Our trip to Mexico

Darin's company was having a contest with the award being an 8 day, expenses paid trip to this 5 star resort in Playa del Carmen. Darin was the only one from the Las Vegas office to qualify and so after weighing the pros and cons and checking with our voice of reason (thanks mom) we decided to go.

The suite was amazing!

The property was so beautiful

We had a good time relaxing.

We spent most of our days down at the pool by the beach, until we got burned while sitting under an umbrella! The next two days we spent in-doors.

This is our plunge pool just outside the back door of our suite with a pretty sunset.

We took a boat tour around the property and saw tons of different kinds of birds, but no crocodiles.

This trip fell on our 10 year wedding anniversary so Darin's boss took us out to dinner and the restaurant did this for us.

When we got back to our suite from dinner, this was waiting for us.

Darin did get an iguana to pose for him.

and some beautiful birds.

We had a wonderful time there. We have never been on such a quiet and relaxing trip. We had never been so pampered. The staff was so willing to help, they would stop by almost every hour to see if we needed anything (it got annoying at times).

Thanks Mom and Dad for watching all three of our kids for the week and to Brad, Sydni, and Grant for helping entertain them. We love you!

Valerie's B-day

Valerie turned 2 last week and we celebrated a little early because Darin and I were going to be out of town on her actual birth day.

Valerie excited with the 'you are special today' plate.

We had Valerie's favorite meal, spaghetti.

to my surprise she had no problem opening her presents.

My Big 2-year-old!