Thursday, June 28, 2007

Cancun

Chichen Itza

After Chichen Itza, we stopped at a sink hole to swim (cool down).

6 of us crazies all jumped together: Brody, Brett, Thayne, Mom, Shantel, Dacia
Mom spoiled us by taking all of us to Cancun for dad's 55th birthday! It was a FABULOUS week! This is our hotel which was right on the beach. (this photo was taken looking out our hotel room - dreamy!!!)

One of my favorite activities of the week was sitting by the beach under the little hut sipping pina coladas.
Alyssa loved being down by the beach because it had a nice breeze to keep her cool.

Kevin and Brody made a great sandcastle!

Alyssa's favorite part of the week was swimming in the afternoon. It helped her cool down and she smiled the entire time :)


On Saturday we stopped at Tulum before going to Xel-ha.
Xel-ha was great! There was great fish to see while snorkeling - we even saw Dori from Finding Nemo.



Thayne and Shantel swam with the dolphins while we were at Xel-ha. The funnest part was watching the dolphins push them "waterskiing." (It is hard to see but one dolphin is pushing on one foot and another pushing on another foot)

Thayne is the one in the above picture and Shantel is in the one below.

12 comments:

The McGraths said...

That looks like lots of fun. I'm glad you got to go. What a great way to celebrate your Dad's birthday and Kevin's Graduation.

Catie said...

SUPER FUN! What beautiful ruins and beaches and it looks like you all had such a great time. What a fun way to celebrate your dad's birthday, but also getting your all's PhD!!! As always, we love you guys!

The Mid-Cart Parentals said...

Simply Fabulous! The pix are breathtaking but the memories will be priceless! Happy Birthday to Doyle - I just want him to know that he will ALWAYS be older than me! love from his favorite sister-in-law & your favorite aunt jenny!

Jessica said...

I love Cancun. Isn't it great? I am glad you had fun too. Where were Bryson and Kaitlyn?

Dacia said...

Kevin's mom was so wonderful and stayed at our house after graduation and watched Bryson and Kaitlyn while we were in Cancun. They had lots of fun together!

Heidi said...

Looks like so much fun! Your family looks so grown up now! I guess that is what happens in 10 years, eh?

The Holyoaks said...

I'm so jealous!

Kristin said...

Sounds like a really fun trip! What fun pictures! We are getting so excited to see you guys soon!

Garn said...

Thayne told su all about it! Send a coupld of pictures for the family reunion video. Also, do we get to see you guys when you come through Utah?

angie said...

it looks like you guys had tons of fun! james and chase had tons of fun with your kids!

Tanya McKibben said...

Hi Dacia! It's Tanya McKibben. I love Cancun, we got duped into buying a time share there. I am so happy you guys had such a blast. Keep us posted on your move!

fünf said...

I am glad you had a good time in Mexico but it's time to get off vacation and start blogging again! We miss you!