Day 6 and 7 :(

Are you tired of my posts yet? I'm almost done, no worries!

Thursday was more of the same, taking it all in, relaxing, drinking. We had all intentions of doing an excursion but we just enjoyed not having any responsibilities, not having to care about what time it is....so we never did.

 This night we met Marieta and her boyfriend from Sweden, they had been in Mexico for almost 2 weeks also. It's amazing how many different languages people from other countries can speak and yet most of us Americans can only speak English. I can understand a little Spanish, but more than Steve could!

Me and my pal Guadalupe.

Our last day. Sad face!

Marieta from Sweden having the dolphin pushing her up by her feet thru the water (we chose not to do that!)

We finally spent some time in the ocean...yes, I stepped away from the pool for a couple hours!

Even Dina and Alan joined us in the water, coming away from their quiet spot on the opposite beach. For some reason by the end of this drinking day Steve and I were named Greg and Bambi and Alan and Dina were Tommy and Tina. Steve still calls her Tina!

Last photo of the last drink on the last night.

Again, we had a fantastic time with lots of laughs and met a lot of great people. It was nice and relaxing to get away but we also missed our babies! Thanks to my parents (and sisters) for helping with the girls while we were gone, we appreciate it immensely!

Our flight left Cancun Saturday afternoon about 1 and we got to KC about 5 and headed home! The girls were still awake and very excited to see us when we got home! And grandma was ready to go home and sleep! :)

Day 5

Another day in the sun! Steve played more volleyball, I sat by the pool and read my book...typical vacation day!

This night we literally sat at this bar from 5 pm to midnight (when they close down). We had all plans to go to dinner but we kept socializing and just couldn't leave!

Dina and Steve doing shots, Alan wasn't feeling the best this day! HA!

This is 'creeper'. We made the mistake of talking to him the night before and he is a DOUCHBAG! and a PIG (sorry, if anyone knows this guy from Michigan) ! So we just called him creeper all week and tried to ignore him (while making fun of him behind is back, nice of us huh?)

We met James and Corina from England this night! They had been there for 2 weeks and just happened to be in the room right next to us. They were awesome (and beautiful...both of them!). We had so many laughs this night, so much I was crying b/c I was laughing so hard. #creeper #decent!

Day 4 - Dolphins!

So my life list includes swimming with dolphins! We did it! I was nervous, I don't know why but Steve did it with me. He was hesitant too but he really enjoyed it too!

The dolphins give you kisses and then you get to 'hold' them for pictures.

They swim around you and you get to feel them. They dance, sing, wave and splash with us in the water and then they get to pull you thru the water!

Then they jump over you....awesome!

Steve entered the 'crazy' game, which this day was to throw a Frisbee into a goal set up in the middle of the pool. And he won........a really cheap t-shirt! LOL!

Then they always want the winners to do belly flops. 'BELLY FLOPS, BELLY FLOPS......FLOP YOUR BELLY!' So funny!

But this entertainment crew is awesome, they really try to get everyone involved and have fun. They are sarcastic and funny and make everyone feel special...from kids, to couples to older people.

Alan and Steve then decided to enter the Ping-Pong contest....which had 3 people in it. These two and a 10 year old kid!

We had a great dinner at the sushi restaurant with Alan and Dina. Alan drank about as much as he ate...but it was one of those nights where the drinks just flowed freely and eventually words started slurring together!

Alan and Dina listening to one of Steve's stories....one of his many stories when alcohol is involved! HA! It was nice of them to seem interested!

Day 3 - Monday

Shocker! I took minimal pictures this day (or pictures that are blog worthy!) Our daily routine was about the same though we both played volleyball! and I got to know the pool bartender Manuel who was awesome, by the end of the week I didn't even have to order my drink (at 10:15 in the morning) he would just bring me a miami-vice (half pina colada, half strawberry daiquiri)! And he would just keep them coming once he saw my drink was getting low!

We actually were able to Skype with the kiddos this night. It was good to see them and hear that they were behaving! :)

There is no better way to watch Monday night football than on the beach!

This was the night we went to bed early at about 10:30! (doesn't it look like Alan has a straw coming out of Dina's water bottle? When really it is the arm of the chair that Brendan is sitting in!)

Day 2

I'm obsessed with the dolphins

We were up way too early, probably excited to get out in the sun, we spent the day by the pool, me reading and drinking. Steve played volleyball and kept busy by drinking, walking around meeting people and participating in the different daily events! We were exhausted so this was the only day that we took a nap!

My cute husband again.

After our naps and dinner we spent some more time at the swing bar, getting to know the bartender Guadalupe! He remembered our names and drinks every night after that. The customer service at this place is amazing and wonderful!

That night they had a fire show! We sat with Alan and Dina and watched the show which was pretty impressive!!

Day 1

Our flight left KC at 8:40 and is only a 3 hour direct ride to Cancun, which means we were at our resort by 1 and in our room by 2! We spent some time checking things out, taking a million pictures and just trying to relax.

 

This was directly outside our patio. We had a ground room floor, ocean view.....awesome.

This was directly out our front door.

This is the main building of the resort. It is a smaller resort, which we like better than the bigger ones. This area is where they have the dolphins!

You can get SO close, they are amazing!

My cute husband

Our favorite spot at the swing bar, where we spent way too many hours!

We met Alan (right) and his girlfriend Dina from Missouri, on the first day, they just happened to be on our flight and then stayed at the same resort! We got to know them pretty well and spent a lot of time together and had ALOT of laughs!

We met Brendan from Ohio (middle) the first night at the swing bar, had some drinks, then we went and watched him sing karaoke and we got to know him pretty good too! (one reason we like the smaller resorts, you see the same people more often so you get to know people a little more!)

They had the resort decorated for Christmas, this tree was made out of bottles. I will say, it is odd to think of Christmas when it is sunny and 85! As much as I hate the cold and snow, it just feels more like Christmas here in DSM!

Thanksgiving Thursday

I can't believe I'm over a week behind on posting...so get ready for more posts and more info and probably more pics and info than you really want.....or maybe I'll get tired of it and have nothing to say and just post pictures?! We shall see!

 

Well the week of Thanksgiving was a whirlwind, Monday was my late night at work, Tuesday I had an appointment to get my hair cut and highlighted and got a pedicure. Wednesday we had spray tan appts, yes we spray tan. It's better than getting cancer from a tanning bed or scaring the people of Mexico with our whiteness!....so before we knew it Thursday was here and we didn't have a single thing packed for vacation. Oh well!

Thursday Piper woke up with another cold. Runny nose and just looked sick. She didn't eat much that week (except McDonalds and fruit!), not like our baby at all! She wore Presley's first thanksgiving outfit......no, it wasn't her first thanksgiving but why not get more use out of the clothes?! :)

We headed to my parents about noon, in time to watch the Packer game and for Piper to take her nap there. The kids played good, many laughs, drank a little, ate a lot! We were lucky enough to have the 'other' Moellers over for the day too! It was so nice to have them join us!

 

Presley with Pa



Jerry wrestling with Boston and Presley, they love him!

Piper with Papa (uncle Leslie), so cute!

 

Friday we had to pack for all 4 of us and clean (everyone likes a clean house when they get home from vacation!). We took turns getting ready, packed, we did laundry, took out the trash and all that fun stuff and then once Piper woke up from her afternoon nap we took them to mom's for the week. It was a little sad to leave them but we knew there was no one better they could be with!

We got on the road about 4:30-5pm and headed to Kansas City for the night. Our plane flew out of KC Saturday morning, normally we try to fly out of DSM but it saved us $800 to fly out of KC and it was a direct flight to Cancun...so TOTALLY worth it!