, including the awkward getting in and out of it.

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One day I thought it would be fun to get the kids hair wet, I also got Kyle wet and Madi wet as well.
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Ray thought I needed some payback, and as I was going in, I quickly checked my pockets for my wallet or camera, luckily I had neither. In the end we both got dunked.

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Here is Ray with with daughters as the sun was starting to set.

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On the morning we were leaving we went one last time to the pool to say goodbye.

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And here we are all at the pool...good times!

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Aaron's Party

So Aaron turns 5 next week, it's hard to believe he will be 5 already!
Last weekend Shelby's mom came to visit(although didn't show up in the pictures here, she was here!) so we had a 'family' birthday party for Aaron. He picked out these cookie cupcake/ice cream type thing for his cake. They were quite yummy.

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Where did the cherry go?

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Uncle Mikey gave him a 'gameboy' type game. He is trying to get the next generation into video games so he'll have someone to play with.

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Kyle was turned into a carpet burrito...
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and then Uncle Mikey had his turn.
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Later in the afternoon Auntie Sara arrived bearing a crazy hat and gifts!
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Kyle is under there somewhere...
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here I am!
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Here is Aaron opening up more Canuck paraphernalia.

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It was a nice little party and next week for Aaron's actual birthday, he has to suffer through spending it at the beach in Mexico, tough life!

**edit: Also appearing at the party was Sara's best friend Chery,l part of Friendz and Photoz, the dynamic photo duo who will gladly take your photo...for a small price! Check out their web site!:**

I thought this was a cute picture of Kyle at the park earlier in the week.

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