Cancun

Kris and I bought a grupon for a trip to Cancun. We bought it in December and have been so excited about this trip...unfortunately, tropical storm Andrea had other plans....in other words, if you were jealous of our vacation, don't be. The sky looked like the above picture about 99% of the time we were there. I think we got a total of 2 hours of semi-sunshine.

 

We arrived at the resort with good intentions. This was our first vacation without the boys since before Kale was born. We planned to eat, drink, and be merry. Kris wasted no time getting drinks in both hands!

 

The resort we stayed at left A LOT to be desired (I guess you get what you pay for...I wouldn't ever advise staying at any of the Oasis resorts for multiple reasons), however, we did enjoy lots of food (it was at least edible, some it was good). We enjoyed eating 3 meals a day for 5 days BY OURSELVES, without the interruption of the boys. So nice!

 

 

 

Since it was so rainy, we had to get creative in finding activities. We went to the Plaza La Isla, which is a high end, very Americanized mall. We window shopped, ate, drank, and got to see The Great Gatsby. Kris got his picture taken with Cookie Monster and I enjoyed a date with

 the cowboy statue.

 

 

We caught up on our sleep--unfortunately the hotel was noisy, so I didn't get to sleep in as late as I was hoping. Still, not having to jump up out of bed and tend to the boys was very nice. It was wonderful to be able to lounge in bed and get up when I was ready for once. 

The last day we were there, the sun poked through the clouds and we made it out to the pool for about an hour and a half. I managed to get a nice little sun burn during this hour and a half.

We bought an umbrella so we could walk around and avoid getting wet; unfortunately, we needed it as soon as we arrived in Richmond. The storm followed us up the coast and now it has been raining in Richmond for 2 days.

We saw some interesting shows at our resort--I won't call them good, just interesting. This one was Elvis.

We spent time at Senor Frogs. We brought back yard glasses for the boys to play with in the bathtub. We got a kick out of these chairs.

This is the view from our hotel room. Even though it wasn't the vacation we were dreaming of, it was still nice to get away and have time as "Kris and Brooke" instead of "Momma and Dada." A big thanks to my mom for flying in to stay with the boys for 5 days while we were gone. It's a TOUGH job (that I know), but the boys had a great time with her and she was nice and exhausted by the time she left.