Vacation Overload!!!

So.. I figured I wouldn't take another whole month before I posted again. For all the blog stalkers out there, I personally get bored with people who never post! I decided I need to be more interesting. :) Really, I'm just busy and uploading pics on my laptop is a whole day's work. Just kidding, it's not that bad. We had a good time in Mexico. Our flights sucked. I'm not even gonna lie about that part. One red eye and 3 1/2 hour layover later... This is what you get.

Yep, That's Matt and Randy with Kay on the ground. This was in Houston where we waited for 3 1/2 hours to get on our next flight to Cozumel. This day was really the longest, most tiring day I think I've ever had. Ok, ok not really, but holy crap! We arrived in Cozumel at 11:00 AM. They are on the same time zone as Utah so imagine what we had been trough at the this point. :) Besides the crazy amount of turbulance, wanting to cut my throbbing legs off, and being so exhausted I would actually sleep in a public place... I was going to Cozumel... I couldn't complain!

Nice view huh? We were so excited to get there. When we arrived the owners of the condo we were staying at picked us up and took us to the condo. It was amazing!!! It had a huge living room and kitchen/dining. Three bedrooms all with ocean views, and each bedroom had its own walk-in closet with its own bathroom. We had a washer and dryer as well! The patio was awesome. It overlooked the ocean and each night we got the best view of the sunset. Here are a few pics of what our view was like. Try not to be too jealous. :)

We LOVED our condo! It was a great place to spend for a week. It was just like home. To make our trip more affordable we went grocery shopping at the local "Mega". This was the name of their store. It's equivalant to our Walmart. We came across this awesome piece of work out equipment. (click on the second pic to read what the second figure says it's good for) We laughed so hard.

Really?! What is this machine good for? The arms don't move and the bottom is stationary. LOL Very interesting.

This trip was a lot different than last year. We ate at very different places, and did many things differently as well. Of course we did some of the same stuff too, but it was a completely different vacation. We went to the National park there. Its called Chankanaab. I have underwater pictures of us snorkeling, but I haven't scanned them into the computer yet.. so you'll have to wait for those. Chankanaab was probably the best part of the trip. We actually went there twice. At the park you can snorkel, layout, eat, swim with dolphins and scuba dive. Guess what I did... I SCUBA DIVED!!!!! It was AWESOME! We all went, we had great instructors. Eddy and Fabio. Yes, I said Fabio. LOL they were so good. We have a whole bunch of underwater pics of that too, but they aren't developed yet. Once Kay gets them I will post them. Until then here are some of our pics at Chankanaab.





This was us after our Scuba Diving adventure. Fabio is next to me and Eddy is on the far right. We're all giving the "scuba signal" of "ok"... well, Matt and Randy are giving the sign that means "trouble". Lol. It was the best thing we did!

Behind us in this pic is where you can swim with the dolphins. They were lots of fun to watch.

The weather was out of control while we were there. Usually when it's cloudy in Cozumel it clears up and is sunny again. Well this trip that was NOT the case. We had the worst wind ever, and some serious cloud coverage. We were lucky enough for the sun to peak out in time for the sunsets and only 1 day of 6 to have a full day of sun. It was kinda a bummer for Matt and I, but we made the best of it. Here are some pics that you can tell how windy it was. There was so much sea mist in the air our pic looks hazy. We went on the other side of the island to get some sun and play in the waves. They were huge!!! We had a lot of fun.

On top of our Wonderful trip... Matt turned 30 while we were there!!!! Can you believe it?! 30! :) We celebrated by going to a nice Italian restaurant. It was so upscale it was crazy. Very Americanized and to die for food! Matt even had the little Accordian man play Happy Birthday for him.

We didn't plan the pastel shirts, and perfectly posed white ones.. but it sure turned out nicely didn't it? :)

He likes to pretend he's not happy, but don't let him fool ya.. he had a great Birthday!

See, we even got him his ice cream. :)

We had lots of Pina Coladas.. Virgin ones that is. They're my favorite!

Lots of picture taking...

Lots of layin out.... even in the clouds

Lots of relaxing..

Lots of Sunsets.

Lots of FUN!

We were sad to come home, but I guess all good things must come to an end. Here we are Tanned and tired and our sad faces home.

If you actually made it through this LONGEST post ever! You're awesome!

Happy Birthday to my little boy Jaxson

Ok ok so Jaxson is now 9yrs but he will always be our little boy with the bright blue eyes. Its hard to believe that he is 9yrs now. It seems just like yesterday we were waiting in the hospital to take him home. Jaxson is a typical boy, dirty, messy,defiante,kick back,relaxed, etc. And as much as he gives us trials he brings such joy with the stuff that he does. Jaxson has done so well this year in school he has finally discovered the joys in reading and understanding its not just because the teacher or mom and dad said so. His favorite things to do are skate boarding, riding his bike, and of course playing guitar hero on the xbox 360. He has got it down to where he gives his dad a run for his money. Jaxson amazes me with how he works. Its funny because one minute he and Alexa are playing like best friends then in a moments notice you hear Jaxson say that he does not want to play with her anymore, they both will end up outside riding their bikes and Jaxson has forgotten all about how mad he was at Alexa and his big brother instinct kicks in, he watches to make sure she doesnt fall, that she is watching for cars etc. We are so excited to have Jaxson in our lives and I can truly say with him its going to be one big roller coaster ride. We love you Jaxson Happy Birthday!