ooohhh mexico...

Mexico 2013: fun.

It was a VERY early morning to fly out of DFW, but we were excited...

to get to Paradise!!!

Ryan was able to get some reading time in on the beach, but only a little. Most of the time Brandt kept us all busy playing sand volleyball, pool volleyball, frisbee, snorkeling or just goofing around.

Our first night, we had a delicious dinner at the French restaurant. Brandt tried escargot for the first time and loved it, he enjoyed 2 orders and later got 3 creme brulees for dessert. 

We played a lot of sand volleyball during the week we were in Cozumel. We got close with one of the activity coordinators, Julio, and had a standing 11am game. This is also where we met several of the couples we made friends with. Meredith wasn't super into the volleyball, so she had fun getting some action shots and laying out during our games.

On our last day, Julio took us snorkeling. We had gone a few times on our own, but he knew where the lobsters and sting rays lived and wanted to show us. It was beautiful down there and always amazes me how much wildlife is so close to the shore.

For our last night, we got together with our new friends for drinks while the sun set, dinner, and more drinks after. The resort was not very full (I think they said something like 23% capacity) that week and so that night we pretty much took over the restaurant. I felt bad for the few other people who were there, but we had a blast! Dinner turned into a family style meal, we pulled 4 or 5 tables together and the wait staff just brought us big plates of everything that was on the menu that evening.

On our way back home, we got delayed for several hours in Houston. It wasn't the end of the world, but I was ready to get home to see this sweet face and her brother!

We had so much fun, but it was definitely good to see the pups and be back in our own bed. I think they missed me too! We let them sleep with us that night and they both had a paw on me!