Last week I was able to go to Puerto Vallarta with my Mom and sisters to celebrate Liz's graduation/excuse to have a fun girls trip! (Yes, this was my second trip to Mexico in one month...the timing was a little off!).
We left all the kiddos with the guys back at home and spent 5 days in Mexico! :) Many, many thanks to my fabulous husband for watching Lucy for 5 days so I could go on this fun trip!
While we were there, we spent most of our time at the hotel, laying by the pool and beach, reading, chatting, saying "no thank you" to the bazillion vendors that kept trying to sell us stuff, painting our toenails, saying no over and over to the time-share people and trying to get the stupid internet to work on my iPad. We also took a day trip to two small islands close to PV to snorkel and kayak, as well as see the one of the tiny cities on the island. We spent one day sight-seeing around PV (and bargaining with the street vendors in the market!)
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The trip was a lot of fun and it was great to be able to spend lots of time with my sisters as life is about to change for most...Lane and Alex are moving to New Jersey in August so she can start grad school at Princeton, Liz has moved out and will start teaching in the fall and Paige and Marcos are waiting to see what is next for them.
We had lots of fun times, great memories (I sound like a Hallmark card). Definitely a fabulous time had by all!
Warning: there are a ton of pics in this blog.....
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| waiting at DFW |
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super-excited about our day of snorkeling/kayaking/sight-seeing....
and glad that the rain stopped! |
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| Mom, Liz and random Mexican guy who decided to get in our pic... |
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| where we snorkeled and kayaked |
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| tiny city that we were able to visit during our snorkeling tour... |
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| All the girls! |
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The little city also had a giant waterfall- Paige, Lane and Liz decided to brave the cold waters....
Mom and I decided to watch :) (above pic) |
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| ocean on one side, lake on the other |
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| we spent one day sight-seeing in Puerto Vallarta |
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| cool church in the city |
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displaying our purchases....a dress for Lucy and Alyssa, hat for Cameron
and a special birthday sombrero for Liz's classroom |
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| Liz and Lane decided to para-sail- here is Liz, all ready to go! |
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| taking off.... |
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| sailing! |
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| Lane's all ready in the seated position |
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| sailing! |
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| Lane sailing around Puerto Vallarta |
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| Mom knows best....she decided to make Strawberry Daiquiri ice cubes with the left over strawberry daiquiri.... |
