Our Mexican Riviera Cruise

So, Clint and I just got back from a Cruise to Mexico. We had fun and there are a lot of pictures. So, here is how it went. We started with an at sea day and a formal dining night.

Me.

Clint.

The next day we sailed into Cabo.

From the ship on the way to port.

The arch.



We spent the first day shopping and didn't take any pictures while we were ashore. We had a lot of fun and even took some time to eat at the famous Cabo Wabo. It was a nice sunny day and we found some good deals (our kids were spoiled). We had two days in Cabo, so we used our second day to do some snorkeling. We took a water taxi over to Pelican Beach which is where the best snorkeling is supposed to be.


The view of our cruise ship from the beach.

The rock we ended up snorkeling around.

Me

Clint

There was a man on the beach that helped us off the water taxi and told us that if we needed any help with anything he would be happy to help. The water was a little rough that day, so he ended up helping us into the water and then became our own personal guide. We made sure to give him a good tip.

Clint and I

Our Mexican friend was happy to take pictures for us and he would point out things we wouldn't have seen by ourselves. He would also dive down and pick things up and bring them to us to hold and get pictures of. I don't know if he was supposed to do this because he would look around before he would give them to us. It was cool to see and touch all the different ocean life forms.

Here's a sea slug (and I'm not talking about how I look with my mask on).

Clint got to hold it too.

This is the kind of fish we saw the most of.

Holding a star fish.

Clint's turn.

Kind of a blurry pic, but a cool fish.

We also got to hold a puffer fish. See it's little face? It was our favorite.

Bye Mr. Puffer Fish.

So many fish!

After snorkeling we got a picture on the beach. Then we explored a little and dried off.

Clint

Me and some random dude in the background.

A view from the cruise ship.

The next day we ported at Puerto Vallarta. We had already purchased an excursion and we were super excited about our day.

See ya later, Cruise Ship called Carnival Splendor!

We started our adventure with a boat ride. That took about half an hour.

At the end of the boat ride we got off at this little beach town. Past the beach we went into the little town. It had cobblestone roads and apartments above the shops with clothes hanging out to dry all over the place. I loved it.

The guides then proceded to load us into the back of some trucks. It reminded us a little of Indiana Jones.

Part of our ride was on a highway, but we eventually turned off and went up a dirt road the remainder of the way. It was a bumpy ride.

This is where we unloaded. These are what our trucks looked like.

At base camp we were given our harnesses and taught how to zip line. We were also told that we couldn't take our cameras, so we had to purchase the pictures that were taken for us. (sorry there are so many, but we had to get our money's worth) But before we could jump onto a zipline, we had to be briefed on riding mules. That's right, we got to ride mules to our first zipline.

Me

Clint's at the end of the line.

On my lazy mule.

Finally we reached our first of a series of ziplines and rappelling.

Me on my first zipline ever. So fun!

Me

Clint on his first zipline ever.

Clint

After a few ziplines, we got to rappel down a waterfall.

Me

Me

Clint

Clint

At the bottom of the first waterfall rappel.

Oh, we're not done yet. Next came a zipline into a pool of water.

Me

Me

I was glad it was a nice sunny and hot day because we got wet from head to toe.

Clint

Clint

Another rappel, but this one was a free one and our guides dropped us in the water at the end.

Me

Me

This is how high we were on this one. It was so fun.

Clint

Clint

Clint

Our last zipline. We got to race to the end. I won by a little bit, but if you ask Clint, he claims I got a head start.

We then took a short hike back to base camp.

Back at base camp. It started to get cloudy so we were glad we had the early excursion. It made for a beautiful picture though. We decided that this was definitely worth the money and we had so much fun.


The last two days were at sea days, so we just hung out on the ship. It was cold and windy, so we didn't spend much time outside which I was a little bummed about. Anyway, here are a few pictures of our ship.

El Morocco Lounge (where we watched the comedy show).

Glass elevators.

Up on deck 9 looking down to the lobby on deck 3.

Main lobby.

And of course, what would a cruise be without the towel animals?

Walrus?

Elephant

Puppy

Monkey

Turtle

Bunny

Manta Ray

We had lots of fun, but we were ready to get home and see our boys. We missed them so much!

Link's 1st Birthday!

I know, this was like two weeks ago, but at least I'm finally getting it posted. Anyway, my little Linkers is now a one year old. Time goes by so fast. Here are some pictures from our little celebration.

Time to open presents.

This kid made a haul. Thanks to everyone who got him a gift. He loves it all.

Here's the birthday cake!

Blow out the candle!

First bite.

Tasty!

Time to get cleaned up.

Happy Birthday Link!

Easter and Other Activities

I haven't posted in a while, so this may be a long one.

Last month Trisha and her kids came for Spring Break. We spent a little of that time playing in Utah. We took the kids to Hogle Zoo one day. Corgin and Grant got to ride in the jeep stroller.

They all had fun looking at the animals.

Link stayed bundled up since it was a little chilly that day.


On the elephant statue.

On the rhino.

On the tigers.

And on the gorilla. When we were looking at the gorillas, which were inside that day, one of them took some interest in Linkoln. The zookeeper there said that it was highly unusual behavior for that gorilla, but he definitely had to check out the baby. We thought that was interesting.

The next day we took the kids to Chuck E Cheeses. We all had lots of fun. Here is Corgin with all the loot he won.

Link slept through some of the fun.

Ali, Grant, and Corgin.

Say "Chuck E Cheeeeeese!"

Just a random picture of Linkoln eating a banana, but how could I not post it when he is smiling so big and cute?!

We decorated eggs one night as a family. Corgin had lots of fun and put on all the stickers for their faces. He got pretty creative. We also talked about the Resurrection. Then we watched Tangled. It was a great night.

Here he is with all the eggs.

Saturday morning we were able to go to an Easter egg hunt with my parents ward. The weather was beautiful so we were glad to have some sunshine and no wind.

Corgin struggled a little with the egg behind the bush, but he finally was victorious and had his candy-filled egg to show it.

Then Saturday night we had a get together for my Grandpa's 80th birthday. We played outside on the playground, had an excellent dinner, and watched a slide show with pictures from my Grandpa's life. It was a good time. This is a picture we got of all the great-grandkids, except the three month old, that were there that night. We are still missing a few. They all had lots of fun playing together.

Then came Easter morning. Link was very excited to check everything out.

Corgin was still a little tired from playing so hard the day before, that it took him a while to get going.

He finally decided that he was ready to find his basket.

Here he is with the goods!

Both boys had fun finding out all the goodies that were left for them.

Daddy had to show Corgin how to work his new nerf gun.

My happy boy!

In their new church clothes.

I had to take pictures with my phone, so sorry some are blurry.

I sure do love them!!!

After church we had a ham dinner and an egg hunt outside. Lots of fun!

Here are a few things that made me smile. When Clint got Corgin all ready for church, he told Corgin that he was going to be one of the most handsome boys there. Corgin said, "no dad, you are." Then later that night, I was trying on my formal dresses (I had to make sure they would fit since Clint is taking me on a cruise next month) and Corgin kept telling me, "Mommy, you are a princess." He's just so stinkin' sweet. I hope he never grows out of that.

Up next, Linker's 1st Birthday!