Going Home :(

This is my MAD FACE... we were sad when we had to leave the paradise we had lived in for the previous week....

I don't think mom was too excited that we had to fly home on her birthday.....

I don't think any of us were excited to come back to reality... period.

See what we had to leave?!?!


Trying on Jake's cool glasses... we were so bored on the plane, we were in the VERY LAST ROW, next to the bathrooms and against a wall so we couldn't even lean our seats back... jake read fashion magazines and i slept to try and relieve the migraine that i got on the way to the airport (just my luck)....

Last day at the beach....

The waves kind of liked to knock me over... our beach was so gorgeous (except for that old ladies who had their tops off!!!) the water was clear (even though the salt burned my eyes!) and pretty warm :)

Ladies and gentlemen....my brother
Yes, they were making fun of me....
Taylor thought it was pretty funny that i couldn't stay up

Swimming with the DOLPHINS!!!!

The ONE thing that i wanted to do the most on this trip was go swimming with the dolphins.. finally on the last day we got to do it! My parents had done it before so they let us kids do it alone. Normally there were six people to a group but everyone with the way the broke off into groups left us as extras so we had a dolphin to ourselves.. it was SO fun!!!

My brother's weren't nearly as excited

It was WELL worth getting up at the butt crack of dawn and venturing out to swim with the dolphins...

The Cenote

A cenote (pronounced sh-u-note) is defined as a deep natural well or sinkhole, esp. in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings. Part of our outing for the day was going to the cenote to swim in the underground cave... before going in we had to take a cleansing shower and then the shaman blessed us before entering

Entering the cenote

jake has to look strong any time that he can...

i really do always find the camera...

It's sad but i have always had to plug my nose when jumping into the water....

Kayaking....

After repelling we split into 2's and kayaked over to where we had to start hiking to the cenote to go swimming... it was a nice way to cool off for sure

The Zip Line.....

After repelling, we kept our gear on and hiked over to the point where we would be repelling from... i went first and was excited but a little nervous because the only thing we had to use as a brake was that wooden stick you see our guide holding, so we had to hold onto that with one hand and hold our wire with the other...

Taylor didn't listen closely enough to the guide (or he didn't CHOOSE to listen) and almost didn't stop in time.. it was pretty funny...
If you are wondering why dad is the last one out of our family it's mainly because we designated him the camera man....