Cruisin' the Riviera!

Nate and I were so lucky to be able to take a whole week off and enjoy family and sunshine sans kiddies for a whole week. It was all I hoped it would be.... relaxing, eating, reading, swimming, hot tubbing, shopping, bonding, laughing, beautiful views, card playing, fun, sun bathing, and a whole lot of sleeping.

I am the lucky girl that happens to have the best in-laws in the entire world! I love all of them, and am so grateful that we are close to them. Of course my family is super awesome as well, but we'll save that for another post! :)

I won't get into the play by play of the cruise, but we stopped at Cabo, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta, they were all beautiful and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. Here are some pictures...

Landing in L.A... we were so excited!

When I imagined my goals for the cruise, this is pretty much what I pictured. Perfect!

Nate's brother Duffy and his wife Tessa did the rock climbing wall. Duffy started before Tessa, and she still almost beat him. It was like a 2 second difference.

On the being tendered to the shore on Cabo.

Nate and his older Bro Andy on Cabo

Andy's wife Kacey and their kids Ashlyn and Drew jetskiing. They let me and Nate use some of their time. I am a fan of speed! Oh yeah, and Nate and I went parasailing their too. Fun!

We also came across this gem... I thought you would all enjoy that! ;)

The shrimp factory in Mazatlan

Notice the Wal-Mart totally obstructing the beautiful view of Puerto Vallarta from the boat?! Of course we went there... it was a real treat for me and Nate as we don't have one here. Which is good.

Andy, Erin (Bart's wife, who by the way is 8 months pregnant and she made it on the boat! The cut off is 24 weeks! :) Nate's bro Bart, me and Nate, riding the bus in P.V.

My cute MIL Heidi, sportin' a mini pink sombrero

Formal night

Sunset

Our waiter Ramil from the Philipines, and assistant waiter Arnaldo from Chile. Ramil was going to be leaving in 2 weeks, so I think he was a little burnt out, but Arnaldo was super awesome! Oh, and don't mind my chubby arms. That's Duffy and Tessa with me.

Thanks so much to my cousin Robyn who was brave enough to watch two 2 year olds, who did not always get along. She said they did well, which makes me feel so much better. Asher was SO happy to see us, which made me so happy. Sayer was confused at first, but then seemed to get it. I think it took Asher all of last week to get back to normal. He was Mr. Grouchy pants last week, but today he woke up after 7, and was so happy all morning. Hopefully last week was just his adjustment from being left for a week, and not his new 2 year old attitude. He already has one of those! ;) We were ready to come home, and missed our little guys so much. It's great to go away so that you can miss your kids and remember how much you love them!