Cancun!

We finally did it. We finally went on vacation. It was so nice to drop our kids off at Grandma's house and leave for 6 days! We went to an all-inclusive resort called El Dorado Royale. It was between Cancun and Playa del Carmen. We had a great time. The first day there, we laid by the pool in a grove of palm trees. Here is our friend that hung out with us most of the day.

Everyone, meet Hector.

Here is Scott getting the 'votes' for Dorado Idol. He sang Neil Diamond. He didn't win because he was actually good and we weren't part of a wedding party. The lady next to Scott in the black dress won "The cheapest bottle of Tequila we could find!" She sang (I'm using the word sing very loosely) Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

The second full day we were there, we went to Xel Ha (pronounced 'Shell Ha'). We went snorkling and on a zip line. We took a wrong turn and found parrots!

There were also Manatees. The water looks dirty, but that is mostly lettuce that they were feeding them. Can you see this manatee shoving the lettuce in his mouth with his fin?

After Xel Ha we went to Tulum. Here is proof that we were both there, together. It was neat to see Tulum. I just wish we had had a better tour guide, one that would have actually talked about Tulum and not just what horrible things had happened to the Mayans over time.

This is the souvenir we could have purchased at Tulum. We found this pretty funny.

We sat on the beach and had a wonderful time. (This picture was taken as the lower half of my legs were getting burned. oops!)

It was so nice to go on vacation. Scott and I both read a full book! We couldn't believe it. It has been a long time since I have just been able to sit and read. We didn't have internet access and that made the whole trip even better! I am still in the Biggest Loser Competition, so I was a little worried about staying on track, but we did workout a little and I didn't over do it on the food, and I gained no weight! I'm pretty proud of that. (In fact, I would have won the weigh in this past week, except that I was disqualified because I didn't weigh in the week before when we were on vacation. I'm fine that I didn't win a prize, but proud that my vacation didn't ruin anything. I'm still in second place overall!)

We came home to a sick child and a broken washing machine. That relaxed feeling sure went away fast, but I'm so glad we were able to go!