Cozumel 2009

Our Mexico trip was timed nicely this year... just in time to escape an unusually long Texas cold snap this winter. We did miss the snow flurry by our house while we were there which is kind of sad but it was nice to be in the gorgeous 80 degree sunshine of Cozumel. :-)

We had 7 days this year... 7 days of the good... sunshine, swimming, sand castles, snorkeling, shell collecting, lots of eating, card playing, great picture opportunities with the kids and so much more. Okay, okay for those of you that are slightly jealous at this point there were some unfortunate parts of our 7 days too... tired kiddos, one big swollen knot and bruise to Drew's head, mosquito bites galore, jellyfish stings, sand, sand and more sand everywhere and 2 kids with excema covering them after our return... OUCH! The good definitely made the bad worth it though...

Madi did boogie boarding this year... the small waves made it hard for even the big kids to get going on their own but we all managed with pushes from the guys.

Drew, on the other hand, played it safe in the sand.

The resort we stayed at had a kid's mini waterpark with two slides and a lot of spraying things... since it was so slow at the resort... we had the entire area all to ourselves so we all had fun there... well almost everyone...

...Of course Drew was not a fan of the play area because of the big pirate that dumps all the water and all the spraying but we did convince (or force... depends on how you want to look at it) him to go down the slide a few times. See below for a picture of that.

Madi snorkeled off the boat this trip... first stop didn't go so well. The waves from the boat were a bit intimidating... after watching from the boat and seeing a baby sea turtle... she decided to try again at the second stop. Here is her and Marty -- she did actually snorkel but didn't have her mask and snorkel on in this picture.

Drew watched from the comfort of the boat... he say maybe in a few years.

Watching the sunset from the boat

Okay... so not too many other exciting events... here is my favorite part... getting some good pictures of the kiddos. Here are a couple of my favorites... it is taking all my restraint not to post like 15 pictures here.

Madi and Drew had a great time climbing the lifeguard stand so we took a lot of pictures there.

Photo Book on the way with the rest of the pictures... unless I get through weeding out the bad ones from my shutterfly account before it comes.