Cancun Day 2 - Xcaret Pics

These are the pics from Xcaret. They had the same system that Xplor and Xel-ha had, so you used the bar code on your bracelet to take pics around the park. We were disappointed with the quality of the pics once we saw them. At the other places they were much better, but we are still glad we bought them. As we were leaving one of the photographers that walks around found out that Aaron and Viv were on their honeymoon, so he took the 4 of us and gave us our own private little photo shoot. The pics were totally random inside some little church doing some weird poses, but it was still cool to get some extra pics. 

Cancun Day 2 - Xcaret

When we realized that Aaron and Vivian would be on their honeymoon only 20 minutes from us, we decided to take them to Xcaret as their wedding gift. We did Xplor and Xel-ha last time, so we wanted to check this place out. It was SO amazing and lots of fun. It was great to be able to hang out with them all day. This place was a little different than the other 2 places in that there wasn't as much to do, but there was more to see. Lots of animals and cultural sites. They did have a cave swim which was really cool...probably the highlight of the day. We bought the picture package so we spent a lot of time around the park taking pictures with their system. We decided we liked Xel-ha the best of the 3 places, but we are glad we got to experience them all this year. 

After we made it back from Xcaret we went to one of the restaurants for dinner. We soaked again in the tub as we watched all of the Super Tuesday results coming in. We stayed up WAY too late watching the election results, but it was fascinating and fun to just relax.

Cancun Day 1 - Travel Day

Our final trip of the year! I can't believe we were so lucky to have had Josh win all 3 trips that they offered this year. It's been hard to keep up with life as I've felt SO behind the past couple of months. This trip was another one to Cancun...ironically this resort was about 5-10 min down the road from the one we stayed at in May. But this one was a lot smaller, adults only, and really expensive. The staff was incredible, the food was unbelievable, and our room was amazing. 

Because it was a promotion at work, we went with all the others that won the trip. In all there were 15 couples. We all met at the airport, flew down together, then hung out at the Cancun airport for about 1.5 hrs waiting for one other person. He drove to Seattle to drop his son off at his mom's house then flew in from there. Unfortunately his flight was delayed so we all had to wait for him. We finally made it on the bus to head to our resort...Secrets at Akumal. We got there pretty late and we hadn't eaten dinner, so after dropping off our luggage we headed out to find food. The downside of having a smaller resort with REALLY nice food is that there isn't a buffet open all day. All but 2 restaurants were closed and you couldn't wear shorts or flip flops. It was also an hour wait. So after walking around the resort a bit we headed back to our room and ordered room service. It surprised us how good it was. We ate on our patio which had a swim out entrance.

After dinner we ventured out again to walk down the beach. It was beautiful, relaxing, and so nice to just walk and talk. While walking in the water I looked down and thought I saw something moving. Yep...it was a stingray inches from my feet. It was following right next to us and we couldn't believe it! It was just a small one but it was fun to see and we were glad I had my camera with me. It took off after we started following it. We decided we probably wouldn't be going in for any late night dips in the ocean on this trip like we did last time. After walking around we ended up back at our room to soak in our huge jacuzzi while we watched a show or two. 

Princesses Everywhere!

Oh my princesses! These two play with these princesses every day. Brielle loves to line them all up and talk to them. We will for sure be getting more for Christmas bc Brielle has taken them all over so Britney is left without any...

Fun in the Hot Tub

Andrew came over to watch the BYU game with Josh, so Julie brought the kids over and we decided it was time for a dip in the hot tub. The kids LOVED it and were in there for as long as they could before the Allmans had to go home for bed!