Friday, May 20, 2011

An escape to sunnier days.....

Neal and I took our first kid-free vacation to Cancun last week!!! Neal's parents had given us use of their timeshare for a Christmas gift along with childcare if we wanted. The girls had a blast with Amah and G-Daddy for 9 days and 9 nights; when we called, Ella promptly told us "I love you, but I don't miss you!" Cancun was wonderful....low of 73, high of 87-93, swim-up bar, beach-front bar, beautiful scenery, and great company!!! Now I hate to be that person who loads up the blog with vacation pictures, but these are too gorgeous to keep to ourselves =)
Last stroll on the beach outside out villa. 
Beautiful island of Isla Mujeres
Cenote (freshwater sink hole) that was 150ft deep. And we had it all to ourselves =)
Caribbean sunrise over the ocean.
Chichen Itza, Mayan ruins.
Ziplining through the trees!
1st day in paradise
Palapas in front of our hotel
Ziplining was a blast
North shore of Isla Mujeres
Church, circa 1500, Valladolid Mexico
Snorkeling along 2nd largest coral reef
Rob, Gina, myself & Neal
@ our favorite poolside spot from 5-7PM daily =)
Basillio would make sure our drinks always stayed full!
Neal repelling
South shore, Isla Mujeres
Tulum, Mayan ruins
Tulum, Mayan ruins
We had an absolute wonderful time! I could get used to vacations like this =)
Too bad we have only been back less than a week and our golden color is already leaving us....

..::Spurts of spring::..

I know the feeling is mutual...where is our spring??? We get these teaser days of just hints of sunshine followed by what seems to be weeks of rain. Back in April, Neal bought us some passes to the Tulip festival in Woodburn only to get rained out the entire time the passes were valid! Fortunately we were able to find a sunny day only days before the festival closed. Here are some pictures of our fun---
Train ride around tulips, tire swing, duck races and lots of family time!
Aubrey is such a monkey, even at the top of the slide!
Stopping to smell the tulips
Strolling through the tulips
Those are some big shoes...
My tulip family =)
Loving the HUGE slide!
Aubrey could slide all day!
--->>>> Here's to seeing more days with blue skies =)