Bumpy

Train ride along the river on a lovely day. I asked James what he thought of the train... His response: "bumpy."

Cabo - part 3 - the beach!

While in Cabo we also spent some days going to the beach. Haylie developed a little obsession with collecting seashells and by the end of the trip she had a whole bag full. Everyone was dragged in at some point to help Haylie find pretty shells. Raider even found some that he intended to bring back and turn into necklaces as gifts.

We found a really pretty beach on the way to San Jose with cute star beach huts to hang out under, so we all packed up lunch and lots of sunscreen and headed out for the day. Micah had to stand guard in front of the kids most of the time because the tide was rushing out pretty fast the day we were there. We were afraid the kids would get swept out to sea. They almost did a few times.

The funniest incident of the day was when a crazy crab came running into our area and sent all of us scattering. There were lots of crabs but most of them left us alone. Micah is holding the daring little guy:

Cabo - part 2 - out on the town and traditions

One of the nights we were in Cabo, Micah's parents watched all the kids and gave us Moms and Dads a date night. We went to our favorite Taco place where we all ate on our trip 3 years ago. Then we wandered through the nearby shops and found some fun souvenirs:

Then later in the week we decided to trade babysitting with the Tylers so we could each have one more date night by ourselves. Micah and I ate at a beautiful, hip new restaurant right on the beach. It was such a nice place, with delicious food.

We also took a family day and headed into San Jose del Cabo. It is a cute little town with shops where we bought more souvenirs:

As we were trading around time off, we also switched some time where just the girls went out and just the boys. Jaime and I headed out for pedicures. It was pretty funny how habitual we all are because this is the same place we went 3 years ago so we had fun telling stories about last time and reminiscing.

It was a short drive from our hotel into the main town. It was extremely hot and sunny a couple of the days so we were quickly exhausted walking around but we hit up our favorite little shopping places and restaurants.

We had a group photo in this same location 3 years ago so of course we had to take one there again. Micah was missing because we couldn't find the time to do it until the end of the week after he had already left to go home for a job interview. It was kind of sad vacationing without him the rest of the week but it is Cabo, so we survived. :(

Who knows what kind of disease these little guys carry but it was too fun to pass up the chance to hold them. The kids loved it:

Cabo - part 1 -at the hotel

While we did venture out several times, the majority of our vacation in Cabo San Lucas was spent at our hotel - it is such a beautiful place with a spacious room, gorgeous balcony views, lots of different pools and a beautiful beach; there wasn't much reason to leave!

We had such a wonderful time on our summer vacation to Cabo this year. We traveled with our good friends the Tylers again, and Grandma and Grandpa joined us for a few days as well. Sadly, Micah had to leave toward the end of the trip to go back for an interview but we all survived the pool and beaches without him.

Can't wait 'til our next trip back to Cabo - one of our favorite places!!!

This is the beach just past the pool at the hotel:

A view from our balcony:

Haylie had just learned how to swim so she was a fish the entire vacation:

Enjoying a snack at the swim-up bar:

Walking along the beach to the hotel next door:

The popular whale slide:

Preparing for a sleepover:

Naomi helping me play cards:

Playing checkers on our last day: