Mayan trip day 3

Another beauty morning, perfect for a walk on the beach to find a burmed off rock free area at another resort, Candace P joined us

They had a lovely dock too

We found the 2 others back at the beach and ventured to the "hidden" pool for a bit

Brendan joined us for the last part of the pool time in the sun

There are rescue animals as well as wild throughout the resort

we would meet in the lobby bar at 5 to plan where to go for supper

tonight it was the Italian restaraunt

followed up with the Mayan show in the cenote

Mayan trip day 2

Food was in order first thing, we were then off to the beach. The 2 older girls started their day a bit later ;) Check out the recycled plastic bottle Christmas tree!!

Sunny in the morning and overcast later in the afternoon. Morgan stepped on something in the water but the first aid life guard got it quickly removed

The 2 older boys tried to see if their was actual liquor and seemed fairly successful in their research ;)

Most of us ate at the Mexican buffet for supper and went to the Michael Jackson show

and they have a green bottle tree permanently on site!!

Family week in the Mayan Riviera

We were all up early setting off for the Kuhn's celebration vacation with all 15. Grama and Papa celebrated 55 wedded years along with an 80 and 75th birthdays. Instead of a big party here, we were lucky enough to celebrate these milestones in the warm sunny Mayan Riviera.

Travel day getting there took some time even though we left the hotel at 6:30 am. The 5 1/2 hour flight had us there after 4 pm EST then thru a very long immigration and luggage line. Did you know January 2 is the busiest day of the YEAR at the Cancun airport? HAHA we do now. The hurry up and wait lines continued for the transport bus to the Sandos Carocol Eco Resort and the check in there. Eventually we did manage to drop our bags in a couple rooms, eat finally at the buffet and check out the resort in the dark as it was now 10 pm.

The next 6 days were filled with lots of eating, drinking and catching vitamin D. The weather the first part was unseasonably low but the last 2 days were scorchers.

The large family oriented resort had lots to do and as you can see by the pictures that will follow there was not many times when all 15 were in the same area together other then most evening meals. Here is the only picture of us all together taken just before we got on the bus to head home.

Happy 2018!!

Another bright sunny day but cold still, -29 upon waking. I was awake before 8 excited to check in for the trip. I could not get the iPad to work so went to desk top and got us all in a seat. I also found I won $100 worth of milk paint products in a draw but seeing I am a paint rep I paid it forward and offered to have them redraw another winner!

I did crawl back in the warm bed for my first coffee of 2018 now that the prince was awake. B was not to far behind joining in on a cup. Last minute packing for all filled the morning as well as a few Spanish lessons for B & I and I downloaded some Netflix for the 5 and a half hour flight.

Britt trudged out in -20 to fill other shelters with salt, see her horses and do some adjustments on Bird. S started the skid steer and left to warm for awhile and after a quick bite to eat rolled out 2 bales. Once back it was big comfy chair time, a wee nap followed by a shower and back to chair.

Britt kindly curled my hair and worked on her Spanish lessons (Duolingo app). I updated the blog, put out snacks and vacuumed before guests arrived and the trip commences. We are all off to a hotel at the airport tonight then headed to sunshine early in the morning.

As we waited the guests arrival we found there was a miscommunication somewhere in the lines and the rest of the families were already in at the airport hotel. We quickly put away food, turned off things for the week, tossed in our bags and were off. The plan changed with the girls arrival too enroute so we ended up going across the city to pick them up from their house and all go eat Vietnamese before heading to join the rest at the hotel.

Once checked in, K&S had a nap while us 3 went to join the gang in Grama & Papa's hotel room. We received a fun bag with a t-shirt and Corona with umbrella and sand. How fun!! Shaina did make it for a quick visit before we all headed back to our room after 10 to get ready for the big venture ahead.